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  1. Article: Farmer Heterogeneity and Land Transfer Decisions Based on the Dual Perspectives of Economic Endowment and Land Endowment

    Cheng, Ying / Hu, Yuan / Zeng, Weizhong / Liu, Zhongbao

    Land. 2022 Feb. 27, v. 11, no. 3

    2022  

    Abstract: Guiding qualified farmers to transfer their land is an important way to alleviate the problem of land abandonment, improve land use efficiency, and achieve moderately large-scale land management. Based on the dual perspectives of economic endowment and ... ...

    Abstract Guiding qualified farmers to transfer their land is an important way to alleviate the problem of land abandonment, improve land use efficiency, and achieve moderately large-scale land management. Based on the dual perspectives of economic endowment and land endowment, this paper uses the 2015 data of the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), using the semilogarithmic ordinary least-squares method and the logit model, to explore differences in land transfer decisions under the effect of farmer heterogeneity. The circulation trading market was further improved to provide a reference. The heterogeneity of economic endowment and land endowment significantly affects the decision-making behavior of farmers in transferring land. The higher the land endowment is, the greater the probability that farmers transfer the land out and successfully trade, and they are more inclined to transfer the cultivated land to cooperatives, village collectives, and other institutions through formal channels, leading to a higher unit income of the transfer. Further research shows that land endowment has no significant difference in the impact of land endowment on whether farmers with different livelihood endowments transfer their land, but under the same land endowment, farmers with economic endowment advantages are more able to use their own endowment advantages to transfer their land out through formal channels and obtain higher gains income. Therefore, focusing on improving the conditions of land resources and increasing the endowment of farmers are important means to promote successful transactions in the land transfer market, ensure its sustainable operation, and promote further increase in the income of transfer farmers.
    Keywords abandoned land ; agricultural land ; decision making ; family resource management ; farmers ; income ; land use ; least squares ; livelihood ; logit analysis ; markets ; probability ; surveys ; trade ; villages ; China
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0227
    Publishing place Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2682955-1
    ISSN 2073-445X
    ISSN 2073-445X
    DOI 10.3390/land11030353
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  2. Article ; Online: Effectiveness of corticosteroids to treat coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms: A meta-analysis.

    Zeng, Yiqian / Zeng, Weizhong / Yang, Bihui / Liu, Zhao

    Medicina clinica

    2022  Volume 159, Issue 12, Page(s) 575–583

    Abstract: Objective: Currently, corticosteroids are widely used to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms. However, the therapeutic role of corticosteroids remains highly controversial. To that end, we aimed to assess the efficacy of corticosteroids ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Currently, corticosteroids are widely used to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms. However, the therapeutic role of corticosteroids remains highly controversial. To that end, we aimed to assess the efficacy of corticosteroids in treating COVID-19 patients.
    Method: We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library to select suitable studies. Our primary study endpoint was all-cause mortality. The secondary study endpoint was the length of hospital stay.
    Results: A total of 9 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 7907 patients were assessed. The pooled result indicated that corticosteroids treatment could significantly reduce all-cause mortality in patients with COVID-19 (RR=0.88, 95% CI [0.82, 0.95], P=0.002). When subgroup analyses were performed, we found that corticosteroids were associated with decreased all-cause mortality in severe COVID-19 patients (RR=0.77, 95% CI [0.68, 0.88], P<0.0001), however no obvious difference was observed in all-cause mortality of non-severe COVID-19 patients between the corticosteroid and control group (RR=0.96, 95% CI [0.86, 1.06], P=0.41), meanwhile, a low dose (RR=0.89, 95% CI [0.82, 0.97], P=0.007) of dexamethasone (RR=0.9, 95% CI [0.83, 0.98], P=0.01) with a long treatment course (RR=0.89, 95% CI [0.82, 0.98], P=0.02) was beneficial for all-cause mortality in COVID-19 patients. Additionally, we found that corticosteroids might be associated with a longer length of hospital stay in non-severe COVID-19 patients (MD=3.83, 95% CI [1.11, 6.56], P=0.006).
    Conclusion: Our results showed that corticosteroid therapy was related to a reduction in all-cause mortality in severe COVID-19 patients. However, in patients with non-severe COVID-19, the use of corticosteroids did not decrease all-cause mortality and may prolong the duration of hospital stay. In addition, we revealed that a low dose of dexamethasone with a long treatment course could reduce all-cause mortality in COVID-19 patients.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19 ; Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use ; Length of Stay ; Dexamethasone/therapeutic use ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
    Chemical Substances Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Dexamethasone (7S5I7G3JQL)
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2022-05-03
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Meta-Analysis ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 411607-0
    ISSN 1578-8989 ; 0025-7753
    ISSN (online) 1578-8989
    ISSN 0025-7753
    DOI 10.1016/j.medcli.2022.03.013
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  3. Article ; Online: Lysosomal LAMP proteins regulate lysosomal pH by direct inhibition of the TMEM175 channel

    Zhang, Jiyuan / Zeng, Weizhong / Han, Yan / Lee, Wan-Ru / Liou, Jen / Jiang, Youxing

    Molecular Cell. 20232023 July 29, June 29, v. 83, no. 14 p.2524-2539.e7

    2023  

    Abstract: Maintaining a highly acidic lysosomal pH is central to cellular physiology. Here, we use functional proteomics, single-particle cryo-EM, electrophysiology, and in vivo imaging to unravel a key biological function of human lysosome-associated membrane ... ...

    Abstract Maintaining a highly acidic lysosomal pH is central to cellular physiology. Here, we use functional proteomics, single-particle cryo-EM, electrophysiology, and in vivo imaging to unravel a key biological function of human lysosome-associated membrane proteins (LAMP-1 and LAMP-2) in regulating lysosomal pH homeostasis. Despite being widely used as a lysosomal marker, the physiological functions of the LAMP proteins have long been overlooked. We show that LAMP-1 and LAMP-2 directly interact with and inhibit the activity of the lysosomal cation channel TMEM175, a key player in lysosomal pH homeostasis implicated in Parkinson’s disease. This LAMP inhibition mitigates the proton conduction of TMEM175 and facilitates lysosomal acidification to a lower pH environment crucial for optimal hydrolase activity. Disrupting the LAMP-TMEM175 interaction alkalinizes the lysosomal pH and compromises the lysosomal hydrolytic function. In light of the ever-increasing importance of lysosomes to cellular physiology and diseases, our data have widespread implications for lysosomal biology.
    Keywords acidification ; electrophysiology ; homeostasis ; humans ; hydrolases ; ion channels ; lysosomes ; pH ; proteomics ; lysosomal LAMP proteins ; LAMP-1 and LAMP-2 ; TMEM175 ; lysosomal pH homeostasis ; lysosome acidification ; lysosomal hydrolytic function ; risk factor for Parkinson’s disease
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-0629
    Size p. 2524-2539.e7.
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 1415236-8
    ISSN 1097-4164 ; 1097-2765
    ISSN (online) 1097-4164
    ISSN 1097-2765
    DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.06.004
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  4. Article ; Online: Structural mechanisms of the human cardiac sodium-calcium exchanger NCX1.

    Xue, Jing / Zeng, Weizhong / Han, Yan / John, Scott / Ottolia, Michela / Jiang, Youxing

    Nature communications

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 6181

    Abstract: ... ...

    Abstract Na
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Sodium-Calcium Exchanger/metabolism ; Ion Transport ; Heart ; Cytosol/metabolism ; Calcium/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Sodium-Calcium Exchanger ; Calcium (SY7Q814VUP)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-41885-4
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  5. Article ; Online: Lysosomal LAMP proteins regulate lysosomal pH by direct inhibition of the TMEM175 channel.

    Zhang, Jiyuan / Zeng, Weizhong / Han, Yan / Lee, Wan-Ru / Liou, Jen / Jiang, Youxing

    Molecular cell

    2023  Volume 83, Issue 14, Page(s) 2524–2539.e7

    Abstract: Maintaining a highly acidic lysosomal pH is central to cellular physiology. Here, we use functional proteomics, single-particle cryo-EM, electrophysiology, and in vivo imaging to unravel a key biological function of human lysosome-associated membrane ... ...

    Abstract Maintaining a highly acidic lysosomal pH is central to cellular physiology. Here, we use functional proteomics, single-particle cryo-EM, electrophysiology, and in vivo imaging to unravel a key biological function of human lysosome-associated membrane proteins (LAMP-1 and LAMP-2) in regulating lysosomal pH homeostasis. Despite being widely used as a lysosomal marker, the physiological functions of the LAMP proteins have long been overlooked. We show that LAMP-1 and LAMP-2 directly interact with and inhibit the activity of the lysosomal cation channel TMEM175, a key player in lysosomal pH homeostasis implicated in Parkinson's disease. This LAMP inhibition mitigates the proton conduction of TMEM175 and facilitates lysosomal acidification to a lower pH environment crucial for optimal hydrolase activity. Disrupting the LAMP-TMEM175 interaction alkalinizes the lysosomal pH and compromises the lysosomal hydrolytic function. In light of the ever-increasing importance of lysosomes to cellular physiology and diseases, our data have widespread implications for lysosomal biology.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Lysosomal Membrane Proteins/genetics ; Lysosomal Membrane Proteins/metabolism ; Lysosomes/metabolism ; Parkinson Disease/metabolism ; Potassium Channels/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Lysosomal Membrane Proteins ; Potassium Channels ; TMEM175 protein, human ; LAMP1 protein, human ; LAMP2 protein, human
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1415236-8
    ISSN 1097-4164 ; 1097-2765
    ISSN (online) 1097-4164
    ISSN 1097-2765
    DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.06.004
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  6. Article ; Online: Structural mechanisms of assembly, permeation, gating, and pharmacology of native human rod CNG channel.

    Xue, Jing / Han, Yan / Zeng, Weizhong / Jiang, Youxing

    Neuron

    2021  Volume 110, Issue 1, Page(s) 86–95.e5

    Abstract: Mammalian cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are nonselective cation channels activated by cGMP or cAMP and play essential roles in the signal transduction of the visual and olfactory sensory systems. CNGA1, the principal component of the CNG channel ...

    Abstract Mammalian cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are nonselective cation channels activated by cGMP or cAMP and play essential roles in the signal transduction of the visual and olfactory sensory systems. CNGA1, the principal component of the CNG channel from rod photoreceptors, can by itself form a functional homotetrameric channel and has been used as the model system in the majority of rod CNG studies. However, the native rod CNG functions as a heterotetramer consisting of three A1 and one B1 subunits and exhibits different functional properties than the CNGA1 homomer. Here we present the functional analysis of human rod CNGA1/B1 heterotetramer and its cryo-EM structures in apo, cGMP-bound, cAMP-bound, and L-cis-Diltiazem-blocked states. These structures, with resolution ranging from 2.6 to 3.3 Å, elucidate the structural mechanisms underlying the 3:1 subunit stoichiometry, the asymmetrical gating upon cGMP activation, and the unique pharmacological property of the native rod CNG channel.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cyclic GMP ; Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels ; Humans ; Mammals
    Chemical Substances Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels ; Cyclic GMP (H2D2X058MU)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-25
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 808167-0
    ISSN 1097-4199 ; 0896-6273
    ISSN (online) 1097-4199
    ISSN 0896-6273
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.10.006
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  7. Article ; Online: Farmer heterogeneity and land transfer decisions based on the dual perspectives of economic endowment and land endowment

    Cheng, Ying / Hu, Yuan / Zeng, Weizhong / Liu, Zhongbao

    2022  

    Abstract: Guiding qualified farmers to transfer their land is an important way to alleviate the problem of land abandonment, improve land use efficiency, and achieve moderately large-scale land management. Based on the dual perspectives of economic endowment and ... ...

    Abstract Guiding qualified farmers to transfer their land is an important way to alleviate the problem of land abandonment, improve land use efficiency, and achieve moderately large-scale land management. Based on the dual perspectives of economic endowment and land endowment, this paper uses the 2015 data of the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), using the semilogarithmic ordinary least-squares method and the logit model, to explore differences in land transfer decisions under the effect of farmer heterogeneity. The circulation trading market was further improved to provide a reference. The heterogeneity of economic endowment and land endowment significantly affects the decision-making behavior of farmers in transferring land. The higher the land endowment is, the greater the probability that farmers transfer the land out and successfully trade, and they are more inclined to transfer the cultivated land to cooperatives, village collectives, and other institutions through formal channels, leading to a higher unit income of the transfer. Further research shows that land endowment has no significant difference in the impact of land endowment on whether farmers with different livelihood endowments transfer their land, but under the same land endowment, farmers with economic endowment advantages are more able to use their own endowment advantages to transfer their land out through formal channels and obtain higher gains income. Therefore, focusing on improving the conditions of land resources and increasing the endowment of farmers are important means to promote successful transactions in the land transfer market, ensure its sustainable operation, and promote further increase in the income of transfer farmers.
    Keywords ddc:330 ; land endowment ; economic endowment ; farmer heterogeneity ; land transfer out
    Subject code 910
    Language English
    Publisher Basel: MDPI
    Publishing country de
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: Structural mechanisms of gating and selectivity of human rod CNGA1 channel.

    Xue, Jing / Han, Yan / Zeng, Weizhong / Wang, Yan / Jiang, Youxing

    Neuron

    2021  Volume 109, Issue 8, Page(s) 1302–1313.e4

    Abstract: Mammalian cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels play an essential role in the signal transduction of the visual and olfactory sensory systems. Here we reveal the structural mechanism of ligand gating in human rod CNGA1 channel by determining its cryo-EM ...

    Abstract Mammalian cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels play an essential role in the signal transduction of the visual and olfactory sensory systems. Here we reveal the structural mechanism of ligand gating in human rod CNGA1 channel by determining its cryo-EM structures in both the apo closed and cGMP-bound open states. Distinct from most other members of voltage-gated tetrameric cation channels, CNGA1 forms a central channel gate in the middle of the membrane, occluding the central cavity. Structural analyses of ion binding profiles in the selectivity filters of the wild-type channel and the E365Q filter mutant allow us to unambiguously define the two Ca
    MeSH term(s) Binding Sites ; Calcium/metabolism ; Cyclic GMP/metabolism ; Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels/metabolism ; HEK293 Cells ; Humans ; Ion Channel Gating/physiology ; Protein Conformation
    Chemical Substances CNGA1 protein, human ; Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels ; Cyclic GMP (H2D2X058MU) ; Calcium (SY7Q814VUP)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 808167-0
    ISSN 1097-4199 ; 0896-6273
    ISSN (online) 1097-4199
    ISSN 0896-6273
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.007
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  9. Article ; Online: Structural mechanism of allosteric activation of TRPML1 by PI(3,5)P

    Gan, Ninghai / Han, Yan / Zeng, Weizhong / Wang, Yan / Xue, Jing / Jiang, Youxing

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2022  Volume 119, Issue 7

    Abstract: Transient receptor potential mucolipin 1 (TRPML1) is a ... ...

    Abstract Transient receptor potential mucolipin 1 (TRPML1) is a Ca
    MeSH term(s) Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects ; HEK293 Cells ; Humans ; Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates/pharmacology ; Sirolimus/pharmacology ; Transient Receptor Potential Channels/genetics ; Transient Receptor Potential Channels/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Mcoln1 protein, mouse ; Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates ; Transient Receptor Potential Channels ; phosphatidylinositol 3,5-diphosphate ; Sirolimus (W36ZG6FT64)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2120404119
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  10. Article: [Electroacupuncture protects septic rats from acute lung injury through the JAK1/STAT3 pathway].

    Xie, Cancan / Wu, Shuanghua / Li, Zhengrong / Huang, Bing / Zeng, Weizhong

    Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University

    2020  Volume 40, Issue 11, Page(s) 1662–1667

    Abstract: Objective: To explore the protective effect of electroacupuncture against acute lung injury (ALI) in septic rats and explore the mechanism.: Methods: Sixty male SD rats were randomly divided into cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced sepsis group ...

    Abstract Objective: To explore the protective effect of electroacupuncture against acute lung injury (ALI) in septic rats and explore the mechanism.
    Methods: Sixty male SD rats were randomly divided into cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced sepsis group (
    Results: Compared with those in the sham operation group, the rats in ALI group showed obvious lung pathologies with significantly increased lung W/D ratio (
    Conclusions: Electroacupuncture can inhibit the release of inflammatory mediators and cell apoptosis via the JAK1/STAT3 pathway to reduce lung injuries in septic rats.
    MeSH term(s) Acute Lung Injury/therapy ; Animals ; Electroacupuncture ; Lung ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sepsis/therapy ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
    Chemical Substances Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
    Language Chinese
    Publishing date 2020-11-23
    Publishing country China
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2250951-3
    ISSN 1673-4254
    ISSN 1673-4254
    DOI 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2020.11.20
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