LncRNA-IMAT1 Promotes Invasion of Meningiomas by Suppressing KLF4/hsa-miR22-3p/Snai1 Pathway

Tao Zhang,Yu Ge,Daijun Wang,Qin Liu,Shuchen Sun,Lingyang Hua,Jiaojiao Deng,Shihai Luan,Haixia Cheng,Qing Xie,Ye Gong,Tao Zhang 한국분자세포생물학회 2022 Molecules and cells Vol.45 No.6

Malignant meningiomas often show invasive growth that makes complete tumor resection challenging, and they are more prone to recur after radical resection. Invasive meningioma associated transcript 1 (IMAT1) is a long noncoding RNA located on Homo sapiens chromosome 17 that was identified by our team based on absolute expression differences in invasive and non-invasive meningiomas. Our studies indicated that IMAT1 was highly expressed in invasive meningiomas compared with non-invasive meningiomas. In vitro studies showed that IMAT1 promoted meningioma cell invasion through the inactivation of the Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4)/hsa-miR22-3p/Snai1 pathway by acting as a sponge for hsa-miR22-3p, and IMAT1 knockdown effectively restored the tumor suppressive properties of KLF4 by preserving its tumor suppressor pathway. In vivo experiments confirmed that IMAT1 silencing could significantly inhibit the growth of subcutaneous tumors and prolong the survival period of tumor-bearing mice. Our findings demonstrated that the high expression of IMAT1 is the inherent reason for the loss of the tumor suppressive properties of KLF4 during meningioma progression. Therefore, we believe that IMAT1 may be a potential biological marker and treatment target for meningiomas.

Markov switching quantile regression models with time-varying transition probabilities

Tao Ye,Yin Juliang 한국통계학회 2022 Journal of the Korean Statistical Society Vol.51 No.3

Markov switching models are widely used in the time series field for their ability to describe the impact of latent regimes on the behaviour of response variables. Meanwhile, Markov switching quantile regression models with fixed transition probabilities (MSQR-FTP) also provide rich dynamics to modeling financial data, however, it is not always clear how to describe the dynamics on the transition probabilities. This paper extends the transition probabilities to be the time-varying case by allowing them to include information from related variables. By establishing a connection between a quantile regression and an asymmetric Laplace distribution, this paper proposes a maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) method for MSQR-TVTP, and shows the consistency of the MLE. Finally, the performance of the proposed method is illustrated through a simulation study. As an empirical application, we further apply the method to the S&P 500 weekly percentage returns.

Bavachin Suppresses Alpha-Hemolysin Expression and Protects Mice from Pneumonia Infection by Staphylococcus aureus

( Ye Tao ),( Dazhong Sun ),( Xinran Ren ),( Yicheng Zhao ),( Hengjian Zhang ),( Tao Jiang ),( Jiyu Guan ),( Yong Tang ),( Wu Song ),( Shuqiang Li ),( Li Wang ) 한국미생물생명공학회 2022 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.32 No.10

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infection causes dramatic harm to human health as well as to livestock development. As an important virulence factor, alpha-hemolysin (hla) is critical in the process of S. aureus infection. In this report, we found that bavachin, a natural flavonoid, not only efficiently inhibited the hemolytic activity of hla, but was also capable of inhibiting it on transcriptional and translational levels. Moreover, further data revealed that bavachin had no neutralizing activity on hla, which did not affect the formation of hla heptamers and exhibited no effects on the hla thermal stability. In vitro assays showed that bavachin was able to reduce the S. aureus-induced damage of A549 cells. Thus, bavachin repressed the lethality of pneumonia infection, lung bacterial load and lung tissue inflammation in mice, providing potent protection to mice models in vivo. Our results indicated that bavachin has the potential for development as a candidate hla inhibitor against S. aureus.

Effects of ergothioneine-enriched mushroom extract on oxidative stability, volatile compounds and sensory quality of emulsified sausage

Tao, Ye,Xiao, Shan,Cai, Jiaming,Wang, Jihui,Li, Lin Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2021 Animal Bioscience Vol.34 No.10

Objective: The aim of this work was to assess the effect of ergothioneine (ESH)-enriched mushroom extract on oxidative stability, volatile compounds, and sensory quality of emulsified sausage. Methods: The ESH content was determined by high performance liquid chromatography. The antioxidant activity of Flammulina velutipes (F. velutipes) extract was determined through radical-scavenging activity of 1,1 diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl, 2,2-azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) and hydroxyl radicals. Four different groups of emulsified sausage were manufactured: control, no antioxidants; BHA, 0.01% butylated hydroxyanisole; EEME, 0.8% ESH-enriched mushroom (F. velutipes) extract; AE, 0.012% authentic ESH, after storage for 14 days (at 4℃), the quality of sausage including oxidative stability (2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances and protein carbonyls content), volatile compounds and sensory quality were studied. Results: It was demonstrated that adding ESH-enriched F. velutipes extract to sausage could effectively prevent lipid and protein oxidation, and its efficacy was equivalent with 0.01% BHA. During meat processing, the ESH mainly contributed to the antioxidative activity of F. velutipes extract. The flavor and sensory attributes of emulsified sausage were improved through adding ESH-enriched F. velutipes extract. Conclusion: Accordingly, the extract of F. velutipes contained high-level of ESH and could be a good antioxidant candidate for processed meat production.

High‑speed growth of high‑quality polycrystalline diamond films by MPCVD

Kai Chen,Tao Tao,Wenxiao Hu,Yucong Ye,Kaiwen Zheng,Jiandong Ye,Ting Zhi,Xiwei Wang,Bin Liu,Rong Zhang 한국탄소학회 2023 Carbon Letters Vol.33 No.7

High-quality diamond films have attracted extensive attentions due to their excellent optical and electrical properties. However, several issues, such as random orientation, stress accumulation, and slow growth rate, severely limit its applications. In this paper, high-quality polycrystalline diamond films with highly ordered (100) orientation were prepared by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition. The effects of growth parameters on the microstructure, quality and residual stress of diamond films were investigated. Experimental results indicate that relatively high temperature at low methane concentration will promote the formation of (100) oriented grains with a low compressive stress. Optimized growth parameters, a methane concentration of 2% along with a pressure of 250 Torr and temperature at 1050 ℃, were used to acquire high growth rate of 7.9 μm/h and narrow full width at half maximum of Raman peak of 5.5 cm? 1 revealing a high crystal quality. It demonstrates a promising method for rapid growth of high-quality polycrystalline diamond films with (100) orientation, which is vital for improving the diamond related applications at low cost.

Innovation Mechanism Study Based On The Technological Convergence : Implications For IT Enterprises

Ye Xu,Changqi Tao 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of Hybrid Information Techno Vol.8 No.9

Based on redefining the concept of technological convergence, this paper analyzes market demand of convergent products according to the characteristics of technological convergence in IT industry. We define market power as the function of product price and the improvement of convergent product’s performance. We also assume the original technology is symbiotic. Based on the above analysis, the paper modifies the Bass Model and the hypotheses of related models, builds a demand growth model of technological convergent products, and uses this model to analyze and estimate the demand growing of converged products. At last, we discuss the conditions that technological convergence will be successful.

Study on Tribo-chemistry Properties of Some Additives on Base Oils of Friendly Environmentally Lubricants

YE Bin,TAO De-hua 한국트라이볼로지학회 2002 한국트라이볼로지학회 학술대회 Vol.2002 No.10

The tribolugical characteristic of several environmentally friendly lubricating base stocks was examined, and the effect of some commonly used additives on the tribological behavior of the lubricating oils was comparatively investigated on a four-ball machine. It has been found that the commercial additives including butene sulfide, wax chloride, zinc dialkyldithiophosphate and ashless P-N type agent helped to improve the friction-reducing and antiwear properties as well as the extreme pressure behavior. Non-toxic nanoscale (CF)x showed the best friction-reducing ability, though it registered relatively poor extreme pressure properties. The mechanism on friction of nano-scale material is discussed.

Chemical reconstruction of Castor Oil Research of Environmentally Friendly Lubricants

TAO De-hua,YE bin 한국트라이볼로지학회 2002 한국트라이볼로지학회 학술대회 Vol.2002 No.10

Natural castor oil was chemically reconstructed to extend the carbon chains by means of iso-reaction so as to improve the rheological behavior, by way of increasing the viscosity index and decreasing the pour point. The rheoloaical and triboloaical characteristics of the reconstructed castor oil were comparatively investigated with those of the natural castor oil and several other vegetable oils and a mineral oil. The friction and wear test results on a four-ball machine indicate that the chemically reconstructed castor oil has considerably improved rheological and tribological properties as compared with the natural castor oil. It shows a greatly increase viscosity index and largely decreased pour point, which makes it applicable to low temperature lubrication. The chemically reconstructed castor oil even shows better tribological behavior than pentaerythritol ester or di-iso-capryl sebacate. However, it is still needed to increase the oxidation stability of the reconstructed castor oil.

Rapid and effective removal of sodium lignosulfonate from aqueous solutions by in-situ formed magnesium hydroxide

Tao Wu,Yujiang Li,Lanlan Ye,Feng Li 한국화학공학회 2016 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.33 No.12

We investigated the efficiency of in-situ formed magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) for the removal of sodium lignosulfonate (SLSN) from aqueous solution. Adsorption experiments considered the effects of various conditions such as pH, MgCl2 concentration, contact time, and temperature on SLSN removal efficiency. It was found that approximately 93%-99% SLSN was removed by in-situ formed Mg(OH)2. The adsorption was rapid, and the contact time required to reach complete adsorption equilibrium was less than 2min. Moreover, that the Mg(OH)2 lost about 0.5-3.0% adsorption capacity for SLSN when NO3 −, HCO3 −, H2PO4 − and SO4 2− anions were simultaneously present with SLSN. The experimental data suggested that there was little competitive adsorption of SLSN with other coexisting anions on Mg(OH)2. The co-precipitation/adsorption process was exothermic and physical, involving weak interactions such as electrostatic attraction, hydrogen bonding, adhesive forces, and van der Waals forces between SLSN molecules and the binding sites on Mg(OH)2.

Effect of nano-carbon addition on color performance of polystyrene superstructure film

Ye-min ZHOU,Li-li Wang,Xiao-peng LI,Xiu-feng Wang,Hong-tao JIANG 한양대학교 세라믹연구소 2018 Journal of Ceramic Processing Research Vol.19 No.6

Polystyrene superstructure films show faint rainbow color, and this low color saturation limits its wide application. In thispaper, polystyrene superstructure films with single bright blue color were prepared by vertical deposition self-assemblymethod using polystyrene microspheres with average diameter of 310 ± 10 nm as raw material. Polystyrene superstructurefilms were modified by adding nano-carbon powder, and effect of the amount of nano-carbon powde on color performancewas studied. The results showed that without addition of nano-carbon powder, the superstructure films showed a faint rainbowcolor, while with addition of nano-carbon power, the superstructure films exhibited a single bright blue under the same naturallight source. Changing the amount of nano-carbon powder addition could adjust color saturation of the film. With increasingthe amount of nano-carbon powder addition from 0.008 wt% to 0.01 wt%, color saturation of the superstructure filmincreased gradually. Further increasing the amount of nano-carbon powder addition to 0.011wt%, color saturation of thesuperstructure film didn’t increase anymore and tended to get dark.