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Ratoon rice allows millions of smallholders to meet production and environmental goals Open

Patricio Grassini, Shen Yuan, Fang FuPing, Yucheng Wang, Fei Wang , et al. · 2025

China aims to increase rice production and reduce associated negative environmental impact. However, increasingly limiting and expensive rural labor has driven a shift from double- to single-season rice, posing a threat to national food se…

Bioinformatics analysis of COMMD family in pan-cancer reveals potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets Open

Sihan Wang, Jinglei Cheng, Zhiya Hu, Hongjun Zhao, Lifen Ye , et al. · 2025

Effects of Different Rice Varieties and Water Management Practices on Greenhouse Gas (CH4 and N2O) Emissions in the Ratoon Rice System in the Upper Yangtze River Region, China Open

Wujun Zhang, Bin Du, Xiujian Duan, Zimeng Liang, Tang Yongqun , et al. · 2024

Ratoon rice can improve rice yield by increasing the multiple cropping index in China. However, the greenhouse gas (CH4 and N2O) emission characteristics from ratoon rice fields and the cultivation methods to reduce CH4 and N2O emissions a…

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin modulates T cell response and improves cardiac repair post-myocardial infarction Open

X.-F. Wang, Qi Zheng, Lingfeng Zha, Lingxue Zhang, Mingkai Huang , et al. · 2024

Background The inflammatory response is associated with cardiac repair and ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI). The key inflammation regulatory factor thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) plays a critical role in various…

Foliar uniconazole application increases rice lodging resistance by altering stem morphological and anatomical traits Open

Wujun Zhang, Xiujian Duan, Mengxiang Li, Bin Du, Zimeng Liang , et al. · 2024

Lodging is a limiting factor for rice production in the Sichuan Basin, China. However, the mechanisms of stem lodging resistance, especially its regulation by plant growth regulators are still unclear. A two-year field study, by using the …

Biochar Application in Combination with No Tillage Enhanced Yield and Grain Quality of Ratoon Rice Open

Bin Du, Wujun Zhang, Qiangming Liu, Xiujian Duan, Yanjie Yao , et al. · 2024

Biochar is beneficial as a clean, stable, and efficient soil amendment to improve rice quality and yield. However, there are few reports on the effects of no-tillage in combination with biochar application on rice growth, yield, and qualit…

Improving Rice Quality by Regulating the Heading Dates of Rice Varieties without Yield Penalties Open

Jianguo Liu, Qinqin Yi, Guojun Dong, Yuyu Chen, Longbiao Guo , et al. · 2024

The heading date, a critical trait influencing the rice yield and quality, has always been a hot topic in breeding research. Appropriately delaying the flowering time of excellent northern rice varieties is of great significance for improv…

The deubiquitinating enzymes-related signature predicts the prognosis and immunotherapy response in breast cancer Open

Youyuan Deng, Jingyong Li, Ye He, Dou Du, Zhiya Hu , et al. · 2024

The DUBRI discovered in this research may effectively evaluate the outlook of breast cancer patients and identify groups of patients who would gain advantages from immunotherapy, offering vital knowledge for the future targeted treatment o…

Unravelling CD4+ T cell diversity and tissue adaptation of Tregs in abdominal aortic aneurysms through single‐cell sequencing Open

Luna Zhai, Wangling Hu, Jingyong Li, Dan Li, Ni Xia , et al. · 2024

Immune cell infiltration is a significant pathological process in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). T cells, particularly CD4 + T cells, are essential immune cells responsible for substantial infiltration of the aorta. Regulatory T cells (…

Optimizing nitrogen management can improve stem lodging resistance and stabilize the grain yield of japonica rice in rice–crayfish coculture systems Open

Qiang Xu, Jingyong Li, Hui Gao, Xinyi Yang, Zhi Dou , et al. · 2024

Nitrogen (N) is a major factor affecting rice yield and lodging resistance. Previous studies have primarily investigated the impact of N management on rice lodging in conventional rice monoculture (RM); however, few studies have performed …

Regulatory T cells and cardiovascular diseases Open

Wangling Hu, Jingyong Li, Xiang Cheng · 2023

Inflammation is a major underlying mechanism in the progression of numerous cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are typical immune regulatory cells with recognized immunosuppressive properties. Despite the immunosupp…

Progress and challenges of rice ratooning technology in Chongqing Municipality, China Open

Wujun Zhang, Xiujian Duan, Xiong Yao, Qiangming Liu, Renpeng Xiao , et al. · 2023

Ratoon rice, the production of second crop from the dormant buds on the stubble after harvesting of the main crop, is considered an economic, environment-sound, and resource-efficient cropping system. This paper summarized the research pro…

Cholesterol suppresses human iTreg differentiation and nTreg function through mitochondria-related mechanisms Open

Huanzhi Zhang, Ni Xia, Tingting Tang, Shaofang Nie, Lingfeng Zha , et al. · 2023

Background Both the crystalline and soluble forms of cholesterol increase macrophage secretion of interleukin 1β (IL-1β), aggravating the inflammatory response in atherosclerosis (AS). However, the link between cholesterol and regulatory T…

PERIODICITY AND STABILITY FOR NEUTRAL SICNNs WITH DISTRIBUTED LEAKAGE DELAYS Open

Jingyong Li, Li Wang, Yang Li · 2023

Determination of Soil Cadmium Safety Thresholds for Food Production in a Rice-Crayfish Coculture System Open

Hui Gao, Xiang Peng, Linxiu Dai, Jingyong Li, Qian Yang , et al. · 2022

Previous studies have mainly focused on cadmium (Cd) contamination in conventional rice monocultures, and no research on rice-crayfish coculture has been reported. In this study, a Cd-contaminated (0–30 mg kg−1) rice-crayfish co-culture sy…

Coupling life cycle assessment and global sensitivity analysis to evaluate the uncertainty and key processes associated with carbon footprint of rice production in Eastern China Open

Qiang Xu, Jingyong Li, Hao Liang, Zhao Ding, Xinrui Shi , et al. · 2022

An accurate and objective evaluation of the carbon footprint of rice production is crucial for mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global food production. Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the carbon footprint evaluation m…

Propionate Alleviates Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm by Modulating Colonic Regulatory T-Cell Expansion and Recirculation Open

Fen Yang, Ni Xia, Shuang Guo, Jiyu Zhang, Yuhan Liao , et al. · 2022

Diagnostic and Prognostic Nomograms for Lung Metastasis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Open

Jianguo Wang, Hongjun Zhao, Lifen Ye, Jingyong Li, Huaixiao Zhang , et al. · 2022

Background. The lungs are one of the common sites of metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Patients with lung metastases (LM) have a shorter duration of survival. This study is aimed at determining the prognostic factors of p…

Aorta Regulatory T Cells with a Tissue‐Specific Phenotype and Function Promote Tissue Repair through Tff1 in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Open

Jingyong Li, Ni Xia, Dan Li, Shuang Wen, Shirui Qian , et al. · 2022

In addition to maintaining immune tolerance, Foxp3 + regulatory T cells (Tregs) perform specialized functions in tissue homeostasis and remodeling. However, whether Tregs in aortic aneurysms have a tissue‐specific phenotype and function is…

Transcriptional and physiological data revealed cold tolerance in a photo-thermo sensitive genic male sterile line Yu17S Open