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Stable Microbial Community and Specific Beneficial Taxa Associated with Natural Healthy Banana Rhizosphere

  • Fu, Lin;Ou, Yannan;Shen, Zongzhuan;Wang, Beibei;Li, Rong;Shen, Qirong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제29권10호
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    • pp.1624-1628
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    • 2019
  • Banana planting altered microbial communities and induced the enrichment of Fusarium oxysporum in rhizosphere compared with that of forest soil. Diseased plant rhizosphere soil (WR) harbored increased pathogen abundance and showed distinct microbial structures from healthy plant rhizosphere soil (HR). The enriched taxon of Bordetella and key taxon of Chaetomium together with some other taxa showed negative associations with pathogen in HR, indicating their importance in pathogen inhibition. Furthermore, a more stable microbiota was observed in HR than in WR. Taken together, the lower pathogen abundance, specific beneficial microbial taxa and stable microbiota contributed to disease suppression.

Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals That the 20K and 38K Prophages in Listeria monocytogenes Serovar 4a Strains Lm850658 and M7 Contribute to Genetic Diversity but Not to Virulence

  • Fang, Chun;Cao, Tong;Shan, Ying;Xia, Ye;Xin, Yongping;Cheng, Changyong;Song, Houhui;Bowman, John;Li, Xiaoliang;Zhou, Xiangyang;Fang, Weihuan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제26권1호
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    • pp.197-206
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    • 2016
  • Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen of considerable genetic diversity with varying pathogenicity. Initially, we found that the strain M7 was far less pathogenic than the strain Lm850658 though both are serovar 4a strains belonging to the lineage III. Comparative genomic approaches were then attempted to decipher the genetic basis that might govern the strain-dependent pathotypes. There are 2,761 coding sequences of 100% nucleotide identity between the two strains, accounting for 95.7% of the total genes in Lm850658 and 92.7% in M7. Lm850658 contains 33 specific genes, including a novel 20K prophage whereas strain M7 has 130 specific genes, including two large prophages (38K and 44K). To examine the roles of these specific prophages in pathogenicity, the 20K and 38K prophages were deleted from their respective strains. There were virtually no differences of pathogenicity between the deletion mutants and their parent strains, although some putative virulent factors like VirB4 are present in the 20K region or holin-lysin in the 38K region. In silico PCR analysis of 29 listeria genomes show that only strain SLCC2540 has the same 18 bp integration hotspot as Lm850658, whereas the sequence identity of their 20K prophages is very low (21.3%). The 38K and 44K prophages are located in two other different hotspots and are conserved in low virulent strains M7, HCC23, and L99. In conclusion, the 20K and 38K prophages of L. monocytogenes serovar 4a strains Lm850658 and M7 are not related to virulence but contribute to genetic diversity.

대학서열과 노동시장 성과 - 지방대생 임금차별을 중심으로 - (University Hierarchy and Labor Market Outcome - Wage Differentials between Provincial and Seoul Metropolitan Area University Graduates -)

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    • 노동경제논집
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    • 제30권2호
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    • pp.87-118
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    • 2007
  • 본 논문에서는 한국직업능력개발원의 "전문대 및 대학 졸업생 경제활동상태 추적조사" 2005년 자료를 주로 이용하여 대학서열화와 노동시장 성과 간의 관계를 지방대 졸업생에 대한 임금차별을 중심으로 분석하였다. 주요 결과로는 첫째, 지방대학 졸업생 월평균 임금은 174.77만원으로 수도권대학 졸업생에 비해 11.5% 낮았으나 지방대학의 낮은 수능점수에 상당 부분 기인하였다. 둘째, 위계선형모형(Hierarchical Linear Model)을 적용하여 학교의 임금효과를 추정한 결과 개인간 임금차이의 12.2%만이 학교간 차이에 기인하는 것으로 나타나 학교효과가 예상보다 작음을 확인하였다. 셋째, 대학 진학시의 선택편의(selection bias)를 고려한 Heckman형 2SLS 임금함수를 추정한 후 Neumark 임금분해를 시도한 결과 수도권대학과 지방대학 졸업생 간 임금격차는 전적으로 수도권대학 졸업생의 인적 속성과 직업 속성상의 우위에 기인하였으며, 특히 수도권에 집중된 상위권 대학의 영향이 결정적으로 작용하였다. 넷째, 분위회귀 기법을 적용하여 임금분위별 지방대생 차별을 분석한 결과 임금분위와 무관하게 대체로 -4.01%~-2.51% 범위의 임금차별이 관찰되었다.

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Tumor Promoting Function of DUSP10 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Is Associated With Tumor-Promoting Cytokines

  • Xing Wei;Chin Wen Png;Madhushanee Weerasooriya;Heng Li;Chenchen Zhu;Guiping Chen;Chuan Xu;Yongliang Zhang;Xiaohong Xu
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.34.1-34.15
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    • 2023
  • Lung cancer, particularly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) which contributes more than 80% to totally lung cancer cases, remains the leading cause of cancer death and the 5-year survival is less than 20%. Continuous understanding on the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of this disease and identification of biomarkers for therapeutic application and response to treatment will help to improve patient survival. Here we found that a molecule known as DUSP10 (also known as MAPK phosphatase 5) is oncogenic in NSCLC. Overexpression of DUSP10 in NSCLC cells resulted in reduced activation of ERK and JNK, but increased activation of p38, which was associated with increased cellular growth and migration. When inoculated in immunodeficient mice, the DUSP10-overexpression NSCLC cells formed larger tumors compared to control cells. The increased growth of DUSP10-overexpression NSCLC cells was associated with increased expression of tumor-promoting cytokines including IL-6 and TGFβ. Importantly, higher DUSP10 expression was associated with poorer prognosis of NSCLC patients. Therefore, DUSP10 could severe as a biomarker for NSCLC prognosis and could be a target for development of therapeutic method for lung cancer treatment.

Kinesin superfamily member 15 knockdown inhibits cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

  • Yi Cai;Qianyue Lai;Xuan Zhang;Yu Zhang;Man Zhang;Shaoju Gu;Yuan Qin;Jingshen Hou;Li Zhao
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제27권5호
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    • pp.457-470
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    • 2023
  • The aim of this study was to investigate the role of kinesin superfamily member 15 (KIF15) in nasopharyngeal carcinogenesis (NPC) and explore its underlying mechanisms. We employed various assays, including the CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry, the Transwell and scratch assay, Western blotting, and nude mice transplantation tumor, to investigate the impact of KIF15 on NPC. Our findings demonstrate that KIF15 plays a critical role in the proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion of NPC cells. Furthermore, we discovered that silencing KIF15 inhibits cell proliferation, migration, and invasion while promoting apoptosis, and that KIF15's effect on NPC cell growth is mediated through the PI3K/AKT and P53 signaling pathways. Additionally, we showed that KIF15 promotes nasopharyngeal cancer cell growth in vivo. Our study sheds light on the significance of KIF15 in NPC by revealing that KIF15 knockdown inhibits NPC cell growth through the regulation of AKT-related signaling pathways. These findings suggest that KIF15 represents a promising therapeutic target for the prevention and treatment of NPC.

Phylogenetic Diversity and Antifungal Activity of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Tephrosia purpurea

  • Luo, Ze-Ping;Lin, Hai-Yan;Ding, Wen-Bing;He, Hua-Liang;Li, You-Zhi
    • Mycobiology
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    • 제43권4호
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    • pp.435-443
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    • 2015
  • Sixty-one endophytic fungus strains with different colony morphologies were isolated from the leaves, stems and roots of Tephrosia purpurea with colonization rates of 66.95%, 37.50%, and 26.92%, respectively. Based on internal transcribed spacer sequence analysis, 61 isolates were classified into 16 genera belonging to 3 classes under the phylum Ascomycota. Of the 61 isolates, 6 (9.84%) exhibited antifungal activity against one or more indicator plant pathogenic fungi according to the dual culture test. Isolate TPL25 had the broadest antifungal spectrum of activity, and isolate TPL35 was active against 5 plant pathogenic fungi. Furthermore, culture filtrates of TPL25 and TPL35 exhibited greater than 80% growth inhibition against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. We conclude that the endophytic fungal strains TPL25 and TPL35 are promising sources of bioactive compounds.

Structural damage identification using an iterative two-stage method combining a modal energy based index with the BAS algorithm

  • Wang, Shuqing;Jiang, Yufeng;Xu, Mingqiang;Li, Yingchao;Li, Zhixiong
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • 제36권1호
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    • pp.31-45
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to develop an effective iterative two-stage method (ITSM) for structural damage identification of offshore platform structures. In each iteration, a new damage index, Modal Energy-Based Damage Index (MEBI), is proposed to help effectively locate the potential damage elements in the first stage. Then, in the second stage, the beetle antenna search (BAS) algorithm is used to estimate the damage severity of these elements. Compared with the well-known particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm and genetic algorithm (GA), this algorithm has lower computational cost. A modal energy based objective function for the optimization process is proposed. Using numerical and experimental data, the efficiency and accuracy of the ITSM are studied. The effects of measurement noise and spatial incompleteness of mode shape are both considered. All the obtained results show that under these influences, the ITSM can accurately identify the true location and severity of damage. The results also show that the objective function based on modal energy is most suitable for the ITSM compared with that based on flexibility and weighted natural frequency-mode shape.