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The loosened stroma not only facilitated tumor eradication by subsequent therapy but also improved the efficiency of gemcitabine treatment on monthly later recurrent tumors. Therefore, our work may boost the potential of PDT to be a valuable individual or adjuvant treatment for desmoplastic cancers.

The aim of this paper is to explore the correlation between circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) methylation and mutations and its value in clinical early cancer screening.

We performed target region methylation sequencing and genome sequencing on plasma samples. Methylation models to distinguish cancer from healthy individuals have been developed using hypermethylated genes in tumors and validated in training set and prediction set.

We found that patients with cancer had higher levels of ctDNA methylation compared to healthy individuals. The level of ctDNA methylation in cell cycle, p53, Notch pathway in pan-cancer was significantly correlated with the number of mutations, and mutation frequency. Methylation burden in some tumors was significantly correlated with tumor mutational burden (TMB), microsatellite instability (MSI) and PD-L1. The ctDNA methylation differences in cancer patients were mainly concentrated in the Herpes simplex virus 1 infection pathway. The area under curve (AUC) of the training and prediction sets of the methylation model distinguishing cancer from healthy individuals were 0.93 and 0.92, respectively.

Our study provides a landscape of methylation levels of important pathways in pan-cancer. ctDNA methylation significantly correlates with mutation type, frequency and number, providing a reference for clinical application of ctDNA methylation in early cancer screening.

Our study provides a landscape of methylation levels of important pathways in pan-cancer. ctDNA methylation significantly correlates with mutation type, frequency and number, providing a reference for clinical application of ctDNA methylation in early cancer screening.As a multifunctional phytohormone, melatonin (Mel) plays pivotal roles in plant responses to multiple stresses. However, its mechanism of action remains elusive. In the present study, we evaluated the role of NO and Ca2+ signaling in Mel enhanced cold tolerance in winter turnip rape. The results showed that the NO content and concentration of intracellular free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]cyt) increased by 35.42% and 30.87%, respectively, in the leaves of rape seedlings exposed to cold stress. Compared with those of the seedlings in cold stress alone, the NO content and concentration of [Ca2+]cyt in rape seedlings pretreated with Mel increased further. In addition, the Mel-mediated improvement of cold tolerance was inhibited by L-NAME (a NO synthase inhibitor), tungstate (a nitrate reductase inhibitor), LaCl3 (a Ca2+ channel blocker), and EGTA (a Ca2+ chelator), and this finding was mainly reflected in the increase in ROS content and the decrease in osmoregulatory capacity, photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant enzyme activities, and expression levels of antioxidant enzyme genes. These findings suggest that NO and Ca2+ are necessary for Mel to improve cold tolerance and function synergistically downstream of Mel. Notably, the co-treatment of Mel with L-NAME, tungstate, LaCl3, or EGTA also inhibited the Mel-induced expression of MAPK3/6 under cold stress. In conclusion, NO and Ca2+ are involved in the enhancement of cold tolerance induced by Mel through activating the MAPK cascades in rape seedlings, and a crosstalk may exist between NO and Ca2+ signaling.The vital signaling molecule 5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) plays critical roles in signal transduction and biological modulation under abiotic stresses. In this study, we explored the effects of exogenous ALA on low-light (LL) stress-induced photosynthesis and antioxidant system damage in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) seedlings. LL stress decreased morphological index values and chlorophyll contents, while also reduced net photosynthetic rate (Pn) and the maximum quantum yield of photosystem II photochemistry (Fv/Fm). Notably, these restrictions were substantially alleviated by exogenous ALA. Moreover, the contents of chlorophyll and its synthetic precursors were significantly increased after ALA treatment. Meanwhile, ALA observably enhanced expression level of FaCHLG, FaHEMA, FaPOR, and FaCAO, which encode the chlorophyll precursors biosynthesis enzymes. Exogenous ALA repaired the damage to the chloroplast ultrastructure caused by LL stress and promoted the formation of ordered thylakoids and grana lamella. ALA also improved Rubisco activity and expression level of the photosynthetic enzyme genes FaRuBP, FaPRK, and FaGADPH. Additionally, application of exogenous ALA decreased relative electrolytic leakage and the accumulation of malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and superoxide radicals (O2∙-), and increased the gene expression levels and activity of antioxidant enzymes. The ratios of ascorbic acid (AsA) to dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) and reduced glutathione (GSH) to oxidized glutathione (GSSG) were also increased significantly by application of ALA. Furthermore, all responses could be reversed by treatment with levulinic acid (LA). Thus, these results indicated that ALA protects tall fescue from LL stress through scavenging ROS, improving photosynthetic enzyme activity levels, increasing photosynthetic pigments contents, repairing chloroplast damage, and enhancing the photosynthesis rate.Accurate prediction of energy requirement is important in formulating diets, but an energy model for Yellow Broiler breeder hens is publicly unavailable. The objective of this study was to establish energy prediction models for the nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolisable energy (AMEn) requirement of different categories of Yellow Broiler breeder hens during the egg-laying period. Data for modelling were collected from research papers, public databases and production data from companies. Breeder hens were generally categorised into three BW types heavy, medium and light (HBWT, MBWT and LBWT). Published articles were cited for providing coefficients of AMEn maintenance requirement (AMEnm, 101 kcal/kg BW0.75, 423 KJ/kg BW0.75) and growth requirement (AMEng, 5.33 kcal/g, 22.3 KJ/g), respectively. Models of AMEn for egg production (AMEnp) were established from the known daily intake of AMEn (AMEni) and those of maintenance and growth by the factorial approach AMEnp = AMEni - AMEnm - AMEng. For the three types of hens, AMEnp HBWT (kcal, KJ) = 2.55 kcal (10.7 KJ) × egg mass (EM, g); AMEnp MBWT (kcal, KJ) = 2.70 kcal (11.3 KJ) × EM (g), and AMEnp LBWT (kcal, KJ) = 2.94 kcal (12.3 KJ) × EM (g) were determined. The total AMEni requirements, depending on Gompertz models, were HBWT BW (g) = 3 144 × e-EXP(-0.162×(week of age (wk)-15.6)); MBWT BW (g) = 2 526 × e-EXP(-0.333×(wk-19.1)); LBWT BW (g) = 1 612 × e-EXP(-0.242×(wk-16.5)). Models of egg production, HBWT egg production (%) = 124 × e-0.017×wk/(1 + e-0.870×(wk-26.2)); MBWT egg production (%) = 144 × e-0.020×wk/(1 + e-0.751×(wk-24.9)); LBWT egg production (%) = 163 × e-0.024×wk/(1 + e-0.476×(wk-26.5))) and egg weight for each wk of the three types of hens during the egg-laying period were all established. These models showed good applicability in simulating and predicting the literature or production data.The recent advent of genetic genealogy has brought about a renewed interest in genome-scale forensic analyses, of which kinship estimation is a critical component. Most genomic kinship estimators consider SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms), often leveraging the co-inheritance of shared alleles to inform their analyses. While current estimators cannot directly evaluate mixed samples, there exist well-established SNP-based kinship estimators tailored to considering challenged samples, including low-pass whole genome sequencing. As an example, several studies have shown remarkable success in imputing genotype posterior probabilities in low template samples when linked sites are considered. Critical to these approaches is the ability to account for genotype uncertainty; the lack of an expression for a genotype likelihood in imbalanced mixtures has prevented direct application. This work develops such an expression. The formulation is fully compatible with genotype imputation software, suggesting a genomic pipeline that estimates genotype likelihoods, performs imputation, and then estimates kinship when the sample is a mixture. Further, when framed as an imbalanced mixture, the problem of mixture deconvolution is reducible to the problem of genotyping mixed samples. Herein, the ability to genotype two-person mixtures is assessed through example and in silico settings. While certain mixture scenarios and classes of sites are inherently inseparable, simulations of read depths between 60 and 190 appear to produce likelihoods of sufficient magnitude to deconvolve two-person mixtures whenever the mixture fraction is moderately imbalanced. The described approach and results suggest a path forward for estimating the kinship coefficient (and similar inferences on relatedness) when the sample is a mixture.In this study, nitrogen-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) from pine needles were obtained by one-step hydrothermal synthesis without any chemical reagents. The fluorescence quenching and absorbance enhancement of N-CDs occurred when Fe3+ and folic acid (FA) were added. Based on this, the dual-mode detection sensor by fluorescence and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometry for the determination of Fe3+ and FA was established. Detected by the dual-mode detection sensor under the optimized condition, the linear range of Fe3+ was 0.1-540 μM and FA was 0.1-165 μM. At the same time, the two inputs "NOR" and "OR" logic gates are constructed successfully according to the dual-mode sensor signals. The proposed dual-mode detection sensor is simple, efficient and stable; it can be applied to determinate Fe3+ and FA in practical samples successfully and the results are satisfactory.Due to the indiscriminate abuse of pesticides and antibiotics has caused serious threats to the environment and human and animal bodies, the detection of antibiotics and pesticides has attracted widespread attention in recent years. Herein, a novel 2D Cd (II)-MOF, [Cd(L)0.5(1,2-bimb)] (Cd-L-1,2-bimb), [H4L = 1, 1'-ethylbiphenyl -3, 3', 5, 5'- tetracarboxylic acid, 1, 2-bimb = 1, 2-bis[(1H-imidazol-1-yl) methyl] benzene] is synthesized. Cd-L-1,2-bimb has excellent stability in different organic solvents and in the range of pH 1.1-12.5. Cd-L-1,2-bimb exhibits high selectivity, high sensitivity, and fast luminescent response to pesticides [pyrimethanil (PTH, LOD = 2.2 μM) and abamectin benzoate (AMB, LOD = 2.39 μM)] and antibiotic contaminants tetracycline (TET, LOD = 0.13 μM). Cd-L-1,2-bimb displays discriminative fluorescence when detecting AMB and PTH, and is an implication logic gate. Finally, the possible detection mechanism of Cd-L-1,2-bimb toward different pollutants is also further investigated. This MOF-based multifunctional sensor opens up new prospects for environmental monitors.HClO and H2S, as two kinds of crucial small biomolecules, are endowed various roles in biological organisms. The redox balance between HClO and H2S is closely related to the physiological and pathological processes. Thus, it is significant to monitor the redox process between HClO and H2S. Inspired by the advantages of ratiometric fluorescent probes, we firstly developed a reversible ratiometric fluorescent probe (BT-Se) for HClO and H2S via combination of phenyl selenide as the response group and 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole dye as the fluorophore. The proposed probe BT-Se could detect HClO with well-separated dual emission (110 nm), fast response, good selectivity and sensitivity owing to the oxidation reaction of the Se atom induced by HClO. Moreover, only H2S could effectively recover the fluorescence of the detection system to the original state via H2S induced-reduction of selenoxide. ROC-325 Cell imaging studies demonstrated that the probe BT-Se was capable of ratiometric monitoring the changes of intracellular HClO/H2S, which suggested that it has great potential for researching the biological functions of HClO and H2S.