A5103255210- Gut microbiota and health
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Connexins and lens biology
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Biochemical effects in animals
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Heat shock proteins research
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Ion channel regulation and function
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
2021-2024
Southwest Forestry University
2024
Washington University in St. Louis
2011
Connexin43 (Cx43) is a major cardiac gap junction channel protein required for normal electrical and contractile activity. Gap assembly, function, turnover are regulated by phosphorylation under both disease conditions. The carboxyl terminus (CT) of Cx43 contains numerous amino acid residues that phosphorylated kinases. However, our knowledge the specific kinases involved incomplete. objective this study was to identify in Cx43-CT targets multifunctional kinase, Ca(2+)/calmodulin kinase II...
Wildfire prediction plays a vital role in the management and conservation of forest ecosystems. By providing detailed risk assessments, it contributes to reduction fire frequency severity, safeguards resources, supports ecological stability, ensures human safety. This study systematically reviews wildfire literature from 2003 2023, emphasizing research trends collaborative trends. Our findings reveal significant increase activity between 2019 primarily driven by United States Forest Service...
Gap junction channels in ventricular myocardium are required for electrical and metabolic coupling between cardiac myocytes normal pump function. Although much is known about expression patterns remodeling of connexin(Cx)43, little the less abundant Cx45, which embryonic development viability, downregulated adult hearts, pathophysiologically upregulated human end-stage heart failure. We applied quantitative immunoblotting immunoprecipitation to native myocardial extracts, immunogold electron...
China is home to a small but expanding population of wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Both research interest and conservation efforts have increased in recent years, these been fragmented. Here we present the results from collaborative, multi-sectorial, multi-stakeholder exercise identify priorities for Chinese elephant conservation. We first compiled comprehensive list issues, categorized under nine themes, through an on-line survey stakeholders. These issues were subsequently...
Introduction The Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ) is a giant herbivore classified as an endangered wildlife species by the International Union for Conservation of Threatened Species.This study aims to investigate and compare core gut microbiota captive elephants from three different locations in Yunnan Province, China, explore impact environmental husbandry factors on microbial diversity. Methods We collected fecal samples 29 performed full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Microbial...
There are few studies on the changes of heart rate Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), one largest tropical terrestrial mammals, with its self-factors and external environment. By measuring 35 elephants, ranging in age from 4 months to 52 years, using a non-invasive electrocardiogram sensor their natural habitat at Wild Elephant Valley, Xishuangbanna China, we found factors that significantly influenced HR were season, phase day, age, body weight, interaction between some above factors. We...
Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHVs) are important causes of death in both captive and wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Nothing is known about the prevalence EEHVs or domestic China. To determine if present China, 126 from three populations 202 individuals zoos (n = 155) Wild Valley 47) were screened using semi-nested polymerase chain reaction assays with EEHV-redundant EEHV1/4/5-specific primers. EEHV1B EEHV4 detected samples (EEHV1B:8/126; EEHV4:2/126) (EEHV1B:5/155;...
The rare northward migration of wild Asian elephants in Xishuangbanna, China, has attracted global attention. Elephant is a complex ecological process, and the factors driving this long-distance remain elusive. In study, fresh fecal samples were collected from both captive elephants, along with breastfed calves residing within Wild Valley Xishuangbanna. Our aim was to investigate relationship between diet, gut microbiota, patterns through comprehensive metagenomic sequencing analyses. Among...