Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82160192;and Guangxi Science and Technology Program,No.2023AB23037.
BACKGROUND In vivo degradation of bone scaffolds is significantly influenced by osteoclast(OC)activity,which is orchestrated by the interplay between receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand(RANKL)and osteo...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFD1700200);the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province,China(20210302123440);the Fund for Shanxi“1331 Project”and the Graduate Education Innovation Project of Shanxi Province,China(2023SJ033).
Syntaxin 1A(Syx1A)has diverse and indispensable functions in animals.Pre-vious studies have mainly focused on the roles of Syx1A in Drosophila,and so how Syx1A operates during the development of other insects remains ...
supported by the National Natu-ral Science Foundation of China(32172483);Jiangsu Agriculture Science and Technology Innovation Fund(CX(22)3012);National Key R&D Plan of China(2023YFD1400605).
Vitellogenin receptor(VgR)plays a crucial role in oogenesis by mediating en-docytosis of vitellogenin and a portion of the yolk proteins in many insect species.How-ever,the function of VgR in minute parasitoid wasps i...
supported from the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFE0116500);the Shen zhen Science and Technology Program(Grant No.KQTD20180411143628272)and Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(ASTIP).
The sweet potato weevil(Cylas formicarius)is a critical pest producing enor-mous global losses in sweet potato crops.Traditional pest management approaches for sweet potato weevil,primarily using chemical pesticides,c...
Chronic hepatitis B virus(HBV)infection affects approximately 254 million individuals globally,contributing to significant morbidity and mortality due to HBV-related liver failure and cirrhosis,which result in million...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32192420);the Major Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province of China(20233ACB209001 and 2023SSY02081);the Special Foundation for National Science and Technology Basic Research Program of China(2021FY100300);the National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFF1305402).
Deciphering the mechanisms underlying the transmission and spillover of zoonoses from reservoir hosts is essential in preventing future global pandemics.Bat flies-obligate blood-feeding ectoparasites of bats-are known...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32372585);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(BK20231471);the National Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates,China(202210307013Z)。
The use of RNA interference(RNAi)technology to control pests is explored by researchers globally.Even though RNA is a new class of pest control compound unlike conventional chemical pesticides,the evolution of pest re...
supported by the grants from the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2022YFA1302700 and 2019YFA0802600);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32230016,32270583,32070619,2023M733425 and 32300438);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB39010600);the Research Funds of Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Biomedicine of IHM(No.QYPY20230021);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
Small regulatory RNAs play a variety of crucial roles in eukaryotes,influencing gene regulation,developmental timing,antiviral defense,and genome integrity via a process termed RNA interference(RNAi).This process invo...
Insect pests cause severe crop damage,resulting in substantial economic losses and threats to global food security.Conventional insecticides are low-cost chemical agents that kill the target insects and some non-speci...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170495,22278241);the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0901700);a grant from the Institute Guo Qiang,Tsinghua University(2021GQG1016);the Department of Chemical Engineering-iBHE Joint Cooperation Fund.
Nosema ceranae,a parasite that parasitizes and reproduces in the gut of honeybees,has become a serious threat to the global apiculture industry.RNA interference(RNAi)technology can be used to inhibit N.ceranae growth ...