S. Li

Research summary

Reference [1] reviews how photosynthesis, photorespiration, and light signalling interact with plant defence responses. The paper argues that the photosynthetic apparatus must operate dynamically because light availability and other environmental factors fluctuate, and that homeostatic mechanisms respond to and influence cellular energy and reductant status while photoreceptors monitor light quality. Outside controlled growth rooms, plants must regulate defence within this changing energy and signalling context. References [2], [5], [7], and [8] form a series on kidney injury and fibrosis. Paper [2] shows that inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome attenuates apoptosis in contrast-induced acute kidney injury through upregulation of HIF1A and BNIP3-mediated mitophagy. Paper [5] reports that caspase-11-mediated tubular epithelial pyroptosis underlies contrast-induced acute kidney injury, identifying caspases 4/5 in human tubular epithelial cells and the murine caspase-11 homolog as drivers of tubular cell death after iodinated contrast exposure. Paper [7] examines Drp1-regulated, PARK2-dependent mitophagy in unilateral ureteral obstruction, finding that mitochondrial damage and reactive oxygen species production increase after obstruction and that mitophagy is induced in injured tubular cells. Paper [8] extends the mitophagy theme to chronic kidney disease, showing that HIF1α-BNIP3-mediated mitophagy reduces reactive oxygen species and inhibits NLRP3 inflammasome activation in renal fibrosis. Reference [3] describes the Circular Electron Positron Collider proposal for precision Higgs physics, positioning the CEPC as an e+e- circular Higgs factory to be hosted in China for measuring Higgs properties after the LHC programme. Reference [4] reports a solvothermal route using mixed aqueous-NaOH and glycerol solutions to grow Bi2S3 nanoribbons up to several millimetres long, with HRTEM and SAED showing predominant growth along the [001] direction. Reference [6] reviews octahedral spherical hohlraum studies for inertial confinement fusion, presenting laser arrangements and constraints for hohlraums with six laser entrance holes that retain robust symmetry during capsule implosion at hohlraum-to-capsule radius ratios above 3.7. Reference [9] links HIF-1α-mediated LOX expression to migration and invasion in epithelial ovarian cancer using immunohistochemistry, knockdown, and hypoxia-reoxygenation assays. Reference [10] reports a PandaX-II search for cosmic-ray boosted sub-GeV dark matter on a 100 tonne·day dataset, excluding dark matter-nucleon cross sections from 10^-31 to 10^-28 cm^2 for masses between 0.1 MeV and 0.1 GeV.

Recent publications

1. Photosynthesis, photorespiration, and light signalling in defence responses2012 · Journal of Experimental Botany · 372 citationsDOI
2. Inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome attenuates apoptosis in contrast-induced acute kidney injury through the upregulation of HIF1A and BNIP3-mediated mitophagy2020 · Autophagy · 372 citationsDOI
3. Precision Higgs physics at the CEPC *2019 · Chinese Physics C · 166 citationsDOI
4. Synthesis and Growth Mechanism of Bi2S3 Nanoribbons2004 · Chemistry - A European Journal · 161 citationsDOI
5. Caspase-11-mediated tubular epithelial pyroptosis underlies contrast-induced acute kidney injury2018 · Cell Death and Disease · 132 citationsDOI
6. Progress in octahedral spherical hohlraum study2016 · Matter and Radiation at Extremes · 124 citationsDOI
7. Drp1-regulated PARK2-dependent mitophagy protects against renal fibrosis in unilateral ureteral obstruction2019 · Free Radical Biology and Medicine · 106 citationsDOI
8. HIF1α-BNIP3-mediated mitophagy protects against renal fibrosis by decreasing ROS and inhibiting activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome2023 · Cell Death and Disease · 89 citationsDOI
9. Hypoxia inducible factor 1α-mediated LOX expression correlates with migration and invasion in epithelial ovarian cancer2013 · International Journal of Oncology · 69 citationsDOI
10. Search for Cosmic-Ray Boosted Sub-GeV Dark Matter at the PandaX-II Experiment2022 · Physical Review Letters · 66 citationsDOI

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