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The Structure of Photosystem II and the Mechanism of Water Oxidation in Photosynthesis by Shen, Jian-Ren

“…Oxygenic photosynthesis forms the basis of aerobic life on earth by converting light energy into biologically useful chemical energy and by splitting water to…”
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Structural basis for energy transfer pathways in the plant PSI-LHCI supercomplex by Qin, Xiaochun, Suga, Michihiro, Kuang, Tingyun, Shen, Jian-Ren

“…Photosynthesis converts solar energy to chemical energy by means of two large pigment-protein complexes: photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII). In…”
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Global estimates of cancer prevalence for 27 sites in the adult population in 2008 by Bray, Freddie, Ren, Jian‐Song, Masuyer, Eric, Ferlay, Jacques

“…Recent estimates of global cancer incidence and survival were used to update previous figures of limited duration prevalence to the year 2008. The number of…”
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A synthetic Mn4Ca-cluster mimicking the oxygen-evolving center of photosynthesis by Zhang, Chunxi, Chen, Changhui, Dong, Hongxing, Shen, Jian-Ren, Dau, Holger, Zhao, Jingquan

“…Photosynthetic splitting of water into oxygen by plants, algae, and cyanobacteria is catalyzed by the oxygen-evolving center (OEC). Synthetic mimics of the…”
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Membrane targeting cationic antimicrobial peptides by Ciumac, Daniela, Gong, Haoning, Hu, Xuzhi, Lu, Jian Ren

“…Relationship between pressure and the retention time of AMPs measured from HPLC and implications to membrane-lytic activity and cell selectivity. [Display…”
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Structural basis for assembly and function of a diatom photosystem I-light-harvesting supercomplex by Nagao, Ryo, Kato, Koji, Ifuku, Kentaro, Suzuki, Takehiro, Kumazawa, Minoru, Uchiyama, Ikuo, Kashino, Yasuhiro, Dohmae, Naoshi, Akimoto, Seiji, Shen, Jian-Ren, Miyazaki, Naoyuki, Akita, Fusamichi

“…Photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) play a pivotal role in collecting solar energy for photochemical reactions in photosynthesis. One of the major…”
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Exosomes derived from hypoxia‐preconditioned mesenchymal stromal cells ameliorate cognitive decline by rescuing synaptic dysfunction and regulating inflammatory responses in APP/PS1 mice by Cui, Guo‐Hong, Wu, Jing, Mou, Fang‐Fang, Xie, Wei‐Hua, Wang, Fu‐Bo, Wang, Qiang‐Li, Fang, Jie, Xu, Yan‐Wu, Dong, You‐Rong, Liu, Jian‐Ren, Guo, Hai‐Dong

“…Administration of exosomes derived from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) could improve some neurologic conditions by transferring functional biomolecules to…”
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Structural variations of photosystem I-antenna supercomplex in response to adaptations to different light environments by Suga, Michihiro, Shen, Jian-Ren

“…Photosystem I (PSI) is one of the two photosystems in photosynthesis, and generates reducing power required for carbon dioxide fixation. PSI exists as a…”
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Structural basis for blue-green light harvesting and energy dissipation in diatoms by Wang, Wenda, Yu, Long-Jiang, Xu, Caizhe, Tomizaki, Takashi, Zhao, Songhao, Umena, Yasufumi, Chen, Xiaobo, Qin, Xiaochun, Xin, Yueyong, Suga, Michihiro, Han, Guangye, Kuang, Tingyun, Shen, Jian-Ren

“…Diatoms are abundant photosynthetic organisms in aquatic environments and contribute 40% of its primary productivity. An important factor that contributes to…”
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Generation of microwave orbital angular momentum states using hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna by Ren, Jian, Leung, Kwok Wa

“…A hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) generating two orbital angular momentum (OAM) states of l = +1 and  −1 is studied theoretically and…”
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Structure of photosystem I-LHCI-LHCII from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in State 2 by Huang, Zihui, Shen, Liangliang, Wang, Wenda, Mao, Zhiyuan, Yi, Xiaohan, Kuang, Tingyun, Shen, Jian-Ren, Zhang, Xing, Han, Guangye

“…Photosystem I (PSI) and II (PSII) balance their light energy distribution absorbed by their light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) through state transition to…”
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A new commercial thin film composite membrane for forward osmosis by Ren, Jian, McCutcheon, Jeffrey R.

“…New membranes for forward osmosis (FO) have been made by numerous academic groups around the world. Few of these designs, however, have made it to full-scale…”
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Manganese Compounds as Water-Oxidizing Catalysts: From the Natural Water-Oxidizing Complex to Nanosized Manganese Oxide Structures by Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi, Renger, Gernot, Hołyńska, Małgorzata, Moghaddam, Atefeh Nemati, Aro, Eva-Mari, Carpentier, Robert, Nishihara, Hiroshi, Eaton-Rye, Julian J, Shen, Jian-Ren, Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I

“…All cyanobacteria, algae, and plants use a similar water-oxidizing catalyst for water oxidation. This catalyst is housed in Photosystem II, a membrane-protein…”
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Structural insights into the action mechanisms of artificial electron acceptors in photosystem II by Kamada, Shinji, Nakajima, Yoshiki, Shen, Jian-Ren

“…Photosystem II (PSII) utilizes light energy to split water, and the electrons extracted from water are transferred to QB, a plastoquinone molecule bound to the…”
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Structural basis for the adaptation and function of chlorophyll f in photosystem I by Kato, Koji, Shinoda, Toshiyuki, Nagao, Ryo, Akimoto, Seiji, Suzuki, Takehiro, Dohmae, Naoshi, Chen, Min, Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I., Shen, Jian-Ren, Akita, Fusamichi, Miyazaki, Naoyuki, Tomo, Tatsuya

“…Chlorophylls (Chl) play pivotal roles in energy capture, transfer and charge separation in photosynthesis. Among Chls functioning in oxygenic photosynthesis,…”
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An oxyl/oxo mechanism for oxygen-oxygen coupling in PSII revealed by an x-ray free-electron laser by Suga, Michihiro, Akita, Fusamichi, Yamashita, Keitaro, Nakajima, Yoshiki, Ueno, Go, Li, Hongjie, Yamane, Takahiro, Hirata, Kunio, Umena, Yasufumi, Yonekura, Shinichiro, Yu, Long-Jiang, Murakami, Hironori, Nomura, Takashi, Kimura, Tetsunari, Kubo, Minoru, Baba, Seiki, Kumasaka, Takashi, Tono, Kensuke, Yabashi, Makina, Isobe, Hiroshi, Yamaguchi, Kizashi, Yamamoto, Masaki, Ago, Hideo, Shen, Jian-Ren

“…Photosynthetic water oxidation is catalyzed by the Mn CaO cluster of photosystem II (PSII) with linear progression through five S-state intermediates (S to S…”
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RVG-modified exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells rescue memory deficits by regulating inflammatory responses in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by Cui, Guo-Hong, Guo, Hai-Dong, Li, Han, Zhai, Yu, Gong, Zhang-Bin, Wu, Jing, Liu, Jian-Sheng, Dong, You-Rong, Hou, Shuang-Xing, Liu, Jian-Ren

“…Exosomes are lipid-bilayer enclosed nano-sized vesicles that transfer functional cellular proteins, mRNA and miRNAs. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived…”
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3D-printed “fistula stent” designed for management of enterocutaneous fistula: An advanced strategy by Huang, Jin-Jian, Ren, Jian-An, Wang, Ge-Fei, Li, Zong-An, Wu, Xiu-Wen, Ren, Hua-Jian, Liu, Song

“…Enterocutaneous fistulas(ECFs) are great challenges during the open abdomen. The loss of digestive juice, water-electrolyte imbalance and malnutrition are…”
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The pigment-protein network of a diatom photosystem II-light-harvesting antenna supercomplex by Pi, Xiong, Zhao, Songhao, Wang, Wenda, Liu, Desheng, Xu, Caizhe, Han, Guangye, Kuang, Tingyun, Sui, Sen-Fang, Shen, Jian-Ren

“…Diatoms play important roles in global primary productivity and biogeochemical cycling of carbon, in part owing to the ability of their photosynthetic…”
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Light-adapted charge-separated state of photosystem II: structural and functional dynamics of the closed reaction center by Sipka, G Bor, Magyar, Melinda, Mezzetti, Alberto, Akhtar, Parveen, Zhu, Qingjun, Xiao, Yanan, Han, Guangye, Santabarbara, Stefano, Shen, Jian-Ren, Lambrev, Petar H, Garab, Győző

“…Photosystem II (PSII) uses solar energy to oxidize water and delivers electrons for life on Earth. The photochemical reaction center of PSII is known to…”
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