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- Drouin-Ouellet, Janelle, et al.
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The 2022 International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting : Celebrating 20 Years of Achievements
- 2022
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Ingår i: Cellular Reprogramming. - : Mary Ann Liebert Inc. - 2152-4971 .- 2152-4998. ; 24:5, s. 212-222
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Last June, the stem cell community came together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), one of the leading organizations in the field. The hybrid event mixed a varied program filled with plenary talks, concurrent track sessions, poster presentations, exhibit booths, and plenty of opportunities to enhance stem cell research through bonding between academia and industry. This report highlights the Plenary sessions, with the main topics discussed by each speaker. All the impressive research showcased during the meeting is genuine proof of the great advancements the field has witnessed during these last 20 years, and the more to come.
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- Liu, Hang, et al.
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Investigation of Nd3+ incorporation in Ce-rhabdophane : Insight from structural flexibility and occupation mechanism
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of The American Ceramic Society. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0002-7820 .- 1551-2916. ; 105:7, s. 4974-4985
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- LnPO(4)center dot 0.667H(2)O rhabdophane has been considered as a potential material for the precipitation of actinides from radioactive waste liquid, owing to its outstanding characteristics of high actinide bearing and easy synthesis in acid solutions. However, a comprehensive understanding of the actinide occupation and the precipitation response of rhabdophane to remove actinides has yet to be established. In this study, the effect of ions concentration and pH values on the detailed precipitation reaction of CexNd1-xPO4 center dot 0.667H(2)O rhabdophane in acid solutions are systematically investigated. Some specific issues such as structural distortion and flexibility, and occupation mechanism are discussed by combining with experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculation. The results reveal that ions concentration and pH values have a significant impact on the crystallization nucleation step before 12 h. The obtained removal rate of Nd3+ is more than 99% in pH 1-5 solutions with the ions concentration of 0.05-0.1 mol/L. Moreover, incorporating Nd in CePO4 center dot 0.667H(2)O rhabdophane will easily result in the lattice distortion in b-axis. DFT calculation and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results reveal that Nd is preferentially incorporated in nonhydrated site to form a weaker binding energy of NdO8 polyhedron.
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- Qin, Na, et al.
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Comprehensive functional annotation of susceptibility variants identifies genetic heterogeneity between lung adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma
- 2021
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Ingår i: Frontiers of Medicine. - : Springer-Verlag New York. - 2095-0217 .- 2095-0225. ; 15:2, s. 275-291
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Although genome-wide association studies have identified more than eighty genetic variants associated with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) risk, biological mechanisms of these variants remain largely unknown. By integrating a large-scale genotype data of 15 581 lung adenocarcinoma (AD) cases, 8350 squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) cases, and 27 355 controls, as well as multiple transcriptome and epigenomic databases, we conducted histology-specific meta-analyses and functional annotations of both reported and novel susceptibility variants. We identified 3064 credible risk variants for NSCLC, which were overrepresented in enhancer-like and promoter-like histone modification peaks as well as DNase I hypersensitive sites. Transcription factor enrichment analysis revealed that USF1 was AD-specific while CREB1 was SqCC-specific. Functional annotation and gene-based analysis implicated 894 target genes, including 274 specifics for AD and 123 for SqCC, which were overrepresented in somatic driver genes (ER = 1.95,P= 0.005). Pathway enrichment analysis and Gene-Set Enrichment Analysis revealed that AD genes were primarily involved in immune-related pathways, while SqCC genes were homologous recombination deficiency related. Our results illustrate the molecular basis of both well-studied and new susceptibility loci of NSCLC, providing not only novel insights into the genetic heterogeneity between AD and SqCC but also a set of plausible gene targets for post-GWAS functional experiments.
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- Zhao, Xiaofeng, et al.
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Exploring the relationship between Ln leaching and Ln-O binding energy in monazite (Nd, Sm, Eu)
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of The American Ceramic Society. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0002-7820 .- 1551-2916. ; 105:1, s. 553-563
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Understanding the chemical durability of waste forms is important for the long-term deep geological disposal of actinides. However, in-depth investigations on the leaching mechanism of monazite ceramic waste forms remain to be poorly understand. Inspired by the degradation process of Ce-monazite controlled by the fracture of Ce-O bond of (010) surface under the action of permeable water molecules, the relationship between Ln leaching and Ln-O binding energy in LnPO(4) (Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu) monazites is investigated by combining dissolution experiments and first-principles calculations. The dissolution experiments are performed in 0.001 mol/L HCl solutions at 363 K. Before and after leaching, the phase compositions of specimens are carefully investigated by refined XRD and GIXRD, and the results confirm that the dissolved phases in contact with the leachate are LnPO(4) monazite. Some specific issues are discussed in detail by first-principles calculations, such as the bond length, charge transfer, electron localization function, and chemical bond properties. Moreover, the boundary conditions of crystal-growing of LnPO(4) monazite are investigated to define the chemical potential that is used to calculate the defect formation energy (Ef) of Ln vacancy in (010) surface. Importantly, the Ef results show the difficulty order of forming a vacancy defect of Ln on (010) surface is Eu > Sm > Nd, which is consistent with the leaching stability of Ln in LnPO(4) (Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu) monazite.
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- Zhao, Xiaofeng, et al.
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Incorporation of Th4+ and Sr2+ into Rhabdophane/Monazite by Wet Chemistry : Structure and Phase Stability
- 2023
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Ingår i: Inorganic Chemistry. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0020-1669 .- 1520-510X. ; 62:38, s. 15605-15615
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rhabdophane is an important permeable reactive barrier to enrich radionuclides from groundwater and has been envisaged to host radionuclides in the backend of the nuclear fuel cycle. However, understanding of how An4+ and Sr2+ precipitate into rhabdophane by wet chemistry has not been resolved. In this work, Th4+ and Sr2+ incorporation in the rhabdophane/ monazite structure as La1-2xSrxThxPO4.nH2O solid solutions is successfully achieved in the acid solution at 90 degrees C. Some specific issues such as lattice occupation of Th4+ and Sr2+, precipitation reaction kinetics, and crystal growth affected by starting stoichiometry are discussed in detail, along with investigating the chemical stability of La1-2xSrxThxPO4.nH2O precipitations and associated La(1-2x)Sr(x)ThxPO(4) monazite. The results reveal that the excess of Sr2+ appears to be a prevailing factor with a suggested initial Sr: Th = 2 to obtain the stability domain of La1-2xSrxThxPO4.nH(2)O (x = 0 similar to 0.1). A rapid ion removal associated with a nucleation process has been observed within 8 h, and Th4+ can be removed more than 98% after 24 h in 0.01 mol/L solutions. From structural energetics based on density functional theory, the lattice occupation of Th4+ and Sr2+ is energetically favorable in nonhydrated lattice sites of [LaO8], although two-thirds of lattice sites are associated with [LaO8.H2O] hydrated sites. Intriguingly, the crystal transformation from rhabdophane to monazite associated with the transformation from [SrO8] to [SrO9] polyhedra can greatly improve the leaching stability of Sr2+.
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- Zhao, Xiaofeng, et al.
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Response of Nd3+ and Sm3+ precipitating into rhabdophane and the leaching mechanism of associated monazite ceramics
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of The American Ceramic Society. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0002-7820 .- 1551-2916. ; 106:2, s. 1287-1298
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rhabdophane has been considered an important permeable reactive barrier to isolate groundwater radionuclides, and evaluating its precipitation response to different species of radionuclide in acid solutions is critical. In this work, the effects of pH values on the precipitation behavior of Nd3+ and Sm3+ into La-rhabdophane are systematically investigated. Some specific issues such as ions removal, precipitation reaction kinetics, and crystal growth affected ions incorporation are discussed in detail, along with uncovering the veil of the Ln (La, Nd, and Sm) leaching mechanism of associated La0.666Nd0.167Sm0.167PO4 monazite ceramic based on dissolution experiments and density functional theory. The results reveal that Nd3+ and Sm3+ can be removed more than 98% in pH = 1 solution within 12 h, whereas uneven precipitation process to form unexpected stoichiometric ratio of rhabdophane has been observed in 30-50 nm short crystal. Grain growth effects based on spark plasma sintering can contribute to homogenize the materials composition with obtaining La0.666Nd0.167Sm0.167PO4 monazite ceramics. Furthermore, the binding energy of Ln-O in (1 0 0) surface of monazite plays an important role in controlling the leaching stability of Ln(3+), associated with the leaching activities are energetically favorable in the order of La > Nd > Sm for La0.666Nd0.167Sm0.167PO4 monazite.
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- Zheng, Qiuyu, et al.
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Homogeneous immobilization of simulated actinides in rhabdophane and comparison of its leaching stability with monazite
- 2023
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Ingår i: Progress in nuclear energy (New series). - : Elsevier BV. - 0149-1970 .- 1878-4224. ; 160
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rhabdophane LnPO(4)center dot 0.667H(2)O (Ln = La to Dy) is an important precipitation-enrichment barrier to isolate actinides from groundwater. However, the bearing capacity of different actinides in rhabdophane has been poorly understood due to the complex coordination environment induced by water molecules. In this work, the precipitation behaviors of NdxSmxLa(1-2x)PO(4)center dot 0.667H(2)O (x = 0.1-0.5) solid solutions are systematically investigated to understand the simulated actinides occupancy and the chemical precipitation processes. The results show that Nd3+ and Sm3+ can be removed over 99% after 12 h in an approximate pH = 1 solution. NdxSmxLa12xPO4 center dot 0.667H(2)O single-phase has been observed by refined XRD, although the composition distribution of nanograins is extremely uneven. The distribution of simulated actinides can be homogeneous after prolonging reaction time to 12 days or sintering temperature over 1000.C. Both Nd3+ and Sm3+ are preferentially incorporated on non-hydrated lattice sites when x = 0.1. Besides, the chemical stability of La0.332Nd0.334Sm0.334PO4 center dot 0.667H(2)O rhabdophane is compared with associated monazite to understand the leaching activities of simulated actinides incorporated on hydrated and non-hydrated sites. The leaching rates of monazite are smaller than that of rhabdophane, suggesting that [LnO(9)] polyhedrons in monazite have a stronger energy threshold than [LnO(8)] and [LnO(8)center dot H2O] polyhedrons in rhabdophane.
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