Qiu-Ning Liu

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Introduction Oocystis borgei is a green microalga that was originally isolated from a subtropical L. vannamei pond, and it exhibits remarkable characteristics of population stability and environmental adaptiveness (Huang et al., 2002a). Unlike other microalgal species that can cause red tides and mass mortality due to rapid, short-term proliferation, the Oocystis borgei cells proliferate slowly and maintain relatively stable water conditions (Huang et al., 2002b). In aquaculture settings, O.

1 Introduction Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common acute abdominal disease characterized by injury and inflammatory disorder of the pancreas (Lee and Papachristou, 2019). In patients with AP, approximately 80% have mild and moderate symptoms, but 20% of them develop severe AP (SAP).