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ACS Sens ; 9(6): 2728-2776, 2024 Jun 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38828988

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The escalating development and improvement of gas sensing ability in industrial equipment, or "machine olfactory", propels the evolution of gas sensors toward enhanced sensitivity, selectivity, stability, power efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and longevity. Two-dimensional (2D) materials, distinguished by their atomic-thin profile, expansive specific surface area, remarkable mechanical strength, and surface tunability, hold significant potential for addressing the intricate challenges in gas sensing. However, a comprehensive review of 2D materials-based gas sensors for specific industrial applications is absent. This review delves into the recent advances in this field and highlights the potential applications in industrial machine olfaction. The main content encompasses industrial scenario characteristics, fundamental classification, enhancement methods, underlying mechanisms, and diverse gas sensing applications. Additionally, the challenges associated with transitioning 2D material gas sensors from laboratory development to industrialization and commercialization are addressed, and future-looking viewpoints on the evolution of next-generation intelligent gas sensory systems in the industrial sector are prospected.


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Gases , Gases/análise , Gases/química , Olfato , Indústrias , Odorantes/análise
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Eur Spine J ; 2024 May 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38809439

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OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to investigate the clinical features, treatment modalities, and risk factors influencing neurological recovery in patients who underwent scoliosis correction with delayed postoperative neurological deficit (DPND). METHODS: Three patients with DPND were identified from 2 central databases for descriptive analysis. Furthermore, all DPND cases were retrieved from the PubMed and Embase databases. Neurological function recovery was categorized into complete and incomplete recovery groups based on the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale. RESULTS: Two patients were classified as type 3, and one was classified as type 2 based on the MRI spinal cord classification. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) was consistently negative throughout the corrective procedure, and intraoperative wake-up tests were normal. The average time to DPND development was 11.8 h (range, 4-18 h), and all three patients achieved complete recovery of neurological function after undergoing revision surgery. A total of 14 articles involving 31 patients were included in the literature review. The mean time to onset of DPND was found to be 25.2 h, and 85.3% (29/34) of patients experienced DPND within the first 48 h postoperatively, with the most common initial symptoms being decreased muscle strength and sensation (26 patients, 83.9%). Regarding neurological function recovery, 14 patients were able to reach ASIA grade E, while 14 patients were not able to reach ASIA grade E. Univariate analysis revealed that preoperative diagnosis (p = 0.004), operative duration (p = 0.017), intraoperative osteotomy method (p = 0.033), level of neurological deficit (p = 0.037) and deficit source (p = 0.0358) were significantly associated with neurological outcomes. Furthermore, multivariate regression analysis indicated a strong correlation between preoperative diagnosis (p = 0.003, OR, 68.633; 95% CI 4.299-1095.657) and neurological prognosis. CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that spinal cord ischemic injury was a significant factor for patients experiencing DPND and distraction after corrective surgery may be a predisposing factor for spinal cord ischemia. Additionally, it is important to consider the possibility of DPND when limb numbness and decreased muscle strength occur within 48 h after corrective scoliosis surgery. Moreover, emergency surgical intervention is highly recommended for DPND caused by mechanical compression factors with a promising prognosis for neurological function, emphasizing the importance of taking into account preoperative orthopedic diagnoses when evaluating the potential for neurological recovery.

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Front Immunol ; 15: 1321406, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38469318

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Background: The inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine has made significant contributions to fighting the epidemic in the past three years. However, the rapid development and application raised concerns about its safety in reproductive health, especially after several studies had observed a decrease in semen parameters following two doses of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Thus, it is necessary to comprehensively evaluate the effect of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine on male fertility. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in the Center for Reproductive Medicine of the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University between July 2021 and March 2023. A total of 409 men with different vaccination status and no history of SARS-CoV-2 infection were included in this study. Their sex hormone levels and semen parameters were evaluated and compared separately. Results: The levels of FSH and PRL in one-dose vaccinated group were higher than other groups, while there were no significant changes in other sex hormone levels between the control and inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccinated groups. Most semen parameters such as volume, sperm concentration, total sperm count, progressive motility and normal forms were similar before and after vaccination with any single dose or combination of doses (all P > 0.05). Nevertheless, the total motility was significantly decreased after receiving the 1 + 2 doses of vaccine compared to before vaccination (46.90 ± 2.40% vs. 58.62 ± 2.51%; P = 0.001). Fortunately, this parameter was still within the normal range. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that any single dose or different combined doses of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was not detrimental to male fertility. This information could reassure men who want to conceive after vaccination and be incorporated into future fertility recommendations.


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COVID-19 , Sêmen , Humanos , Masculino , Vacinas contra COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2 , Estudos Retrospectivos , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Espermatozoides , Vacinação , Hormônios Esteroides Gonadais
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ACS Sens ; 8(12): 4646-4654, 2023 Dec 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37976675

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An air-insulated power equipment adopts air as the insulating medium and is widely implemented in power systems. When discharge faults occur, the air produces decomposition products represented by NO2. The efficient NO2 sensor enables the identification of electrical equipment faults. However, single-sensor-dependent NO2 detection is vulnerable to interfering gases. Implementing the sensor array could reduce the interference and improve detection efficiency. In the field of NO2 detection, In2O3 sensors have exhibited tremendous advantages. In our work, four composites based on In2O3 are integrated into sensor arrays, which could detect 250 ppb of NO2 and exhibit excellent selectivity when simultaneously exposed to CO. To further reduce the impact of humidity on gas-sensing performance, a convolutional neural network and a long short-term memory model equipped with an attention mechanism are proposed to evaluate NO2 concentration within 1 ppm, and the detection error is 63.69 ppb. In addition, the NO2 concentration estimation platform based on a microgas sensor is established to detect air discharge faults. The average concentration of NO2 generated by 10 consecutive discharge faults at 15 kV is 726.58 ppb, which indicates severe discharge in the switchgear. Our NO2 estimation method has great potential for large-scale deployment in low- and medium-voltage switchgears.

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Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) ; 14: 1178396, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37908752

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Sleep disorders affect mental and physical health. Infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment are prone to sleep disorders. Sleep condition, its influencing factors, and the association between sleep condition and ART treatment outcomes before treatment have not been explored within a population with a large sample size. Therefore, we investigated the sleep characteristics of 1002 Chinese infertile women before ovulation induction and investigated the influencing factors (negative and positive psychological factors, demographics, and fertility characteristics). We also examined whether sleep conditions before treatment predicted reproductive outcomes. We found that 24.1% of participants reported poor sleep quality. Women with primary infertility reported poorer sleep than women with secondary infertility. Negative psychological factors, including depression, anxiety, and perceived stress were associated with poor sleep, whereas positive affect was linked with good sleep. Adverse sleep characteristics, including poor subjective sleep quality, sleep disturbances, and poor sleep efficiency, decreased the quantity and quality of oocytes retrieved, fertilization rates, and clinical pregnancy rates. This study indicates that before ART treatment, a large number of females with infertility suffer from sleep problems, which are affected by psychological factors and infertility type, and unhealthy sleep characteristics may impair treatment outcomes. Our findings highlight the importance of screening and treatment for sleep disorders before the enrollment of ART treatment in infertile women.


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Infertilidade Feminina , Transtornos do Sono-Vigília , Gravidez , Humanos , Feminino , Infertilidade Feminina/terapia , Infertilidade Feminina/etiologia , Estudos Prospectivos , População do Leste Asiático , Técnicas de Reprodução Assistida/efeitos adversos , Sono , Transtornos do Sono-Vigília/complicações , Transtornos do Sono-Vigília/epidemiologia , Transtornos do Sono-Vigília/terapia
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J Med Virol ; 95(10): e29161, 2023 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37814968

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Fear of possible negative effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine on fertility is the main reason for vaccine hesitancy among the public especially women of childbearing age. Despite the high coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in China, more scientific evidence is still needed to address their concerns and guide fertility counseling and management in the future. Herein, we performed a retrospective cohort study at a single large center for reproductive medicine in China between August 2020 and May 2023. Patients aged 20-42 years with no history of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were included and categorized into different groups according to their vaccination status. The serum sex hormone levels, anti-Müllerian hormone concentrations, embryo quality, and pregnancy outcomes were evaluated and compared among them. We found there were no significant differences in the concentrations of follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone and progesterone between the unvaccinated, first-dose, second-dose, and booster vaccinated groups. However, the estradiol showed a highly significant increase in the one-dose vaccinated group compared with its levels in other groups. Among unvaccinated and either vaccinated patients, anti-Müllerian hormone levels were comparable (p = 0.139). The number of oocytes retrieved, fertilization rate and good-quality embryo rate were all similar between each group of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection. No significant differences were observed regarding other laboratory parameters. Moreover, the vaccination status of infertile couples did not exert any adverse effect on the pregnancy outcomes in all assisted reproductive technologies cycles. In short, we comprehensively evaluated the reproductive safety of inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccine and found any dose of vaccination wouldn't negatively affect female fertility parameters such as sex hormone levels and ovarian reserve. Moreover, this is the first study to complete the live birth follow-up of the cohort after receiving inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccine, further dispelling the misconception and providing reassurance for decision-making by clinicians.


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Vacinas contra COVID-19 , COVID-19 , Fertilidade , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Gravidez , Hormônio Antimülleriano , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Vacinas contra COVID-19/efeitos adversos , Fertilização in vitro , Hormônios Esteroides Gonadais , Taxa de Gravidez , Estudos Retrospectivos , SARS-CoV-2 , Sêmen
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Heliyon ; 9(9): e20099, 2023 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37809403

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Backgrounds: Spontaneous preterm birth (SPB) is a global problem. Early screening, identification, and prevention in asymptomatic pregnant women with risk factors for preterm birth can help reduce the incidence and mortality of preterm births. Therefore, this study systematically reviewed prediction models for spontaneous preterm birth, summarised the model characteristics, and appraised their quality to identify the best-performing prediction model for clinical decision-making. Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Biology Medicine disc, VIP Database, and Wanfang Data were searched up to September 27, 2021. Prediction models for spontaneous preterm births in singleton asymptomatic pregnant women with risk factors were eligible for inclusion. Six independent reviewers selected the eligible studies and extracted data from the prediction models. The findings were summarised using descriptive statistics and visual plots. Results: Twelve studies with twelve developmental models were included. Discriminative performance was reported in 11 studies, with an Area Under the Curve (AUC) ranging from 0.75 to 0.95. The AUCs of the seven models were greater than 0.85. Cervical length (CL) is the most commonly used predictor of spontaneous preterm birth. A total of 91.7% of the studies had a high risk of bias in the analysis domain, mainly because of the small sample size and lack of adjustment for overfitting. Conclusion: The accuracy of the models for spontaneous preterm births in singleton asymptomatic women with risk factors was good. However, these models are not widely used in clinical practice because they lack replicability and transparency. Future studies should transparently report methodological details and consider more meaningful predictors with new progress in research on preterm birth.

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Hum Mol Genet ; 32(14): 2326-2334, 2023 07 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37133443

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Fertilization is a fundamental process of development, and the blocking mechanisms act at the zona pellucida (ZP) and plasma membrane of the egg to prevent any additional sperm from binding, permeating and fusing after fertilization. In clinical practice, some couples undergoing recurrent IVF failures that mature oocytes had abnormal fertilization for unknown reason. Ovastacin encoded by ASTL cleave the ZP protein ZP2 and play a key role in preventing polyspermy. Here, we identified bi-allelic variants in ASTL that are mainly characterized by fertilization problems in humans. All four independent affected individuals had bi-allelic frameshift variants or predicted damaging missense variants, which follow a Mendelian recessive inheritance pattern. The frameshift variants significantly decreased the quantity of ASTL protein in vitro. And all missense variants affected the enzymatic activity that cleaves ZP2 in mouse egg in vitro. Three knock-in female mice (corresponding to three missense variants in patients) all show subfertility due to low embryo developmental potential. This work presents strong evidence that pathogenic variants in ASTL cause female infertility and provides a new genetic marker for the diagnosis of fertilization problems.


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Infertilidade Feminina , Sêmen , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Camundongos , Animais , Glicoproteínas da Zona Pelúcida/genética , Glicoproteínas da Zona Pelúcida/metabolismo , Sêmen/metabolismo , Oócitos/metabolismo , Infertilidade Feminina/genética , Fertilização/genética , Metaloproteases/genética
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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 59(38): 5677-5680, 2023 May 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37052193

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Inorganic ammonium (NH4+) is the simplest amine cation with perfect symmetry, the smallest radius and many H atoms, allowing itself to be used as a potential dopant in achieving high-quality perovskite materials. As a composition-modulation strategy, NH4+-doped (NH4)xCs3-xCu2I5 (0 < x < 1.5) lead-free perovskites were successfully synthesized via the eco-friendly ball milling method in this work. As the ammonium content increases, the lattice constants of (NH4)xCs3-xCu2I5 shrink and the grain sizes increase. The doping of NH4+ effectively passivates the lattice defects, suppresses the non-radiative recombination and tunes the energy band structure, resulting in better fluorescence properties. UV-pumped deep-blue LEDs based on (NH4)xCs3-xCu2I5 phosphors were fabricated, which showed improved performance and tunable emission. These results demonstrate the potential of the NH4+-doping strategy for improving the performance of lead-free perovskite optoelectronics.

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Med Oncol ; 40(5): 140, 2023 Apr 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37031314

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Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is an adhesive ligand critical for maintaining hemostasis. However, it has also been increasingly recognized for its role in cancer development because it has been shown to mediate the adhesion of cancer cells to endothelial cells, promote the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and enhance angiogenesis. We have previously shown that gastric cancer cells synthesize VWF, which mediates the interaction between the cancer and endothelial cells to promote cancer growth. Here, we report results from a clinical observational study that demonstrate the association of VWF in plasma and on the surface of extracellular vesicles (EVs) with the pathological characteristics of gastric cancer. We found that patients with gastric cancer had elevated and intrinsically hyperadhesive VWF in their peripheral blood samples. VWF was detected on the surface of EVs from cancer cells, platelets, and endothelial cells. Higher levels of these VWF-bound EVs were associated with cancer aggression and poor clinical outcomes for patients. These findings suggest that VWF+ EVs from different cell types serve collectively as a new class of biomarkers for the outcome assessment of gastric cancer patients.


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Vesículas Extracelulares , Neoplasias Gástricas , Humanos , Fator de von Willebrand/metabolismo , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Gástricas/metabolismo , Plaquetas , Vesículas Extracelulares/metabolismo
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Phys Chem Chem Phys ; 25(18): 12668-12683, 2023 May 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37102198

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Semiconductor materials with wide bandgaps are extensively employed for gas detection due to their advantages of low cost, high sensitivity, fast speed, excellent stability, and distinctive selectivity. Previous studies have reported on different kinds of semiconductor materials and their complex synthesis procedures. However, the research progress on gas-sensitive mechanisms seriously lags behind the performance improvement. The research route of the gas-sensing mechanism is not clear, resulting in an unclear development direction of novel sensitive materials. This review aims to summarize existing approaches and their progress on the interpretation of gas-sensing mechanisms in semiconductors, such as the calculations based on density functional theory, semiconductor physics, and in situ experiments. Ultimately, a reasonable route for the mechanism investigation has been proposed. It guides the development direction of novel materials and reduces the cost of screening highly selective materials. Overall, this review can provide helpful guidance concerning the gas-sensitive mechanism for scholars.

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Sci Rep ; 13(1): 6530, 2023 04 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37085560

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Unlike other histological types of epithelial ovarian carcinoma, clear cell ovarian carcinoma (CCOC) has poor response to therapy. In many other carcinomas, expression of the hypoxia-related enzyme Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) by cancer cells is associated with poor prognosis, while the presence of CD8 + tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) is positively prognostic. We employed [18F]EF5-PET/CT imaging, transcriptome profiling, and spatially-resolved histological analysis to evaluate relationships between CAIX, CD8, and survival in CCOC. Tissue microarrays (TMAs) were evaluated for 218 cases in the Canadian COEUR study. Non-spatial relationships between CAIX and CD8 were investigated using Spearman rank correlation, negative binomial regression and gene set enrichment analysis. Spatial relationships at the cell level were investigated using the cross K-function. Survival analysis was used to assess the relationship of CAIX and CD8 with patient survival for 154 cases. CD8 + T cell infiltration positively predicted survival with estimated hazard ratio 0.974 (95% CI 0.950, 1000). The negative binomial regression analysis found a strong TMA effect (p-value < 0.0001). It also indicated a negative association between CD8 and CAIX overall (p-value = 0.0171) and in stroma (p-value = 0.0050) but not in tumor (p-value = 0.173). Examination of the spatial association between the locations of CD8 + T cells and CAIX cells found a significant amount of heterogeneity in the first TMA, while in the second TMA there was a clear signal indicating negative spatial association in stromal regions. These results suggest that hypoxia may contribute to immune exclusion, primarily mediated by effects in stroma.


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Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos , Hipóxia , Linfócitos do Interstício Tumoral , Neoplasias Ovarianas , Feminino , Humanos , Antígenos de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Canadá , Anidrase Carbônica IX , Anidrases Carbônicas/metabolismo , Hipóxia/patologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons combinada à Tomografia Computadorizada , Prognóstico
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Minerva Pediatr (Torino) ; 75(2): 171-175, 2023 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27827526

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BACKGROUND: The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of pediatric ultrasound guided brachial plexus block anesthesia and to determine the optimal anesthetic drug dosage. METHODS: Ninety-seven children who required elective upper limb surgery were randomly divided into three groups: group A with 32 cases, group B with 35 cases and group C with 30 cases. All three groups of patients underwent ultrasound guided brachial plexus block anesthesia. To compare differences of anesthetic effect, group A received 0.30% ropivacaine, group B received 0.40% ropivacaine, and group C received 0.50% ropivacaine. RESULTS: The total volume was 24 mL in each group. The onset time of ulnar nerve block in Group A was significantly longer than in Group B and Group C (P<0.05); there were no significant differences in onset time of nerve block of the other nerves among the three groups (P>0.05). Block maintenance time in Group A was significantly less than in Group B and Group C (P<0.05). The effective rate of anesthesia of Group A was lower than in Group B and Group C and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of anesthetic complications among the three groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric ultrasound guided brachial plexus block anesthesia is safe and reliable. Ropivacaine used at 0.40% is the optimal lower-concentration anesthetic dosage.


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Bloqueio do Plexo Braquial , Criança , Humanos , Ropivacaina , Anestésicos Locais , Ultrassonografia , Ultrassonografia de Intervenção
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J Med Virol ; 95(1): e28329, 2023 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36415120

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Numerous studies have revealed severe damage to male fertility from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, raising concerns about the potential adverse impact on reproductive function of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine developed based on the virus. Interestingly, there are several researchers who have studied the impact of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine since then but have come up with conflicting results. As a near-ideal candidate for mass immunization programs, inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has been widely used in many countries, particularly in less wealthy nations. However, little is known about its effect on male fertility. Here, we conducted a retrospective cohort study at a single large center for reproductive medicine in China between December 2021 and August 2022. Five hundred and nineteen fertile men with no history of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were included and categorized into four groups based on their vaccination status: unvaccinated group (n = 168), one-dose vaccinated group (n = 8), fully vaccinated group (n = 183), and booster group (n = 160). All of them underwent a semen analysis and most had serum sex hormone levels tested. There were no significant differences in all semen parameters and sex hormone levels between the unvaccinated group and either vaccinated group. To account for possible vaccination-to-test interval-specific changes, sub-analyses were performed for two interval groups: ≤90 and >90 days. As expected, most of the semen parameters and sex hormone levels remained unchanged between the control and vaccinated groups. However, participants in vaccinated group (≤90 days) have decreased total sperm motility and increased follicle-stimulating hormone level compared with the ones in unvaccinated group. Moreover, some trends similar to those found during COVID-19 infection and recovery were observed in our study. Fortunately, all values are within the normal range. In addition, vaccinated participants reported few adverse reactions. No special medical intervention was required, and no serious adverse reactions happened. Our study suggests that inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination does not impair male fertility, possibly due to the low frequency of adverse effects. This information reassures young male population who got this vaccine worldwide, and helps guide future vaccination efforts.


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Vacinas contra COVID-19 , COVID-19 , Humanos , Masculino , Vacinas contra COVID-19/efeitos adversos , SARS-CoV-2 , Estudos Retrospectivos , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Motilidade dos Espermatozoides , Vacinação , Vacinação em Massa , Fertilidade
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Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) ; 13: 922950, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36034460

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Objective: To study the clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a modified gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist protocol based on luteinizing hormone (LH) levels through one complete assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycle in normal responders. Design: Non-inferiority, multicenter randomized controlled trial. Setting: University-based hospitals and an academic medical center. Patients: A total of 372 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were eligible to participate. Interventions: Participants were randomized at a 1:1 ratio and stimulated with the conventional flexible GnRH antagonist protocol (control group) or LH-based modified GnRH antagonist protocol (study group). Main Outcome Measures: The primary outcome was the cumulative ongoing pregnancy rate per aspiration. The secondary outcomes were number of oocytes retrieved, number of good quality embryos, cumulative positive ßhCG rate, cumulative clinical pregnancy rate, pregnancy loss rate, moderate and severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), and financial expenditure. Results: The cumulative ongoing pregnancy rate was 65.1% in the study group and 70.1% in the control group (odds ratio, 0.79; 95% confidence interval, 0.50-1.26; P = 0.33). The multivariate regression analyses results showed that the number of retrieved oocytes was positively associated with the odds for a higher cumulative ongoing pregnancy rate (adjusted odds ratio, 1.11, 95% confidence interval, 1.06-1.17, P < 0.001). The treatment protocol, female age, and body mass index were not independent predictors. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for luteinizing hormone-based gonadotrophin releasing hormone antagonist protocol versus the conventional flexible gonadotrophin releasing hormone antagonist protocol was estimated at 3568.6 USD for each additional ongoing pregnancy. Conclusion: The luteinizing hormone-based gonadotrophin releasing hormone antagonist protocol had clinical efficacy similar to the conventional flexible gonadotrophin releasing hormone antagonist protocol in normal responders undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment but was more cost-effective considering the cumulative ongoing pregnancy rate in the entire assisted reproductive technology cycle. Clinical Trial Registration: www.chictr.org.cn, identifier: ChiCTR1800018077. URL of the registration site: http://www.chictr.org.cn/edit.aspx?pid=27389&htm=4. Trial registration date: 29 August 2018. Date of first patient enrollment: 1 September 2018.


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Hormônio Liberador de Gonadotropina , Indução da Ovulação , Feminino , Fertilização in vitro , Antagonistas de Hormônios , Humanos , Hormônio Luteinizante , Gravidez
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Cancer Lett ; 545: 215827, 2022 10 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35842018

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The endothelium is the critical barrier that controls transendothelial communications. Blood vessels in cancer tissue are poorly developed and highly permeable. However, it is poorly understood how circulating cancer cells released through these "leaky" vessels break the intact vasculature of remote organs to metastasize. We investigated the roles of cancer cell-derived extracellular vesicles (CEVs) in regulating cancer metastasis by analyzing samples from gastric cancer patients, performing in vitro experiments, and studying mouse models. We made several novel observations. First, the rate of metastasis was closely associated with plasma levels of CEVs in patients with gastric cancer. Second, cultured endothelial cells endocytosed CEVs, resulting in cytoskeletal rearrangement, low expression of the junction proteins cadherin and CD31, and forming large intercellular gaps to allow the transendothelial migration of cancer cells. The dynamin inhibitor Dynasore prevented these CEV-induced changes of endothelial cells by blocking CEVs endocytosis. Third, CEVs disrupted the endothelial barrier of cancer-bearing mice to promote cancer metastasis. Finally, lactadherin promoted the clearance of circulating CEVs to reduce metastasis. These results demonstrate the essential role of CEVs in promoting the metastasis of gastric cancer.


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Vesículas Extracelulares , Neoplasias Gástricas , Animais , Caderinas/metabolismo , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo , Vesículas Extracelulares/metabolismo , Camundongos , Neoplasias Gástricas/patologia
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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 58(30): 4800, 2022 Apr 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35362015

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Correction for 'Tunable deep-blue luminescence from ball-milled chlorine-rich Csx(NH4)1-xPbCl2Br nanocrystals by ammonium modulation' by Hongfei Xiao et al., Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 3827-3830, DOI: 10.1039/D1CC07125D.

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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 58(23): 3827-3830, 2022 Mar 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35234752

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For the first time, a novel class of deep-blue (DB)-emitting Csx(NH4)1-xPbCl2Br (0.3 ≤ x ≤ 1) perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) were prepared by a facile ligand-assisted one-step ball milling method. The resulted PNCs are characterized by high chlorine content (66.7%) and excellent color purity. Their photoluminescence position can be finely modulated from 434 nm to 447 nm, which extends notably beyond the current Rec. 2020 color standard, by the NH4+ content. Among them, Cs0.3(NH4)0.7PbCl2Br shows the highest quantum yield close to 40%. The PNCs exhibit high phase and optical stability under ambient conditions and UV light according to the NH4+ content. This work offers a new avenue to produce DB perovskites for future full-color displays and optoelectronics.

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Entropy (Basel) ; 24(2)2022 Jan 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35205456

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We discuss hypothesis testing and compare different theories in light of observed or experimental data as fundamental endeavors in the sciences. Issues associated with the p-value approach and null hypothesis significance testing are reviewed, and the Bayesian alternative based on the Bayes factor is introduced, along with a review of computational methods and sensitivity related to prior distributions. We demonstrate how Bayesian testing can be practically implemented in several examples, such as the t-test, two-sample comparisons, linear mixed models, and Poisson mixed models by using existing software. Caveats and potential problems associated with Bayesian testing are also discussed. We aim to inform researchers in the many fields where Bayesian testing is not in common use of a well-developed alternative to null hypothesis significance testing and to demonstrate its standard implementation.

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