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Am J Pathol ; 194(5): 772-784, 2024 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38320629

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Recent investigations into the tumor microenvironment have provided insights into the limited response of glioma progression to immunotherapy. However, the specific involvement of basic transcription factor 3 like 4 (BTF3L4) in glioma progression and its correlation with immune cell infiltration remain areas of uncertainty that require further exploration. In the current study, BTF3L4 expression was delineated by using gene expression profiling/interactive analysis and multiplex-immunohistologic staining of tissue microarrays. The prognostic value of BTF3L4 was then assessed by using Cox regression models and Kaplan-Meier methods, and in vitro experiments were conducted to investigate how BTF3L4 protein affects the proliferation, migration, and invasion capabilities of glioma cells. Furthermore, the CIBERSORT and ESTIMATE methods were used to quantify immune cells that correlate to BTF3L4 expression, and multiplex-immunohistologic staining was applied to investigate its correlation with infiltrated immune cells in glioma tissues. These findings revealed higher BTF3L4 expression in glioma tissues compared with non-tumor brain tissues, which correlated with clinical characteristics and worse patient prognosis. Furthermore, the down-regulation of BTF3L4 protein in the glioma cell line had a detrimental effect on cell migration, invasion, and proliferation. In addition, the association between BTF3L4 and key immune molecules in glioma, particularly with the infiltration of CD66B+ neutrophils and programmed death ligand 1 expression, was identified. These results highlight the prognostic significance of BTF3L4 and propose BTF3L4 as a potential target for glioma immune therapy.


Assuntos
Glioma , Fator 3 de Transcrição , Humanos , Glioma/genética , Movimento Celular , Linhagem Celular , Regulação para Baixo , Microambiente Tumoral , Prognóstico
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Mikrochim Acta ; 191(3): 127, 2024 02 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38334844

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A one-target-many-trigger signal model sensing strategy is proposed for quickly, sensitive and on-site detection of the environmental pollutant p-aminophenol (PAP) by use of a commercial personal glucose meter (PGM) for signal readout with the core-shell "loading-type" nanomaterial MSNs@MnO2 as amplifiable nanoprobes. In this design, the mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) nanocontainer with entrapped signal molecule glucose is coated with redoxable manganese dioxide (MnO2) nanosheets to form the amplifiable nanoprobes (Glu-MSNs@MnO2). When encountered with PAP, the redox reaction between the MnO2 and PAP can induce the degradation of the outer layer of MSNs@MnO2, liberating multiple copies of the loaded glucose to light up the PGM signal. Owing to the high loading capability of nanocarriers, a "one-to-many" relationship exists between the target and the signal molecule glucose, which can generate adequate signal outputs to achieve the requirement of on-site determination of environmental pollutants. Taking advantage of this amplification mode, the developed PAP assay owns a dynamic linear range of 10.0-400 µM with a detection limit of 2.78 µM and provides good practical application performance with above 96.7 ± 4.83% recovery in environmental water and soil samples. Therefore, the PGM-based amplifiable sensor for PAP proposed can accommodate these requirements of environment monitoring and has promising potential for evaluating pollutants in real environmental samples.


Assuntos
Aminofenóis , Nanoestruturas , Óxidos , Compostos de Manganês , Glucose , Dióxido de Silício
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Opt Express ; 31(16): 26014-26026, 2023 Jul 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37710472

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Underwater optical communication and low-light detection are usually realized via blue-green laser sources and blue-green light-sensitive detectors. Negative-electron-affinity AlGaAs photocathode is an ideal photosensitive material for ocean exploration due to its adjustable spectrum range, long working lifetime, and easy epitaxy of materials. However, compared with other photocathodes, the main problem of AlGaAs photocathode is its low quantum efficiency. Based on Spicer's three-step photoemission model, nanoarray structures are designed on the surface of AlGaAs photocathode to improve its quantum efficiency from two aspects of optical absorption and photoelectron transport. Through simulation, it is concluded that the cylinder with diameter of 120 nm and height of 600 nm is the best nanoarray structure, and its absorptance is always greater than 90% in the 445∼532 nm range. Moreover, the absorptance and quantum efficiency of the cylinder nanoarray AlGaAs photocathode are less affected by the incident angle. When the angle of incident light reaches 70°, the minimum absorptance and quantum efficiency are still 64.6% and 24.9%. In addition, the square or hexagonal arrangement pattern of the nanoarray has little effect on the absorptance, however, a reduction in the overall emission layer thickness will decrease the absorptance near 532 nm.

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Neurochem Res ; 48(10): 3073-3083, 2023 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37329446

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BACKGROUND: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common clinical complication in elderly patients, but its underlying mechanism remains unclear. Receptor-interacting protein kinase 1 (RIPK1), a key molecule mediating necroptosis and regulated by transforming growth factor ß-activated kinase 1 (TAK1), was reported to be associated with cognitive impairment in several neurodegenerative diseases. This study was conducted to investigate the possible role of TAK1/RIPK1 signalling in POCD development following surgery in rats. METHODS: Young (2-month-old) and old (24-month-old) Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to splenectomy under isoflurane anaesthesia. The young rats were treated with the TAK1 inhibitor takinib or the RIPK1 inhibitor necrostatin-1 (Nec-1) before surgery, and old rats received adeno-associated virus (AAV)-TAK1 before surgery. The open field test and contextual fear conditioning test were conducted on postoperative day 3. The changes in TNF-α, pro-IL-1ß, AP-1, NF-κB p65, pRIPK1, pTAK1 and TAK1 expression and astrocyte and microglia activation in the hippocampus were assessed. RESULTS: Old rats had low TAK1 expression and were more susceptible to surgery-induced POCD and neuroinflammation than young rats. TAK1 inhibition exacerbated surgery-induced pRIPK1 expression, neuroinflammation and cognitive dysfunction in young rats, and this effect was reversed by a RIPK1 inhibitor. Conversely, genetic TAK1 overexpression attenuated surgery-induced pRIPK1 expression, neuroinflammation and cognitive dysfunction in old rats. CONCLUSION: Ageing-related decreases in TAK1 expression may contribute to surgery-induced RIPK1 overactivation, resulting in neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment in old rats.


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Disfunção Cognitiva , Complicações Cognitivas Pós-Operatórias , Ratos , Animais , Doenças Neuroinflamatórias , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Disfunção Cognitiva/etiologia , Complicações Cognitivas Pós-Operatórias/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais
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Pharmacol Res ; 197: 106979, 2023 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37918583

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Circular RNA (circRNA) is one of non-coding RNA with specific circular structure, which has been found to be involved in regulating a series of malignant biological behaviors in many malignant tumors. In this study, based on the IDH1 molecular typing of gliomas, we identified a significant downregulation of circRNA (circIQGAP1) expression in IDH1 mutant gliomas by high-throughput sequencing. In 79 tissue samples, we confirmed that circIQGAP1 expression was significantly downregulated in IDH1 mutant gliomas, and that low circIQGAP1 expression was positively associated with better prognosis. Knockdown of circIQGAP1 in glioma cell lines inhibited glioma cell malignancy and conversely overexpression of circIQGAP1 promoted glioma malignancy. circIQGAP1 regulated glioma cell migration, proliferation, invasion and apoptosis through miR-1256/RCAN1/Bax/Bcl-2/Caspase3 and miR-622/RCAN2/Bax/Bcl-2/Caspase3 axes. These results suggest that circIQGAP1 plays an important role in glioma development, promotes tumor growth, and is a potential therapeutic target for glioma.


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Glioma , MicroRNAs , Humanos , RNA Circular/genética , Proteína X Associada a bcl-2 , Glioma/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2 , Fatores de Transcrição , MicroRNAs/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA , Proteínas Musculares
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Soft Matter ; 19(48): 9344-9364, 2023 Dec 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38031449

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We review our recent contributions to anisotropic soft matter models for liquid crystal interfaces, drops and membranes, emphasizing validations with experimental and biological data, and with related theory and simulation literature. The presentation aims to illustrate and characterize the rich output and future opportunities of using a methodology based on the liquid crystal-membrane shape equation applied to static and dynamic pattern formation phenomena. The geometry of static and kinetic shapes is usually described with dimensional curvatures that co-mingle shape and curvedness. In this review, we systematically show how the application of a novel decoupled shape-curvedness framework to practical and ubiquitous soft matter phenomena, such as the shape of drops and tactoids and bending of evolving membranes, leads to deeper quantitative insights than when using traditional dimensional mean and Gaussian curvatures. The review focuses only on (1) statics of wrinkling and shape selection in liquid crystal interfaces and membranes; (2) kinetics and dissipative dynamics of shape evolution in membranes; and (3) computational methods for shape selection and shape evolution; due to various limitations other important topics are excluded. Finally, the outlook follows a similar structure. The main results include: (1) single and multiple wavelength corrugations in liquid crystal interfaces appear naturally in the presence of surface splay and bend orientation distortions with scaling laws governed by ratios of anchoring-to-isotropic tension energy; adding membrane elasticity to liquid crystal anchoring generates multiple scales wrinkling as in tulips; drops of liquid crystals encapsulates in membranes can adopt, according to the ratios of anchoring/tension/bending, families of shapes as multilobal, tactoidal, and serrated as observed in biological cells. (2) Mapping the liquid crystal director to a membrane unit normal. The dissipative shape evolution model with irreversible thermodynamics for flows dominated by bending rates, yields new insights. The model explains the kinetic stability of cylinders, while spheres and saddles are attractors. The model also adds to the evolving understanding of outer hair cells in the inner ear. (3) Computational soft matter geometry includes solving shape equations, trajectories on energy and orientation landscapes, and shape-curvedness evolutions on entropy production landscape with efficient numerical methods and adaptive approaches.

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BMC Med Inform Decis Mak ; 23(1): 179, 2023 09 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37697312

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Addressing the current complexities, costs, and adherence issues in the detection of forward head posture (FHP), our study conducted an exhaustive epidemiologic investigation, incorporating a comprehensive posture screening process for each participant in China. This research introduces an avant-garde, machine learning-based non-contact method for the accurate discernment of FHP. Our approach elevates detection accuracy by leveraging body landmarks identified from human images, followed by the application of a genetic algorithm for precise feature identification and posture estimation. Observational data corroborates the superior efficacy of the Extra Tree Classifier technique in FHP detection, attaining an accuracy of 82.4%, a specificity of 85.5%, and a positive predictive value of 90.2%. Our model affords a rapid, effective solution for FHP identification, spotlighting the transformative potential of the convergence of feature point recognition and genetic algorithms in non-contact posture detection. The expansive potential and paramount importance of these applications in this niche field are therefore underscored.


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Pontos de Referência Anatômicos , População do Leste Asiático , Postura , Adolescente , Humanos , Povo Asiático , Aprendizado de Máquina , Postura/fisiologia , Algoritmos
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Molecules ; 28(19)2023 Oct 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37836784

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Owing to the poor treatment efficiency of wastewater containing fluoroquinolones (FQs), effective removal of such pollutants has become a significant issue in waste management. In this study, a ternary covalent organic polymer anchored with SO3H (COP-SO3H) was designed using the Schiff reaction and a multicomponent solvent thermal method. The synthesized COP-SO3H polymer possesses multiple functional binding sites, including amide groups, sulfonic groups, and aromatic frameworks, enabling it to effectively adsorb ciprofloxacin (which belongs to FQs) through mechanisms such as pore-filling effects, electrostatic interactions, hydrogen bonding, π-π electron donor-acceptor (EDA) interactions, and hydrophilic-lipophilic balance. COP-SO3H demonstrated outstanding adsorption performance for ciprofloxacin, exhibiting a high adsorption capacity, broad pH stability, strong resistance to ionic interference, and good regenerability. Moreover, it displayed preferential selectivity toward fluoroquinolone antibiotics. The present study not only investigates the intricate structural and functional design of COP-SO3H materials but also presents potential applications for the efficient adsorption of specific antibiotics.


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Ciprofloxacina , Poluentes Químicos da Água , Polímeros/química , Adsorção , Antibacterianos , Fluoroquinolonas/química , Poluentes Químicos da Água/química
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 48(8): 2265-2271, 2023 Apr.
Artigo em Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37282915

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The leaves of Vernonia amygdalina Delile of the family Asteraceae(also known as "bitter leaf"), rich in biological activities, are used as both medicine and food for a long time in West tropical Africa. They have been introduced into Southeast Asia and Fujian and Guangdong provinces of China in recent years. However, little is known about the properties of the plant in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), which limits its combination with other Chinese medicinal herbs. In this study, 473 articles on V. amygdalina leaves were selected from PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI, Wanfang Data and VIP to summarize their components, pharmacological effects and clinical research. V. amygdalina leaves presented anti-microbial, hypoglycemic, anti-hypertensive, lipid-lowering, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and other pharmacological effects. On the basis of the theory of TCM properties, the leaves were inferred to be cold in property and bitter and sweet in flavor, acting on spleen, liver, stomach and large intestine and with the functions of clearing heat, drying dampness, purging fire, removing toxin, killing insects and preventing attack of malaria. They can be used to treat dampness-heat diarrhea, interior heat and diabetes, malaria, insect accumulation and eczema(5-10 g dry leaves by decoction per day and an appropriate amount of crushed fresh leaves applying to the affected area for external use). Due to the lack of TCM properties, V. amygdalina leaves are rarely used medicinally in China. The determination of medicinal properties of the leaves is conducive to the introduction of new exotic medicinal herbs and the development of new TCM resources, which facilitated further clinical application and research and development of Chinese medicinal herbs.


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Plantas Medicinais , Vernonia , Antioxidantes , Medicina Tradicional Chinesa , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Folhas de Planta
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 62(24): e202302754, 2023 Jun 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37042348

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Metal-free organic electrode materials have attracted vast research attention owing to their designable structures and tunable electrochemical properties. Although n-type cathode materials could be used in various metal-ion batteries, p-type ones with high potential can deliver high energy density. Herein, we report a new p-type polymeric cathode material, poly(2-vinyl-5,10-dimethyl-dihydrophenazine) (PVDMP), with a theoretical capacity of 227 mAh g-1 . PVDMP featuring two-step redox reaction will be doped by two anions to maintain electroneutrality during oxidation, which resulted in an anion-dependent electrochemical behavior of PVDMP-based cathode. The suitable dopant anion for PVDMP was selected and the doping mechanism was confirmed. Under the optimized condition, PVDMP cathode can deliver a high initial capacity of 220 mAh g-1 at 5 C and even remains 150 mAh g-1 after 3900 cycles. This work not only provides a new kind of p-type organic cathode materials but also deepens the understanding of its anion-dependent redox chemistry.

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Bioorg Chem ; 121: 105698, 2022 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35217374

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3-Fluorooxindole has been shown to be a biologically active structural unit, novel derivative containing 3-fluorooxindole unit has been successfully constructed using 3-fluorooxindole as a substrate in previous work. Here, the interactions between novel 3-fluorooxindole derivatives and ctDNA were explored through molecular docking, multi-spectral and NMR methods, and the dependence of the binding mechanism on the structure was revealed by combined physical chemistry and organic chemistry. Firstly, molecular docking indicated that the planarity of the molecule enhances the binding strength to ctDNA. UV absorption result showed a weak binding effect. Fluorescence spectroscopy suggested the binding mechanism of 3-fluorooxindoles and ctDNA via groove binding. Moreover, the binding mechanism of 3-fluorooxindoles to ctDNA was further confirmed by 1H NMR spectroscopy, viscometry, and CD spectroscopy as groove binding. FT-IR spectroscopy reflected a more obvious disturbance of the phosphate group in the groove region of ctDNA. Electrochemistry was also used to probe the binding strength of 3-fluorooxindoles to ctDNA, and it showed a weak binding strength. From the above study, we concluded that 3-fluorooxindoles bind mainly in the groove region of ctDNA with weak binding strength. This study provides an idea for the activity screening aspect of 3-fluorooxindole derivatives from molecular planarity consideration and relevant information on biophysical and bioorganic aspects for drug development.


Assuntos
DNA , DNA/química , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Oxindóis , Espectrometria de Fluorescência , Espectroscopia de Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier , Termodinâmica
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Small ; 17(40): e2102893, 2021 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34431605

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Owing to the high specific capacities, high electrochemical activity, and various electronic properties, transition metal selenides are considered as promising anodes for lithium- and sodium-ion storage. However, poor electronic conductivity and huge volume expansion during cycling are still responsible for their restricted electrochemical performance. Herein, CoSe hollow polyhedron anchoring onto graphene (CoSe/G) is synthesized by self-assembly and subsequent selenization. In CoSe/G composites, the CoSe nanoparticles, obtained by in situ selenization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in high temperature, are distributed among graphene sheets, realizing N element doping, developing robust heterostructures with a chemical bond. The unique architecture ensures the cohesion of the structure and endorses the reaction kinetics for metal ions, identified by in situ and ex situ testing techniques, and kinetics analysis. Thus, the CoSe/G anodes achieve excellent cycling performance (1259 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 after 300 cycles for lithium storage; 214 mAh g-1 at 2 A g-1 after 600 cycles for sodium storage) and rate capability (732 mAh g-1 at 5 A g-1 for lithium storage; 290 mAh g-1 at 5 A g-1 for sodium storage). The improved electrochemical performance for alkali-ion storage provides new insights for the construction of MOFs derivatives toward high-performance storage devices.

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Bioinformatics ; 36(7): 2126-2133, 2020 04 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31778140

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MOTIVATION: The precise targeting of antibodies and other protein therapeutics is required for their proper function and the elimination of deleterious off-target effects. Often the molecular structure of a therapeutic target is unknown and randomized methods are used to design antibodies without a model that relates antibody sequence to desired properties. RESULTS: Here, we present Ens-Grad, a machine learning method that can design complementarity determining regions of human Immunoglobulin G antibodies with target affinities that are superior to candidates derived from phage display panning experiments. We also demonstrate that machine learning can improve target specificity by the modular composition of models from different experimental campaigns, enabling a new integrative approach to improving target specificity. Our results suggest a new path for the discovery of therapeutic molecules by demonstrating that predictive and differentiable models of antibody binding can be learned from high-throughput experimental data without the need for target structural data. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: Sequencing data of the phage panning experiment are deposited at NIH's Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under the accession number SRP158510. We make our code available at https://github.com/gifford-lab/antibody-2019. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.


Assuntos
Regiões Determinantes de Complementaridade , Aprendizado de Máquina , Anticorpos , Humanos
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Chemistry ; 27(30): 8030-8039, 2021 May 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33780051

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Retaining nitrogen for polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based carbon anode is a cost-effective way to make full use of the advantages of PAN for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). Here, a simple strategy has been successfully adopted to retain N atoms in situ and increase production yield of a novel composite PAZ by mixing 3 wt % of zinc borate (ZB) with poly (acrylonitrile-co-itaconic acid) (PANIA). Among the prepared carbonised fibre (CF) samples, PAZ-CF-700 maintains the highest N content, retaining 90 % of the original N from PANIA. It represents the highest capacity storage contribution (80.55 %) and the lowest impedance Rct (117 Ω). Consequently, the specific capacity increases from 60 mAh g-1 of PANIA-CF-700 to 190 mAh g-1 of PAZ-CF-700 at a current density of 100 mA g-1 . At the same time, PAZ-CF-700 exhibits a good rate performance and excellent long-term cycling stability with a specific capacity of 94 mAh g-1 after 4000 cycles at 1.6 A g-1 .

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J Cell Mol Med ; 24(6): 3647-3655, 2020 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32057179

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Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is ranked number two of most common complication of abnormal pregnancy worldwide. The pathogenesis of FGR is complicated due to multiple aetiologies and the exact mechanism for FGR development is currently unknown. T regulatory cells (Tregs) are proven to play central roles in the maintenance of normal pregnancy. Peripheral blood samples of 102 pregnant human were collected analysed using flow cytometry to identify Tregs. We found that reduced Tregs and down-regulation of Foxp3 were observed in peripheral blood of FGR patients. In FGR mouse model, we have found that Tregs were not only reduced in spleen but also in placenta. In vitro, Foxp3 and its transcription regulatory signalling molecules, including P-Smad2, P-Smad3 and Smad4, were diminished as well. Inhibition on Foxp3 expression was partially reversed by overexpression of Smad2 and Smad4. In FGR patients, Western blot results revealed that Foxp3, P-Smad2, P-Smad3 and Smad4 expression was inhibited in placenta. Our preliminary result suggests that maternal-foetal immune tolerance mediated by Tregs plays an essential role in the development of FGR. The inhibited expression of Foxp3 and down-regulated Smad2/Smad3/Smad4 signalling pathway were involved in the FGR pathogenesis. Targeting maternal-foetal immune tolerance through Tregs might represent a novel therapeutic option for FGR.


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Retardo do Crescimento Fetal/imunologia , Retardo do Crescimento Fetal/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Proteínas Smad/metabolismo , Linfócitos T Reguladores/imunologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Regulação para Baixo , Feminino , Retardo do Crescimento Fetal/patologia , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Contagem de Linfócitos , Masculino , Camundongos , Placenta/metabolismo , Gravidez , Zika virus/fisiologia , Infecção por Zika virus/imunologia , Infecção por Zika virus/virologia
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Soft Matter ; 16(19): 4632-4639, 2020 May 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32373907

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Powder-derived liquid marbles (LMs) are versatile nonwetting systems but are confronted with many limitations in application, as their surface particles are usually large and agglomerated. Recently, sol-gel film-derived LMs have come on the scene that are termed monolayer nanoparticle-covered (mNPc) LMs based on their unique characteristics, revealing great application potential but also generating many questions. Here, mechanical robustness, a very important yet to be addressed property, of mNPc LMs was systematically studied. Rolling, pendant contact, and compression experiments were designed using bare and coated glasses with water contact angles (WCAs) ranging from 23° to 157°. With rupture as a quality criteria, the mechanical robustness of mNPc LMs enhanced with the hydrophobicity of solid surfaces that exerted pressure on them, but maintained much weaker than typical powder LMs until the solid surface was superhydrophobic. In particular, when contacting hydrophilic surfaces of WCAs ≤53°, an mNPc LM did not have the capacity for nonwetting and ruptured immediately, even if the pressure approached zero. This was distinct from powder LMs and indicated that a particle shell as thin as ∼20 nm could not prevent intermolecular attractions between the internal liquid and external solid surface. An interface scenario consisting of solid surface microroughness was proposed to address this issue. On the other hand, mNPc LMs remained unruptured on superhydrophobic surfaces but presented degraded elasticity under extreme compression. Uncovering these properties could be of much help for developments of mNPc LMs and their counterparts, the mNPc liquid plasticines.

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Appl Opt ; 59(27): 8147-8151, 2020 Sep 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32976394

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Efficiency and lifetime are always problems raised with photocathodes during operation. With the purpose of obtaining high-performance GaAs photocathodes with high sensitivity and long operational lifetime, it is necessary to investigate the preparation techniques during both the cleaning and the activation procedure. By comparison with the classical preparation techniques, the improved preparation techniques with an optimized chemical etching method and activation procedure are proposed. The experimental results show that the optimized chemical etching solution is more effective in removing oxide and carbon contamination, which can help photocathodes obtain higher sensitivity. On this basis, better long wavelength response and longer operational lifetime can be obtained with the help of the more competitive activation procedure. The proposed preparation techniques will be useful for applications as a source of spin-polarized electrons.

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Entropy (Basel) ; 22(9)2020 Aug 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33286678

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This paper presents theory and simulation of viscous dissipation in evolving interfaces and membranes under kinematic conditions, known as astigmatic flow, ubiquitous during growth processes in nature. The essential aim is to characterize and explain the underlying connections between curvedness and shape evolution and the rate of entropy production due to viscous bending and torsion rates. The membrane dissipation model used here is known as the Boussinesq-Scriven fluid model. Since the standard approaches in morphological evolution are based on the average, Gaussian and deviatoric curvatures, which comingle shape with curvedness, this paper introduces a novel decoupled approach whereby shape is independent of curvedness. In this curvedness-shape landscape, the entropy production surface under constant homogeneous normal velocity decays with growth but oscillates with shape changes. Saddles and spheres are minima while cylindrical patches are maxima. The astigmatic flow trajectories on the entropy production surface, show that only cylinders and spheres grow under the constant shape. Small deviations from cylindrical shapes evolve towards spheres or saddles depending on the initial condition, where dissipation rates decrease. Taken together the results and analysis provide novel and significant relations between shape evolution and viscous dissipation in deforming viscous membrane and surfaces.

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J Cell Biochem ; 120(9): 15106-15118, 2019 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31020692

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Overall survival of patients with low-grade glioma (LGG) has shown no significant improvement over the past 30 years, with survival averaging approximately 7 years. This study aimed to identify novel promising biomarkers of LGG and reveal its potential molecular mechanisms by integrated bioinformatics analysis. The microarray datasets of GSE68848 and GSE4290 were selected from GEO database for integrated analysis. In total, 293 overlapping differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected using the limma package. One hundred and eighty-eight nodes with 603 interactions were obtained from the establishment of protein-protein interaction (PPI) network. Functional and signaling pathway enriched were significantly correlated with the synapse and calcium signaling pathway, respectively. Module analysis revealed eight hub genes with high connectivity, which included CHRM1, DLG2, GABRD, GRIN1, HTR2A, KCNJ3, KCNJ9, and NUSAP1, and they were markedly correlated with patients' prognosis. The mining of the Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis database and qPCR further confirmed the abnormal expression of these key genes with their prognostic value in LGG. We eventually predicted the 20 most vital small molecule drugs, which potentially reverse the carcinogenic state of LGG, as per the CMap (connectivity map) database and these DEGs, and MS-275 (enrichment score = -0.939) was considered as the most promising small molecule to treat LGG. In conclusion, our study provided eight reliable novel molecular biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis prediction, and treatment targets for LGG. These conclusions will contribute to a better comprehension of molecular mechanisms fundamental to LGG occurrence and progression, and providing new insights for future development of genomic individualized treatment in LGG.


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Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Biologia Computacional , Glioma/tratamento farmacológico , Glioma/genética , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/uso terapêutico , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Glioma/patologia , Humanos , Gradação de Tumores , Mapas de Interação de Proteínas/genética , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/farmacologia , Análise de Sobrevida
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