A bibliometric of research trends in acupuncture for spinal cord injury: Quantitative and qualitative analyses.

Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe disease of the central nervous system with a very high disability rate that seriously affects the daily life of patients. Acupuncture is one of the rehabilitation therapies that has shown significant efficacy in treating post-SCI complications such as motor disorders, neuropathic pain, and neurogenic bladder. Current studies have focused on the effectiveness and mechanisms of acupuncture for SCI, but no studies are available to analyze the bibliometrics of publications related to this area. Methods: Publications related to acupuncture for SCI were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection for quantitative and qualitative analyses. The quantitative analysis was unfolded in the following six main areas: annual publications, countries, institutions, authors, sources, and keywords. The qualitative analysis section screened out publications with high annual citation rates and categorized them according to the study content. Results: There were 213 relevant publications, more than half of which were journal articles. The number of publications showed a fluctuating upward trend. China and the United States were hub countries for related publications and had extensive cooperation with other countries. The most relevant author was Yuanshan Zeng from Sun Yat-sen University, China. The efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture for neuropathic pain after SCI was the first research hotspot in this field, and electroacupuncture was the most widely used technique. In the past 5 years, the mechanism of acupuncture to improve the local microenvironment of SCI and promote nerve regeneration had become a new research trend. At the same time, acupuncture had been gradually applied to various complications after SCI and in veterinary medicine. Conclusion: The findings suggest that research on acupuncture for SCI is still flourishing, and more research on electroacupuncture for promoting nerve repair and regeneration after SCI will be available in the future.

Enzymatic Oxidation of Tea Catechins and Its Mechanism.

Tea (Camellia sinensis, Theaceae) is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world. The three major types of tea, green tea, oolong tea, and black tea, differ in terms of the manufacture and chemical composition. Catechins, theaflavins, and thearubigins have been identified as the major components in tea. Other minor oligomers have also been found in tea. Different kinds of ring fission and formation elucidate the major transformed pathways of tea catechins to their dimers and polymers. The present review summarizes the data concerning the enzymatic oxidation of catechins, their dimers, and thearubigins in tea.

Dual-modality probe based on black phosphorous and NiFe2O4 NTs for electrochemiluminescence and photothermal detection of ovarian cancer marker.

An electrochemiluminescence and photothermal immunosensor based on a dual-modality integrated probe was proposed for sensitive and reliable detection of lipolysis stimulated lipoprotein receptor (LSR), a new biomarker of ovarian cancer. Black phosphorous quantum dots (BPQDs) possess fascinating electrochemical property and unique photothermal effect, which could not only enhance ECL signal of N-(4-aminobutyl)-N-ethylisoluminol (ABEI) through accelerating dissolved O2 evolution but also realize temperature signal output by converting laser energy into heat. Furthermore, NiFe2O4 nanotubes (NiFe2O4 NTs) have large specific surface area and favorable adsorption ability, which could increase the immobilized amount of ABEI and BPQDs, further strengthening ECL and temperature signal. As a result, a dual-mode immunosensor was constructed and realized ECL and temperature dual signal to detect LSR, making the results more reliable. This work provided a new thought for the development of sensitive and accurate sensors and was expected to employ for determination of other biomarkers.