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Eco Environ Health ; 3(2): 117-130, 2024 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38638172

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Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), one of the most ubiquitous engineering plastics, presents both environmental challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality and a circular economy. This review comprehensively addressed the latest developments in biotic and abiotic approaches for PET recycling/upcycling. Biotically, microbial depolymerization of PET, along with the biosynthesis of reclaimed monomers [terephthalic acid (TPA), ethylene glycol (EG)] to value-added products, presents an alternative for managing PET waste and enables CO2 reduction. Abiotically, thermal treatments (i.e., hydrolysis, glycolysis, methanolysis, etc.) and photo/electrocatalysis, enabled by catalysis advances, can depolymerize or convert PET/PET monomers in a more flexible, simple, fast, and controllable manner. Tandem abiotic/biotic catalysis offers great potential for PET upcycling to generate commodity chemicals and alternative materials, ideally at lower energy inputs, greenhouse gas emissions, and costs, compared to virgin polymer fabrication. Remarkably, over 25 types of upgraded PET products (e.g., adipic acid, muconic acid, catechol, vanillin, and glycolic acid, etc.) have been identified, underscoring the potential of PET upcycling in diverse applications. Efforts can be made to develop chemo-catalytic depolymerization of PET, improve microbial depolymerization of PET (e.g., hydrolysis efficiency, enzymatic activity, thermal and pH level stability, etc.), as well as identify new microorganisms or hydrolases capable of degrading PET through computational and machine learning algorithms. Consequently, this review provides a roadmap for advancing PET recycling and upcycling technologies, which hold the potential to shape the future of PET waste management and contribute to the preservation of our ecosystems.

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Transl Psychiatry ; 14(1): 134, 2024 Mar 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38443348

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Suicidal behavior and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) are common in adolescent patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Thus, delineating the unique characteristics of suicide attempters having adolescent MDD with NSSI is important for suicide prediction in the clinical setting. Here, we performed psychological and biochemical assessments of 130 youths having MDD with NSSI. Participants were divided into two groups according to the presence/absence of suicide attempts (SAs). Our results demonstrated that the age of suicide attempters is lower than that of non-attempters in participants having adolescent MDD with NSSI; suicide attempters had higher Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) impulsivity scores and lower serum CRP and cortisol levels than those having MDD with NSSI alone, suggesting levels of cortisol and CRP were inversely correlated with SAs in patients with adolescent MDD with NSSI. Furthermore, multivariate regression analysis revealed that NSSI frequency in the last month and CRP levels were suicidal ideation predictors in adolescent MDD with NSSI, which may indicate that the increased frequency of NSSI behavior is a potential risk factor for suicide. Additionally, we explored the correlation between psychological and blood biochemical indicators to distinguish suicide attempters among participants having adolescent MDD with NSSI and identified a unique correlation network that could serve as a marker for suicide attempters. Our research data further suggested a complex correlation between the psychological and behavioral indicators of impulsivity and anger. Therefore, our study findings may provide clues to identify good clinical warning signs for SA in patients with adolescent MDD with NSSI.


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Transtorno Depressivo Maior , Comportamento Autodestrutivo , Adolescente , Humanos , Tentativa de Suicídio , Hidrocortisona , Ira
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Curr Dev Nutr ; 8(2): 102075, 2024 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38351975

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Background: The enzyme phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) is responsible for synthesizing phosphatidylcholine by methylating phosphatidylethanolamine. We hypothesized that a polymorphism of the PEMT gene, rs7946, is involved in carcinogenesis. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the relationship between PEMT rs7946 and digestive system cancer and examine possible effect modifiers and mediators. Methods: We conducted a nested, case-control study within the China H-type Hypertension Registry Study, including 751 cases and 1:1 matched controls. To assess the association of PEMT rs7946 and digestive system cancer, we estimated odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using conditional logistic regression. We used the bootstrap test to examine the potential mediating effects of related metabolites. Results: Our results revealed that wild-type homozygous CC genotype carriers of PEMT rs7946 had a significantly increased risk [odds ratio (OR): 1.31; 95% CI: 1.04, 1.66; P = 0.023] compared with the TT/CT combined genotypes. The effect was found to be more pronounced in individuals with a lower choline-to-betaine ratio (<0.412, P-interaction = 0.021). Furthermore, the mediation analysis indicated that the choline-to-betaine ratio played a significant role in mediating 13.55% of the association between PEMT rs7946 and digestive system cancer (P = 0.018). Conclusions: Our study suggested that PEMT rs7946 may affect risk of digestive system cancer through direct and indirect pathways, and the choline-to-betaine ratio may partially mediate the indirect effect.This trial was registered at Chinese Clinical Trial Registry as ChiCTR1800017274.

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Heliyon ; 10(2): e24427, 2024 Jan 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38293340

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The discovery of graphene ignites a great deal of interest in the research and advancement of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials. Within it, semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are highly regarded due to their exceptional electrical and optoelectronic properties. Tungsten disulfide (WS2) is a TMDC with intriguing properties, such as biocompatibility, tunable bandgap, and outstanding photoelectric characteristics. These features make it a potential candidate for chemical sensing, biosensing, and tumor therapy. Despite the numerous reviews on the synthesis and application of TMDCs in the biomedical field, no comprehensive study still summarizes and unifies the research trends of WS2 from synthesis to biomedical applications. Therefore, this review aims to present a complete and thorough analysis of the current research trends in WS2 across several biomedical domains, including biosensing and nanomedicine, covering antibacterial applications, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and anticancer treatments. Finally, this review also discusses the potential opportunities and obstacles associated with WS2 to deliver a new outlook for advancing its progress in biomedical research.

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Comput Biol Med ; 167: 107672, 2023 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37976820

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The vast majority of people who suffer unexpected cardiac arrest are performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by passersby in a desperate attempt to restore life, but endeavors turn out to be fruitless on account of disqualification. Fortunately, many pieces of research manifest that disciplined training will help to elevate the success rate of resuscitation, which constantly desires a seamless combination of novel techniques to yield further advancement. To this end, we collect a specialized CPR video dataset in which trainees make efforts to behave resuscitation on mannequins independently in adherence to approved guidelines, promoting an auxiliary toolbox to assist supervision and rectification of intermediate potential issues via modern deep learning methodologies. Our research empirically views this problem as a temporal action segmentation (TAS) task in computer vision, which aims to segment an untrimmed video at a frame-wise level. Here, we propose a Prompt-enhanced hierarchical Transformer (PhiTrans) that integrates three indispensable modules, including a textual prompt-based Video Features Extractor (VFE), a transformer-based Action Segmentation Executor (ASE), and a regression-based Prediction Refinement Calibrator (PRC). The backbone preferentially derives from applications in three approved public datasets (GTEA, 50Salads, and Breakfast) collected for TAS tasks, which experimentally facilitates the model excavation on the CPR dataset. In general, we probe into a feasible pipeline that elevates the CPR instruction qualification via action segmentation equipped with novel deep learning techniques. Associated experiments on the CPR dataset advocate our resolution with surpassing 91.0% on Accuracy, Edit score, and F1 score.


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Reanimação Cardiopulmonar , Parada Cardíaca , Humanos , Reanimação Cardiopulmonar/educação , Reanimação Cardiopulmonar/métodos , Manequins
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Biomed Opt Express ; 14(9): 4814-4827, 2023 Sep 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37791286

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Multiplexed fluorescence microscopy imaging is widely used in biomedical applications. However, simultaneous imaging of multiple fluorophores can result in spectral leaks and overlapping, which greatly degrades image quality and subsequent analysis. Existing popular spectral unmixing methods are mainly based on computational intensive linear models, and the performance is heavily dependent on the reference spectra, which may greatly preclude its further applications. In this paper, we propose a deep learning-based blindly spectral unmixing method, termed AutoUnmix, to imitate the physical spectral mixing process. A transfer learning framework is further devised to allow our AutoUnmix to adapt to a variety of imaging systems without retraining the network. Our proposed method has demonstrated real-time unmixing capabilities, surpassing existing methods by up to 100-fold in terms of unmixing speed. We further validate the reconstruction performance on both synthetic datasets and biological samples. The unmixing results of AutoUnmix achieve the highest SSIM of 0.99 in both three- and four-color imaging, with nearly up to 20% higher than other popular unmixing methods. For experiments where spectral profiles and morphology are akin to simulated data, our method realizes the quantitative performance demonstrated above. Due to the desirable property of data independency and superior blind unmixing performance, we believe AutoUnmix is a powerful tool for studying the interaction process of different organelles labeled by multiple fluorophores.

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Opt Express ; 31(20): 31670, 2023 Sep 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37858986

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The referenced article [Opt. Express30, 36489 (2022)10.1364/OE.470330] has been retracted by the authors.

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Psychiatry Res ; 328: 115476, 2023 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37708804

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Executive functions(EFs) may be associated with the emergence of non-suicidal self-injury(NSSI) due to their role as behavior controllers. EFs includes three core cognitive processes: inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility(i.e. the ability to selectively alter cognitive strategies to generate appropriate behavior in the changing environment). This study aimed to systematically explore the three core EFs in depressed adolescents with NSSI. The data was obtained from the baseline data of the Chinese adolescent depression Cohort. The adolescents underwent cognitive assessments to yield domain-specific scores in EFs using the Digit Span Backward test(DSB), the Stroop Color-word interference test- color-word condition(Stroop-CW), and the Wisconsin Card Sorting tests(WCST). The significant differences in WCST scores were found between the NSSI group and the non-NSSI group. NSSI frequency was moderately positively correlated with total errors and negatively correlated with the number of categories completed. The number of categories completed in the "≥200″ NSSI frequency group was significantly lower than that in the "≤10″ NSSI group. The current findings suggested that depressed adolescents who had engaged in NSSI have poorer cognitive flexibility performance compared to adolescents without NSSI. As the frequency of NSSI increased, cognitive flexibility might become worse. These results provide evidence of a connection between executive dysfunctions and NSSI in depressed adolescents.

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Lab Chip ; 23(19): 4173-4200, 2023 09 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37675935

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Hemorrhagic fever viruses (HFVs) are virulent pathogens that can cause severe and often fatal illnesses in humans. Timely and accurate detection of HFVs is critical for effective disease management and prevention. In recent years, micro- and nano-technologies have emerged as promising approaches for the detection of HFVs. This paper provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art systems for micro- and nano-scale approaches to detect HFVs. It covers various aspects of these technologies, including the principles behind their sensing assays, as well as the different types of diagnostic strategies that have been developed. This paper also explores future possibilities of employing micro- and nano-systems for the development of HFV diagnostic tools that meet the practical demands of clinical settings.


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Bioensaio , Vírus da Dengue , Humanos , Tecnologia
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ACS Omega ; 8(36): 32555-32564, 2023 Sep 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37720737

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A fast, easy-to-implement, highly sensitive, and point-of-care (POC) detection system for frog virus 3 (FV3) is proposed. Combining recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) and CRISPR/Cas12a, a limit of detection (LoD) of 100 aM (60.2 copies/µL) is achieved by optimizing RPA primers and CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs). For POC detection, smartphone microscopy is implemented, and an LoD of 10 aM is achieved in 40 min. The proposed system detects four positive animal-derived samples with a quantitation cycle (Cq) value of quantitative PCR (qPCR) in the range of 13 to 32. In addition, deep learning models are deployed for binary classification (positive or negative samples) and multiclass classification (different concentrations of FV3 and negative samples), achieving 100 and 98.75% accuracy, respectively. Without temperature regulation and expensive equipment, the proposed RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a combined with smartphone readouts and artificial-intelligence-assisted classification showcases the great potential for FV3 detection, specifically POC detection of DNA virus.

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Opt Lett ; 48(7): 1894-1897, 2023 Apr 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37221793

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In this Letter, we present a method aiming at background noise removal in the 3D reconstruction of light field microscopy (LFM). Sparsity and Hessian regularization are taken as two prior knowledges to process the original light field image before 3D deconvolution. Due to the noise suppression function of total variation (TV) regularization, we add the TV regularization term to the 3D Richardson-Lucy (RL) deconvolution. By comparing the light field reconstruction results of our method with another state-of-the-art method that is also based on RL deconvolution, the proposed method shows improved performance in terms of removing background noise and detail enhancement. This method will be beneficial to the application of LFM in biological high-quality imaging.

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J Med Internet Res ; 25: e39507, 2023 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36857115

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BACKGROUND: Patients with high myopia have an increased lifetime risk of complications. The prevalence patterns of high myopia in children and adolescents in southern China are unclear. Early identification of high-risk individuals is critical for reducing the occurrence and development of high myopia and avoiding the resulting complications. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of high myopia in children and adolescents in southern China via real-world screening data and to predict its onset by studying the risk factors for high myopia based on machine learning. METHODS: This retrospective school-based study was conducted in 13 cities with different gross domestic products in southern China. Through data acquisition and filtering, we analyzed the prevalence of high myopia and its association with age, school stage, gross domestic product, and risk factors. A random forest algorithm was used to predict high myopia among schoolchildren and then assessed in an independent hold-out group. RESULTS: There were 1,285,609 participants (mean age 11.80, SD 3.07, range 6-20 years), of whom 658,516 (51.2%) were male. The overall prevalence of high myopia was 4.48% (2019), 4.88% (2020), and 3.17% (2021), with an increasing trend from the age of 11 to 17 years. The rates of high myopia increased from elementary schools to high schools but decreased at all school stages from 2019 to 2021. The coastal and southern cities had a higher proportion of high myopia, with an overall prevalence between 2.60% and 5.83%. Age, uncorrected distance visual acuity, and spherical equivalents were predictive factors for high myopia onset in schoolchildren. The random forest algorithm achieved a high accuracy of 0.948. The area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) was 0.975. Both indicated sufficient model efficacy. The performance of the model was validated in an external test with high accuracy (0.971) and a high AUC (0.957). CONCLUSIONS: High myopia had a high incidence in Guangdong Province. Its onset in children and adolescents was well predicted with the random forest algorithm. Efficient use of real-world data can contribute to the prevention and early diagnosis of high myopia.


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Miopia , Humanos , Adolescente , Criança , Masculino , Adulto Jovem , Adulto , Feminino , Prevalência , Estudos Retrospectivos , China , Cidades
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New Microbes New Infect ; 52: 101102, 2023 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36815201

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Mpox (Monkeypox) is a zoonotic disease caused by mpox virus (MPXV). A multi-country MPXV outbreak in non-endemic demographics was identified in May 2022. A systematic evaluation of MPXV evolutionary trajectory and genetic diversity could be a timely addition to the MPXV diagnostics and prophylaxis. Herein, we integrated a systematic evolution analysis including phylogenomic and phylogeographic, followed by an in-depth analysis of the adaptive evolution and amino acid variations in type I interferon binding protein (IFNα/ßBP). Mutations in IFNα/ßBP protein may impair its binding capacity, affecting the MPXV immune evasion strategy. Based on the equilibrated data, we found an evolutionary rate of 7.75 × 10 - 5 substitutions/site/year, and an earlier original time (2021.25) of the clade IIb. We further discovered significant genetic variations in MPXV genomes from different regions and obtained six plausible spread trajectories from its intricate viral flow network, implying that North America might have acted as a bridge for the spread of MPXV from Africa to other continents. We identified two amino acids under positive selection in the Rifampicin resistance protein and extracellular enveloped virus (EEV) type-I membrane glycoprotein, indicating a role in adaptive evolution. Our research sheds light on the emergence, dispersal, and adaptive evolution of MPXV, providing theoretical support for mitigating and containing its expansion.

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Acta Biomater ; 159: 38-48, 2023 03 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36708850

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Mechanical heterogeneity has been recognized as an important role in mediating collective cell migration, yet the related mechanism has not been elucidated. Herein, we fabricate heterogeneous stiffness gradients by leveraging microelastically-patterned hydrogels with varying periodic distance. We observe that a decrease in the periodic distance of the mechanical heterogeneity is accompanied by an overall increase in the velocity and directionality of the migrating monolayer. Moreover, inhibition of ROCK- and myosin ⅡA- but not Rac1-mediated contraction reduces monolayer migration on the mechanically heterogeneous substrates. Furthermore, we find that F-actin and myosin ⅡA form purse-string at the leading edge on the mechanically heterogeneous substrates. Together, these findings not only show that the orientational cell-cell contraction promotes collective cell migration under the mechanical heterogeneity, but also demonstrate that the mechanosensation arising from large-scale cell-cell interactions through purse-string formation mediated cell-cell orientational contraction can feed back to regulate the reorganization of epithelial tissues. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: By detecting the links between heterogenous rigidity and collective cell migration behavior at the molecular level, we reveal that collective cell migration in the mechanical heterogeneity is driven by ROCK- and myosin-ⅡA-dependent cytoskeletal tension. We confirm that cytoskeletal tension across the epithelial tissue is holistically linked through F-actin and myosin-ⅡA, which cooperate to form purse-string structures for modulating collective tissue behavior on the exogenous matrix with mechanical heterogeneity. Mechanical heterogeneity initiates tissue growth, remodelling, and morphogenesis by orientating cell contractility. Therefore, tensional homeostasis across large-scale cell interactions appears to be necessary and sufficient to trigger collective tissue behavior. Overall, these findings shed light on the role of mechanical heterogeneity in tissue microenvironment for reorganization and morphogenesis.


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Actinas , Miosina não Muscular Tipo IIA , Epitélio , Movimento Celular/fisiologia , Citoesqueleto de Actina
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J Med Virol ; 95(1): e28385, 2023 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36478250

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The global outbreak of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) highlights the need for rapid and cost-effective MPXV detection tools to effectively monitor and control the monkeypox disease. Herein, we demonstrated a portable CRISPR-Cas-based system for naked-eye detection of MPXV. The system harnesses the high selectivity of CRISPR-Cas12 and the isothermal nucleic acid amplification potential of recombinase polymerase amplification. It can detect both the current circulating MPXV clade and the original clades. We reached a limit of detection (LoD) of 22.4 aM (13.5 copies/µl) using a microtiter plate reader, while the visual LoD of the system is 75 aM (45 copies/µl) in a two-step assay, which is further reduced to 25 aM (15 copies/µl) in a one-pot system. We compared our results with quantitative polymerase chain reaction and obtained satisfactory consistency. For clinical application, we demonstrated a sensitive and precise visual detection method with attomolar sensitivity and a sample-to-answer time of 35 min.


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Monkeypox virus , Mpox , Humanos , Monkeypox virus/genética , Sistemas CRISPR-Cas , Sequência de Bases , Mpox/diagnóstico , Técnicas de Amplificação de Ácido Nucleico/métodos
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iScience ; 25(12): 105710, 2022 Dec 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36578317

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Ethylene carbonate (EC) in the electrolyte is not stable in cells operated at high voltage (≥4.4V) or with Li metal anode, which greatly reduce the energy density and lifetime of the rechargeable lithium battery. Herein, an EC-free linear alkyl carbonate-based electrolyte is developed, which enables the high-voltage (≥4.4V) and low-temperature (-30°C) application of Ni-rich cathode (LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2, NCM811). The EC-free system, consisting of LiPF6 and LiNO3 in ternary linear alkyl carbonates, possesses low viscosity, weakly solvated structure, and high interfacial stability with both the Ni-rich cathode and the Li metal anode to avoid continuous electrode/electrolyte side reactions and metal dissolution from the cathode. As a result, the Li||NCM811 cell delivers remarkable capacity retention of 93 ± 0.5% at the voltage of 4.4V and 88 ± 0.6% at 4.5V over 100 cycles. This study provides very encouraging perspective to develop EC-free carbonate-based electrolyte for high-voltage and low-temperature application in high-energy-density rechargeable lithium batteries.

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Front Immunol ; 13: 985385, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36341446

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MAIT cells are persistently depleted and functionally exhausted in HIV-1-infected patients despite long-term combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). IL-7 treatment supports MAIT cell reconstitution in vivo HIV-1-infected individuals and rescues their functionality in vitro. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the IL-7RA gene modulate the levels of soluble(s)IL-7Rα (sCD127) levels and influence bioavailability of circulating IL-7. Here we evaluate the potential influence of IL-7RA polymorphisms on MAIT cell numbers and function in healthy control (HC) subjects and HIV-1-infected individuals on long-term cART. Our findings indicate that IL-7RA haplotype 2 (H2*T), defined as T-allele carriers at the tagging SNP rs6897932, affects the size of the peripheral blood MAIT cell pool, as well as their production of cytokines and cytolytic effector proteins in response to bacterial stimulation. H2*T carriers had lower sIL-7Rα levels and higher MAIT cell frequency with enhanced functionality linked to higher expression of MAIT cell-associated transcription factors. Despite an average of 7 years on suppressive cART, MAIT cell levels and function in HIV-1-infected individuals were still significantly lower than those of HC. Notably, we observed a significant correlation between MAIT cell levels and cART duration only in HIV-1-infected individuals carrying IL-7RA haplotype 2. Interestingly, treatment with sIL-7Rα in vitro suppressed IL-7-dependent MAIT cell proliferation and function following cognate stimulations. These observations suggest that sIL-7Rα levels may influence MAIT cell numbers and function in vivo by limiting IL-7 bioavailability to MAIT cells. Collectively, these observations suggest that IL-7RA polymorphisms may play a significant role in MAIT cell biology and influence MAIT cells recovery in HIV-1 infection. The potential links between IL7RA polymorphisms, MAIT cell immunobiology, and HIV-1 infection warrant further studies going forward.


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Infecções por HIV , HIV-1 , Células T Invariantes Associadas à Mucosa , Humanos , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Interleucina-7/genética , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por HIV/genética
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Biosensors (Basel) ; 12(11)2022 Nov 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36354493

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Rapid and cost-effective diagnostic tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are a critical and valuable weapon for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic response. SARS-CoV-2 invasion is primarily mediated by human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2). Recent developments in ACE2-based SARS-CoV-2 detection modalities accentuate the potential of this natural host-virus interaction for developing point-of-care (POC) COVID-19 diagnostic systems. Although research on harnessing ACE2 for SARS-CoV-2 detection is in its infancy, some interesting biosensing devices have been developed, showing the commercial viability of this intriguing new approach. The exquisite performance of the reported ACE2-based COVID-19 biosensors provides opportunities for researchers to develop rapid detection tools suitable for virus detection at points of entry, workplaces, or congregate scenarios in order to effectively implement pandemic control and management plans. However, to be considered as an emerging approach, the rationale for ACE2-based biosensing needs to be critically and comprehensively surveyed and discussed. Herein, we review the recent status of ACE2-based detection methods, the signal transduction principles in ACE2 biosensors and the development trend in the future. We discuss the challenges to development of ACE2-biosensors and delineate prospects for their use, along with recommended solutions and suggestions.


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Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2 , COVID-19 , Humanos , COVID-19/diagnóstico , SARS-CoV-2 , Peptidil Dipeptidase A/fisiologia , Pandemias
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Bioengineering (Basel) ; 9(10)2022 10 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36290539

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The outbreak of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) in non-endemic countries is an emerging global health threat and may have an economic impact if proactive actions are not taken. As shown by the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid, accurate, and cost-effective virus detection techniques play a pivotal role in disease diagnosis and control. Considering the sudden multicountry MPXV outbreak, a critical evaluation of the MPXV detection approaches would be a timely addition to the endeavors in progress for MPXV control and prevention. Herein, we evaluate the current MPXV detection methods, discuss their pros and cons, and provide recommended solutions to the problems. We review the traditional and emerging nucleic acid detection approaches, immunodiagnostics, whole-particle detection, and imaging-based MPXV detection techniques. The insights provided in this article will help researchers to develop novel techniques for the diagnosis of MPXV.

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Opt Express ; 30(20): 36489-36499, 2022 Sep 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36258576

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Multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) has become the dominant technical solution for photoacoustic imaging (PAI). However, the laser source of fiber output in the current MSOT method is typically a TEM00 Gaussian beam, which is prone to artifacts and incomplete due to the uneven distribution of the irradiated light intensity. Here, we propose a novel method to improve the quality of photoacoustic image reconstruction by modulating the wavefront shaping of the incident laser beam based on the designed scattering structure. In the experiment, we add the designed scattering structure to the current hemispherical photoacoustic transducer array device. Through experiments and simulations, we investigate and compare the effects of different scattering structures on laser intensity modulation. The results show that an ED1-C20 diffusion structure with a scattering angle of 20 degrees has the most effective modulation of the beam intensity distribution. And we choose gold nanoparticles of 50-100 nanometers (nm) diameters and index finger capillary vessels respectively as the medium of PAI. We obtain the highest ratio of PAI area increases of gold nanoparticles and index finger to devices compare without scattering structure is 29.69% and 634.94%, respectively. Experimental results demonstrate that our method is significantly higher quality than traditional methods, which has great potential for theoretical application in medical PAI.

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