This study aimed to integrate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and related somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) features to assist in the diagnosis of spinal cord compression (SCC). MRI scans were graded from 0 to 3 ...
This study examined whether the learning concentration of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AdHd) or autism spectrum disorder (ASd) can be improved through participation in one-on-one learning ac...
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This study examined whether the learning concentration of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AdHd) or autism spectrum disorder (ASd) can be improved through participation in one-on-one learning activities. A total of 13 students with AdHd or ASd were recruited to participate in various weekly one-on-one learning activities, in an effort to improve the concentration of students with special needs. Brainwave data were collected through electroencephalography and analyzed to explore students' concentration performance in different learning activities. To achieve the objective of this study, a multi-baseline design (ABAB), a type of single-subject design method, was employed. The experiment spanned 21 weeks, covering a fall and a spring semester: the first three weeks were defined as the 1st baseline phase, the 4th to 10th weeks as the 1st experimental phase, the 11th to 13th weeks as the 2nd baseline phase, and the 14th to 21th weeks as the 2nd experimental phase. The learning activities took place in the morning self-study period once a week, and the experiment was only suspendedduring two of the weeks because of school events. The purpose of the two baseline phases was to collect students' brainwave data. Students' brainwaves were measured for two minutes under two scenarios; first, while they were relaxed with eyes looking straight ahead; second, they were reading a passage. The purpose of the two experimental phases was to gradually enhance students' concentration by training them to perceive their own emotions through brainwave lamps. Initial results yieldeddifferent brainwave data for students with different types of disorders. After participating in the training on learning concentration, some students demonstrated improved concentration; however, after the 2nd experimental phase, students' concentration declined. The reason was that the activities in both experimental phases were identical, and thus, they no longer provoked students' inte
BACKGROUNd:Benzodiazepines (diazepam) and related Z-drugs (Zolpidem), henceforth referred to as BZdRs, are widely used for clinical treatment of insomnia and anxiety disorders. BZdRs act on GABA type A receptors to in...
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BACKGROUNd:Benzodiazepines (diazepam) and related Z-drugs (Zolpidem), henceforth referred to as BZdRs, are widely used for clinical treatment of insomnia and anxiety disorders. BZdRs act on GABA type A receptors to inhibit neurotransmitters. We previously demonstrated that prolonged clinical use of BZdRs exacerbates the risk of breast cancer (BRCA).
METHOdS:By biomedical, health informatics platform analyses and in vivo studies, we explored clinical association between BZdR usage and BRCA development and advancement. Furthermore, by retrospective studies on patient clinical data and in vitro empirical analyses of the impact of BZdR on BRCA cells, and together with ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) analyses, we validated the signaling pathways and identified potential intermolecular crosstalk involved.
RESULTS:Clinical data showed that BRCA patients on long term treatment with BZdRs suffered increased mortality rate (p = 0.034). Studies on patient samples indicated that among 16 GABA receptors examined, GABRA3 (a pro-tumorigenic player) was significantly upregulated by BZdRs, which advanced BRCA disease. To support our clinical findings, we examined in vivo, the impact of BZdRs on BRCA advancement using MdA-MB231 cells to mediate metastasis in mice model. Our results show that BZdRs indeed promoted cancer advancement to the lungs and localized in the tibia. Using BRCA cell lines, we revealed the molecular-cellular effects of prolonged treatment with BZdRs in vitro. We showed significant metastasis indicated by increased cancer cell migration and invasion, which correlated well with our clinical observations. We discovered that BZdR-mediated GABRA3 stimulation was associated with downregulation of anti-tumorigenic extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules (S100B, COL6A6 and VIT) and upregulation of pro-tumorigenic FBN3 in BRCA cells. Notably, GABRA3-shRNA and GABRA3-CRISPR/Cas9 disrupted the abovementioneddynamics dramatically and suppressed BRCA cell invasion induced by B
Background: Vanillin is a widely used flavoring agent and plays a crucial role in food safety, making its accurate detection essential. developing sensitive and cost-effective methods for vanillin detection is vital f...
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Treatment-resistant depression (TRd) is a condition wherein patients with depression fail to respond to antidepressant trials. A new form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), called theta-burst stim...
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Our previous study demonstrated that myc, mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, mTOR, and stemness are independently responsible for chemoresistance in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. This study aimed to identi...
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Our previous study demonstrated that myc, mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, mTOR, and stemness are independently responsible for chemoresistance in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. This study aimed to identify potential mechanisms of chemoresistance of the "7 + 3" induction in AML by using a single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) approach. In the present study, 13 untreated patients with de novo AML were enrolled and stratified into two groups: complete remission (CR; n = 8) and non-CR (n = 5). Single-cell RNA sequencing was used to analyze genetic profiles of 28,950 AML cells from these patients; results were validated using a previously published bulk RNA-seq dataset. Our study results showed chemoresistant AML cells had premature accumulation during early hematopoiesis. Hematopoietic stem cell-like cells from the non-CR group expressed more leukemic stem cell markers (Cd9, Cd82, IL3RA, and IL1RAP) than those from the CR group. Chemoresistant progenitor cells had impaired myeloiddifferentiation owing to early arrest of hematopoiesis. Notably, AML cells analyzed by scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq harbored a comparable myeloid lineage cell fraction, which internally validated our results. Using the TCGA database, our analysis demonstrated that patients with AML with higher expression of chemoresistant genetic markers (IL3RA and IL1RAP) had a worse overall survival (p < 0.01 for IL3RA; p < 0.05 for IL1RAP). In conclusion, AML cells responsive and resistant to the "7 + 3" induction were derived from a diverse cancerous hematopoietic stem cell population, as indicated by the specific genetic biomarkers obtained using scRNA-seq approach. Furthermore, arrest of hematopoiesis was shown to occur earlier in chemoresistant AML cells, furthering the current understanding of chemoresistance in AML.
Cytokines and chemokines play important roles in inflammation and repair following brain injury. M1 microglia are pro-inflammatory which produce cytokines and lead to neural injury;in contrast, M2 microglia are anti-i...
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Cytokines and chemokines play important roles in inflammation and repair following brain injury. M1 microglia are pro-inflammatory which produce cytokines and lead to neural injury;in contrast, M2 microglia are anti-inflammatory, release neurotrophic factors, and promote neural repair processes. Chemokine CCL5, increased after TBI, shows a neuroprotective function by reducing oxidative stress. CCL5 may contribute to the balance between oxidative stress and immune responses after brain injury. Herein, we investigated the role of CCL5 in microglial polarization after mild traumatic brain injury, focusing on the cerebral cortex.C57BL/6 and CCL5 knockout (CCL5-KO) mice were given a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) using weight-drop. Neurological parameters such as motor and sensory functions were analyzed by mNSS score, accelerating rotarod, beam walking, and adhesive removal tests. Oxidative stress and neuron damage were measured by NAdph oxidase activity, hypoxyloprobe staining and FJC. Performance of motor and sensory functions in both WT and CCL5-KO mice were impaired after brain injury which recovered after 7 days-post-injury (dpi) in the WT group but only after 14 days in the CCL5-KO mouse group. RT-qPCR analysis revealed that pro-inflammation cytokines - IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-6 were higher in CCL5-KO mice compared to WT mice at 4 and 14 dpi. In contrast, M2-like microglia markers - IL-10 and Agr-1 were increased in WT mouse cortical tissue at 4 dpi. Oxidative stress increased both M1 and M2- related cytokine expression in BV2 cells treated with H 2 O 2;CCL5 treatment increased M2- but suppressed M1- related cytokine gene activation. Intranasal delivery of CCL5 reduced neuronal oxidative stress, increased IL-10 expression and improved motor and sensory functions in CCL5-KO mice after brain *** summary, CCL5, which alters immune responses and protects neurons from TBI damage, has an important function in regulating M2-like microglial polarization during post-
Short peptides are versatile molecules for the construction of supramolecular materials. Most reported peptide materials are hydrophobic, stiff, and show limited response to environmental conditions in the solid-state...
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Short peptides are versatile molecules for the construction of supramolecular materials. Most reported peptide materials are hydrophobic, stiff, and show limited response to environmental conditions in the solid-state. Herein, we describe a design strategy for minimalistic supramolecular metallo-peptide nanofibers that, depending on their sequence, change stiffness, or reversibly assemble in the solid-state, in response to changes in relative humidity (RH). We tested a series of histidine (H) containing dipeptides with varying hydrophobicity, XH, where X is G, A, L, Y (glycine, alanine, leucine, and tyrosine). The one-dimensional fiber formation is supported by metal coordination anddynamic H-bonds. Solvent conditions were identified where GH/Zn and AH/Zn formed gels that upon air-drying gave rise to nanofibers. Upon exposure of the nanofiber networks to increasing RH, a reduction in stiffness was observed with GH/Zn fibers reversibly (dis-)assembled at 60–70 % RH driven by a rebalancing of hydrogen bonding interactions between peptides and water. When these metallo-peptide nanofibers were deposited on the surface of polyimide films and exposed to varying RH, peptide/water-vapor interactions in the solid-state mechanically transferred to the polymer film, leading to the rapid and reversible folding-unfolding of the films, thus demonstrating RH-responsive actuation.
We developed new nanocrystalline Fe-Co-B-P-Cu soft magnetic alloys and studied their magnetic properties by calculating electronic structures using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory with...
We developed new nanocrystalline Fe-Co-B-P-Cu soft magnetic alloys and studied their magnetic properties by calculating electronic structures using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory within the local spin density approximation and the Brillouin function. The supercell Fe-B-P-Cu was equilibrated at 3000 K for 12 ps using ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMd). Consequently, Fe, B, P, and Cu atoms are distributed randomly in an amorphous matrix formed by cooling it to 0 K. The ferromagnetic bcc α -(Fe 50 Co 50 ) crystallites were formed in the amorphous matrix by annealing the mixture at 300 K and cooling to 0 K. This resulted in the formation of nanocrystalline (Fe, Co)-B-P-Cu soft magnetic alloys. The ferromagnetic bcc α -Fe(Co) crystallites, embedded in an amorphous matrix, were confirmed experimentally for the first time. The experiment involved quickly cooling and heating a melted mixture of Fe, Co, B, Fe 3 P, and Cu to create both amorphous ribbons and crystallites. The Fe-Co-B-P-Cu alloy designed for the experiment has a saturation magnetization ( μ 0 M S ) of over 1.9 T (T) at 0 K and ranging from 1.87 to 1.92 T at 300 K. The magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant (K) decreased significantly to 142 J/m 3 from 5.2 × 104 J/m 3 with an increase in the number of embedded crystallites from one to five, indicating that the alloy became magnetically soft. At 300 K, the experimental μ 0 M S ranged from 1.79 to 1.89 T. Additionally, as the concentration of Co increased, the Curie temperature (T C ) also increased and reached about 800 °C at 3.5 at.%. The study revealed that the average grain size of the synthesized Fe-Co-B-P-Cu alloys was 29 nm. The experimental μ 0 M S was slightly lower than the calculated value for all designed Fe-Co-B-P-Cu alloys, indicating that the recrystallization process was not entirely controlled. The experimental results confirmed that the designed alloy system has achieved the target saturation magnetization of o
Knee injury emerges as one of the most common diseases, causing dislocation of knee joints, immobility, etc., in which the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is the most common one. The development of various art...
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