Med Image Anal
August 2022
Examination of pathological images is the golden standard for diagnosing and screening many kinds of cancers. Multiple datasets, benchmarks, and challenges have been released in recent years, resulting in significant improvements in computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) of related diseases. However, few existing works focus on the digestive system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe number of stentriever passes during endovascular thrombectomy impacts clinical outcomes in acute ischemic stroke. Previous studies suggest that the simultaneous double stent retriever technique (DSRT) could improve the efficacy and reduce the number of passes. We aim to analyze the degree of vessel wall injury according to the number of passes and technique (single vs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Agric Food Chem
June 2022
Indole is a popular and functional scaffold existing widely in the fields of medicine, pesticides, spices, food and feed additives, dyes, and many others. Among indoles, 2-arylindole represents a particular and interesting subset but has attracted less attention for drug discovery. In this study, we report a general, practical one-pot assembly of a variety of 2-arylindole derivatives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper is concerned with the resilient state estimation problem for a type of stochastic nonlinear systems, in which the possible dynamical bias is considered that is depicted by a dynamical equation. In pursuit of enhancing the robustness of the propagated data, a binary encoding strategy (BES) is exploited in the binary symmetric channel (BSC). While the random bit errors caused by the channel noise may take place during the propagation of the binary bit string via the memoryless BSC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The mechanism by which MSC-CM protects neuronal cells against ischemic injury remains to be elucidated. In this study, we aimed to clarify the protective effect of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium (UC-MSC-CM) on neuronal oxidative injury and its potential mechanism.
Methods And Results: Neuronal oxidative damage was mimicked by H2O2 treatment of the HT22 cell line.
Dietary intake of caffeine has significantly increased in recent years, and beneficial and harmful effects of caffeine have been extensively studied. This paper reviews antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of caffeine as well as its protective effects on cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes mellitus, cancers, and neurodegenerative and liver diseases. In addition, we summarize the side effects of long-term or excessive caffeine consumption on sleep, migraine, intraocular pressure, pregnant women, children, and adolescents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Pediatr
May 2022
Background: Admission hypothermia (AH, < 36.5℃) remains a major challenge for global neonatal survival, especially in developing countries. Baseline research shows nearly 89.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExcessive lipid accumulation, inflammation, and fibrosis in the liver are the major characteristics of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) plays an important role in metabolic homeostasis, raising the possibility that it is involved in NASH. Here, we reduced and increased MANF levels in mice in order to explore its influence on hepatic triglyceride homeostasis, inflammation, and fibrosis during NASH progression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have developed a mild catalytic approach for the synthesis of new dithienofuran derivatives cascade copper catalysed dual C-S coupling and subsequent ring closure reactions. Sonogashira coupling between perbromofuran and terminal alkynes produced 3,4-dibromo-2,5-dialkynylfuran (1) in good yields. Next, copper catalysed C-S coupling between 1 and NaS·9HO and a subsequent ring-closure reaction afforded dithienofuran compounds (2) under mild conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMacromol Rapid Commun
July 2022
Chewing gum residue is hard to decompose and easy to cause pollution, which is highly desirable to realize recycling. In this paper, a chewing gum gel with enhanced mechanical properties and self-healing properties is prepared by using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as the backbone in chewing gum residue. The hydrogen bond and the borax ester bond are employed to construct reversible interaction to enhance the self-healing ability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFACS Appl Mater Interfaces
May 2022
The development of robust phototherapeutic strategies for eradicating tumors remains a significant challenge in the transfer of cancer phototherapy to clinical practice. Here, a phototherapeutic nanococktail atovaquone/17-dimethylaminoethylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin/glyco-BODIPY (ADB) was developed to enhance photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) via alleviation of hypoxia and thermal resistance that was constructed using supramolecular self-assembly of glyco-BODIPY (BODIPY-SS-LAC, BSL-1), hypoxia reliever atovaquone (ATO), and heat shock protein inhibitor 17-dimethylaminoethylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-DMAG). Benefiting from a glyco-targeting and glutathione (GSH) responsive units BSL-1, ADB can be rapidly taken up by hepatoma cells, furthermore the loaded ATO and 17-DMAG can be released in original form into the cytoplasm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOpt Express
March 2022
An all-photonic approach of microwave waveforms generation and transformation is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. From the perspective of envelope function operation in time domain, an initial triangular waveform is transformed into square waveform and sawtooth (or reversed-sawtooth) waveform via two types of differentiators, respectively. In addition, by using a SOA as a multiplier, both bright and dark parabolic pulses are achieved, which are further transformed into sawtooth (or reversed-sawtooth) waveform by taking the first derivative operation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Significant antibiotic overuse due to prolonged antibiotic duration has not draw enough attention in developing countries with high antibiotic consumption. We aimed to describe the current status of prolonged early antibiotic duration in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants in a large regional multicenter cohort in China.
Patients And Methods: Institution-based prospective cohort study was conducted in all VLBW infants admitted to 16 Grade A tertiary hospitals between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020.
Background: In mechanical thrombectomy (MT), distal access catheters (DACs) are tracked through the vascular anatomy to reach the occlusion site. The inability of DACs to reach the occlusion site has been reported as a predictor of unsuccessful recanalization. This study aims to provide insight into how to navigate devices through the vascular anatomy with minimal track forces, since higher forces may imply more risk of vascular injuries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedicine (Baltimore)
April 2022
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Joint mobilization in the treatment of frozen shoulder.
Methods: To collect relevant literature, we will research following databases: Medicine, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wan-Fang Database, Chongqing VIP Chinese Science and Technology Periodicaols Database, and China Biomedical Database; the time is from its creation to May 2021, and the language is limited to Chinese and English. In addition, we will retrieve other literature resources, including the Chinese Clinical Trial Register and conference articles.
Background: The efficacy of alternative therapies and medications for functional constipation (FC) in adults is well established, however, the efficacy and safety of different alternative therapies and medications for FC in adults is not fully clarified. Due to there are many different alternative therapies and medications available for the treatment of febrile FC in adults, the selection of appropriate alternative therapies and medications has become an urgent issue. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of alternative therapy and medicine for FC in adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of regenerative endodontic procedures (REPs) for traumatic immature permanent teeth. Meanwhile, predictors influencing treatment outcomes were also analyzed to provide evidence for the management of immature teeth after different traumatic scenarios.
Methods: Traumatized immature permanent teeth diagnosed with pulp necrosis treated by REPs using blood clot or concentrated growth factor scaffolds with at least 6 months of follow-up were included from 2012 to 2021.
Both the deep pocket region and its neighboring subpocket site on the N-trimer of HIV-1 gp41 protein can serve as targets for the development of HIV-1 entry inhibitors. Pocket-binding domain (PBD)-containing peptides with the potential to inhibit HIV-1 fusion through targeting the deep pocket have been extensively exploited. However, using an artificial peptide strategy, we herein report the design of α-helical lipopeptides with non-native protein sequences as HIV-1 fusion inhibitors that can occupy both gp41 deep cavity and subpocket sites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Cardiovasc Med
March 2022
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedicine (Baltimore)
March 2022
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of aromatherapy massage in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.
Methods: To collect relevant literature, we will research following databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Science and Technology Journal Database and Wanfang Data the time is from inception to December 30, 2021, and the language is limited to Chinese and English. In addition, we will retrieve other literature resources, including the Chinese Clinical Trial Register, conference papers.
Front Pharmacol
March 2022
Due to the lack of updated information on teicoplanin (TEI) for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), no exact dosage regimen has been recommended. The aim of this study was to optimize the dosage regimen of TEI in renal dysfunction patients with or without CRRT, evaluate the influence factors of the eradication of Gram-positive bacteria, and evaluate the effect of CRRT on the clearance of TEI. Patients with renal dysfunction receiving TEI treatment in the ICU were prospectively recruited and divided into CRRT and non-CRRT groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Visceral hypersensitivity is a major clinic symptom in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is involved in processing the information of pain. Both G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 (GRK6) and P2Y purinoceptor 6 (P2Y6) are associated with neuroinflammation and pathological pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCronobacter sakazakii, a foodborne opportunistic pathogen, mainly affects neonates and infants, with mortality rates of 26.9%. Most outbreaks arise from powdered infant formula (PIF).
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