Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis
March 2025
Targeted therapies persist as the conventional method of treatment of kidney clear cell carcinoma (KIRC). However, resistance to these drugs emerges as a significant impediment to the management of renal cancer. MICAL-L2 plays a pivotal role in cytoskeleton rearrangement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDesigning microcapsules with a complicated functionalized shell to respond to an external stimulus has attracted much attention for triggered release; however, simplifying the synthesis process remains a significant challenge. Herein, we initially propose a novel, simple synthesis strategy that utilizes a mixed solvent as the organic phase to control the diffusion of common monomers during interfacial polymerization, resulting in the successful preparation of microcapsules with tunable thickness-to-diameter ratios (/). The morphology of microcapsules is confirmed by scanning electron microscopy.
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April 2024
Metastasis promotes the development of tumors and is a significant cause of gastric cancer death. For metastasis to proceed, tumor cells must become mobile by modulating their cytoskeleton. MICAL1 (Molecule Interacting with CasL1) is known as an actin cytoskeleton regulator, but the mechanisms by which it drives gastric cancer cell migration are still unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMolecules interacting with CasL (MICALs) are critical mediators of cell motility that act by cytoskeleton rearrangement. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of cancer cell invasion remain elusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of one member of MICALs, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this work, we propose, for the first time, a simple, fast, and efficient strategy to fabricate high-performance rigid crosslinked PVC composites by continuous extrusion. This strategy improves the poor processing fluidity of composites and solves the impossibility of conducting extrusion in one step via using microcapsule-type crosslinking agents prepared by in situ polymerization to co-extrude with PVC blends. The results demonstrate that the PVC/microcapsule composites were successfully prepared.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is one of the most malignancy over the world. Previous studies have proven that Molecules Interacting with CasL-Like 1 (MICALL1) participated in cellular trafficking cascades, while there has no study to explore the function and carcinogenic mechanism MICALL1 in LIHC.
Methods: We aimed to investigate the relationship between MICALL1 mRNA expression and LIHC using TCGA database.
Acrylate photoresists have gained considerable attention in recent years owing to their high resolution, high sensitivity, and versality. In this work, a series of thermally stable copolymers are synthesized by introducing an isobornyl group, and well characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra (H-NMR). The effects of polymerization conditions on the molecular weight and their further influence on lithography are explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization of an α,ω-diene monomer of bis(undec-10-enoate) with isosorbide () using a RuCl(IMesH)(CH-2-O Pr-CH) (, IMesH = 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolin-2-ylidene) catalyst and conducted at 50 °C (in vacuo) in ionic liquids (ILs) afforded higher-molecular-weight polymers (, = 32 200-39 200) than those reported previously ( = 5600-14700). 1--Butyl-3-methyl imidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([Bmim]PF) and 1--hexyl-3-methyl imidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([Hmim]TFSI) were suitable as effective solvents among a series of imidazolium salts and the pyridinium salts. The polymerization of α,ω-diene monomers of bis(undec-10-enoate) with isomannide (), 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (), and 1,4-butanediol () in [Bmim]PF and [Hmim]TFSI also afforded the higher-molecular-weight polymers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhys Chem Chem Phys
June 2021
Sterically hindered frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) have the ability to activate hydrogen molecules, and their reactivity is strongly determined by the geometric parameters of the Lewis acids and bases. A recent experimental study showed that ionic liquids (ILs) could largely improve the effective configuration of FLPs. However, the detailed mechanistic profile is still unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe reactions of MCl5 or MOCl3 with imidazole-based pro-ligand L(1)H, 3,5-tBu2-2-OH-C6H2-(4,5-Ph2-1H-)imidazole, or oxazole-based ligand L(2)H, 3,5-tBu2-2-OH-C6H2 (1H-phenanthro[9,10-d])oxazole, following work-up, afforded octahedral complexes [MX(L(1,2))], where MX=NbCl4 (L(1), 1a; L(2), 2a), [NbOCl2(NCMe)] (L(1), 1b; L(2), 2b), TaCl4 (L(1), 1c; L(2), 2c), or [TaOCl2(NCMe)] (L(1), 1d). The treatment of α-diimine ligand L(3), (2,6-iPr2C6H3N=CH)2, with [MCl4(thf)2] (M=Nb, Ta) afforded [MCl4(L(3))] (M=Nb, 3a; Ta, 3b). The reaction of [MCl3(dme)] (dme=1,2-dimethoxyethane; M=Nb, Ta) with bis(imino)pyridine ligand L(4), 2,6-[2,6-iPr2C6H3N=(Me)C]2C5H3N, afforded known complexes of the type [MCl3(L(4))] (M=Nb, 4a; Ta, 4b), whereas the reaction of 2-acetyl-6-iminopyridine ligand L(5), 2-[2,6-iPr2C6H3N=(Me)C]-6-Ac-C5H3N, with the niobium precursor afforded the coupled product [({2-Ac-6-(2,6-iPr2C6H3N=(Me)C)C5H3N}NbOCl2)2] (5).
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