Machine learning prediction of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease risk in American adults using body composition: explainable analysis based on SHapley Additive exPlanations.

Background: Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a prevalent and progressive liver disorder closely linked to obesity and metabolic dysregulation. Traditional anthropometric measures such as body mass index (BMI) are limited in their ability to capture fat distribution and associated risk. This study aimed to develop and validate machine learning (ML) models for predicting MAFLD using detailed body composition metrics and to explore the relative contributions of adipose tissue features through explainable ML techniques.

An Alternative Mechanism of Glutamate Dehydrogenase Inhibition by EGCG: Promotion of Protein Degradation.

Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) is involved in the metabolism of glutamate and ammonia. It is regulated by multiple ligand variants, and hyper-active GDH mutants have been reported for hyperinsulinism hyperammonemia syndrome (HHS). Here, we constructed the wild-type human GDH and three human GDH454 mutants and investigated their degradation activity and performance under different GDH inhibitors.

Polyprenylated Xanthones Isolated from Resins and Their Beneficial Effects on Rice Blast Disease.

Five undescribed polyprenylated xanthones (, , , , and ) and 27 known compounds were isolated from resins, and the antifungal activities of 15 of them were investigated. Compound exhibited notable in vitro antifungal effects against with an IC value of 3.54 μg/mL, superior to isoprothiolane (10.

Application of novel adsorbents synthesized with polypyrrole in magnetic solid-phase extraction of fungicides from fresh juice and environmental water.

In this work, a magnetic adsorption material based on a metal-organic framework (FeO@PPy@MIL-53(Fe)) was designed and prepared, as well as used as an adsorbent for the extraction of fungicides from fresh juice and environmental water. The material was subjected to a series of characterization analyses, which showed that the material has good potential for application as an adsorbent. The main parameters such as adsorbent dosage, adsorption time, elution time, pH value, and elution solvent which could affect the experiment results were optimized.

Synthesis of Novel Kidney-Type Glutaminase Allosteric Inhibitors Targeting the Critical Lys-320 Residue.

Reversible allosteric inhibitors of kidney-type glutaminase (GLS1, KGA) showed incomplete inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and poor efficacy. Here, we investigate some irreversible inhibitors targeting the critical K320 residue responsible for GLS1 biological activity. The (trifluoromethoxy)phenylacetic acid motif was replaced by α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids, and the resulting terminally substituted derivatives (e.

Electro-optic crosslinkable chromophores with ultrahigh electro-optic coefficients and long-term stability.

The development of organic electro-optic materials with ultrahigh electro-optic coefficients and high long-term alignment stability is the most challenging topic in this field. Next-generation crosslinkable nonlinear optical chromophore molecular glasses were developed to address this problem. A highly stable EO system including crosslinkable binary chromophores QLD1 and QLD2 or crosslinkable single chromophore QLD3 and multichromophore QLD4 with large hyperpolarizability was synthesized using tetrahydroquinoline as the donor.

Control of pathogenic fungi on Panax notoginseng by volatile oils from the food ingredients Allium sativum and Foeniculum vulgare.

To screen natural drugs with strong inhibitory effects against pathogenic fungi related to P. notoginseng, the antifungal activities of garlic and fennel EOs were studied by targeting P. notoginseng disease-associated fungi, and the possible action mechanisms of garlic and fennel EOs as plant fungicides were preliminarily discussed.

Biological Activities of Two Essential Oils from Pogostemon cablin and Eupatorium fortunei and Their Major Components against Fungi Isolated from Panax notoginseng.

Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F.H.Chen (Araliaceae), of which the dry root and rhizome are precious traditional Chinese medicine, suffers severely from diseases during planting.

SiRNA Crosslinked Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Inflammation-induced Liver Injury.

RNA interference mediated by small interfering RNA (siRNA) provides a powerful tool for gene regulation, and has a broad potential as a promising therapeutic strategy. However, therapeutics based on siRNA have had limited clinical success due to their undesirable pharmacokinetic properties. This study presents pH-sensitive nanoparticles-based siRNA delivery systems (PNSDS), which are positive-charge-free nanocarriers, composed of siRNA chemically crosslinked with multi-armed poly(ethylene glycol) carriers via acid-labile acetal linkers.

Enhanced gene delivery of low molecular weight PEI by flower-like ZnO microparticles.

Low molecular weight (1.8 kDa) branched polyethylenimine (PEI) has been used as non-viral vector for gene delivery because of its low toxicity, however, its further application in biomedical field has been restricted due to its low gene transfection efficiency. Herein, ZnO microflowers were prepared to increase the gene expression level mediated by PEI.