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Scaling-up of carbon dots hydrothermal synthesis from sugars in a continuous flow microreactor system for biomedical application as in vitro antimicrobial drug nanocarrier
Carbon dots (CDs) are a new class of nanomaterials exhibiting high biocompatibility, water solubility, functionality, and tunable fluorescence (FL) property. Due to the limitations of batch hydrothermal synthesis in terms of low CDs yield and long synthesis duration, this work aimed to increase its production capacity through a continuous flow reactor system. The influence of temperature and time was first studied in a batch reactor for glucose, xylose, sucrose and table sugar precursors. CDs synthesized from sucrose precursor exhibited the highest quantum yield (QY) (175.48%) and the average diameter less than 10 nm (~6.8 ± 1.1 nm) when synthesized at 220°C for 9 h. For a flow reactor system, the best condition for CDs production from sucrose was 1 mL min−1 flow rate at 280°C, and 0.2 MPa pressure yielding 53.03% QY and ~ 6.5 ± 0.6 nm average diameter (6.6 mg min−1 of CDs productivity). CDs were successfully used as ciprofloxacin (CP) nanocarrier for antimicrobial activity study. The cytotoxicity study showed that no effect of CDs on viability of L-929 fibroblast cells was detected until 1000 µg mL−1 CDs concentration. This finding demonstrates that CDs synthesized via a flow reactor system have a high zeta potential and suitable surface properties for nano-theranostic applications.
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Impaired intrinsic functional connectivity between the thalamus and visual cortex in migraine without aura
BackgroundResting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has confirmed disrupted visual network connectivity in migraine without aura (MwoA). The thalamus plays a pivotal role in a number of pain conditions, including migraine. However, the significance of altered thalamo-visual functional connectivity (FC) in migraine remains unknown. The goal of this study was to explore thalamo-visual FC integrity in patients with MwoA and investigate its clinical significance.MethodsResting-state fMRI data were acquired from 33 patients with MwoA and 22 well-matched healthy controls. After identifying the visual network by independent component analysis, we compared neural activation in the visual network and thalamo-visual FC and assessed whether these changes were linked to clinical characteristics. We used voxel-based morphometry to determine whether functional differences were dependent on structural differences.ResultsThe visual network exhibited significant differences in regions (bilateral cunei, right lingual gyrus and left calcarine sulcus) by inter-group comparison. The patients with MwoA showed significantly increased FC between the left thalami and bilateral cunei and between the right thalamus and the contralateral calcarine sulcus and right cuneus. Furthermore, the neural activation of the left calcarine sulcus was positively correlated with visual analogue scale scores (r = 0.319, p = 0.043), and enhanced FC between the left thalamus and right cuneus in migraine patients was negatively correlated with Generalized Anxiety Disorder scores (r = − 0.617, p = 0.005).ConclusionOur data suggest that migraine distress is exacerbated by aberrant feedback projections to the visual network, playing a crucial role in migraine physiological mechanisms. The current study provides further insights into the complex scenario of migraine mechanisms.
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المحادثات الأساسية في الصين
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Gut microbiota related steroid hormone biosynthesis provide novel insights into high-salt diet related renal injury vit gut-kidney axis
High-salt diet (HSD) is a major risk factor for renal injury, and gut microbiota may play a role in this process. In this study, we investigated the potential role of gut microbiota in HSD-related renal injury and the microbial mechanisms involved. Through function observation, mechanism screening, and further verification using transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling and bioinformatics, we found that HSD caused renal dysfunction, inflammation, hypoimmunity, and serious renal damage in conventional mice, but this effect was absent in germ-free (GF) mice. Differential gene set enrichment analyses of the gut and kidney identified the steroid hormone biosynthesis pathway as a main culprit. For further verification, differential metabolite set enrichment analyses of feces indicated the involvement of the steroid hormone biosynthesis pathway. Through comprehensive profiling of intestinal and renal tissues along with fecal samples, we detected three genes and two metabolites showing prominent enrichment in the steroid hormone biosynthesis pathway. RT-qPCR suggested that the core gene
Cyp1a1
, which depends on the interplay between HSD and gut microbiota, was inhibited in both the gut and kidney in HSD-related renal injury. Finally, dehydroepiandrosterone decreased the mRNA expression of
Cyp1a1
in the gut and kidney. The data suggest that HSD promotes renal injury by manipulating the gut-kidney axis via gut microbiota and strengthening the steroid hormone biosynthesis pathway. The study expands the current knowledge on the gut microbial control of the gut-kidney axis in HSD-related renal injury, which finally provides novel insights into the therapeutic strategies for preventing or attenuating HSD-related kidney diseases.
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Impaired effective functional connectivity of the sensorimotor network in interictal episodic migraineurs without aura
BackgroundResting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (Rs-fMRI) has confirmed sensorimotor network (SMN) dysfunction in migraine without aura (MwoA). However, the underlying mechanisms of SMN effective functional connectivity in MwoA remain unclear. We aimed to explore the association between clinical characteristics and effective functional connectivity in SMN, in interictal patients who have MwoA.MethodsWe used Rs-fMRI to acquire imaging data in 40 episodic patients with MwoA in the interictal phase and 34 healthy controls (HCs). Independent component analysis was used to profile the distribution of SMN and calculate the different SMN activity between the two groups. Subsequently, Granger causality analysis was used to analyze the effective functional connectivity between the SMN and other brain regions.ResultsCompared to the HCs, MwoA patients showed higher activity in the bilateral postcentral gyri (PoCG), but lower activity in the left midcingulate cortex (MCC). Moreover, MwoA patients showed decreased effective functional connectivity from the SMN to left middle temporal gyrus, right putamen, left insula and bilateral precuneus, but increased effective functional connectivity to the right paracentral lobule. There was also significant effective functional connectivity from the primary visual cortex, right cuneus and right putamen to the SMN. In the interictal period, there was positive correlation between the activity of the right PoCG and the frequency of headache. The disease duration was positively correlated with abnormal effective functional connectivity from the left PoCG to right precuneus. In addition, the headache impact scores were negatively correlated with abnormal effective functional connectivity from the left MCC to right paracentral lobule, as well as from the right precuneus to left PoCG.ConclusionsThese differential, resting-state functional activities of the SMN in episodic MwoA may contribute to the understanding of migraine-related intra- and internetwork imbalances associated with nociceptive regulation and chronification.
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دراسات حول الفضاء العالمي و\الحزام والطريق\ : (مجلد البيئة الإيكولوجية)
إن معظم الدول والمناطق على طول «الحزام والطريق» هي دول نامية، وتعاني جميعا من مشكلات في البيئة الإيكولوجية أكثر أو أقل، كما إنها تواجه تحديات ضخمة في التوازن بين التنمية وحماية البيئة. وتواجه هذه البلدان النامية فرصا غير مسبوقة أتاحها المفهوم الاستراتيجي لمبادرة «الحزام والطريق»، كما أن كيفية التعامل مع التحدي المتمثل في حماية البيئة الإيكولوجية أثناء بناء وتطوير «الحزام والطريق» هي المهمة الأساسية التي تواجهها البلدان النامية بما فيها الصين. ويناقش هذا الكتاب ويلخص الخلفية البيئية الإيكولوجية للبلدان/ المناطق المشاركة في مبادرة \"الحزام والطريق\" والمشكلات الرئيسية في هذا الجانب.
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Towards precision oncology in advanced prostate cancer
Metastatic biopsy programmes combined with advances in genomic sequencing have provided new insights into the molecular landscape of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), identifying actionable targets, and emerging resistance mechanisms. The detection of DNA repair aberrations, such as mutation of BRCA2, could help select patients for poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor or platinum chemotherapy, and mismatch repair gene defects and microsatellite instability have been associated with responses to checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy. Poor prognostic features, such as the presence of RB1 deletion, might help guide future therapeutic strategies. Our understanding of the molecular features of CRPC is now being translated into the clinic in the form of increased molecular testing for use of these agents and for clinical trial eligibility. Genomic testing offers opportunities for improving patient selection for systemic therapies and, ultimately, patient outcomes. However, challenges for precision oncology in advanced prostate cancer still remain, including the contribution of tumour heterogeneity, the timing and potential cooperation of multiple driver gene aberrations, and diverse resistant mechanisms. Defining the optimal use of molecular biomarkers in the clinic, including tissue-based and liquid biopsies, is a rapidly evolving field.
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