Urinary TYROBP and HCK as genetic biomarkers for non-invasive diagnosis and therapeutic targeting in IgA nephropathy.

Background: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a leading cause of renal failure, but its pathogenesis remains unclear, complicating diagnosis and treatment. The invasive nature of renal biopsy highlights the need for non-invasive diagnostic biomarkers. Bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of urine offers a promising approach for identifying molecular changes relevant to IgAN.

Cu/CeO catalysts for reverse water gas shift reactions: the effect of the preparation method.

The reverse water gas shift reaction is one of the most prospective CO utilization approaches. Cu has excellent selectivity for CO and CeO is rich in surface oxygen vacancies for CO activation. These unique properties are often used to develop efficient Cu/CeO catalysts in RWGS.

Recent Advances of Modified Ni (Co, Fe)-Based LDH 2D Materials for Water Splitting.

Water splitting technology is an efficient approach to produce hydrogen (H) as an energy carrier, which can address the problems of environmental deterioration and energy shortage well, as well as establishment of a clean and sustainable hydrogen economy powered by renewable energy sources due to the green reaction of H with O. The efficiency of H production by water splitting technology is intimately related with the reactions on the electrode. Nowadays, the efficient electrocatalysts in water splitting reactions are the precious metal-based materials, i.

Effect of template removal using plasma treatment on the structure and catalytic performance of MCM-22.

To investigate the effect of template removal methods on the structure, properties and catalytic performance of the MCM-22 zeolite, dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) plasma treatment and thermal calcination have been comparatively studied for the removal of hexamethyleneimine (HMI) from the two-dimensional layered precursor of MCM-22 (MCM-22(P)). The materials were characterized using FT-IR, TG, XRD, N adsorption at low temperature, NH-TPD, and Al and Si MAS NMR. The results revealed that the seven-membered heterocyclic compound HMI can be effectively removed from the MCM-22 zeolite, and the condensation of silanol groups on the neighboring surface of MWW nanosheets can be induced by DBD treatment.

Characteristic and inheritance analysis of targeted mutagenesis mediated by genome editing in rice.

The transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) systems are two current genome editing technologies. Here, we compare and analyze the characteristics of the targeted mutations mediated by these two systems, such as efficiency, type, position, time, and genetic patterns. Both the TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9 systems can induce site-specific mutations in T0 rice plants effectively, but CRISPR/Cas9 is more effective.

Enhanced sulfur resistance of Ni/SiO2 catalyst for methanation via the plasma decomposition of nickel precursor.

A Ni/SiO2 catalyst was prepared by the plasma decomposition of a nickel precursor via dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). The obtained Ni/SiO2 catalyst shows an enhanced H2S resistance for methanation of syngas (CO + H2). The plasma decomposition has a significant influence on the structural property of Ni/SiO2.