Developing porous materials with ultrahigh surface areas for gas storage (for example, methane) is attractive but challenging. Here, we report two isostructural three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with a rare self-catenated -3,6-2 topology and a pore size of 1.1 nanometer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand)
July 2024
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal and aggressive tumor that affects the digestive tract, leading to high mortality and poor survival rates. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the expression levels of DNA damage-inducible transcript 3 (DDIT3) in pancreatic cancer and to investigate its effects in in vitro and in vivo experiments. Bioinformatics analysis indicated that DDIT3 expression was higher in pancreatic cancer tumor tissues and associated with a poor prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute lung injury (ALI) frequently occurs after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Ferroptosis is implicated in several lung diseases. Therefore, the disparate effects and underlying mechanisms of the two commonly used anesthetics (sevoflurane (Sev) and propofol) on VATS-induced ALI need to be clarified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) heightens Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk, with diabetes mellitus (DM) potentially exacerbating this vulnerability. This study identifies the optimal intervention period and neurobiological targets in MCI to AD progression using the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative dataset.
Methods: Analysis of 980 MCI patients, categorized by DM status, used propensity score matching and inverse probability treatment weighting to assess rate of conversion from MCI to AD, neuroimaging, and cognitive changes.
The development of novel soft porous crystals (SPCs) that can be transformed from nonporous to porous crystals is significant because of their promising applications in gas storage and separation. Herein, we systematically investigated for the first time the gas-triggered gate-opening behavior of three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D COFs) with flexible building blocks. FCOF-5, a 3D COF containing C-O single bonds in the backbone, exhibits a unique "S-shaped" isotherm for various gases, such as CO, C2, and C3 hydrocarbons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe construction of functional three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D COFs) for gas separation, specifically for the efficient removal of ethane (CH) from ethylene (CH), is significant but challenging due to their similar physicochemical properties. In this study, we demonstrate fine-tuning the pore environment of ultramicroporous 3D COFs to achieve efficient one-step CH purification. By choosing our previously reported 3D-TPB-COF-H as a reference material, we rationally design and synthesize an isostructural 3D COF (3D-TPP-COF) containing pyridine units.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common and distressing complication of laparoscopic bariatric surgery (LBS). However, there is a lack of effective integrated prediction models for preventing and treating PONV in patients after LBS.
Methods: Based on a randomized controlled trial conducted between November 1, 2021, and May 13, 2022, we included 334 participants who underwent LBS according to the inclusion criteria.
The limited structural diversity of three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D COFs) greatly restricts their application exploration. Therefore, there is an urgent need to expand their library of molecular building blocks, such as the development of highly connected (>4 reaction sites) polyhedral nodes. Herein, by precisely controlling the precursor conformation, we rationally designed a new 6-connected triangular prism node derived from the triphenylbenzene molecule and further used it to construct a novel 3D COF (3D-TMTAPB-COF) via imine condensation reaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnesthesiologists are often faced with patients combined with a series of organ injuries, such as acute lung injury, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, and neurodegenerative diseases. With the in-depth study of these diseases, we are more aware of the choice and rational use of anesthetics for the prognosis of these patients. Ferroptosis is a new type of programmed cell death.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein, we report the introduction of steric hindrance in molecular building blocks to prevent π···π stacking, thus allowing two-dimensional (2D) covalent organic sheets to form three-dimensional (3D) covalent organic frameworks (COFs) through entanglement. Starting from the rationally designed precursors containing a bulky anthracene unit in the vertical direction, a highly crystalline COF (3D-An-COF) was successfully synthesized. Very interestingly, 3D-An-COF was determined as an entangled 2D square net () structure, and the high-resolution data (1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common but troublesome complication in patients who undergo laparoscopic bariatric surgery (LBS). Whether sugammadex use is related to the persistent decrease in the occurrence of PONV during postoperative inpatient hospitalization, which is critical for the rehabilitation of patients after LBS, remains unknown.
Methods: The study was based on a randomized controlled trial conducted in an accredited bariatric centre.
Dimensional isomers, defined in reticular chemistry as frameworks consisting of identical molecular building blocks but extended in two or three dimensions (2D or 3D), are an important type of framework isomers that have never been isolated. Herein, we report the crystallization of dimensional isomers in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for the first time. By polymerization of the same molecular building blocks at different temperatures, both 2D and 3D COFs were successfully constructed due to the temperature-induced conformational changes of precursors from planar to tetrahedral.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common and distressing complication of laparoscopic bariatric surgery (LBS). Penehyclidine hydrochloride has been reported to be effective in preventing PONV. Considering the potential preventive effects of penehyclidine against PONV, we hypothesized that intravenous infusion of penehyclidine may alleviate PONV within the first 48 h in patients scheduled for LBS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is common after surgery and anesthesia, particularly in older patients. It has been reported that regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO) monitoring potentially influences the occurrence of POCD. However, its role in the prevention of POCD remains controversial in older patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Tourniquet pain, described as a dull, tight, poorly localized aching sensation, is common in conscious patients. Although various pain-reduction methods have been implemented, none are completely effective. Femoral periarterial block (FAB) has been shown to attenuate tourniquet-induced hypertension in patients undergoing general anesthesia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAngew Chem Int Ed Engl
January 2022
Three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D COFs) have gained increasing attention for their attractive features. However, the development of 3D COFs is strongly restricted, mainly due to their synthetic difficulty and complicated structure determination. Post-synthetic modification, which can avoid these problems by incorporating functional moieties into a predetermined framework, provides an alternative way to construct 3D COFs with specific functions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSince December 2019, more than 80,000 patients have been diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. Social support status of COVID-19 patients, especially the impact of social support on their psychological status and quality of life, needs to be addressed with increasing concern. In this study, we used social support rating scale (SSRS) to investigate the social support in COVID-19 patients and nurses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Shortages of allogeneic blood supplies for rhesus (Rh)-negative patients who are scheduled for major cancer surgeries may cause delays in surgical procedure, resulting in a prolonged length of hospital stay (LOHS). This study investigated the relationship of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) with LOHS in this patient population.
Methods: Rh-negative patients who underwent major cancer surgeries between January 2015 and April 2020 were included in this retrospective study.
Objectives: The present study was performed to investigate the possible association between intercostal nerve block (INB) and postoperative glycemic control in patients with diabetes undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection.
Design: A retrospective study.
Setting: Single-center tertiary academic hospital.
Background: The para-Bombay phenotype, an extremely rare ABO variant, is often clinically mistaken for type O. When the patient with para-Bombay phenotype is scheduled for major cancer surgery, it is challenging for our anesthesiologists to guarantee surgery performed safely without allogenic blood supplies.
Methods: We report a rare case with para-Bombay phenotype undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy.