Organophosphorus Flame Retardant TCPP Induces Cellular Senescence in Normal Human Skin Keratinocytes: Implication for Skin Aging.

Tris (1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP) is one of the most frequently detected organophosphorus flames in the environment. Continuous daily exposure to TCPP may harm human skin. However, little is known about the adverse effects of TCPP on human skin.

Mechanical grinding of a single-crystalline metal-organic framework triggered emission with tunable violet-to-orange luminescence.

A metal-organic framework (MOF) featuring intriguing Borromean entanglement exhibits a unique mechanochromic luminescence with on-off switching. The concomitant excitation wavelength-dependent emission behavior can be utilized to tune the emission color from violet to orange.

Bright white-light emission from a novel donor-acceptor organic molecule in the solid state via intermolecular charge transfer.

Bright white-light emission was obtained from a novel pyridinium molecule by aggregation. Photophysical, single-crystal structural, and computational studies demonstrated that an additional low-energy emission was generated by the excitation of a new intermolecular charge-transfer (CT) band at the ground state that cooperates with the non-quenched high-energy monomer emission to produce white light.

Targeted functionalization of porous materials for separation of alcohol/water mixtures by modular assembly.

Three isoreticular hydrogen-bonded frameworks with functionalized pore structures were constructed by a modular self-assembly process in which a series of amino acids with various substituents serve as facile exchange subassemblies to decorate the pore wall. The ordered amino acid side-chain groups in the pore channels play an important role in determining the adsorption behavior of the framework materials, and ensure exclusive adsorption of methanol/water over ethanol. Gas-chromatographic separation experiments demonstrated that alcohols can be efficiently separated from ternary water/methanol/ethanol mixtures and revealed a key influence of the adsorbate-host framework interaction on the practical separation performance of mixtures.

Kindlin-2 expression in adult tissues correlates with their embryonic origins.

Kindlin-2 functions in the maintenance of homeostasis and in human diseases. This study investigated the interrelationship between Kindlin-2 expression in tissues and the corresponding germ layers from which these tissues originated. Kindlin-2 expression was examined in normal adult human organs and human cancer tissues by immunohistochemical analyses.

[Correlation between estrogen receptor status and clinicopathologic parameters in endometrial cancer: a comparative study by immunohistochemistry using different scoring systems].

Objective: To compare the efficiency of three different estrogen receptor (ER) immunostaining scoring systems by analyzing the correlation between ER status and clinicopathologic features for prediction of prognosis of patients with endometrial carcinoma (EC).

Methods: ER immunostaining (EnVision method) was performed in 160 type I EC and 39 type II EC paraffin samples and was scored by ASCO/CAP criterion, H-Score and Allred scoring system. Correlation between ER status and clinicopathologic features was statistically analyzed.

Reversible luminescence switching between single and dual emissions of bipyridinium-type organic crystals.

An excitation-wavelength-dependent luminescence behavior of a bipyridinium derivative, together with its luminescence switching between single- and dual-emissions upon reversible solid state structural transformation, has been presented.

Effect of high myopia on 24-hour intraocular pressure in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Background: As intraocular pressure (IOP) and IOP fluctuation are known risk factors for glaucoma, it is important to understand the effects of high myopia on these ocular parameters. The aim of this study was to investigate if primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients with high myopia exhibit higher IOP and greater IOP fluctuations at resting conditions over 24 hours.

Methods: We designed a prospective control clinical study.

Exercise training promotes expression of apelin and APJ of cardiovascular tissues in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Because apelin may play an important regulatory role in human cardiac dysfunction, we investigated alterations in cardiovascular content of apelin and its receptor, APJ, during hypertension and the effect of exercise training on the cardiovascular apelin/APJ system in hypertensive animals. Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) underwent swimming training consisting of 54 swimming sessions of 60 min each (6 days/week for 9 weeks). Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was verified weekly by tail-cuff plethysmography.