Interactive effects of rhizospheric soil microbes and litter on the growth of the invasive hyperaccumulator in cadmium-contaminated soil.

Both rhizospheric soil microbes and shoot litter input can have profound effects on plant performance; however, their interactive effects on plants in Cd-contaminated soils remain poorly understood. We grew an invasive hyperaccumulator, , in sterilized and unsterilized rhizosphere soil without litter or with a low (0.2%, dry weight ratio) or a high amount (1%) of litter from in soil with low (5 mg kg) or high (10 mg kg) concentrations of Cd.

Dimensional changes in free gingival grafts at implant sites in the reconstructed mandible: a retrospective study.

Objective: To evaluate the dimensional changes in free gingival grafts (FGG) at implant sites in mandibular reconstruction patients.

Methods: Patients who received FGG 4 months after implant placement in the reconstructed mandible with no keratinized mucosa (KM) present were invited for re-examination after 36.7 ± 16.

Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for myasthenia gravis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a common autoimmune disease that often involves the skeletal muscle of the whole body and seriously affects patients' quality of life. Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of MG has unique advantages, the aim is to evaluate the clinical effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on MG.

Methods: The literature on acupuncture and moxibustion treating MG in PubMed, CochraneLibrary, EMBASE, SCI, China Academic Journals full-text database, China Biology Medicine disc, VIP and Wanfang database were searched through computers from the establishment of the database to December 2022.

Efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors differs in various status of carcinoma: a study based on 29 cohorts with 3255 participants.

Background: Pre-clinical data have revealed that viral infection, such as Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Human Papilloma virus (HPV), may lead to the development of "hot" or "immune-sensitive" tumors, which may impact the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICIs). Therefore, This study aimed to investigate the impact of viral status on the efficacy of ICIs.

Methods: Electronic databases were searched to identify relevant trials.

The interaction effect of depressive symptoms and inflammation on the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases.

Background: Whether there was an interaction effect between depressive symptoms and inflammation on the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) was unclear.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 3346 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were included. Multivariable regression analysis was performed to explore the associations of depressive symptoms or inflammation with CVDs.

[Study on the effect of alginate impression spray disinfection process on model accuracy].

Purpose: To investigate the effect of a new cleaning and disinfection process of oral impressions on the accuracy of alginate dental impression.

Methods: Sixteen young volunteers were selected to make alginate oral impression (2 times for each upper and lower jaw) and oral scandata acquisition (1 time for each upper and lower jaw) to obtain STL data. The 2 pairs of alginate impressions of each subject were numbered group 1, group 2, inwhich group 1 was not sterilized and the oral impression film in group 2 was treated with the method and steps of new oral impression cleaning and disinfection.

Effect of comprehensive nursing on patients with chalazion undergoing intense pulsed light and its influence on postoperative recurrence.

Objective: To explore the effect of comprehensive nursing on patients with chalazion undergoing intense pulsed light (IPL) and its influence on postoperative recurrence.

Methods: In this retrospective study, the medical records of 72 patients who received IPL treatment for chalazion from October 2021 to February 2023 were analyzed. Among them, 33 patients treated with comprehensive nursing were included in the research group (RG) and 39 patients treated with routine nursing were included in the control group (CG).

IL-23/IL-17 immune axis mediates the imiquimod-induced psoriatic inflammation by activating ACT1/TRAF6/TAK1/NF-κB pathway in macrophages and keratinocytes.

The interleukin-23 (IL-23)/IL-17 immune axis has been linked to the pathology of psoriasis, but how this axis contributes to skin inflammation in this disease remains unclear. We measured inflammatory cytokines associated with the IL-23/IL-17 immune axis in the serum of patients with psoriasis using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Psoriasis was induced in male C57BL/6J mice using imiquimod (IMQ) cream, and animals received intraperitoneal injections of recombinant mouse anti-IL-23A or anti-IL-17A antibodies for 7 days.

Prognostic Value of Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte Ratio (LMR) in Cancer Patients Undergoing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Background: There is accumulating evidence that the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) is related to the outcomes of cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). However, the results remain controversial.

Method: Electronic databases were searched to retrieve the studies that explore the relationship between LMR and the efficacy of ICIs.

Efficacy and Safety of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Triple-negative Breast Cancer: A Study Based on 41 Cohorts Incorporating 6558 Participants.

The project was designed to investigate the efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Electronic databases were screened to identify relevant trials. The primary endpoints were prognostic parameters and adverse events (AEs) through pooled rate, odds ratio, and hazard ratio (HR) with 95% CI.

Impact of probiotics use on clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitors therapy in cancer patients.

Background: Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota can lead to impaired therapeutic effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). This study aimed to investigate the use of probiotics on the clinical outcomes of cancer patients receiving ICIs therapy.

Method: PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library database were searched to retrieve relevant studies that exploring the relationship between probiotics and the efficacy of ICIs.

The safety and efficacy of immune-checkpoint inhibitors in patients with cancer and pre-existing autoimmune diseases.

This study aims at investigating the safety and efficacy of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with cancer and pre-existing autoimmune disease (AID). PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library were searched for relevant studies. The primary end points of the study were immunotoxicity and cancer response.

Cone-beam computed tomography for evaluating root length of maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth in open bite patients.

Objectives: To compare the root length of maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth between open bite patients and normal overbite patients via cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) as well as the root length of anterior teeth in different degree of open bite patients, and to analyze the correlation between the degree of open bite and root length.

Methods: A total of 106 untreated patients were enrolled retrospectively (53 anterior open bite patients and 53 normal overbite patients).Three-dimensional position of the CBCT image for the patient's teeth was performed using Dolphin software.

The effect of Xiaobi decoction on minimal erythema dose of irradiation with 308 nm excimer lamp in guinea pigs.

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune-mediated inflammatory skin disease. The main clinical manifestation of this complex condition is scaly erythema. Excimer 308-nm light can be used to selectively and safely treat skin lesions.

Effects of dendrobium polysaccharides on human brain microvascular endothelial cell injury induced by ox-LDL via regulating the miR-378 expression.

Brain microvascular endothelial cells are a key part of the blood-brain barrier. This experiment was set up to investigate the effect and molecular mechanism of Dendrobium polysaccharide on oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL)-induced damage to the human brain microvascular endothelial cells. For this purpose, human brain microvascular endothelial cells HBMEC were divided into control group (without any treatment), ox-LDL group (50 μg/mL ox-LDL), Dendrobium polysaccharide low, medium and high concentration group (0.

Opposing functions of Fng1 and the Rpd3 HDAC complex in H4 acetylation in Fusarium graminearum.

Histone acetylation, balanced by histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) complexes, affects dynamic transitions of chromatin structure to regulate transcriptional accessibility. However, little is known about the interplay between HAT and HDAC complexes in Fusarium graminearum, a causal agent of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) that uniquely contains chromosomal regions enriched for house-keeping or infection-related genes. In this study, we identified the ortholog of the human inhibitor of growth (ING1) gene in F.

[A comparative study of silicon rubber impression and intraoral scanning impression in oral clinical teaching].

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess and compare patient satisfaction and time required between silicon rubber impression and intraoral scanning impression.

Methods: Six undergraduates participated in this study. silicon rubber impression and intraoral scanning impression were taken, the time required to obtain the impressions and the scores of visual analog scale(VAS) were recorded.

Acupuncture of the Beishu acupoint participates in regulatory effects of ginsenoside Rg1 on T cell subsets of rats with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Background: There are close relationships between the spleen and limb muscles and thoughts. The study aims to test the effects of ginsenoside Rg1 in combination with acupuncture of the Beishu acupoint on T cell subsets of rats with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

Methods: The model was set up by combining forced cold-water swimming with chronic restraint.

Neogambogic acid induces apoptosis of melanoma B16 cells via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway.

Background: Neogambogic acid, as one of the main components of gamboge, exhibits high activities against various tumors.

Objective: To explore the mechanism by which melanoma B16 cell apoptosis was induced by neogambogic acid.

Methods: Melanoma B16 cells were treated with different concentrations of neogambogic acid solutions (0, 1.

Electrochemical generation of liquid and solid sulfur on two-dimensional layered materials with distinct areal capacities.

It has recently been shown that sulfur, a solid material in its elementary form S, can stay in a supercooled state as liquid sulfur in an electrochemical cell. We establish that this newly discovered state could have implications for lithium-sulfur batteries. Here, through in situ studies of electrochemical sulfur generation, we show that liquid (supercooled) and solid elementary sulfur possess very different areal capacities over the same charging period.

The influence of Tongqiao Huashuan Decoction on the expression of VEGF and EphB2 in MCAO model rats.

Background: To observe the effect of Miao medicine and Tongqiao Huashuan Decoction on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and ephrin-B2 (EphB2) in the frontal lobe of the involved side and the cerebellum of rat models of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and to reveal the pharmacological mechanism of Tongqiao Huashuan Decoction in treating acute ischemic stroke.

Methods: Seventy healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation, model, salvia miltiorrhiza (S. miltiorrhiza), and Miao medicine groups.

Comparative acetylome analysis reveals the potential roles of lysine acetylation for DON biosynthesis in Fusarium graminearum.

Background: Fusarium graminearum is a destructive fungal pathogen of wheat, barley and other small grain cereals. During plant infection, the pathogen produces trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON), which is harmful to human and livestock. FgGCN5 encodes a GCN5 acetyltransferase.

A Two-Dimensional MoS Catalysis Transistor by Solid-State Ion Gating Manipulation and Adjustment (SIGMA).

A variety of methods including tuning chemical compositions, structures, crystallinity, defects and strain, and electrochemical intercalation have been demonstrated to enhance the catalytic activity. However, none of these tuning methods provide direct dynamical control during catalytic reactions. Here we propose a new method to tune the activity of catalysts through solid-state ion gating manipulation and adjustment (SIGMA) using a catalysis transistor.

Fast lithium growth and short circuit induced by localized-temperature hotspots in lithium batteries.

Fast-charging and high-energy-density batteries pose significant safety concerns due to high rates of heat generation. Understanding how localized high temperatures affect the battery is critical but remains challenging, mainly due to the difficulty of probing battery internal temperature with high spatial resolution. Here we introduce a method to induce and sense localized high temperature inside a lithium battery using micro-Raman spectroscopy.

Direct electrochemical generation of supercooled sulfur microdroplets well below their melting temperature.

Supercooled liquid sulfur microdroplets were directly generated from polysulfide electrochemical oxidation on various metal-containing electrodes. The sulfur droplets remain liquid at 155 °C below sulfur's melting point ( = 115 °C), with fractional supercooling change ( - )/ larger than 0.40.