The present study was conducted to observe the protective effects of c9, t11- conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on oxidative stress and inflammation in bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs) exposed to HO. The BMECs were treated with different concentrations of HO for 8 h, 600 µmol/L was determined to be the damage concentration. Using different concentrations of c9, t11-CLA to process BMECs for 24 h, 50 and 100 µmol/L were determined to be the effective concentrations for subsequent analyses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCryopreservation is important in manufacturing of cell therapy products, influencing their safety and effectiveness. During freezing and thawing, intracellular events such as dehydration and ice formation can impact cell viability. In this study, the impact of controlling the ice nucleation temperature on intracellular events and viability were investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, we study the formation of optical bistability (OB) and optical multistability (OM) in a degenerate four-level atomic system by an external magnetic field that is excited by a probe laser field, a coupling laser field and a signal laser field. The coupling field can cause electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) for the probe field in the atomic medium, while the signal field and/or external magnetic field can switch between single-EIT and two-EIT regimes. Based on these properties, OB and OM effects can be formed at two different frequency regions of the probe field (two channels).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMarkgr., a member of the Gnetaceae family, is distributed in Vietnam. This plant remains a botanical enigma with an unexplored diversity of chemical constituents and pharmacological effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInspired by the animal skin fiber network, we developed an electronic skin (e-skin) utilizing natural sheepskin as the primary substrate. This innovative design addresses the limitations of conventional e-skins, including inadequate mechanical strength, overly complex artificial network construction, and limited health monitoring capabilities. This e-skin successfully retains the structure and properties of natural sheepskin while exhibiting exceptional mechanical strength (with a breaking strength of 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough organ transplantation is associated with significant survival rates and cost benefits, postoperative complications still occur. Gastrointestinal complications, including those involving the stomach and intestines, account for 1-6% of posttransplant complications, with intestinal perforation specifically accounting for approximately 9%, depending on the center. In Vietnam, there are no comprehensive reports on these complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study unravels the intricate interplay between photoperiod, melatonin, and kisspeptin to orchestrate the pubertal onset of Common carp. Female fingerlings exposed to long days (LD) exhibited a hormonal crescendo, with upregulated hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis genes (kiss1, kiss1r, kiss2, gnrh2, gnrh3) and their downstream targets (lhr, fshr, ar1, esr1). However, the expression of the melatonin receptor (mtnr1a) diminished in LD, suggesting a potential inhibitory role.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOver the past few years, nanoparticles have drawn particular attention in designing and developing drug delivery systems due to their distinctive advantages like improved pharmacokinetics, reduced toxicity, and specificity. Along with other successful nanosystems, silica nanoparticles (SNPs) have shown promising effects for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. These nanoparticles are of great significance owing to their modifiable surface with various ligands, tunable particle size, and large surface area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) as a diagnostic tool for lymphoproliferative orbital lesions in light of recent improvements in cytomorphological and immunologic analyses.
Method: Retrospective case series including all orbital FNABs with a lymphoproliferative outcome at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden during the period 2005-2015.
Results: Of the 38 patients included, 31 (82%) were conclusively diagnosed as having lymphoma according to the first FNAB.
The prevention of bacterial infection and prompt wound repair are crucial considerations when local skin tissue is compromised by burns, cuts, or similar injuries. Porcine acellular dermal matrix (pADM) is a commonly employed biological material in wound repair due to its inherent natural properties. Nonetheless, the pADM's primary constituent, collagen fibers, lacks antimicrobial properties and is vulnerable to bacterial infection when used in the treatment of incompletely debrided wounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Biol Macromol
February 2024
Hemostatic materials that are lightweight and possess good blood absorption performance have been widely considered for use in modern wound care. Natural hemostatic ingredients derived from traditional Chinese medicine have also received extensive attention. Bletilla polysaccharides are valued by researchers for their excellent hemostatic performance and good reactivity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We investigated the hemostatic effect and safety of a hemostatic peptide solution for the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding requiring emergency endoscopy.
Methods: We retrospectively examined the patient backgrounds, hemostatic results, and procedural safety in patients who were treated with a hemostatic peptide solution for hemostasis during emergency endoscopies for gastrointestinal bleeding. All hemostatic procedures were performed by nonexpert physicians with less than 10 years of endoscopic experience.
Tissue engineering is essentially a technique for imitating nature. Natural tissues are made up of three parts: extracellular matrix (ECM), signaling systems, and cells. Therefore, biomimetic ECM scaffold is one of the best candidates for tissue engineering scaffolds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIdeal tissue-engineered skin scaffolds should possess integrated therapeutic effects and multifunctionality, such as broad-spectrum antibacterial properties, adjustable mechanical properties, and bionic structure. Acellular dermal matrix (ADM) has been broadly used in many surgical applications as an alternative treatment to the "gold standard" tissue transplantation. However, insufficient broad-spectrum antibacterial and mechanical properties for therapeutic efficacy limit the practical clinical applications of ADM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne new indol, -methoxymethyltryptophol (), one new phenolic, (2 )-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl 2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoate () and fifteen known compounds () were isolated from the methanol extract of the fermentation of marine microalgae sp. SC145. Their structures were elucidated by 1D-, 2D-NMR spectroscopic analysis, HR-ESI-MS, quantum chemical calculation methods and by comparing their NMR data with those reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
February 2023
Objective: We conducted this study to determine the relationship among standardized uptake value (SUV), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) indexes of Flourine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography18 (FDG-PET/CT) imaging and Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS) gene mutations in colorectal cancer (CRC).
Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Bach Mai Hospital from 2020 to 2022. It included newly diagnosed CRC patients who underwent PET/CT examination prior to primary tumor resection.
The repair of wound damage has been a common problem in clinic for a long time. Inspired by the electroactive nature of tissues and the electrical stimulation of wounds in clinical practice, the next generation of wound therapy with self-powered electrical stimulator is expected to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. In this work, a two-layered self-powered electrical-stimulator-based wound dressing (SEWD) was designed through the on-demand integration of the bionic tree-like piezoelectric nanofiber and the adhesive hydrogel with biomimetic electrical activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcellular dermal matrix (ADM) can be used as collagen-based biological patches for regeneration and repair of soft tissues in vivo. However, the problems of calcification and infection during treatment with patches can lead to premature patch failure and even to a severely increased risk of recurrence. In this study, first, porcine ADM (pADM) grafted with vinyl underwent an in situ cross-linking reaction in the presence of an initiator, while quaternary ammonium groups were introduced into the pADM during the cross-linking process to obtain MA-DMC-pADM, which is a biological patch with anti-infection and anti-calcification properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a heterotrophic marine microalga that has potential industrial applications. The main objectives of this study were to isolate an strain from Sand Cay (Son Ca) Island, Vietnam, optimize its culture conditions, determine its nutritional composition, extract polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the free (FFA) and the alkyl ester (FAAE) forms, and evaluate the antioxidation and neuroprotection properties of the PUFAs. sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCollagen-based scaffolds lack mechanical strength, flexibility, and tunable pore structure, affecting tissue repair outcomes and restricting their wide clinical application. Here, two kinds of scaffolds were prepared by a combination of vacuum homogenization, natural air drying, water soaking, lyophilization, and crosslinking. Compared with the scaffolds made of collagen molecules (Col-M), the scaffolds made of collagen aggregates (Col-A) exhibited higher mechanical strength (ultimate tensile strength: 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCollagen is the most abundant protein in animals and one of the most important extracellular matrices that chronically plays an important role in biomaterials. However, the major concern about native collagen is the lack of its thermal stability and weak resistance to proteolytic degradation. Currently, a series of modification technologies have been explored for critical nature and stability enhancement in collagen matrix-based biomaterials, and prosperously large-scale progress has been achieved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary aortoduodenal fistula (ADF) is a relatively rare and morbid diagnosis. A 91-year-old man who developed hematemesis and melena was transferred from a community hospital with the diagnosis of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Computed tomography revealed an irregular-shaped AAA with cavities enhanced near the duodenum, with suspected ADF.
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November 2022
Understanding recharge in the Mekong Delta is critical for the delta's groundwater resources, and requires the investigation of recharge processes at the local scale. In this study of the north eastern area of the Mekong Delta, time-series of environmental tracer data (δO, δH, major ions and H) and markers of rural pollution (NH and NO) were used to highlight localized recharge and impacts on groundwater quality. Results highlighted new hydrological insights into recharge processes, including that the Pleistocene aquifer receives recent recharge (< 60 years), predominantly during high rainfall months (> 100 mm/month).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To revisit the independent importance of ciliary body involvement (CBI), monosomy 3 (M3), tumour size, histological and clinical factors in uveal melanoma (UM) and to devise a new prognostic classification based on a combination of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) models.
Methods: Two cohorts with a total of 1796 patients were included. Clinicopathological factors were compared between patients with and without CBI and M3.
Skin wound healing is a complex process with multiple growth factors and cytokines participating and regulating each other. It is essential to develop novel wound dressings to accelerate the wound healing process. In this study, we developed the heparinized collagen scaffold materials (OL-pA), and the cross-linking reaction was based on the Schiff base reaction between pig acellular dermal matrix (pADM) and dialdehyde low molecular weight heparin (LMWH).
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