Background: Extravillous trophoblast cell (EVT) differentiation and its communication with maternal decidua especially the leading immune cell type natural killer (NK) cell are critical events for placentation. However, appropriate in vitro modelling system and regulatory programs of these two events are still lacking. Recent trophoblast organoid (TO) has advanced the molecular and mechanistic research in placentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of environment-friendly and non-toxic green energetic materials and their safe, environmentally friendly, and economical production is very important to the national economy and national security. As an innovative, efficient, and environmentally friendly energetic material, the preferred preparation method of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) is the nitro-sulfur mixed acid method, which has the advantages of high yield, simple method, and easy access to raw materials. However, the large number of inorganic salt ions introduced by this method limits the large-scale production of ADN.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe human placenta is a unique temporary organ with a mysterious immune tolerance. The formation of trophoblast organoids has advanced the study of placental development. HLA-G is uniquely expressed in the extravillous trophoblast (EVT) and has been linked to placental disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Environ Sci Health B
March 2023
Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is an enormous challenge for fertilization (IVF) clinicians. An understanding of the molecular mechanisms of RIF helps to predict prognosis and develop new therapeutic strategies. The study is designed to identify diagnostic biomarkers for RIF as well as the potential mechanisms underlying RIF by utilizing public databases together with experimental validation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA classically versatile steroid intermediate, 9α-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione (9α-OH-AD), can be obtained by phytosterol (PS) bioconversion using . In this study, a cyclodextrin-resting cell reaction system with a high concentration of PS (50 g L) was used to produce 9α-OH-AD. However, the inhibitory effect of metabolic intermediates is a key factor limiting production efficiency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients with benign prostatic disease often experience detrusor morphological changes and dysfunction. In severe cases, it leads to bladder detrusor dysfunction, resulting in dysuria, frequent urination, urgent urination, incomplete urination, and other symptoms including renal function injury. An operation to restore normal urination function and to control postoperative complications, as far as possible, is the most common method for benign prostatic disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present work, we tried to identify the mechanism why by which the steroid alcohols accumulated when hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) was present to enhance the sterol conversion rate. Compared with the bioconversion system without HP-β-CD, the reaction rate was greatly improved in presence of HP-β-CD, but the steroid alcohols largely accumulated concurrently. In a reaction system with an enhanced reaction rate, the higher intracellular NADH/NAD level was detected, and the production of steroid alcohols increased also.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi
October 2020
To investigate the transnasal absorption characteristics of Cistanche deserticola phenylethanol glycosides nanoemulsion and its influencing factors. With the use of the classic in vivo nasal circulation perfusion model in rats, the absorption rate constant was used as the index to compare the nasal absorption characteristics of C. deserticola phenylethanol glycosides nanoemulsion and its aqueous solution in different concentrations, and to explore the effects of pH value of the preparation and absorption accelerator Azone on the nasal absorption of C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small, well-conserved noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. They have been demonstrated to regulate a lot of biological pathways and cellular functions. Many miRNAs are dynamically regulated during central nervous system (CNS) development and are spatially expressed in adult brain indicating their essential roles in neural development and function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNanostructured titania-based solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fibers were fabricated through the in situ oxidation of titanium wires with H(2)O(2) (30%, w/w) at 80 degrees C for 24h. The obtained SPME fibers possess a approximately 1.2microm thick nanostructured coating consisting of approximately 100nm titania walls and 100-200nm pores.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online
May 2008
The title compound, [Na(4)(CH(2)O(6)S(2))(2)(H(2)O)(5)](n), was crystallized from an aqueous solution. The sodium ions are surrounded and bridged by O atoms from coordinated water mol-ecules and sulfonate ions in a three-dimensional neutral network. The crystal structure is also stabilized by an intricate system of hydrogen bonds.
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