Ternary Si-SiO-Al Composite Films as High-Performance Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries.

Silicon (Si) is a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries but has long been suffering from low conductivity, drastic volume change, poor cycling performance, etc. Adding SiO, Al, etc. to form Si-based binary composite films can improve some properties but have to give up others.

Lithium Titanate Matrix-Supported Nanocrystalline Silicon Film as an Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries.

A facile preparation method of a Si-based anode with excellent cycling property is urgently required in the process of preparing lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Here, lithium titanate (LTO) matrix-supported nanocrystalline Si film is prepared by radio frequency (RF) magnetron cosputtering utilizing LTO and silicon (Si) targets as the sputtering source. LTO-supported nanocrystalline Si film electrodes revealed a repeatable specific capacity of 1200 mA h g at 150 mA g with a maintenance of more than 75% even after 800 cycles.

Multi-target lentivirus specific to hepatocellular carcinoma: in vitro and in vivo studies.

Background & Aims: We aimed at investigating the effects of the targeted transduction of the Wtp53-pPRIME-miR30-shRNA gene into liver cancer cells, under the mediation of anti-alpha fetoprotein scFv-directed lentivirus, and the inhibitory effect of this system on liver cancer cells.

Methods: The result of infection was observed by fluorescence microscopy. Polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were used to demonstrate the successful transduction and transcription of the Wtp53-pPRIME-miR30-shRNA-IGF1R gene.

Effects of Epstein-Barr virus infection on the development of multiple myeloma after liver transplantation.

Reduced cellular immune function in patients after liver transplantation easily results in many types of viral infections, such as Epstein-Barr virus. Epstein-Barr virus is a Γ-herpesvirus and is related to many malignant diseases, especially epithelial and lymph tumors. The abnormal interaction of cluster of differentiation 40 with cluster of differentiation 40 ligand and expression of cluster of differentiation 40 ligand are considered closely related to the development of myeloma cells.

[Clinical features and prognosis of solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas].

Objective: To study the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features, histogenesis and biological behavior, clinical treatment and prognosis of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas (SPT).

Methods: Routine HE and immunohistochemical (SP) stainings were used in the pathological examination of 18 cases of SPT. Their clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.

[Total body irradiation of the donor in a spontaneous tolerance rat liver transplantation model and the effects on CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells content].

Objective: To study the effect of total body irradiation of the donor in a spontaneous tolerance rat liver transplantation model and the role of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells on induction of immunotolerance in the recipient.

Methods: Liver transplantation was performed using male Lewis rats as donors and male DA rats as recipients. These rats were randomly allocated into the following groups:Control group, Homogeneity Liver Transplantation group, Idio-immunotolerance group and Acute Rejection group.