Fertility preservation in male adolescents with cancer (2011-2020): A retrospective study in China.

Background: According to the studies, more than 80% of pediatric patients with cancer can achieve a survival rate greater than 5 years; however, long-term chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy may seriously affect their reproductive ability. Fertility preservation in adolescents with cancer in China was initiated late, and related research is lacking. Analyze data to understand the current situation and implement measures to improve current practices.

[Effect of expressing of anti-PD-1 antibody in mouse mammary gland on spleen T cells in transgenic mice].

This study aims to investigate the effect of anti-PD-1 antibody expressed in mouse mammary gland on the surface antigen protein of spleen T cells, cytokine expression, spleen CD4 T cell proliferation and proliferation related pathways of transgenic mice at the cellular level. Transgenic mice expressing anti-human PD-1 antibody at 8 weeks of age without pregnancy and 18 weeks of age with lactation were divided into two groups, with transgenic negative mice in each group as the control. Spleen lymphocytes were extracted and the changes of spleen lymphocytes were detected.

A new approach to produce IgG-like bispecific antibodies.

While achieving rapid developments in recent years, bispecific antibodies are still difficult to design and manufacture, due to mispair of both heavy and light chains. Here we report a novel technology to make bispecific molecules. The knob-into-hole method was used to pair two distinct heavy chains as a heterodimer.

Medium optimization for high yield production of human serum albumin in Pichia pastoris and its efficient purification.

Objective: To improve the yield of recombinant human serum albumin (HSA) in Pichia pastoris by medium optimization and establish the related purification scheme.

Results: A simplified version of the generally used buffered glycerol complex medium (BMGY), which contained yeast extract, glycerol and potassium salts, was found to be applicable. By decreasing the salt concentration of basal salt medium (BSM) to half of the original formula further, we achieved a high yield of 17.

Expression of a recombinant anti-programed cell death 1 antibody in the mammary gland of transgenic mice.

Nivolumab, a fully human IgG4 anti-programed cell death 1（PD-1）antibody, is recently one of the most popular and successful therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in clinical use. With the increasing demands for Nivolumab and other therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, the mammary gland bioreactor has been regarded as another choice for the production of recombinant monoclonal antibodies besides mammalian cell culture. Here, we expressed a recombinant human anti-PD-1 antibody in the mammary glands of transgenic mice.

Expression, purification, and characterization of the Degludec precursor DesB30.

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease, for which recombinant human insulin is the most effective and mainstream treatment. DesB30 is an insulin analogue in which the B chain lacks amino acid 30 (Thr) compared with human insulin. This analogue can be used to produce the long-acting insulin Degludec or Detemir.

Genetic influences on creativity: an exploration of convergent and divergent thinking.

Previous studies on the genetic basis of creativity have mainly focused on the biological mechanisms of divergent thinking, possibly limiting the exploration of possible candidate genes. Taking a cognition-based perspective, the present study investigated the genetic basis for both the divergent and the convergent thinking components of creativity. A total of 321 Chinese university students were recruited to complete the Guildford Unusual Using Test (UUT) for divergent thinking capability and the Remote Associates Test (RAT) for convergent thinking capability.

High level expression and purification of recombinant human serum albumin in Pichia pastoris.

Human serum albumin (HSA) has been extensively used in a series of clinical care settings for nearly seven decades. However, the broad application of this protein is seriously limited by its short supply. In this work, the codon sequence of HSA was cloned under the control of the alcohol oxidase 1 promoter (AOX1) and expressed as a secretory protein in Pichia pastoris.

Expression, Purification, and Activity of ActhiS, a Thiazole Biosynthesis Enzyme from Acremonium chrysogenum.

Thiamine pyrophosphate is an essential coenzyme in all organisms. Its biosynthesis involves independent syntheses of the precursors, pyrimidine and thiazole, which are then coupled. In our previous study with overexpressed and silent mutants of ActhiS (thiazole biosynthesis enzyme from Acremonium chrysogenum), we found that the enzyme level correlated with intracellular thiamine content in A.

Acthi, a thiazole biosynthesis enzyme, is essential for thiamine biosynthesis and CPC production in Acremonium chrysogenum.

Background: The filamentous fungus Acremonium chrysogenum is an important industrial fungus and is used in the production of the β-lactam antibiotic cephalosporin C. Little is known regarding the molecular and biological mechanisms of how this industrial strain was improved by mutagenesis and molecular breeding. Comparative proteomics is one of the most powerful methods to evaluate the influence of gene expression on metabolite production.

De novo comparative transcriptome analysis of Acremonium chrysogenum: high-yield and wild-type strains of cephalosporin C producer.

β-lactam antibiotics are widely used in clinic. Filamentous fungus Acremonium chrysogenum is an important industrial fungus for the production of CPC, one of the major precursors of β-lactam antibiotics. Although its fermentation yield has been bred significantly over the past decades, little is known regarding molecular changes between the industrial strain and the wild type strain.

Tetra-aqua-bis-[4-(4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)benzoato-κN]copper(II) dihydrate.

In the title compound, [Cu(C(9)H(6)N(3)O(2))(2)(H(2)O)(4)]·2H(2)O, the Cu(II) atom lies on an inversion center and is six-coordinated by two N atoms from two 4-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)benzoate ligands and four water mol-ecules in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. In the crystal, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds lead to a three-dimensional supra-molecular network. Intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds and π-π inter-actions between the benzene rings and between the benzene and triazole rings [centroid-centroid distances = 3.

Diaqua-bis-[4-(4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)benzoato-κO,O']nickel(II).

In the title compound, [Ni(C(9)H(6)N(3)O(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], the Ni(II) atom lies on a twofold rotation axis and is six-coordinated by two bidentate chelating 4-(1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)benzoate ligands and two water mol-ecules in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. Inter-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the complex mol-ecules into a two-dimensional network parallel to (010).

Environmentally safe production of 7-ACA by recombinant Acremonium chrysogenum.

7-Amino cephalosporanic acid (7-ACA), which is currently obtained by chemical deacylation from cephalosporin C (CPC), is a major intermediate for industrial production of β-lactam antibiotics. 7-ACA can also be produced from CPC by enzymatic route including two-step and one-step procedures. In our research, an ecs gene coding for CPC acylase was synthesized and cloned into pET-28a(+) to construct an E.

Improvement of cephalosporin C production by recombinant DNA integration in Acremonium chrysogenum.

Cephalosporins are widely used as anti-infectious beta-lactam antibiotics in clinic. For the purpose of increasing the yield of cephalosporin C (CPC) fermentation, especially in an industrial strain, A. chrysogenum genes cefEF and cefG, which encode the ultimate and penultimate steps in CPC biosynthesis, cefT, which encodes a CPC efflux pump, and vgb, which encodes a bacterial hemoglobin gene were transformed in various combinations into an industrial strain of A.