The two-component system expression patterns and immune regulatory mechanism of with different genotypes at the early stage of infection in THP-1 cells.

must endure various challenging circumstances while being swallowed by phagocytes of the innate immune system. Moreover, bacteria should recognize and react to environmental signals quickly in host cells. Two-component system (TCS) is an important way for bacteria to perceive external environmental signals and transmit them to the interior to trigger the associated regulatory mechanism.

Composition engineering of AZO films for controlled photon-electron conversion and ultrafast nonlinear optical behavior.

Exploring micro-nano photonic crystals as nonlinear optical switching and optical limiting devices for Gaussian light fields with ultrashort pulse widths has attracted extensive research, mainly originating from its controllable modulation of the third/fifth-order nonlinear optical behavior and ultrafast carrier dynamics. In this work, Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films with controllable and excellent third-order nonlinear optical behavior have been uniformly deposited on quartz substrates by a single-step co-sputtering method. Al dopant-dependent ultrafast carrier dynamics and nonlinear optical properties in hexagonal ZnO films are discussed.

Fate of Vibrio parahaemolyticus on shrimp after acidic electrolyzed water treatment.

The objective of this study was to investigate the fate of Vibrio parahaemolyticus on shrimp after acidic electrolyzed water (AEW) treatment during storage. Shrimp, inoculated with a cocktail of four strains of V. parahaemolyticus, were stored at different temperatures (4-30 °C) after AEW treatment.

Two novel thermostable chitinase genes from thermophilic fungi: cloning, expression and characterization.

Two chitinase genes, Tachit1 from Thermoascus aurantiacus var. levisporus and Ctchit1 from Chaetomium thermophilum were isolated. Tachit1 and Ctchit1 encode putative single-domain proteins (TaCHIT1 and CtCHIT1) of 399 and 402 amino acid residues, respectively.

[Experimental study on the effects of interferon-gamma gene on Tenon's capsule fibroblasts in vitro].

Objective: To investigate the effects of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) gene on Tenon's capsule fibroblasts in vitro.

Methods: Using lipofectAMINE, IFN-gamma gene was transferred to human Tenon's capsule fibroblasts with plasmid pcDNA3IFN-gamma in vitro. Cells treated with plasmid pcDNA3 without IFN-gamma gene were used as the controls.