Meta-analysis on clinical efficacy of ringheaded thumbtack needle in the treatment of allergic rhinitis.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ringheaded thrumbtack needle in the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR).

Methods: Clinical studies about treatment of AR with ringheaded thrumbtack needle were searched from databases of CNKI, Wanfang, China Science and Technology Journal, China Biology Medicine disc, PubMed, Embase and Web of Science from their inception to November 2022. Two researchers independently screened the literature and collected related information.

Overcoming Cancer Resistance to Platinum Drugs by Inhibiting Cholesterol Metabolism.

Drug resistance is a serious challenge for platinum anticancer drugs. Platinum complexes may get over the drug resistance via a distinct mechanism of action. Cholesterol is a key factor contributing to the drug resistance.

Platinum(IV) Complexes as Inhibitors of STAT3 and Regulators of the Tumor Microenvironment To Control Breast Cancer.

Interplay between breast cancer (BC) cells and the tumor microenvironment (TME) influences the outcome of cancer treatment. Aberrant activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) promotes the interaction and causes immunosuppression and drug resistance. Platinum(IV) complexes SPP and DPP bearing pterostilbene-derived axial ligand(s) were synthesized to inhibit the JAK2-STAT3 pathway in BC cells and regulate the TME.

A Stable Triphenylamine-Based Zn(II)-MOF for Photocatalytic H Evolution and Photooxidative Carbon-Carbon Coupling Reaction.

Efficient charge transfer has always been a challenge in heterogeneous MOF-based photoredox catalysis due to the poor electrical conductivity of the MOF photocatalyst, the toilless electron-hole recombination, and the uncontrollable host-guest interactions. Herein, a propeller-like tris(3'-carboxybiphenyl)amine () ligand was synthesized to fabricate a 3D ZnO cluster-based Zn(II)-MOF photocatalyst, Zn(TCBA)(μ-HO)HO (), which was applied to efficient photoreductive H evolution and photooxidative aerobic cross-dehydrogenation coupling reactions of -aryl-tetrahydroisoquinolines and nitromethane. In , the ingenious introduction of the meta-position benzene carboxylates on the triphenylamine motif not only promotes to exhibit a broad visible-light absorption with a maximum absorption edge of 480 nm but also causes special phenyl plane twists with dihedral angles of 27.

Manganese(ii) complexes stimulate antitumor immunity aggravating DNA damage and activating the cGAS-STING pathway.

Activating the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-stimulator of the interferon gene (cGAS-STING) pathway is a promising immunotherapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. Manganese(ii) complexes MnPC and MnPVA (P = 1,10-phenanthroline, C = chlorine, and VA = valproic acid) were found to activate the cGAS-STING pathway. The complexes not only damaged DNA, but also inhibited histone deacetylases (HDACs) and poly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase (PARP) to impede the repair of DNA damage, thereby promoting the leakage of DNA fragments into cytoplasm.

Platinum-Based TREM2 Inhibitor Suppresses Tumors by Remodeling the Immunosuppressive Microenvironment.

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2) is a key pro-tumorigenic marker of tumor-infiltrating macrophages, showing potent immunosuppressive activity in tumor microenvironment. A platinum(IV) complex OPA derived from oxaliplatin (OP) and artesunate (ART) exhibited direct cytotoxicity against human colon cancer cells and immunomodulatory activity to inhibit TREM2 on macrophages in vitro and vivo. Furthermore, OPA deterred the tumor growth in mouse models bearing MC38 colorectal tumor by reducing the number of CD206 and CX CR1 immunosuppressive macrophages; it also promoted the expansion and infiltration of immunostimulatory dendritic, cytotoxic T, and natural killer cells.

Platinum(IV) complexes as inhibitors of CD47-SIRPα axis for chemoimmunotherapy of cancer.

Phagocytosis of cancer cells by antigen presenting cells (APCs) is critical to activate the host's immune responses. However, the targeting ability of APCs to cancer cells is limited by the upregulation of transmembrane protein CD47 on the cancer cell surface. Blocking CD47 can affect the macrophage-mediated phagocytosis.

A Robust Tb-MOF for Ultrasensitive Detection of Trinitrophenol: Matched Channel Dimensions and Strong Host-Guest Interactions.

Host-Guest interaction is crucial to the sensitivity of heterogeneous sensors. Here, a series of isomorphic three-dimensional lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs), [Ln(TCBA)(HO)]·DMF [HTCBA = tris(3'-carboxybiphenyl)amine; Ln = Tb (1), Eu (2), and Gd (3); DMF = dimethylformamide] was synthesized and characterized, in which the propeller-like TCBA ligands adopt special torsional link between Tb(III) ions to form one-dimensional triangular channels. Optical experiments show that 1 exhibits bright green luminescence with an overall quantum yield of 26%, a D lifetime of 478 μs, and can act as an excellent heterogeneous fluorescent sensor to detect 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) explosive with an extremely low detection limit of 1.