One hallmark of cancer is the upregulation and dependency on glucose metabolism to fuel macromolecule biosynthesis and rapid proliferation. Despite significant pre-clinical effort to exploit this pathway, additional mechanistic insights are necessary to prioritize the diversity of metabolic adaptations upon acute loss of glucose metabolism. Here, we investigated a potent small molecule inhibitor to Class I glucose transporters, KL-11743, using glycolytic leukemia cell lines and patient-based model systems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Crystallogr B Struct Sci Cryst Eng Mater
December 2024
Hydrothermal synthesis led to four novel 3D pillared-layer metal-organic frameworks: [Cu(4,4'-bipy)(MoO)·0.3HO] (1), [Cu(4,4'-bipy)(MoO)·0.25HO] (2), [Cu(4,4'-bipy)(MoO)·0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFData-driven approaches have achieved great success in various medical image analysis tasks. However, fully-supervised data-driven approaches require unprecedentedly large amounts of labeled data and often suffer from poor generalization to unseen new data due to domain shifts. Various unsupervised domain adaptation (UDA) methods have been actively explored to solve these problems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUltrasonography with color Doppler is the most quantitative analysis method for intra-renal parameters. There is a wide variation between authors in the measurement site and referencing the inter-lobar resistivity index (RI) in felines. Our objective is to morphometrically and ultrasonographically investigate the normal renal dimensions and vasculatures and draw up a normal reference value for the renal inter-lobar artery resistivity index (RI) using a Pulsed wave-Doppler ultrasonography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe physical and functional interaction between transient receptor potential channel ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) and neuronal calcium sensor 1 (NCS-1) was assessed. NCS-1 is a calcium (Ca) sensor found in many tissues, primarily neurons, and TRPA1 is a Ca channel involved not only in thermal and pain sensation but also in conditions such as cancer and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, in which NCS-1 is also a regulatory component.We explored the interactions between these two proteins by employing western blot, qRT-PCR, co-immunoprecipitation, Ca transient monitoring with Fura-2 spectrophotometry, and electrophysiology assays in breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231) with different levels of NCS-1 expression and neuroblastoma cells (SH-SY5Y).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFK channel Kir7.1 expressed at the apical membrane of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) plays an essential role in retinal function. An isoleucine-to-threonine mutation at position 120 of the protein is responsible for blindness-causing vitreo-retinal dystrophy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis article presents the data collection process for the classification of partial discharges in electrical generators using PNG format images. The data were collected through field measurements on over 40 generators in various locations in Colombia, in addition to utilizing a partial discharge simulator provided by Omicron Energy. Throughout the collection process, special attention was given to the accuracy and coherence of the images, avoiding deformations and distortions that could impact the nature of partial discharges.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Crystallogr B Struct Sci Cryst Eng Mater
December 2023
The structure of (R)-rasagiline mesylate [(R)-RasH·Mes], an active pharmaceutical ingredient used to treat Parkinson's disease, is presented. The structure was determined from laboratory and synchrotron powder diffraction data, refined using the Rietveld method, and validated and optimized using dispersion-corrected DFT calculations. The unit-cell parameters obtained in both experiments are in good agreement and the refinement with both datasets converged to good agreement factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnthropogenic and natural sources contribute to chemical mixtures in air, water, and soil, posing potential risks to the environment and human health. To understand the interplay between element profiles in the human body, geographical location, and associated economic activities, we carried out an observational analytic cross-sectional study. The study recruited 199 participants from three municipalities, two of which had gold-mining as their primary economic activity, while the other was dedicated to agricultural and other local activities not related to mining.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent advances in single-cell technologies have enabled high-throughput molecular profiling of cells across modalities and locations. Single-cell transcriptomics data can now be complemented by chromatin accessibility, surface protein expression, adaptive immune receptor repertoire profiling and spatial information. The increasing availability of single-cell data across modalities has motivated the development of novel computational methods to help analysts derive biological insights.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe mechanical behaviour of a DMLS Ti-6Al-4V gyroid-based cellular structure (CS), with potential application in the fabrication of implants, was studied under compressive conditions. The influence of the CS volumetric fraction on the elastic modulus was experimentally evaluated in cubic and cylindrical samples. The experimental results showed that the selected parameters allowed approximating the mechanical behaviour of the CS to that of trabecular bone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Environ Res Public Health
January 2023
The exposure to chemical mixtures is a problem of concern in developing countries and it is well known that the kidney is the major target organ for toxic elements. This cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the individual and composite mixture effect of a large number of chemical elements on kidney function in gold-mining and surrounding non-mining populations in northeast Colombia. We measured concentrations of 36 chemical elements in hair as indicators of chronic exposure from 199 adult participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Colloid Interface Sci
September 2022
The pseudocapacitive properties of CeO are largely dependent on its surface Faradaic redox reaction kinetics; however, its electrochemical performance is still limited by the low utilization due to the inefficient diffusionfreeways and the limited active sites. Herein, we prepare a 0D/3D composite composed of oxygen-deficient CeO quantum dots (0D) anchored on a 3D hollow porous N-doped carbon framework (CeO QD@PHC) via a facile template-confined strategy followed by a chemical co-precipitation. The refined QDs and hollow structure greatly shorten the ion diffusion paths and lower the internal strain during cycling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe structure of racemic ()-trichlorme-thia-zide [systematic name: ()-6-chloro-3-(di-chloro-meth-yl)-1,1-dioxo-3,4-di-hydro-2-1λ,2,4-benzo-thia-di-azine-7-sulfonamide], CHClNOS (-TCMZ), a diuretic drug used in the treatment of oedema and hypertension, was determined from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data using [David (2006 ▸). , 910-915.], refined by the Rietveld method with [Coelho (2018 ▸).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: During the COVID 19 pandemic, direct-to-consumer telehealth (DTC) services allowed patients real-time virtual access to healthcare providers, especially those with an established relationship. In Colombia, this care modality was implemented between 2019 and 2020, under national considerations, it was implemented for outpatient care in a highly complex university hospital in Cali, Colombia.
Methods: A descriptive study with prospective information collection was used to describe the implementation of the outpatient teleconsultation care model for patients.
Objective: We assessed patient and graft outcomes and prognostic factors in kidney transplantation in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) secondary to lupus nephritis (LN) undergoing kidney transplantation from August 1977 to December 2014 in a Latin American single center.
Methods: The primary endpoint was patient survival, and the secondary endpoints were death-censored graft survival for the first renal transplant and the rate of recurrent LN (RLN). Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analysis.
Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun
March 2021
The title heterocyclic compound, CHN, has been prepared in good yield (72%) a BiCl-catalyzed cationic Povarov reaction between -propargyl-4-methyl-aniline and (±)-citronellal. The X-ray single-crystal study indicates that the structure consists of mol-ecules connected by C-H⋯π contacts to produce chains, which pack in a sandwich-herringbone fashion along the -axis direction. Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that H⋯H inter-actions dominate by contributing 79.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs a larger elderly human population is expected worldwide in the next 30 years, the occurrence of aging-associated illnesses will also be increased. The use of prosthetic devices by this population is currently important and will be even more dramatic in the near future. Hence, the design of prosthetic devices able to reduce some of the problems associated with the use of current components, such as stress shielding, reduced mobility, infection, discomfort, etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVarious families of ion channels have been characterized in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), including some members of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels family. TRP channels are involved in critical cellular processes as differentiation and cell proliferation. Here, we analyzed the expression of TRPM8 channel in human bone marrow MSCs (hBM-MSCs), and its relation with osteogenic differentiation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol
April 2021
Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the clinicopathological, molecular, and prognostic features of oral/oropharyngeal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and high-grade B-cell lymphoma.
Study Design: All cases were retrieved from 7 Brazilian institutions. Immunohistochemical reactions were performed to confirm the diagnoses and to categorize the tumors.
Introduction: Prolonged field care for junctional wounds is challenging and involves limb movement to facilitate transport. No studies to date have explored the efficacy of gauze products to limit rebleeding in these scenarios.
Materials And Methods: We randomly assigned 48 swine to QuikClot Combat Gauze, ChitoGauze, NuStat Tactical, or Kerlix treatment groups (12 each) and then inflicted a severe groin injury by utilizing a modified Kheirabadi model of a 6-mm femoral artery punch followed by unrestricted bleeding for 60 seconds.