Long Non-Coding RNA (lncRNA) Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 15 (SNHG15) Alleviates Osteoarthritis Progression by Regulation of Extracellular Matrix Homeostasis.

BACKGROUND Growing evidence suggests that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), as decoys of microRNAs (miRNAs), are involved in osteoarthritis (OA) progression, but the potential mechanism of lncRNA SNHG15 in OA remains unknown. Thus, the present study explored the molecular mechanism of SNHG15 in OA progression. MATERIAL AND METHODS OA chondrocytes were created by 20 ng/ml IL-1ß stimulation, and the experimental OA model was created by destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) surgery.

Volatile organic compounds of increase strawberry fruit flavor and defense during cold storage.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of antagonistic yeasts are considered as environmental safe fumigants to promote the resistance and quality of strawberry (a ). By GC-MS assays, VOCs of () fumigated strawberry fruit showed increased contents of methyl caproate (5.8%), methyl octanoate (5.

Multifunctional N,S co-doped carbon dots for sensitive probing of temperature, ferric ion, and methotrexate.

In this paper, we have presented a facile method to fabricate nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots (N,S-CDs) for blood methotrexate (MTX) sensing applications. The N,S-CDs with quantum yield up to 75% were obtained by one-step hydrothermal carbonization, using reduced glutathione and citric acid as the precursors. With this approach, the formation and the surface passivation of N,S-CDs were carried out simultaneously, resulting in intrinsic fluorescence emission.

[Changes of granulocyte distribution induced by thyroxin and epinephrine: experiment with rabbits].

Objective: To investigate the distribution of granulocyte during thyrotoxicosis and the relation of granulopenia and the gathering of circulating granulocytes into the marginal pool.

Methods: Forty-five rabbits were randomly divided into 3 equal groups: epinephrine group fed with levo-thyroxin (LT4) for 14 days, injected subcutaneously with epinephrine 0.07 mg/kg, and undergoing collection of peripheral blood samples for white blood cell and granulocyte counts, free blood triiodothyroxine (FT3) and free blood thyroxine (FT4), electrocardiography, and body weight measurement; labeled group fed with LT4 for 14 days, injected subcutaneously with 131I-labeled anti-human granulocyte monoclonal antibody, and killed 6 hours later to calculate the ratio of radioactivity of heart, liver, spleen, and muscle tissues to blood (CPM/g), and control group, not fed with L-T4 but injected with 131I-labeled anti-human granulocyte monoclonal antibody on the day 14, and killed 6 hours later to calculate the ratio of radioactivity of tissues to blood.