Zwitterionic Thiolate-Protected Ag(0/I) and Ag(I) Clusters: Assembly, Structural Characterization, and Antibacterial Activity.

Zwitterionic thiolate ligands have the potential to introduce novel assembly modes and functions for noble metal clusters. However, their utilization in the synthesis of silver clusters remains understudied, particularly for the clusters containing reductive Ag(0) species. In this article, we report the first synthesis of a mixed-valence silver(0/I) cluster protected by zwitterionic Tab as thiolate ligands (Tab = 4-(trimethylammonio)benzenethiolate), denoted as [Ag(Tab)](PF)·16CHOH·6EtO (·16CHOH·6EtO), alongside an Ag(I) cluster [Ag(Tab)(PhCOO)(MeCN)(HO)](PF)·11MeCN (·11MeCN).

Polyhedral {Ag} and {Ag} Clusters: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties.

Two polyhedral silver-thiolate clusters, [S@Ag(Tab)(MeCN)](PF) (Ag) and [Ag(Tab)(DMF)](PF) (Ag), were synthesized by using electroneutral Tab species as protective ligands (Tab=4-(trimethylammonio)benzenethiolate, DMF=N,N-dimethylformamide, MeCN=acetonitrile). Ag has a decahedral shape composed of eight pentagon {Ag} units and two square {Ag} units. The structure of Ag is a cuboctahedron, a classical Archimedean structure composed of six triangular faces and eight square faces.

A comparison of mycophenolate mofetil and calcineurin inhibitor as maintenance immunosuppression for kidney transplant recipients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background/aim: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the comparison and its timing between mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) as maintenance immunosuppression for kidney transplant recipients.

Materials And Methods: The RCTs of MMF versus CNI as maintenance immunosuppression for kidney transplant recipients were searched from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCRCT), and ClinicalTrials.gov.

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Reduces the Risk of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients with Moderate Renal Impairment Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Angiography: A Meta-Analysis.

Background/aims: This meta-analysis evaluated the effects of remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) on the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention/coronary angiography (PCI/CA).

Methods: PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the effect of RIPC on CIN in patients undergoing PCI/CA. The main outcomes of interest were the incidence of CIN 48-72 h after CA, the levels of serum creatinine, cystatin C, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), mortality, and requirement of hemodialysis and rehospitalization.

Fabrication of surface charge pH-sensitive multi-bumpy small magnetic bead with ultrahigh magnetic content and its ultrahigh loading capacity and salt-free rapid isolation for DNA.

Gene transfection vector polyethyleneimine (PEI) was used as a cross-linking agent to crosslink the surface epoxidized magnetic nanoparticles and aggregate them to form a small magnetic bead (MB) with multiple nanoscale bumps on its surface (i.e. the multi-bumpy small magnetic bead, mbsMB).

Typing and determination of SNP functional gene based on highly selective and signal-amplified fluorescence double-probe with the help of ExoIII nuclease and magnetic bead.

We have developed a fluorescence double-probe detection system with signal amplification for simple typing and determination of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) functional gene based on non-sequence dependence of ExoIII nuclease on dsDNA and rapid separation of magnetic bead. Matched detected gene can cyclically release abundant fluorescence-labeled ssDNA from the probe and the corresponding measured fluorescence signal is amplified up to 6063 times. In this case, the probe cannot release the measured fluorescence signal for the point mutation gene and then the corresponding measured signal is inhibited.

Maintenance therapy for lupus nephritis with mycophenolate mofetil or azathioprine. A meta-analysis .

Aim: Maintenance therapy for lupus nephritis (LN) remains controversial. This meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) describes the comparative benefits and safety of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) versus azathioprine (AZA) as maintenance therapy in patients with LN.

Materials And Methods: RCTs that compared the maintenance regimens of MMF and AZA in the treatment of LN were included.

Emissive intelligent supramolecular gel for highly selective sensing of Al and writable soft material.

A fluorine-containing acylhydrazone was newly designed and found to form gels in a mixed solvent of DMSO-ethylene glycol. The gelator could show brilliant blue light upon mixing with Al3+, which could be erased by F- ions and thus forming an erasable gel.

Multitarget therapy versus intravenous cyclophosphamide in the induction treatment of lupus nephritis: a metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background/aim: Multitarget therapy for lupus nephritis (LN) remains in its exploratory phrase and the recent evidence is insufficient. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), tacrolimus (TAC), and steroids (multitarget therapy) versus intravenous cyclophosphamide (IVC) and steroids in induction treatment of LN. Materials and methods: We searched for randomized controlled trials of MMF plus TAC versus IVC in LN using PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the China Biology Medicine Database, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database.

Polyelectrolyte-protected Dual-color-quantum-dot Assembled Silica Nanoparticles and Their Application in Simultaneous Fluorescence Determination of e Antigen and Surface Antigen of Hepatitis B.

Cationic poly-diallyldimethylammonium (PDADMAC), green CdTe quantum dots (QDs) or red CdS coated CdTe QDs, and anionic polyacrylic acid (PAA) were respectively assembled on the nano-carrier SiO to prepare green fluorescence composite nanoparticles (GF-QDs) and red ones (RF-QDs) with the structure SiO/PDADMAC/QD/PDADMAC/PAA. The sandwich structure "PDADMAC/QD/PDADMAC" on the nano-carrier not only realized the protection to fluorescence of QDs but also avoided the fluorescence shielding of silica shell for the assembled QDs. In 7 days, the diluent solutions of GF-QD and RF-QD all have a very stable fluorescence.

Prognostic value of plasma NT-proBNP levels in very old patients with moderate renal insufficiency in China.

Background: The N‑terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has an important prognostic value in chronic renal insufficiency; however, most studies have been conducted in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In this study we evaluated the prognostic significance of NT-proBNP in very old patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and compared its prognostic value in CKD3a versus CKD3b patients.

Methods: Patients (age ≥80 years old) hospitalized with stage 3 CKD from 2007 to 2010 who were eligible for this prospective study underwent follow-up examinations in 2015.

Calcitriol in the treatment of IgA nephropathy with non-nephrotic range proteinuria: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials .

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of calcitriol for treating Chinese patients with IgA nephropathy presenting as non-nephrotic range proteinuria, and a comprehensive meta-analysis was conducted using the related randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Methods: We searched for RCTs of calcitriol for the treatment of IgA nephropathy in the CNKI, CBM, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PUBMED, and EMBASE databases. The studies included in our meta-analysis were strictly determined according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Polyelectrolyte-based electrochemiluminescence enhancement for Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ loaded by SiO₂ nanoparticle carrier and its high sensitive immunoassay.

In this paper the strong electrochemiluminescence (ECL) nanoparticles have been prepared based on the anionic polyelectrolyte sodium polyacrylate (PAA)-ECL enhancement for Ru(bpy)3(2+), which were loaded by the carrier of SiO2 nanoparticle. There were two kinds of Ru(bpy)3(2+) for the as-prepared nanoparticles, the doped one and the exchanged one. The former was loaded inside the ECL nanoparticles by doping, in a form of ion-pair macromolecules PAA-Ru(bpy)3(2+).

Cytotoxicity and cellular imaging of quantum dots protected by polyelectrolyte.

The nanocomposites of poly-diallyldimethylammonium chloride (PDADMAC) and CdTe quantum dots (QDs) (i.e. QDs-PDADMAC nanocomposites) have been prepared based on electrostatic interaction and their fluorescence stability in aqueous solution has been investigated.

The expert system of genotype discrimination for D5S818 locus based on near-infrared spectroscopy-principal discriminant variate.

This paper studied the expert system of genotype discrimination for the STR locus D5S818 based on near-infrared spectroscopy-principal discriminant variate (PDV). Six genotypes, i.e.

Preparation of chlorogenic acid surface-imprinted magnetic nanoparticles and their usage in separation of traditional Chinese medicine.

The chlorogenic acid (CGA) surface-imprinted magnetic polymer nanoparticles have been prepared via water-in-oil-in-water multiple emulsions suspension polymerization. This kind of molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles (MIPs) had the core-shell structure with the size of about 50 nm. Magnetic susceptibility was given by the successful encapsulation of Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles with a high encapsulation efficiency of 19.

Fast determination of the release degree of compound sulfamethoxazole tablets by using circulation release system combined with ultraviolet spectral net analyte signal method.

Based on ultraviolet spectral net analyte signals, this research has studied the determination of the two effective components, sulfamethoxazole (SMZ) and trimethoprim (TMP), contained in compound sulfamethoxazole tablets in acid environment. The linear ranges of SMZ and TMP were 0.48-7.

The determination for the three genotypes of D16S539 locus based on near-infrared spectroscopy and chemical pattern recognition.

The paper has established an approach of typing short tandem repeats (STRs) based on the near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-chemical pattern recognition. Taking the three genotypes 9-9, 9-11 and 11-11 of D16S539 locus as example, which have a middle degree of difference, DNA fragments containing the polymorphism sites were amplified by a pair of primers to obtain three genotypes samples; these samples were tested by the NIRS directly; using their spectra as recognition variables, the chemical pattern recognition models of the three genotypes were respectively established by using the principal discriminant variate (PDV) and support vector machine (SVM). The two models have a good fitting ability and strong prediction (i.

Chemometric classification of traditional Chinese medicines by their geographical origins using near-infrared reflectance spectra.

Some raw materials that have different places of production for the plant sources of the drugs Astragalus membranaceus and ginseng have been studied, based on their near-infrared reflectance spectra. The experimentally recorded spectra represent heavily ill-posed and highly correlative data sets. Three related methods, i.

Competitive interactions of adriamycin and ethidium bromide with DNA as studied by full rank parallel factor analysis of fluorescence three-way array data.

The competitive interactions of adriamycin (AMC) and a fluorescence probe of ethidium bromide (EB) with DNA have been studied by full rank parallel factor analysis (FRA-PARAFAC) of fluorescence excitation-emission three-way data array. The excitation and emission spectra as well as the equilibrium concentrations of co-existing species in different reaction mixtures can be directly obtained by the FRA-PARAFAC treatment. The concordance of the resolved excitation and emission spectra of AMC, EB and EB-DNA with the standard spectra of these species confirmed the reliability of the equilibrium concentrations of these components in the reaction mixtures studied.