. Events have been an important research topic in the field of organizations, especially as the outbreak of COVID-19 has brought challenges to employees and organizations, affecting employee behaviour in the workplace. Based on the cognitive activation theory of stress, this study explored the mechanisms of the impact of COVID-19 event strength on employee safety performance in high reliability organizations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe immune response plays a crucial role in the treatment of ischemic stroke (IS). Our primary objective was to explore immune proteins related to stroke and to develop a noninvasive diagnostic panel. We used the high-throughput Olink immunoassay platform to quantitatively measure 92 proteins in the serum of 88 patients with IS and 88 controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe two obstacles for treating glioma are the skull and the blood brain-barrier (BBB), the first of which forms a physical shield that increases the difficulties of traditional surgery or radiotherapy, while the latter prevents antitumor drugs reaching tumor sites. To conquer these issues, we take advantage of the high penetrating ability of sonodynamic therapy (SDT), combined with a novel nanocomplex that can easily pass the BBB. Through ultrasonic polymerization, the amphiphilic peptides (CGRRGDS) were self-assembled as a spherical shell encapsulating a sonosensitizer Rose Bengal (RB) and a plant-derived compound, sulforaphane (SFN), to form the nanocomplex SFN@RB@SPM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAt the end of 2019, SARS-CoV-2 emerged and rapidly spread, having a profound negative impact on human health and socioeconomic conditions. In response to this unprecedented global health crisis, significant advancements were made in the mRNA vaccine technology. In this study, we have compared the difference between two SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) mRNA-Lipid nanoparticle (LNP) vaccines prepared from two different ionizable cationic lipids: ALC-0315 and MC3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The causal relationships between gut microbiota, blood metabolites, and stroke and its subtypes remain unclear. This study aims to uncover the causal associations using Mendelian randomization.
Methods: We initially identify Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) correlated with gut microbiota and blood metabolites as instrumental variables (IVs) from the summary statistics in Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) to evaluate their potential causal associations with stroke and its subtypes.
Background: Maternal nutrition profoundly influences offspring health, impacting both prenatal and early postnatal development. Previous studies have demonstrated that maternal dietary habits can affect key developmental pathways in the offsprings, including those related to lung function and disease susceptibility. However, the sex-specific impact of a maternal high-salt diet (HSD) on offspring lung injury remains poorly understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicronization is frequently employed to increase the dissolution of poorly soluble drugs, but it easily led to powder aggregation and difficult to mix well on the micro level with poor content uniformity and erratic dissolution behavior. Mannitol is the most commonly used pharmaceutical excipient, and its β form (β-mannitol) is commercially available and extensively investigated, whereas form α (α-mannitol) remain poorly understood. Here, this study demonstrated that α-mannitol could significantly eliminate aggregation phenomena of micronized drugs (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFunctional modification of drugs can significantly improve their efficacy and safety, thus enabling targeted therapy. Functional modifications based on polysaccharides can alter their molecular structure, and effectively enhance their functional properties and biological activities. Herein, we designed and synthesized cationic Laminarin (CLam) modified with polyethyleneimine (PEI) and explored its application as a vaccine adjuvant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) is a major respiratory pathogen in swine, causing acute, febrile, and highly transmissible infections. This virus is widespread globally and poses significant risks to human health and social development. Traditional prevention strategies for SIV rely on the use of inactivated vaccines combined with Alum adjuvants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDue to the complexity of wound healing, how to achieve successful healing is a significant clinical challenge. In this study, we found that the histone deacetylase-7-derived 7-amino acid peptide (7A, MHSPGAD), especially its phosphorylated version 7Ap (MH[pSer]PGAD), increased dermal fibroblast cell HDFα proliferation and migration via elevated delta-catenin (CTNND1) serine phosphorylation-mediated beta-catenin (CTNNB) nuclear translocation and subsequent upregulation of c-Myc and cyclin D1 expression. 7Ap physically interacted with platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) and increased PDGFR interaction with cyclin-dependent kinase 6 (CDK6).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe crowding effect of individual behavior motivation is a focal point in various disciplines, such as economics and social psychology. Understanding the motivation crowding effect in the context of pro-environmental behavior of farmers is crucial for formulating agricultural environmental policies. However, there is limited knowledge about the motivation crowding effect on farmers' land quality protection behavior, especially in developing countries.
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December 2024
Background: The relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and stroke remains controversial, and the underlying mediator is unclear. This study aimed to assess the causal relationship of SES with stroke and its subtypes and to identify potential modifiable risk factors responsible for this relationship.
Methods: The study included 372,437 participants from the UK Biobank.
Objectives: Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) have been extensively used for tissue regeneration owing to their notable capabilities. Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 5 (IGFBP5) regulates osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs); however, the underlying regulatory mechanisms require further investigation.
Materials And Methods: Carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester, an alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity assay and Alizarin Red staining were used to reveal the role of IGFBP5 in DPSCs.
Micro- and nanoparticles delivery systems have been widely studied as vaccine adjuvants to enhance immunogenicity and sustain long-term immune responses. Polygonatum sibiricum polysaccharide (PSP) has been widely studied as an immunoregulator in improving immune responses. In this study, we synthesized and characterized cationic modified calcium carbonate (CaCO) microparticles loaded with PSP (PEI-PSP-CaCO, CTAB-PSP-CaCO), studied the immune responses elicited by PEI-PSP-CaCO and CTAB-PSP-CaCO carrying ovalbumin (OVA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cartilage is a kind of avascular tissue, and it is difficult to repair itself when it is damaged. In this study, we investigated the regulation of chondrogenic differentiation and vascular formation in human jaw bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (h-JBMMSCs) by the long-chain noncoding RNA small nucleolar RNA host gene 1 (SNHG1) during cartilage tissue regeneration.
Methods: JBMMSCs were isolated from the jaws via the adherent method.
Growing evidence has demonstrated that gut microbiota could be developed as a therapeutic target due to its contribution to microglia activation in the pathological process of ischemic stroke. Acorus tatarinowii oils (AT oils), which is considered as the active fraction of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine Acorus tatarinowii, exerts various bioactivities and prebiotic effects. However, it remains unclear that the effect of AT oils on inflammatory response after ischemic stroke and whether its underlying mechanism is associated to gut microbiota and the intestinal barrier.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe dissolution behavior of tablets, particularly those containing poorly water-soluble drugs, is a critical factor in determining their absorption and therapeutic efficacy. Traditionally, the particle size of excipients has been considered a key property affecting tablet dissolution. However, lurasidone hydrochloride (LH) tablets prepared by similar particle size mannitol, namely M200 (D = 209.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA growing number of studies have indicated that extracellular vesicles (EVs), such as exosomes, are involved in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Components of EVs with biological effects like proteins, nucleic acids, or other molecules can be delivered to recipient cells to mediate physio-/pathological processes. For instance, some aggregate-prone proteins, such as β-amyloid and α-synuclein, had been found to propagate through exosomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFerroptosis is a novel form of oxidative cell death triggered by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation. The induction of ferroptosis presents an attractive therapeutic strategy for human diseases, such as prostate cancer and breast cancer. Herein, we describe our design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of endogenous glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) degraders using the proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) approach with the aim of inducing ferroptosis in cancer cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo investigate the role and mechanism of FBLN1 in the osteogenic differentiation and bone regeneration by using umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (WJCMSCs). We found that FBLN1 promoted osteogenic differentiation of WJCMSCs and WJCMSC-mediated bone regeneration. It was showed that there was an mA methylation site in 3'UTR of FBLN1 mRNA, and the mutation of the mA site enhanced the stability of FBLN1 mRNA, subsequently fostering the FBLN1 enhanced osteogenic differentiation of WJCMSCs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransient receptor potential melastatin 4 (TRPM4) is considered to be a potential target for cancer and other human diseases. Herein, a series of 2-(naphthalen-1-yloxy)-N-phenylacetamide derivatives were designed and synthesized as new TRPM4 inhibitors, aiming to improve cellular potency. One of the most promising compounds, 7d (ZX08903), displayed promising antiproliferative activity against prostate cancer cell lines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHypertensive individuals are at a high risk of stroke, and thus, prevention of stroke in hypertensive patients is essential. Metabolomics and lipidomics can be used to identify diagnostic biomarkers and conduct early assessments of stroke risk in hypertensive populations. In this study, serum samples were collected from 30 hypertensive ischemic stroke (IS), 30 matched hypertensive and 30 matched healthy participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring embryonic development, 2 populations of multipotent stem cells, cranial neural crest cells (NCCs) and epibranchial placode cells (PCs), are anatomically adjacent to each other. The coordinated migration of NCCs and PCs plays a major role in the morphogenesis of craniofacial skeletons and cranial nerves. It is known that ethanol-induced dysfunction of NCCs and PCs is a key contributor to the defects of craniofacial skeletons and cranial nerves implicated in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
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