Three-dimensional diabetic macular edema thickness maps based on fluid segmentation and fovea detection using deep learning.

Aim: To explore a more accurate quantifying diagnosis method of diabetic macular edema (DME) by displaying detailed 3D morphometry beyond the gold-standard quantification indicator-central retinal thickness (CRT) and apply it in follow-up of DME patients.

Methods: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans of 229 eyes from 160 patients were collected. We manually annotated cystoid macular edema (CME), subretinal fluid (SRF) and fovea as ground truths.

Rational drug design of indazole-based diarylurea derivatives as anticancer agents.

A series of novel indazole-based diarylurea derivatives targeting c-kit were designed by structure-based drug design. The derivatives were prepared, and their antiproliferative activities were evaluated against human colon cancer HCT-116 cell line and hepatocellular carcinoma PLC/PRF/5 cell line. The antiproliferative activities demonstrated that six of nine compounds exhibited comparable activities with sorafenib against HCT-116.

First total syntheses and antimicrobial evaluation of penicimonoterpene, a marine-derived monoterpenoid, and its various derivatives.

The first total synthesis of marine-derived penicimonoterpene (±)-1 has been achieved in four steps from 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one using a Reformatsky reaction as the key step to construct the basic carbon skeleton. A total of 24 new derivatives of 1 have also been designed and synthesized. Their structures were characterized by analysis of their 1H NMR, 13C NMR and HRESIMS data.

Benzbromarone, an old uricosuric drug, inhibits human fatty acid binding protein 4 in vitro and lowers the blood glucose level in db/db mice.

Aim: Fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) plays an important role in maintaining glucose and lipid homeostasis. The aim of this study was to find new inhibitors of FABP4 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Human FABP4 protein was expressed, and its inhibitors were detected in 1,8-ANS displacement assay.