Publications by authors named "Jianpeng Wei"

Objective: Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) is a promising modality for neuromodulation. Microglia are the resident immune cells in the brain and their mobility is critical for maintaining brain homeostasis and alleviating neuroimmune pathologies. However, it is unclear whether and how LIPUS modulates microglial migration in physiological conditions.

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Liposomal doxorubicin exhibits stronger drug accumulation at the tumor site due to the Enhanced Permeability and Retention (EPR) effect. However, the prognosis for the patient is poor due to this drug's lack of targeting and tumor metastasis during treatment. Vascular epidermal growth factor receptor (VEGFR2) plays an important role in angiogenesis and cancer metastasis.

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Recently, emerging evidence has demonstrated that cavitation actually creates important bidirectional channels on biological barriers for both intratumoral drug delivery and extratumoral biomarker release. To promote the barrier-breaking effects of cavitation for both therapy and diagnosis, we first reviewed recent technical advances of ultrasound and its contrast agents (microbubbles, nanodroplets, and gas-stabilizing nanoparticles) and then reported the newly-revealed cavitation physical details. In particular, we summarized five types of cellular responses of cavitation in breaking the plasma membrane (membrane retraction, sonoporation, endocytosis/exocytosis, blebbing and apoptosis) and compared the vascular cavitation effects of three different types of ultrasound contrast agents in breaking the blood-tumor barrier and tumor microenvironment.

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Skin disruptions of micrometer- or submillimeter-diameter generated by microneedle or laser ablation can be used for intradermal vaccination. Here, we report a new skin-disruption method that uses highly-focused ultrasound to controllably perforate murine skin. We showed that programming of ultrasound parameters varied skin perforation area from 0.

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An efficient and practical thiocarbonyl surrogate via combination of sulfur and chloroform has been developed. A variety of thiocarbamides and oxazolidinethiones have been established, including chiral thiourea catalysts and chiral oxazolidinethione auxiliaries with high selectivity. Meanwhile, pesticides Diafenthiuron (an acaricide), ANTU (a rodenticide), and Chloromethiuron (an insecticide) were practically synthesized through this method in gram scale.

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A sulfur-iodine exchange protocol of diaryliodonium salts with inorganic sulfur salt was developed. Both aryl groups in the diaryliodonium salt were fully exerted in this transformation. Five- to eight-membered sulfur-containing heterocycles were achieved.

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An efficient aqueous synthesis of thioamides through aldehydes, sodium sulfide, and N-substituted formamides has been developed. Both alkyl and aryl aldehydes are amenable to this protocol. N-Substituted formamides are essential for this transformation.

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Detailed research is carried out to ascertain the inhibitory effect of waste glass powder (WGP) on alkali-silica reaction (ASR) expansion induced by waste glass aggregate in this paper. The alkali reactivity of waste glass aggregate is examined by two methods in accordance with the China Test Code SL352-2006. The potential of WGP to control the ASR expansion is determined in terms of mean diameter, specific surface area, content of WGP and curing temperature.

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A Pd-catalyzed efficient reductive cross-coupling reaction without metallic reductant to construct a Csp(2) -Csp(3) bond has been reported. A Pd(IV) complex was proposed to be a key intermediate, which subsequently went through double oxidative addition and double reductive elimination to produce the cross-coupling products by involving Pd(0/II/IV) in one transformation. The oxidative addition from Pd(II) to Pd(IV) was partially demonstrated to be a radical process by self-oxidation of substrate without additional oxidants.

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The Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl halides, alkyl halides, and Na2S2O3·5H2O to deliver aromatic thioethers is described. Pyridine, furan, thiophene, benzofuran, benzoxazole, benzothiophene, benzothiazole, and pyrazine are all amenable to this protocol. The odorless and stable solid Na2S2O3·5H2O was used as a convenient and environmentally friendly source of sulfur.

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A novel Pd-catalyzed double C-S bond formation coupling reaction has been developed. This protocol, in which Na2S2O3 was used as sulfurating reagent in metal-catalyzed reactions, provides an efficient method for the synthesis of substituted 1,4-benzothiazine derivates, which are structural elements of numerous bioactivity molecules rendering this protocol attractive to both synthetic and medicinal chemistry.

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