Chromodomain Y-like (CDYL) inhibition ameliorates acute kidney injury in mice by regulating tubular pyroptosis.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common disease, but lacking effective drug treatments. Chromodomain Y-like (CDYL) is a kind of chromodomain protein that has been implicated in transcription regulation of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Benzo[d]oxazol-2(3H)-one derivative (compound D03) is the first potent and selective small-molecule inhibitor of CDYL (K = 0.

Characteristics of dental morphology in the Xinjiang Uyghurs and correlation with the EDARV370A variant.

Teeth are one of the most important materials for anthropological studies because they are likely to be preserved in ancient remains. While the frequencies of dental characteristics can provide clues to the phylogeny of populations, genetic studies at the individual level can further reveal the biological mechanisms and evolutionary context of dental characteristics. In this study, by analyzing 38 dental characteristics of 242 Xinjiang Uyghur individuals, we found that (i) the dental characteristics of the Uyghurs showed evidence of admixture between European and East Asian populations.

A water-soluble, octacationic zinc phthalocyanine as molecular probe for nucleic acid secondary structure.

The interaction between CT-DNA and the zinc phthalocyanine ZnPc (1) was studied by UV/VIS and fluorescence titration, as well as by thermal denaturation. ZnPc was found to strongly bind to CT-DNA (K(app)=7.35 x 10(5) M(-1)) in a non-intercalative mode.

[Influence of some topical antibiotics and FGF2, EGF and rhGH on the biological characteristics of fibroblasts in vitro].

Objective: To investigate the influence of some topically used antibiotics (amikacin, gentamicin, chloromycetin and sulfamylon), basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) , epithelial growth factor (EGF) and recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on the growth of fibroblasts in vitro.

Methods: Fibroblasts were cultured and passaged. The cultured cells were then divided into control (routine culture of fibroblasts), amikacin (amikacin in respective dose of 0.