Micromachines (Basel)
August 2024
The continuous worsening of the natural surroundings requires accelerating the exploration of green energy technology. Utilising ambient vibration to power electronic equipment constitutes an important measure to address the power crisis. Vibration power is widely dispersed in the surroundings, such as mechanical vibration, acoustic vibration, wind vibration, and water wave vibration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFH5, H7, and H9 are pivotal avian influenza virus (AIV) subtypes that cause substantial economic losses and pose potential threats to public health worldwide. In this study, a novel triplex fluorescence reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification (TLAMP) assay was developed in which traditional LAMP techniques were combined with probes for detection. Through this innovative approach, H5, H7, and H9 subtypes of AIV can be simultaneously identified and differentiated, thereby offering crucial technical support for prevention and control efforts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUlcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic and progressive inflammatory disease that damages the colonic mucosa and disrupts the intestinal epithelial barrier. The current clinical treatment for UC is mainly chemotherapy, which has the limited effectiveness and severe side effects. It mainly focuses on the treatment of inflammation while neglecting the repair of the intestinal mucosa and the restoration of the microbiota balance.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFWound regeneration with complete functions and skin appendages is still challenging in wound dressing application. Inspired by the efficient wound healing in the fetal environment, we developed a fetal milieu-mimicking hydrogel for accelerating wound healing simultaneously with hair follicle regeneration. To mimic the fetal extracellular matrix (ECM), which contains high content of glycosaminoglycans, hyaluronic acid (HA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) were selected to fabricate hydrogels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe poor prognosis of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) results from a lack of approved targeted therapies coupled with aggressive proliferation and metastasis, which is associated with high recurrence and short overall survival. Here we developed a strategy by employing tumor-targeted self-assembled nanoparticles to coordinately regulate BACH1 (BTB domain and CNC homology 1) and mitochondrial metabolism. The BACH1 inhibitor hemin and mitochondria function inhibitor berberine derivative (BD) were used to prepare nanoparticles (BH NPs) followed by the modification of chondroitin sulfate (CS) on the surface of BH NPs to achieve tumor targeting (CS/BH NPs).
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