Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-sized, membranous structures secreted by cells into the extracellular space, have attracted considerable attention in the field of biosciences for their role in intercellular communication in various physiological and pathological processes. Their ubiquitous presence in bodily fluids and cell-specific characteristics make them promising candidates as biomarkers. Additionally, their ability to transport biological therapeutics across different biological barriers to specific target cells underscores their significant translational potential for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
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February 2025
This study tested the efficacy of xenomonitoring using contaminated flies and cockroaches at ports in Shenzhen by analysing sample data from imported flies and cockroaches from October 2023 to April 2024 to identify the pathogens they carried. Among all the samples of flies and cockroaches collected, and accounted for the highest proportion, 27.59% and 66.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have been reported as successful for preventing doxorubicin (DOX) -induced cardiotoxicity (DIC), but the underlying mechanisms are elusive. This study aimed to determine whether canagliflozin, an SGLT2i, protects against DIC by regulation of autophagic flux in cardiomyocytes through a mechanism independent of SGLT2. The differentially expressed autophagy-related genes (ARGs) in DIC were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe field of gene therapy using Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector delivery is rapidly advancing in the biotherapeutics industry. Despite its successes, AAV manufacturing remains a challenge due to limited production yields. The triple plasmid transfection of HEK293 cells represents the most extensively utilized system for AAV production.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Obstet Anesth
November 2024
Background: Disparities in pain sensitivity and tolerance have been described, however little is known about variability in the experience of labor pain and childbirth in China.
Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Xinjiang, China with two major ethnic groups: Han and Uyghur women. Women with a vaginal delivery with labor epidural analgesia were enrolled.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
August 2024
Although a dust-repellent surface is desirable for lunar exploration missions, its fabrication process is complicated and time-consuming. Herein, we report a simple and fast method to fabricate a lunar dust-repellent surface by texturing on an Al substrate via nanosecond laser etching. The laser-induced photothermal effect can rapidly create hierarchical papillary structures on 25 × 25 mm Al substrates (within 30 s).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR) is an alternative therapeutic approach in patients with refractory heart failure (HF), but residual remodeling after SVR limits the improvement of HF. Recently, we reported that SVR may act as an environmental cue to reactivate endogenous proliferation of cardiomyocytes; however, it is unclear whether enhancing endogenous cardiomyocyte regeneration further improves HF after SVR.
Objectives: We aimed to explore whether circular RNAs (circRNAs) would involved in SVR and their mechanisms.
Post-surgical treatments of the human throat often require continuous monitoring of diverse vital and muscle activities. However, wireless, continuous monitoring and analysis of these activities directly from the throat skin have not been developed. Here, we report the design and validation of a fully integrated standalone stretchable device platform that provides wireless measurements and machine learning-based analysis of diverse vibrations and muscle electrical activities from the throat.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComputational protein design has been demonstrated to be the most powerful tool in the last few years among protein designing and repacking tasks. In practice, these two tasks are strongly related but often treated separately. Besides, state-of-the-art deep-learning-based methods cannot provide interpretability from an energy perspective, affecting the accuracy of the design.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBoronic acid (or ester) is a well-known temporary masking group for developing anticancer prodrugs responsive to tumoral reactive oxygen species (ROS), but their clinic application is largely hampered by the low activation efficiency. Herein, we report a robust photoactivation approach that can spatiotemporally convert boronic acid-caged iridium(III) complex into bioactive under hypoxic tumor microenvironments. Mechanistic studies show that the phenyl boronic acid moiety in is in equilibrium with phenyl boronate anion that can be photo-oxidized to generate phenyl radical, a highly reactive species that is capable of rapidly capturing O at extremely low concentrations (down to 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The National Remote Emergency System for Malignant Hyperthermia (MH-NRES) is an applet in China, designed to help anesthesiologists manage MH crisis. However, there is limited information about encountered difficulties in dealing with MH among Chinese anesthesiologists. The purpose of the study was to explore the current competency and encountered difficulties in the management of MH, as a key first step for assessing the potential user needs to develop the MH-NRES.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaccines (Basel)
November 2022
The production efficiency of a cell substrate directly affects the yield of target products such as viruses, while its density is mainly regulated by the type of culture medium and culture conditions. In this study, Vero cells were used as model cells for systematic medium screening, and a high-efficiency medium for biological drug production was identified. Through the results of cell proliferation by a cell counting kit (CCK)-8 assay, 5-Ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine(EdU) assay, real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and Western blotting, we found that adding an appropriate amount of vitamin B to the conventional basic medium can significantly improve and maintain the high-density growth of Vero cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Severe heart failure refractory to conventional therapy requires alternative treatment modalities. Surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR) has been used to reverse cardiac remodeling in post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients with large left ventricular (LV) aneurysm, however, residual LV remodeling and dysfunction remain postoperatively. It is unclear whether SVR recovers response to drug treatment and whether the sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor dapagliflozin (DAPA) reverses residual LV remodeling after SVR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Inadvertent intraoperative hypothermia (IIH) is generally associated with several postoperative complications. Inspite of the existing guidelines, the global incidence of IIH remains unacceptably high. Understanding the conditions that influence temperature management is critical for developing future interventions to improve the postoperative patient outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: There is an enormous imbalance between the rapid development of day surgery and the current conventional medical services. Hence, an effective day surgery management mode should be developed that can be used to constantly follow up on patients both preoperatively and postoperatively. In this study, WeChat was chosen as the platform.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We previously reported a phenomenon called exercise hypertrophic preconditioning (EHP), the underlying mechanisms of which need further clarification.
Objectives: We aimed to investigate whether circular RNAs (circRNAs) are involved in EHP.
Methods: CircRNA sequencing of myocardial tissue was performed in male C57BL/6 mice with EHP and sedentary.
Large ventricular aneurysm secondary to myocardial infarction (MI) results in severe heart failure (HF) and limits the effectiveness of regeneration therapy, which can be improved by surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR). However, the conventional SVR procedures do not yield optimal long-term outcome in post-MI rodents. We hypothesized that a modified SVR procedure without aggressive purse string suture would persistently alleviate HF and improve cardiac regeneration in post-MI mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Cardiovasc Med
December 2021
Recent research has suggested that cardiac regeneration may have the widely applicable potential of treating heart failure (HF). A comprehensive understanding of the development status of this field is conducive to its development. However, no bibliometric analysis has summarized this field properly.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle
February 2022
Background: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a novel class of non-coding RNAs formed by a covalently closed loop and play crucial roles in many biological processes. Several circRNAs associated with myogenesis have been reported. However, the dynamic expression, function, and mechanism of circRNAs during myogenesis and skeletal muscle development are largely unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNatural and artificial directional selections have resulted in significantly genetic and phenotypic differences across breeds in domestic animals. However, the molecular regulation of skeletal muscle diversity remains largely unknown. Here, we conducted transcriptome profiling of skeletal muscle across 27 time points, and performed whole-genome re-sequencing in Landrace (lean-type) and Tongcheng (obese-type) pigs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRNA editing generates genetic diversity in mammals by altering amino acid sequences, miRNA targeting site sequences, influencing the stability of targeted RNAs, and causing changes in gene expression. However, the extent to which RNA editing affect gene expression via modifying miRNA binding site remains unexplored. Here, we first profiled the dynamic A-to-I RNA editome across tissues of Duroc and Luchuan pigs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCircular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a class of covalently closed single-stranded RNA molecules that are emerging as essential regulators of various biological processes. The circRNA originates from exon 2 of the gene in mice and was reported to be involved in acute promyelocytic leukemia and myocardial injury. However, the functions and mechanisms of in myogenesis are largely unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNucleic Acids Res
February 2021
DNA methylation is important for the epigenetic regulation of gene expression and plays a critical role in mammalian development. However, the dynamic regulation of genome-wide DNA methylation in skeletal muscle development remains largely unknown. Here, we generated the first single-base resolution DNA methylome and transcriptome maps of porcine skeletal muscle across 27 developmental stages.
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