Publications by authors named "Kaiwei Chen"

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is known for its poor prognosis and aggressive behavior, being highly prone to recurrence and metastasis, and currently has limited effective treatment options. Photothermal therapy (PTT) is an emerging, minimally invasive, low-drug-resistance, and precisely controllable therapeutic method for cancer treatment, offering hope to break through the bottleneck in TNBC therapy. The antitumor efficiency of PTT is predominantly contingent upon the performance of the photothermal drugs.

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  • * To overcome these issues, researchers developed a new drug delivery system using biomolecular condensates from the amino acid ZP, which enhances the solubility and stability of these drugs in the body.
  • * This innovative approach not only boosts the effectiveness of combined chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments but also reduces harmful side effects, improving overall outcomes for colorectal cancer patients.
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The efficacy of ulcerative colitis (UC) therapy is closely connected to the composition of gut microbiota in the gastrointestinal tract. Prebiotic-based nanoparticles (NPs) provide a more precise approach to alleviate UC via modulating gut microbiota dysbiosis. The present study develops an efficient prebiotic-based colon-targeted drug delivery system (PCDDS) by using prebiotic pectin (Pcn) and chitosan (Csn) polysaccharides as a prebiotic shell, with the anti-inflammatory drug sulfasalazine (SAS) loaded into a poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) core to construct SAS@PLGA-Csn-Pcn NPs.

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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic hepatic disease. The incidence and prevalence of NAFLD have increased greatly in recent years, and there is still a lack of effective drugs. Autophagy plays an important role in promoting liver metabolism and maintaining liver homeostasis, and defects in autophagy levels are considered to be related to the development of NAFLD.

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Effective capture and immobilization of volatile radioiodine from the off-gas of post-treatment plants is crucial for nuclear safety and public health, considering its long half-life, high toxicity, and environmental mobility. Herein, sulfur vacancy-rich Vs-BiS@C nanocomposites were systematically synthesized via a one-step solvothermal vulcanization of CAU-17 precursor. Batch adsorption experiments demonstrated that the as-synthesized materials exhibited superior iodine adsorption capacity (1505.

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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a complex chronic inflammatory disease closely associated with gut homeostasis dysfunction. The previous studies have shown that stachyose, a functional food additive, has the potential to enhance gut health and alleviate UC symptoms. However, the underlying mechanism of its effects remains unknown.

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Strontium-90 (Sr) is a major radioactive component that has attracted great attention, but its detection remains challenging since there are no specific energy rays indicative of its presence. Herein, a biosensor that is capable of rapidly detecting Sr ions is demonstrated. Simple colorimetric method for sensitive detection of Sr with the help of single-stranded DNA was developed by preparing MnO nanorods as oxidase mimic catalysis 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB).

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Adsorption is considered to be one of the most effective methods to remove radioiodine from the solution. However, developing highly efficient adsorbents and the rapid recovery of the used adsorbents is still a challenge. Here, a series of Cu/FeO bimetallic mutual-doping magnetic aerogels (Cu/FeO-BMMA) were synthesized.

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Background: In Taiwan, breast cancer patients usually take conventional medicine and traditional Chinese medicine simultaneously. The utilization of traditional Chinese medicine among breast cancer patients at various stages has not been examined. This study aims to compare the intention of utilization and experience toward traditional Chinese medicine among early- and late-stage breast cancer patients.

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  • * The proposed solution involves using Ag@Cu-based Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) created by adding silver to a copper framework, showing promising results in lab tests.
  • * Results indicated that the best performing material (5% Ag@Cu-C) captured a significant amount of iodide ions, and the process involves chemical reactions that enhance the adsorption capability of the materials.
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Hydrogen sulfide (H S)-based mitochondrial bioenergetic intervention is an attractive therapeutic modality. However, its therapeutic efficacy is limited owing to metabolic plasticity, which allows tumors to shift their metabolic phenotype between oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis for energy compensation. To overcome this flexibility, a glycopolymer containing a caged H S and hydrogen peroxide (H O ) dual-donor (1-thio-β-D-glucose [thioglucose]) is synthesized to wrap glucose oxidase (GOx) for complete depletion of tumorigenic energy sources.

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Cu-based functional materials are excellent candidates for the elimination of iodine anions. However, the low utilization rate of Cu and its unsatisfactory adsorption performance limit its large-scale practical applications. This paper proposes a co-gelation method to obtain Cu/AlO aerogels with a high specific area (537 m/g).

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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Its etiology is unclear. Much evidence suggests that the death of abnormal intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) leads to intestinal barrier disruption, and the subsequent inflammatory response plays a vital role in UC.

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Background: Although the impact of hepatic androgen receptor (AR) pathway on liver pathogenesis was documented, its physiological function in normal liver is remained unclear. This study aims to investigate if hepatic AR acts on metabolism, the major liver function, using a hepatic-specific AR-transgenic (H-ARTG) mouse model.

Methods: We established the albumin promoter driven H-ARTG mice and included wild type (WT) and H-ARKO mice for study.

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Viral infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is often associated with blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption. Mammals have developed complicated and efficient immune strategies to protect the BBB. However, the immune defense of brain and BBB permeability changes are not well-understood in teleost during virus invading.

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Despite the rising natural and vaccines mediated immunity, several countries have experienced a resurgence of the Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) due to the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants. From Alpha to Omicron, the variants of concern (VOC) have evolved several spike protein mutations that may have an impact on virus characteristics, such as transmissibility and antigenicity. In this review, we describe the evolution of SARS-CoV-2, summarize current knowledge of epidemiological and clinical features of the variants, and discuss the response strategies in terms of vaccines to reduce the burden of COVID-19.

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Oral drug delivery systems (ODDSs) have various advantages of simple operation and few side effects. ODDSs are highly desirable for colon-targeted therapy (e.g.

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A new two-step one-pot aminobromination/chlorination of carbonyl alkynes has been achieved a Michael addition of aliphatic secondary amines and subsequent β-bromination/chlorination of the obtained enamines to afford various α-X (X = Br or Cl) enamino ketones/esters in moderate to good yields. A solvent-controllable protocol has been developed to produce versatile 3-(2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl)acrylates in moderate yields by using toluene as the solvent and chain alkyl propiolates as alkynyl substrates.

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The carboxylate-functionalized passion fruit peel (PFPCS) was an efficient and rapid biosorbent for wastewater treatment. The PFPCS exhibited excellent selectivity to the cationic dyes, where the maximum adsorption capacities for methylene blue (MB) and methyl violet (MV) were 1,775.76 mg g and 3,756.

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As an important biomass resource, agricultural waste is of great significance to improve the application value. In this study, the yellow passion fruit peel (Y-PFP) was used as a biosorbent to remove cationic dyes (methylene blue (MB) and methyl violet (MV)) by the simple treatment process. And the effects of pH, contact time, initial dye concentration, ionic strength, and temperature on the adsorption performance of Y-PFP were studied.

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Toll-like receptors play significant roles in defensing against pathogen invasion. In this study, TLR4 and TRIL from Yellow catfish Tachysurus fulvidraco (Tf), were identified and characterized. The open reading frames of the Tf_TLR4 and Tf_TRIL genes were 2466 bp and 1827 bp in length, encoding 821 and 608 amino acids, respectively.

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Background: The tumor suppressor role of tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI-2) has been reported in various tumors. The present study aimed to improve the understanding of the oncogenic properties of TFPI-2 in gastric cancer.

Methods: Relative expression of TFPI-2 was determined by a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and western blotting, respectively.

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The present study was conducted to evaluate the influence of Glycyrrhiza uralensis (G. uralensis) extracts on the growth performance, histological structure, immune response and disease resistance against Flavobacterium columnare (F. columnare) of yellow catfish.

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