Dystrophin is a critical interacting protein of Nav1.5 that determines its membrane anchoring in cardiomyocytes. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in the regulation of cardiac ion channels, while their influence on sodium channels remains unexplored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe management of rural waste, particularly agri-food waste, poses a major challenge to the ecosystem health. This study investigated the efficacy of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens L., BSFL) bioconversion for agri-food waste under independent treatment or co-treatment strategies using chicken manure and food waste as a model system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Endometrial cancer (EC) is a prevalent malignancy affecting the female population, with an increasing incidence among younger age groups. DNA methylation, a common epigenetic modification, is well-established to play a key role in cancer progression. We suspected whether DNA methylation could be used as biomarkers for EC prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReuse of sewage sludge is a general trend and land application is an essential way to reuse sludge. The outbreak of coronavirus disease has raised concerns about human pathogens and their serious threat to public health. The risk of pathogenic bacterial contamination from land application of municipal sludge has not been well assessed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInterleukin-17A (IL-17), a potent proinflammatory cytokine, has been shown to participate in cardiac electrical disorders. Diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor for ventricular arrhythmia. In this study, we investigated the role of IL-17 in ventricular arrhythmia of diabetic mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLimited therapeutic interventions are clinically available for treating aggressive endometrial cancer (EC). Therefore, effective therapies are urgently required. Therefore, the present study investigated the role of ∆-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is reported to impact proliferative and migratory activities during impairment of cancer progression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRegions with high electrical conductivities in subduction zones have attracted a great deal of attention. Determining the exact origin of these anomalies could provide critical information about the water storage and cycling processes during subduction. Antigorite is the most important hydrous mineral within deep subduction zones.
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