Health outcomes of electronic cigarettes.

The usage of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) sparked an outbreak of unidentified vaping-related lung disease in the US during late 2019. With e-cigarettes becoming more and more popular, smokers have more options other than conventional cigarettes. Under these circumstances, a comprehensive evaluation of the general safety of new tobacco and tobacco-related products, represented by e-cigarettes, to human health is necessary.

A population-based study of Helicobacter pylori: Does asymptomatic infection mean no gastroscopic lesions?

Objectives: We determined the common clinical characteristics of patients infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and investigated the relationship between H. pylori infection, and clinical symptoms, and gastroscopic manifestations.

Enhanced Charge Balance for Efficient Electroluminescence from Cesium Copper Halides.

Cesium copper halides have the advantages of high photoluminescence quantum efficiency and good stability, making them attractive for replacing toxic lead halides in the field of perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs). However, due to their shallow conduction band and the lack of electron transport layers compatible with it, it remains a great challenge to achieve charge balance in LED devices. This drawback manifests as the accumulation of holes at the interface between the emitting layer and electron transport layer, resulting in nonradiative recombination.

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided intraportal injection of autologous bone marrow in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis: A case series.

Background: Recently, stem cell therapy has been extensively studied as a promising treatment for decompensated liver cirrhosis (DLC). Technological advances in endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) have facilitated EUS-guided portal vein (PV) access, through which stem cells can be precisely infused.

Aim: To investigate the feasibility and safety of fresh autologous bone marrow injection into the PV under EUS guidance in patients with DLC.

Analysis of living habit risk factors for esophageal cancer in central China: A bi-center case-control study.

Background: Esophageal cancer remains a public health problem in many countries, especially developing countries. The early lifestyle preventive measures mentioned in the treatment guidelines for esophageal cancer are very limited. We aimed to evaluate the risk factors for esophageal cancer in a high-incidence area in China and to provide evidence for clinical intervention in esophageal cancer prevention.

Treatment of obstructive jaundice induced by non-hodgkin lymphoma with EUS-guided transgastric anterograde common bile duct stenting: Technical case report and literature review.

Background: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a rare cause of biliary obstruction. The optimum treatment for these patients is unclear. Lymphoma-associated obstructive jaundice is generally managed with open surgery, Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), or Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.

Sub-Bandgap-Voltage Electroluminescence of Light-Emitting Diodes.

Sub-bandgap-voltage electroluminescence (EL) has been frequently reported in quantum dot, organic, and perovskite light-emitting diodes. Due to the complex physical process across devices, the underlying mechanism is still under intensive debate. Here, based on thermodynamics, we offer an orthodox explanation of sub-bandgap-voltage EL and discuss the applicability of the previously proposed models.

Therapeutic effect of fecal microbiota transplantation on chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression.

Background And Objective: Depression is a complex neuropsychiatric disease with extensive morbidity. Its pathogenesis remains unclear, and it is associated with extremely low rates of cure and complete remission. It is vital to study the pathogenesis of depression to develop effective treatments.

Curcumin improves the function of umbilical vein endothelial cells by inhibiting HO‑induced pyroptosis.

Endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction is one of the initiating factors of atherosclerosis. EC dysfunction is primarily caused by oxidative damage and inflammation. As a classic non‑specific antioxidant and anti‑inflammatory drug, curcumin has been widely used in studies of lipid metabolism disorders.

High-security OCDM-PON system of 7-core fiber based on CFCM encryption.

In this paper, we propose a high-security orthogonal chirped division multiplexing passive optical network (OCDM-PON) based on three-dimensional (3D) encryption, including the encryption of bitstream, constellation, and subcarriers. Cascaded fractional-order chaotic mapping (CFCM) is used to generate three masking factors to achieve ultra-high-security encryption in three different dimensions. Logistic mapping is used to control the order of the scheme, which effectively increases the key space to 10 and improves the security performance of the system.

A Ferroptosis-Related lncRNAs Signature Predicts Prognosis and Therapeutic Response of Gastric Cancer.

Accumulating literature demonstrates that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in ferroptosis and gastric cancer progression. However, the predictive value of ferroptosis-related lncRNAs for prognosis and therapeutic response is yet to be elucidated in gastric cancer (GC). The transcriptomic data and corresponding clinical information of GC patients were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database.

Expression of Ferroptosis-Related Genes Shapes Tumor Microenvironment and Pharmacological Profile in Gastric Cancer.

Ferroptosis is a form of regulated cell death that occurs as a consequence of lethal lipid peroxidation. A wealth of studies has demonstrated that ferroptosis profoundly modulated numerous biological behaviors of tumor. However, its natural functions in gastric cancer (GC) remain to be explored.

Construction and preservation of a stable and highly expressed recombinant Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin A with apoptotic activity.

Background: H. pylori is closely related to the occurrence and development of various digestive gastritis, peptic ulcer and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. H.

Lifestyle intervention for gastroesophageal reflux disease: a national multicenter survey of lifestyle factor effects on gastroesophageal reflux disease in China.

Background: Poor habits can worsen gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and reduce treatment efficacy. Few large-scale studies have examined lifestyle influences, particularly eating habits, on GERD in China, and research related to eating quickly, hyperphagia, and eating hot foods is quite limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between GERD pathogenesis and lifestyle factors to produce useful information for the development of a clinical reference guide through a national multicenter survey in China.

[Efficacy of bismuth containing quadruple therapies on Helicobacter pylori eradication in patients with history of antibiotic treatment].

To investigate the efficacy of bismuth containing quadruple therapies on Helicobacter pylori (Hp) eradication in patients with history of antibiotic treatment. 
 Methods: Hp infected patients (n=327) were allocated into 3 groups. Group A (n=52), patients had no antibiotic history and they took medicine of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and livzon triple (clarithromycin, tinidazole, and bismuth); group B (n=80), patients had the antibiotic history except for amoxicillin and clarithromycin, and they were treated with PPI, amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and bismuth; group C (n=195), patients suffered failures of Hp therapy or with history of antibiotic abuse, and they were treated with PPI, doxycycline, furazolidone, and bismuth.

CagA promotes proliferation and inhibits apoptosis of GES-1 cells by upregulating TRAF1/4-1BB.

Cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) is one of the most important virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori, and serves a role in H. pylori‑mediated tumorigenesis in gastric cancer. However, the underlying molecular mechanism remains to be elucidated.

Selective Metal-Free Deoxygenation of Unsymmetrical 1,2-Dicarbonyl Compounds by Chlorotrimethylsilane and Sodium Iodide.

For the first time, the combination of chlorotrimethylsilane with NaI is used as a selective reducting system toward 1,2-diketones. This combination is successfully evaluated with several unsymmetrically benzil derivatives, which are reduced in good yields and with a total α-regioselectivity at room temperature. Identification of benzoin intermediates is achieved, and a mechanistic radical process is proposed.

Association of structural modifications with bioactivity in three new copper(II) complexes of Schiff base ligands derived from 5-chlorosalicylaldehyde and amino acids.

Three novel structurally associated copper(II) complexes [Cu(II)(SalCl-Gly)(H2O)2] (1), [Cu(II)(SalCl-Ala)(H2O)] (2) and [Cu(II)(SalCl-Gly)(bipy)]·0.5H2O (3) (SalCl-Gly=5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzylidene-glycine, SalCl-Ala=5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzylidene-alanine, bipy=2,2'-bipyridine) have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography, elemental analysis, IR and fluorescence spectroscopy. Single-crystal diffraction reveals that complex 1 is an infinite 1D zigzag chain in which SalCl-Gly serves as both a chelating and a bridging ligand, while complexes 2 and 3 are mononuclear.