The impact of ZTE-based MR attenuation correction compared to CT-AC in F-FBPA PET before boron neutron capture therapy.

Tumor-to-normal ratio (T/N) measurement of F-FBPA is crucial for patient eligibility to receive boron neutron capture therapy. This study aims to compare the difference in standard uptake value ratios on brain tumors and normal brains using PET/MR ZTE and atlas-based attenuation correction with the current standard PET/CT attenuation correction. Regarding the normal brain uptake, the difference was not significant between PET/CT and PET/MR attenuation correction methods.

The AHA/ASA and DSM-V diagnostic criteria for vascular cognitive impairment identify cases with predominant vascular pathology.

Background: There are major challenges in determining the etiology of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) clinically, especially in the presence of mixed pathologies, such as vascular and amyloid. Most recently, two criteria (American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V)) have been proposed for the clinical diagnosis of VCI but have not as yet been validated using neuroimaging.

Aims: This study aims to determine whether the AHA/ASA and DSM-V criteria for VCI can distinguish between cases with predominantly vascular pathology and cases with mixed pathology.

The importance of optimal ROIs delineation for FBPA-PET before BNCT.

One of the eligible criteria for patients to receive boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is based on the tumour-to-normal ratio (T/N) measured by FBPA-PET. However, there is no standard protocol for normal region-of-interested delineation. With comparison of contralateral cerebrum, our study revealed the consistency (p < 0.

Identification of up- and down-regulated proteins in doxorubicin-resistant uterine cancer cells: reticulocalbin-1 plays a key role in the development of doxorubicin-associated resistance.

Drug resistance is a frequent cause of failure in cancer chemotherapy treatments. In this study, a pair of uterine sarcoma cancer lines, MES-SA, and doxorubicin-resistant partners, MES-SA/DxR-2μM cells and MES-SA/DxR-8μM cells, as a model system to investigate resistance-dependent proteome alterations and to identify potential therapeutic targets. We used two-dimensional differential gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) to perform this research and the results revealed that doxorubicin-resistance altered the expression of 208 proteins in which 129 identified proteins showed dose-dependent manners in response to the levels of resistance.

Nuclear proteomics with XRCC3 knockdown to reveal the development of doxorubicin-resistant uterine cancer.

The nucleus is a key organelle in mammary cells, which is responsible for several cellular functions including cell proliferation, gene expression, and cell survival. In addition, the nucleus is the primary targets of doxorubicin treatment. In the current study, low-abundance nuclear proteins were enriched for proteomic analysis by using a state-of-the-art two-dimensional differential gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) strategy to compare and identify the nuclear protein profiling changes responsible for the development of doxorubicin resistance in human uterine cancer cells.

Proteomic and redox-proteomic study on the role of glutathione reductase in human lung cancer cells.

Glutathione reductase (GR), a cytosolic protein, plays a vital role in maintaining a correct redox status in cells. However, comprehensive investigations of GR-modulated cellular responses, including protein level alteration and redox regulation, have yet to be performed. In this study, we cultured a human lung adenocarcinoma line transfected with empty pLKO.

Redox-proteomic analysis of doxorubicin resistance-induced altered thiol activity in uterine carcinoma.

Doxorubicin is an anticancer drug used in a wide range of cancer therapies; however, doxorubicin-induced drug resistance is one of the most serious obstacles of cancer chemotherapy. Recent studies have indicated that reduced oxidative stress levels in cancer cells induce drug resistance. However, the redox-modifications of resistance - associated cellular targets are largely unknown.

Effect of high glucose on secreted proteome in cultured retinal pigmented epithelium cells: its possible relevance to clinical diabetic retinopathy.

Retinopathy has been observed in around quarter of diabetic patients. Diabetic retinopathy can result in poor vision and even blindness since high glucose has been evidenced to weaken retinal capillary leading to leakage of blood into the surrounding space. In the present study, a proteomics-based approach has been applied to analyze a model retinal pigmented epithelium cell line, ARPE-19, grown in mannitol-balanced 5.

Placenta proteome analysis from Down syndrome pregnancies for biomarker discovery.

Down syndrome is one of the most frequent chromosomal disorders, with a prevalence of approximately 1/500 to 1/800, depending on the maternal age distribution of the pregnant population. However, few reliable protein biomarkers have been used in the diagnosis of this disease. Recent progress in quantitative proteomics has offered opportunities to discover biomarkers for tracking the progression and for understanding the molecular mechanisms of Down syndrome.

Nortriterpene lactones from the fruits of Schisandra arisanensis.

Fractionation of an acetone extract from the fruits of Schisandra arisanensis afforded five new nortriterpene lactones, compounds 1-5, together with four known compounds, schindilactones D and E (6 and 7) and preschisanartanins A and B (8 and 9). Compound 1, a wuweiziartane-type nortriterpenoid, possesses a new type of fused ring system with a gamma-lactone ring between C-15 and C-17. Compounds 2, 6, and 7 may be categorized as schisanartane-type nortriterpenoids and compounds 3-5, 8, and 9 as preschisanartane-type nortriterpenoids.

Oxygenated lignans from the fruits of Schisandra arisanensis.

An acetone extract of the fruits of the Taiwanese medicinal plant Schisandra arisanensis has yielded 11 new oxygenated lignans. Four of these, named arisantetralones A-D (1-4), possess the aryltetralone skeleton, while the other seven, named arisanschinins F-L (5-11), are polyoxygenated C(18)-dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans. Structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses, especially 2D-NMR techniques.

Simultaneous quantification of glyphosate, glufosinate, and their major metabolites in rice and soybean sprouts by gas chromatography with pulsed flame photometric detector.

Procedures were developed for the simultaneous determination of glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] and glufosinate [dl-homoalanin-4-yl-(methyl)phosphinic acid] and their major metabolites, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) and 3-(methylphosphinico)propionic acid (3-MPPA), in rice and soybean sprouts by gas chromatography (GC) equipped with a pulsed flame photometric detector (PFPD). Herbicides and their major metabolites were previously derivatized with TMOA (trimethyl orthoacetate (TMOA) in the presence of acetic acid, and their GC responses versus heating temperature (70-90 degrees C) and heating time (30-120 min) were optimized. It was found that increases in heating temperature and heating time were unfavorable for the derivatization of glyphosate or glufosinate, whereas high temperature and extended reaction time remarkably facilitated that of AMPA and 3-MPPA except at 90 degrees C for an extended reaction time (120 min).

Assessing normative approaches to communicating violence risk: a national survey of psychologists.

There is growing attention to the importance of violence risk communication, and emerging empirical evidence of how evaluating clinicians who conduct risk assessments communicate their conclusions about the risk of violence toward others. The present study addressed the perceived value of different forms of risk communication through a national survey of practicing psychologists (N = 1,000). Responses were received from a total of 256 participants, who responded to eight vignettes in which three factors relevant to risk communication were systematically varied in a 2 x 2 x 2 within-subjects design, counterbalanced for order: (i) risk model (prediction oriented versus management oriented), (ii) risk level (high risk versus low risk), and (iii) risk factors (static versus dynamic).