Development of a Monocyte Activation Test for Evaluating Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine: A Novel Approach for Pyrogen Assessment.

Background: Injectable products, particularly human vaccines, must be free from fever-inducing agents and thoroughly tested for pyrogens as part of a quality control. Consequently, manufacturing facilities are required to conduct appropriate pyrogen tests per pharmacopeial standards. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the MAT in quantifying pyrogenic content in the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine.

Role of Small Non-Coding RNA in Gram-Negative Bacteria: New Insights and Comprehensive Review of Mechanisms, Functions, and Potential Applications.

Small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs) are a key part of gene expression regulation in bacteria. Many physiologic activities like adaptation to environmental stresses, antibiotic resistance, quorum sensing, and modulation of the host immune response are regulated directly or indirectly by sRNAs in Gram-negative bacteria. Therefore, sRNAs can be considered as potentially useful therapeutic options.

Highly efficient strategy of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) decontamination from rHBsAg: synergistic effect of enhanced magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) as an LPS affinity adsorbent (LAA) and surfactant as a dissociation factor.

The interaction of lipopolysaccharide with a recombinant protein is a serious bottleneck, particularly in the purification step of bioprocessing. Recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen (rHBsAg), the active ingredient of the hepatitis B vaccine, is probably contaminated by extrinsic LPS like other biopharmaceuticals. This research intends to eliminate LPS from its mixture with rHBsAg efficiently.

Computational modelling of the therapeutic outputs of photodynamic therapy on spheroid-on-chip models.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical radio chemotherapeutic method that uses light, photosensitizing agents, and oxygen to produce cytotoxic compounds, which eliminate malignant cells. Recently, Microfluidic systems have been used to analyse photosensitizers (PSs) due to their potential to replicate in vivo environments. While prior studies have established a strong correlation between reacted singlet oxygen concentration and PDT-induced cellular death, the effects that the ambient fluid flow might have on the concentration of oxygen and PS have been disregarded in many, which limits the reliability of the results.

Nighttime Blood Pressure Abnormalities in Iranian CKD Patients: Necessity to Perform Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring.

Introduction: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a valuable tool for detecting abnormalities in nighttime blood pressure (BP), including non-dipping and nighttime hypertension. These abnormalities are independent predictors of a poor prognosis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of our study  was to analyze ABPM data and evaluate nighttime BP abnormalities in an Iranian CKD population.