Different Treatments on the Physicochemical Properties and Volatile Components of Tea Wine During Storage Period.

Tea wine has garnered significant attention due to its unique fusion of tea and wine flavors, as well as its alleged health benefits. This study aimed to investigate the effects of various treatments on the physicochemical properties of tea wine, including viable cell counts, pH, acidity, total ester content, tea polyphenol content, and volatile flavoring substances during the storage period. The findings indicated that tea wine subjected to low-temperature plasma (LTPS) treatment exhibited superior quality maintenance and an enhanced tea polyphenol content compared to untreated, UV-treated, and HTHP-treated tea wine.

TFAP2A is involved in neuropathic pain by regulating Grin1 expression in glial cells of the dorsal root ganglion.

Neuropathic pain is a highly prevalent and refractory condition, yet its mechanism remains poorly understood. While NR1, the essential subunit of NMDA receptors, has long been recognized for its pivotal role in nociceptive transmission, its involvement in presynaptic stimulation is incompletely elucidated. Transcription factors can regulate the expression of both pro-nociceptive and analgesic factors.

Identification and Validation of a Novel Anoikis-Related Gene Signature for Predicting Survival in Patients With Serous Ovarian Cancer.

Background: Ovarian cancer is an extremely deadly gynecological malignancy, with a 5-year survival rate below 30%. Among the different histological subtypes, serous ovarian cancer (SOC) is the most common. Anoikis significantly contributes to the progression of ovarian cancer.

The effect of emotion regulation on empathic ability in Chinese nursing students: The parallel mediating role of emotional intelligence and self-consistency congruence.

Aim: This study aims to explore the influence of emotion regulation on empathic ability among undergraduate nursing students, as well as the mediating role of emotional intelligence and self-consistency congruence.

Design: A cross-sectional study was employed to examine the relationship between the emotion regulation and empathic ability in Chinese nursing students.

Methods: A total of 761 undergraduate nursing students were surveyed using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Chinese version), the Gross Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Wang and Law's Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Self-Harmony Scale.

Nerve Injury-Induced γH2AX Reduction in Primary Sensory Neurons Is Involved in Neuropathic Pain Processing.

Phosphorylation of the serine 139 of the histone variant H2AX (γH2AX) is a DNA damage marker that regulates DNA damage response and various diseases. However, whether γH2AX is involved in neuropathic pain is still unclear. We found the expression of γH2AX and H2AX decreased in mice dorsal root ganglion (DRG) after spared nerve injury (SNI).

Dissecting the roles and clinical potential of YY1 in the tumor microenvironment.

Yin-Yang 1 (YY1) is a member of the GLI-Kruppel family of zinc finger proteins and plays a vital dual biological role in cancer as an oncogene or a tumor suppressor during tumorigenesis and tumor progression. The tumor microenvironment (TME) is identified as the "soil" of tumor that has a critical role in both tumor growth and metastasis. Many studies have found that YY1 is closely related to the remodeling and regulation of the TME.

Introducing High Density of Very Active Sites and Stepwise Postmodification for Tailoring the Porosity of Highly Demanding Cr-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks.

Chromium(III)-based metal-organic frameworks (Cr-MOFs) are highly robust and porous and have been very attractive in a wide range of investigations. However, the harsh direct synthetic conditions not only impede the synthesis of new Cr-MOFs but also restrict the introduction of functional groups into them. Postsynthetic modification has somewhat alleviated such difficulties; nevertheless, it still suffered from procedures that are tedious and conditions that are not mild, which often result in low concentration of the functional groups introduced.

Gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels functionalized with endothelin-1 for angiogenesis and full-thickness wound healing.

Natural polymer hydrogels are widely used as wound dressings, but they do not have enough bioactivity to accelerate angiogenesis and re-epithelialization. Herein, a therapeutic system was firstly constructed in which endothelin-1 (ET-1), as an endogenous vasoconstrictor peptide, was embedded in a photo-crosslinking gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogel for full-thickness wound healing. The multifunctional GelMA-ET-1 hydrogels contained the arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) motifs of gelatin that provided adhesive sites for cell proliferation and migration.

Forward osmosis membranes for high-efficiency desalination with Nano-MoS composite substrates.

Attractive membranes are critical for improving efficiencies of forward osmosis (FO) desalination process. In this study, a novel FO-PES-MoS thin film composite (TFC) membrane was assembled using the phase transfer method through merging MoS nanosheets into substrate casting solution. A sequence of characterization techniques was applied to test microstructures and physicochemical properties of the membranes and modification mechanisms based on MoS concentrations.

Effects of debranching and repeated heat-moisture treatments on structure, physicochemical properties and in vitro digestibility of wheat starch.

In this study, wheat starch (WS) was firstly debranched with pullulanase (PUL) and then subjected to repeated heat-moisture treatments (RHMT). The effects of PUL and RHMT on the structure, physicochemical properties and in vitro digestibility of WS were investigated. The proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy confirmed that the ratio of α-1,6 glycosidic linkage decreased.

Membrane biofouling retardation by zwitterionic peptide and its impact on the bacterial adhesion.

Nanofiltration polyamide membranes naturally tend towards biofouling, due to their surface physicochemistries. Nisin, a type of short cationic amphiphilic peptide with antimicrobial properties, has been recognized as a safe antimicrobial for food biopreservation and biomedical applications. This study investigates the impact of nisin on the initial bacterial attachment to membranes, its anti-biofouling properties, and characterizes a non-monotonic correlation between nisin concentration and biofilm inhibition.

Effects of cross-linking with sodium trimetaphosphate on structural and adsorptive properties of porous wheat starches.

In this study, effect of cross-linking with 4% sodium trimetaphosphate on the structural and adsorptive properties of porous wheat starches was investigated. The results showed that the cross-linked porous starches (CLPS) exhibited lower solubility, swelling power and ordered structure but higher thermal stability compared with the corresponding porous starches (PS). Cross-linking led to the formation of more dense holes on the surfaces of PS, as observed by SEM.

Effects of the combination of repeated heat-moisture treatment and compound enzymes hydrolysis on the structural and physicochemical properties of porous wheat starch.

Effects of the combination of repeated heat-moisture treatment for two times (2-HMT) and compound enzymes hydrolysis on structural and physicochemical properties of porous wheat starches were investigated. The dual-modification resulted in the formation of more pores on the surface of native starches, as revealed by SEM. Compared with single-modified starch samples, the porous starch samples treated by dual-modification exhibited higher gelatinization temperature, lower gelatinization enthalpy and higher crystallinity, as determined by DSC, FT-IR and XRD.

Effects of heat-moisture treatment after citric acid esterification on structural properties and digestibility of wheat starch, A- and B-type starch granules.

In this study, wheat starch, A- and B-type starch granules were firstly treated with citric acid (CT) and then subjected to heat-moisture treatment (HMT). The maximum thermo-stable resistant starch (RS) contents reached 71.52%, 71.

Effects of glutenin and gliadin modified by protein-glutaminase on pasting, rheological properties and microstructure of potato starch.

Glutenin and gliadin were treated with protein-glutaminase in order to obtain soluble glutenin (PG-Glu) and gliadin (PG-Gli). PG-Glu or PG-Gli was added to potato starch at various concentrations (0.5%, 1.