Engineered bio-functional material-based nerve guide conduits for optic nerve regeneration: a view from the cellular perspective, challenges and the future outlook.

Nerve injuries can be tantamount to severe impairment, standard treatment such as the use of autograft or surgery comes with complications and confers a shortened relief. The mechanism relevant to the regeneration of the optic nerve seems yet to be fully uncovered. The prevailing rate of vision loss as a result of direct or indirect insult on the optic nerve is alarming.

KAN0438757, a novel PFKFB3 inhibitor, prevent the progression of severe acute pancreatitis via the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway in infiltrated macrophage.

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a non-infectious pancreatic enzyme-induced disorder, a life-threatening inflammatory condition that can cause multi-organ dysfunction, characterized by high morbidity and mortality. Several therapies have been employed to target this disorder; however, few happen to be effectively employable even in the early phase. PFKFB3(6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase-3) is a critical regulator of glycolysis and is upregulated under inflammatory, mitogenic, and hypoxia conditions.

The CuO and AgO co-modified ZnO nanocomposites for promoting wound healing in infection.

Bacterial has become a common pathogen of humans owing to their drug-resistant effects and evasion of the host immune system, with their ability to form biofilm and induce severe infections, a condition which has become a primary public health concern globally. Herein, we report on CuO@AgO/ZnO NPs antibacterial activity enhanced by near-infrared (NIR) light which was effective in the elimination of and the . The CuO@AgO/ZnO NPs under NIR significantly eradicated and its biofilm and , and subsequently exhibited such phenomenon , eliminating bacteria and healing wound.

Multifunctional phototheranostic agent ZnO@Ag for anti-infection through photothermal/photodynamic therapy.

To overcome the limitations of traditional therapeutics, nanotechnology offers a synergistic therapeutic approach for the treatment of bacterial infection and biofilms that has attracted attention. Herein, we report on a ZnO@Ag nanocomposite with good biocompatibility synthesized by doping ZnO NPs with silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). ZnO@Ag nanocomposites were synthesized with varying ratios of Ag NPs (0.

Polydopamine, harness of the antibacterial potentials-A review.

Antibiotic resistance is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality, triggered by the adhesion of microbes and to some extent the formation of biofilms. This condition has been quite challenging in the health and industrial sector. Conditions and processes required to foil these infectious and resistance are of much concern.

Acetylation of late expression factor 4 is crucial for the transcription and proliferation of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus.

Late expression factor 4 (LEF4), RNA polymerase subunit of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV), plays an enzymatic role to enhance the capping of pre-mRNA of late and very late genes. Lysine acetylation is a post-translational modification process having many important functions associated with the regulation of a gene expression. Our previous study on lysine acetylome in BmNPV infected BmN cells showed that LEF 4 was acetylated at lysine 76 (K76).

A Vehicle-Free Antimicrobial Polymer Hybrid Gold Nanoparticle as Synergistically Therapeutic Platforms for Staphylococcus aureus Infected Wound Healing.

Pathogenic bacteria infection is a serious threat to human public health due to the high morbidity and mortality rates. Nano delivery system for delivering antibiotics provides an alternative option to improve the efficiency compared to conventional therapeutic agents. In addition to the drug loading capacity of nanocarriers, which is typically around 10%, further lowers the drug dose that pathological bacteria are exposed to.

Acetylation of nucleopolyhedrovirus P35 is crucial for its anti-apoptotic activity in silkworm, Bombyx mori.

Apoptosis is a characteristic feature of a nucleopolyhedrovirus infected insect cells. This defensive strategy of the insect cells also affects the viral infectivity. On the contrary, the P35 baculovirus apoptosis inhibitor impedes the insect cell apoptosis induced by viral infection.

Genomic Variability and Post-translational Protein Processing Enhance the Immune Evasion of and Its Interaction With the Porcine Immune System.

(, Mhp) is a geographically widespread and economically devastating pathogen that colonizes ciliated epithelium; the infection of Mhp can damnify the mucociliary functions as well as leading to pneumonia of swine (MPS). MPS is a chronic respiratory infectious disease with high infectivity, and the mortality can be increased by secondary infections as the host immunity gets down-regulated during Mhp infection. The host immune responses are regarded as the main driving force for the disease development, while MPS is prone to attack repeatedly in farms even with vaccination or other treatments.

Wnt/-catenin signaling regulates brain-derived neurotrophic factor release from spinal microglia to mediate HIV gp120-induced neuropathic pain.

HIV-associated neuropathic pain (HNP) is a common complication for AIDS patients. The pathological mechanism governing HNP has not been elucidated, and HNP has no effective analgesic treatment. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophic factor family related to the plasticity of the central nervous system.

HN1L is essential for cell growth and survival during nucleopolyhedrovirus infection in silkworm, Bombyx mori.

Hematological and neurological expressed 1-like (HN1L) protein is an evolutionarily conserved protein that plays an important role in embryonic development. It has been reported that HN1L is involved in the process of cell growth and cancer formation and that cell cycle arrest occurs during suppression of HN1L expression. Previous studies have demonstrated that the expression levels of the Bombyx mori HN1L protein were significantly downregulated in Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) infected silkworm cells.

Acetylation of BmAtg8 inhibits starvation-induced autophagy initiation.

Silkworm (Bombyx mori) is not only a model organism for scientific studies, but also a commercial insect for agricultural production. BmAtg8 (a B. mori homolog of yeast Atg8) plays crucial roles in macroautophagy (hereafter referred to autophagy), which is helpful for silkworm metamorphosis.

Quantitative proteomics of Bombyx mori after BmNPV challenge.

The domesticated silkworm is an ideal and economic insect model that plays crucial roles in sericulture and bioreactor. Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is not only an infectious pathogen to B. mori, but also an efficient vector expressing recombinant proteins.