Based on the traditional Chinese cultural belief of "male breadwinner, female homemaker", as well as the systemic and interactive characteristics of families, this study aims to explore the relationship between maternal gatekeeping behavior and the quality and quantity of paternal parenting, as well as adolescent aggressive behavior. A total of 483 seventh-grade students completed questionnaires on maternal gatekeeping behavior, paternal involvement, parenting styles, and aggressive behavior. Latent profile analysis identified four parenting combinations: positive, negative, mixed, and neglectful.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) imaging integrating photothermal and photodynamic therapy (PTT/PDT) is a promising approach for achieving accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of cancers. However, most available Raman reporters show multiple signals in the fingerprint region, which overlap with background signals from cellular biomolecules. Herein, a 4T1 cell membrane-enveloped gold nanorods-manganese porphyrins system (GMCMs) is designed and successfully fabricated as a biomimetic theranostic nanoplatform.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPorphyrins and their derivatives are widely used as photosensitizers and sonosensitizers in tumor treatment. Nevertheless, their poor water solubility and low chemical stability reduce their singlet oxygen (O) yield and, consequently, their photodynamic therapy (PDT) and sonodynamic therapy (SDT) efficiency. Although strategies for porphyrin molecule assembly have been developed to augment O generation, there is scope for further improving PDT and SDT efficiencies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBismuth sulfide is widely used as an n-type semiconductor material in photocatalytic reactions. However, bismuth sulfide has poor absorption in the near-infrared region and low charge separation efficiency, limiting its application in phototherapy and sonodynamic therapy (SDT). In this study, we successfully synthesized an "all-in-one" phototheranostic nanoplatform, namely BiS-Au@HA, based on a single second near-infrared (NIR-II) light-responsive Schottky-type BiS-Au heterostructure for photoacoustic (PA) imaging-guided SDT-enhanced photodynamic therapy (PDT)/photothermal therapy (PTT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhotothermal therapy has developed into an important field of tumor treatment research, and numerous studies have focused on the preparation of photothermal therapeutic agents, tumor targeting, diagnosis, and treatment integration. However, there are few studies on the mechanism of photothermal therapy acting on cancer cells. Here we investigated the metabolomics of lung cancer cell A549 during gold nanorod (GNR) photothermal treatment by high-resolution LC/MS, and several differential metabolites and corresponding metabolic pathways during photothermal therapy were found.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe therapeutic effect of photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) is severely limited because of the shallow tissue penetration depth of the first near-infrared (NIR-I) light. Multifunctional nanotheranostics irradiated by the second near-infrared (NIR-II) light have received wide interest with respect to deeper tissue penetration, and sonodynamic therapy (SDT) synergistic phototherapy can achieve the complete elimination of tumors. Herein, we successfully constructed a single NIR-II light-induced nanotheranostic using cerium oxide (CeO) with abundant oxygen vacancies for photoacoustic imaging-guided SDT-enhanced phototherapy for the first time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aimed to investigate the correlation between coronary artery stenosis and Mimecan expression in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).
Methods: Seventy eight patients with CHD and 80 controls without vascular lesions were recruited into present study. CHD patients were divided into one-vessel CHD subgroup, 2-vessel CHD subgroup and multivessel CHD subgroup.