Dietary oligo- and polysaccharides modulate gut microbiota and thus exert prebiotic activity, which is determined by their heterogeneous structure. To explore the correlations between monosaccharide profile and microbial community, simulated gut fermentation of different glycans, including arabinan (ArB), galactooligosaccharide (GOS), arabinogalactan (ArG), rhamnogalacturonan (RhG), and xyloglucan (XyG) that are characterized by typical sugar residues were performed. Results showed that RhG displayed high contents of galacturonic acid (344.
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December 2024
China is the largest carbon dioxide (CO) emitter and has formulated CO emission peak and carbon-neutral plans. Studies on CO emission volume and CO emission intensity (CEI) indicate a growing interest in related fields. The purpose of this research is to improve the performance and reliability of the model for forecasting CO emissions and judging whether to achieve China's CO reduction targets under business-as-usual scenarios.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral isostructural lanthanide metal-organic frameworks, viz. (, where Ln = Eu for , Tb for , Sm for and Dy for ), are successfully synthesized through the hydrothermal reactions of 4'-di(4-carboxylphenoxy)hydroxyl-2, 2'-bipyridyl (HDCHB) and lanthanide nitrates as well as chelator 1,10-phenantroline (phen). These structures are characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and the representative is a fivefold interpenetrated framework with the uncoordinated Lewis base N sites form DCHB ligands.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignant tumor associated with a poor prognosis. Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L3 (UCHL3) has been reported to promote diverse tumors, but little is known about its role in HCC.
Methods: Expression levels of UCHL3 in Huh7 and Hep3B cells were measured by qRT-PCR.
Human resistance protein R (HuR), also known as embryonic lethal abnormal visual-like protein (ELAVL1), is an RNA-binding protein widely expressed in vivo that affects the mRNA stability of targeted and is involved in post-transcriptional regulation. Recent studies have shown that HuR is aberrantly expressed in different human cancers and is an essential factor in poor clinical prognosis. The role of HuR in numerous tumors suggests that it could be a new target for tumor therapy and as a marker for efficacy and prognostic assessment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Long non-cording RNAs (lncRNAs) drive the malignant progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a cancer with high mortality rates but the function of FERM Domain Containing 6 antisense RNA 1 (FRMD6-AS1) in HCC has not been fully addressed. Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are transcription factors relevant to HCC under hypoxia and are regulated by SUMO-specific protease 1 (SENP1) through its deSUMOylation of HIF-1α. The current study investigated the role of FRMD6-AS1 in the regulation of SENP1-mediated deSUMOylation of HIF-1α.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDigestive system cancers are the leading cause of cancer‑related death worldwide due to their high morbidity and mortality rates. The current treatment methods include surgical treatment, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endoscopic treatment, and the precisely targeted therapy of digestive system cancers requires to be further studied. The ubiquitin‑proteasome system is the main pathway for protein degradation in cells and the ubiquitin‑conjugating enzymes (E2s) have a decisive role in the specific selection of target proteins for degradation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochem Biophys Res Commun
January 2023
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a serious threat to human health and life due to its high morbidity and mortality. Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes are players in the ubiquitin proteasome system and are responsible for a great number of physiological activities in cells. The action of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBE2K in HCC has not been reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLong noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are confirmed as the key regulators of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occurrence and progression, but the role of AlkB homologue 3 antisense RNA 1 (ALKBH3-AS1) in HCC is unclear. We revealed the overexpression of ALKBH3-AS1 in HCC tissues. The upregulated levels of ALKBH3-AS1 were observed in HCC cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccording to GLOBOCAN 2021 cancer incidence and mortality statistics compiled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common malignancy in the human liver and one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. Although there have been great advances in the treatment of HCC, such as regofenib, sorafenib, and lomvatinib, which have been developed and approved for the clinical treatment of advanced or metastatic HCC. However, they only prolong survival by a few months, and patients with advanced liver cancer are susceptible to tumor invasion metastasis and drug resistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: With long-term pharmacotherapy, Parkinson's disease (PD) is expectedly to incur a significant healthcare burden. However, drug utilization and costing study is limited, so is the cost composition and its impact on resource allocation. This study took a healthcare provider's perspective to quantify medical and drug expenses and the utilization of drugs for managing PD and its complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAbnormal changes in intracellular viscosity and cysteine are both associated with several important biological processes such as reversible redox reactions, which play a pivotal role in the process of inflammation. However, it remains unclear how cysteine and viscosity are altered in inflammation. Herein, we firstly report a high-sensitivity and -selectivity near-infrared imaging probe (FCV) for tracking intracellular viscosity and endogenous cysteine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present quantum calculations of the relaxation matrix for the Q branch of N2 at room temperature using a recently proposed N2-N2 rigid rotor potential. Close coupling calculations were complemented by coupled states studies at high energies and provide about 10,200 two-body state-to state cross sections from which the needed one-body cross-sections may be obtained. For such temperatures, convergence has to be thoroughly analyzed since such conditions are close to the limit of current computational feasibility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA symmetrized version of the recently developed refined Robert-Bonamy formalism [Q. Ma, C. Boulet, and R.
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