Increased Incidence of Severe Adverse Events in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Previous Tuberculosis Episode Treated with PD-1 Inhibitors.

Lung cancer is the top cause of cancer deaths globally. Advances in immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed cancer treatment, but their use in lung cancer has led to more side effects. This study examined if past pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) affects ICIs' effectiveness and safety in lung cancer treatment.

Histone acetyltransferase P300 deficiency promotes ferroptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells by activating the HIF-1α/HMOX1 axis.

Background: E1A-associated 300-kDa protein (P300), an endogenous histone acetyltransferase, contributes to modifications of the chromatin landscape of genes involved in multiple cardiovascular diseases. Ferroptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) is a novel pathological mechanism of aortic dissection. However, whether P300 regulates VSMC ferroptosis remains unknown.

BRD4770 inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation via SUV39H2, but not EHMT2 to protect against neointima formation.

The behavior of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) contributes to the formation of neointima. We previously found that EHMT2 suppressed autophagy activation in VSMCs. BRD4770, an inhibitor of EHMT2/G9a, plays a critical role in several kinds of cancers.

Data-independent acquisition proteomics reveals circulating biomarkers of coronary chronic total occlusion in humans.

Introduction: The pathophysiology of coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) has not been fully elucidated.

Methods: In the present study, we aimed to investigate the potential plasma biomarkers associated with the pathophysiologic progression of CTO and identify protein dynamics in the plasma of CTO vessels immediately after successful revascularization. We quantitatively analyzed the plasma proteome profiles of controls (CON, = 10) and patients with CTO pre- and post- percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (CTO, = 10) by data-independent acquisition proteomics.

Recovery of polymeric substances from excess sludge: Surfactant-enhanced ultrasonic extraction and properties analysis.

The recovery of polymeric substances from excess sludge is gaining significant research interest in future wastewater treatment technologies. We present a surfactant-enhanced ultrasonic method to extract mixed polymeric substances with typical functional groups from excess sludge. Four potential reasons were revealed for the higher efficiency upon ultrasonication with surfactant: low surface tension, damage of non-covalent bonds between extracellular polymeric substances and cells, enhanced dissolution of polymeric substances, and release of intracellular polymeric substances caused by cell lysis.

Separation of trace pharmaceuticals individually and in combination via forward osmosis.

With a high rejection coefficient for trace pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), forward osmosis (FO) membrane separation has become a cutting-edge technology in water treatment owing to its low energy consumption and low membrane fouling. Wastewater contains many types of PPCPs, and one pharmaceutical molecule affects the separation behaviors of other pharmaceuticals in FO. Therefore, simultaneous FO of multiple PPCPs needs to be investigated.

[Basic Features of Combustible Rural Garbage Component and Its Spatial-temporal Difference in China].

In order to realize the disposal feasibility of rural garbage by incineration, 72 rural garbage sampling points of 12 provinces in China were chosen to analyse mass fraction of full component and combustible component, moisture content of full component and low heating value of rural garbage in spring, summer, autumn and winter of 2015. The results revealed that the mass fraction of combustible rural garbage components in wet basis followed the order of kitchen residual(13%-53%) > the rubber(10%-18%) > the paper(10%-15%) > the wood(0-10%) > the fabric(0-8%). The compositional difference of rural garbage was not apparent between villages and towns within the same administrative region.

[Effect of PLA/starch slow-release carbon source on biological denitrification].

We used polylactic acid (PLA) and starch to develop a slow-release carbon source and biofilm carrier by blending and fusing techniques for removing nitrate contamination from groundwater, investigated the changes of nitrate, nitrite concentrations and COD in denitrification process supplied by the slow-release carbon source in different mass ratios [PLA/starch (P: S) were 8:2, 7:3, 6:4, 5:5, respectively]. The experimental results demonstrated that the best mass ratio of PLA/starch was 5:5, resulting in a nitrate removal rate of more than 99%. A high denitrification performance was achieved in continuous fixed-bed reactor, the effluent nitrate concentration was below 2 mg x L(-1).

[Analysis of microbial community structure in lactic acid fermentation from kitchen waste].

In this study, PCR-DGGE was used to analyze the microbial community structure in lactic acid fermentation from kitchen waste. The results showed that with Lactobacillus amylophilus inoculation, both the microbial diversity and lactic acid production in the open fermentation system were higher than those in the sterilized fermentation system. These results indicated that the microbial diversity and the lactic acid production have great correlation in the kitchen waste fermentation system.

[Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils by cold-adapted microorganisms: research advance].

Cold-adapted microorganisms such as psychrotrophs and psychrophiles widely exist in the soils of sub-Arctic, Arctic, Antarctic, alpine, and high mountains, being the important microbial resources for the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons at low temperature. Using the unique advantage of cold-adapted microorganisms to the bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils in low temperature region has become a research hotspot. This paper summarized the category and cold-adaptation mechanisms of the microorganisms able to degrade petroleum hydrocarbon at low temperature, biodegradation characteristics and mechanisms of different petroleum fractions under the action of cold-adapted microorganisms, bio-stimulation techniques for improving biodegradation efficiency, e.

[Effect of desilication treatment using silicate bacteria on the bioleaching efficiency of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash].

One silicate bacteria strain SDB6 with good performance in silicon removal was isolated and screened from soil. Based on the morphological, physiological, biochemical characteristics and 16S rDNA sequence analysis, SDB6 was identified as Bacillus mucilaginosus strain. The effects of nitrogen source, pH, temperature, rotate speed and medium volume on the growth of SDB6 were investigated.

On-site production of crude glucoamylase for kitchen waste hydrolysis.

Kitchen waste from dining rooms accounts for a considerable proportion of municipal solid garbage, and economical recycle ways are needed to be developed. This study investigated glucoamylase production from kitchen waste and the feasibility of kitchen waste hydrolysis by the crude enzymes produced. The key problems of high water content and poor porosity in kitchen waste for glucoamylase production under solid-state fermentation could be solved readily by the addition of corn stover or paddy husk.

[Removal of metal ions Cu2+, Cd+ and Pb+ from solutions by sorption on slag].

Batch experiments were carried out to investigate the adsorption kinetics and thermodynamic characteristics of heavy metal ions Cu2+, Cd2+ and Pb2+ on the electric are furnace (EAF) slag from Baoshan Steel Factory. Several kinds of techniques including XRD analysis, BET specific surface analysis and SEM/EDS analysis were employed to determine the physico-chemical and surface characteristics of slag. Results indicated that the adsorption rate of heavy metal ions on the EAF slag was relatively high, and the sorption rate followed the order Cd2+ > Pb2+ > Cu2+.

Ecotoxicity assessment of aged petroleum sludge using a suite of effects-based end points in earthworm Eisenia fetida.

Laboratory investigations were conducted to test the toxicity of aged petroleum sludge collected from Shengli Oil Field, the second largest oilfield in China, to earthworm Eisenia fetida. Various end points were measured in the earthworms, including mortality, growth, cocoon output, juvenile production, and avoidance behavioral response, to determine their comparative sensitivity for assessing harmful effects of petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. The results showed that all these assays responded in a concentration-dependent manner, and two chronic end points, juvenile production and cocoon output, as well as avoidance behavioral response appeared to be sensitive end points for detecting toxicity of petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated soil.

[Optimization of fuel ethanol production from kitchen waste by Plackett-Burman design].

Kitchen garbage was chosen to produce ethanol through simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) by Zymomonas mobilis. Plackett-Burman design was employed to screen affecting parameters during SSF process. The parameters were divided into two parts, enzymes and nutritions.

[Traditional and microwave acid extraction of heavy metals from MSWI fly ash and their redistribution of fractions].

HCl was used as extractant to leach Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn from municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) fly ash under traditional and microwave acid extraction conditions. The redistributions of heavy metals were determined using the sequential extraction procedure before and after extraction. The extraction efficiencies and speciation transformation of heavy metals were investigated.

[Study on treatment of simulant dairy processing wastewater using FCR multilevel contact oxidation system].

This study applied new helical-fibrous fillers as carrier to treat simulant dairy industrial wastewater in order to improve the ability of nitrogen removal and decontamination. Based on multilevel oxidation system where the food chain was formed by different kinds of microbe, removal ratio and removal mechanism of COD, TN, NH4+ -N, TP under different HRT and effect of sludge reduction were discussed. When COD of influent was 842-1843 mg/L, TN concentration was 36.

[Isolation of an amylolytic lactic acid bacterium and its application on lactic acid production from kitchen waste].

In order to realize resource recycling of kitchen waste, the enhancement of fermentative production of lactic acid (LA) by a strain of amylolytic lactic acid bacterium (ALAB) isolated from kitchen waste was investigated. A total of 6 strains of ALAB were isolated from anaerobically fermented kitchen waste. Among these isolates, the strain FH164 exhibited the highest starch-hydrolyzing rate and LA production.

Determination of hydroxyl radicals in TiO2/Ti photoelectrocatalytic oxidation system using Fe(phen)3(2+) spectrophotometry.

A new method of determining the cumulate concentration of hydroxyl radicals in the TiO2/Ti photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) oxidation system was established by o-phenanthroline-Fe(II)(Fe(phen)3(2+)) spectrophotometry and using anion exchange membrane. Fe (phen)3(2+) can be oxidized to o-phenanthroline-Fe(III)(Fe(phen)3(3+)) by strong oxidization of hydroxyl radicals(*OH). Then the cumulate concentration of hydroxyl radicals can be calculated through determining the change of the Fe(phen)3(3+) absorbency at 509 nm.

[Treatment of mix gas containing butyl acetate, n-butyl alcohol and phenylacetic acid from pharmaceutical factory by bio-trickling filter].

The bio-trickling filter packed with ZX02 stuffing is used to treat the mix gases containing butyl acetate, n-butyl alcohol and phenylacetic acid(BBP), which are discharged from Penicillin workshop of Pharmaceutical Factory. The reactor was operated for 110 days to investigate the effect of influent load, retention time and spray water on the removal of BBP and the biodegradation characteristics. The reactor displayed preferential utilization of BBP, when the maximum influent load of BBP were 229.