CRISPRepi: a multi-omic atlas for CRISPR-based epigenome editing.

CRISPR-based epigenome editing integrates the precision of CRISPR with the capability of epigenetic mark rewriting, offering a tunable and reversible gene regulation strategy without altering the DNA sequences. Various epigenome editing systems have been developed and applied in different organisms and cell types; however, the detailed information is discrete, making it challenging to evaluate the precision of different editing systems and design the optimal sgRNAs for further functional studies. Herein, we developed CRISPRepi (http://crisprepi.

The effect of 595 nm pulsed dye laser on connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression in cultured keloid fibroblasts.

Objective: To investigate the effect of pulsed dye laser (PDL 595 nm) on the proliferation and expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in cultured keloid fibroblasts.

Materials And Methods: Cultured keloid fibroblasts were exposed to pulsed dye laser irradiation at fluences of 6, 8, and 10 J/cm(2) , with pulse durations of 1.5, 3, and 10 ms.

The effect of flashlamp pulsed dye laser on the expression of connective tissue growth factor in keloids.

Objective: To investigate connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression before and after pulsed dye laser (PDL, 595 nm) treatment, and to better understand the mechanism of PDL treatment of keloids.

Method: Twenty-six patients with keloids were recruited for this study. For each patient, two keloids of similar anatomic location, duration, texture, and appearance were chosen for study; one of these keloids was treated and the other served as a control.

Ultrafast excited state dynamics of modified phthalocyanines: p-HPcZn and p-HPcCo.

Two modified metallophthalocyanines (MPcs) containing sulfonic naphthoxy substituents were synthesized. The measurements of transient absorption and time-resolved photoluminescence were used to study the ultrafast response and excited state dynamics of two MPcs in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution, which were predominantly in the monomeric form. Under excitation at 400 nm, these molecules experience vibrational relaxation to the bottom of the first excited state and then the excitation rapidly converts to the low-lying charge-transfer (CT) state and finally reaches the triplet states.

The ultrafast dynamics and nonlinear optical properties of tribranched styryl derivatives based on 1,3,5-triazine.

By using the femtosecond laser spectroscopic techniques, we have studied the ultrafast response and the nonlinear optical properties of three molecules with donor-acceptor structure (denoted as T01, T02, and T03). Two-photon absorption (2PA) cross sections measured by the open aperture Z-scan technique were determined to be 77, 90, and 410 GM for T01, T02, and T03, respectively. The relaxation dynamics of the excited states were measured by two-color femtosecond pump-probe and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) experiments.