Erratum to "Protein Z modulates the metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma cells".

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1515/biol-2022-0667.].

Protein Z modulates the metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma cells.

Protein Z (PZ), a vitamin-K-dependent anticoagulant glycoprotein, is reported to be highly expressed in various malignant tissues and correlated with a poor prognosis in patients with lung cancer. This study aimed to investigate the pathological activity of PZ on lung cancer cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. PZ was assessed by Western blot in three non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines (A549, H1299, and H1975).

The effects of group-based cognitive behavioral therapy in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic schizophrenia with more than two years of community-based mental health group rehabilitation.

Background: Studies have shown that community-based group rehabilitation activities can have a positive impact on patients.

Objective: This study attempted to improve schizophrenia patients' social and self-cognition through short-term group-based cognitive behavioral therapy (G-CBT), break negative coping styles, and improve the patients' quality of life.

Methods: The patients with schizophrenia who participated in long-term community-based group rehabilitation were treated with G-CBT.

Machine learning approaches to predict the apparent rate constants for aqueous organic compounds by ferrate.

The apparent second-order rate constant with hexavalent ferrate (Fe(VI)) (k) is a key indicator to evaluate the removal efficiency of a molecule by Fe(VI) oxidation. k is often determined by experiment, but such measurements can hardly catch up with the rapid growth of organic compounds (OCs). To address this issue, in this study, a total of 437 experimental second-order k rate constants at a range of conditions (pH and temperature) were used to train four machine learning (ML) algorithms (lasso regression (LR), ridge regression (RR), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), and the light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM)).

"Why I stay in community psychiatric rehabilitation": a semi-structured survey in persons with schizophrenia.

Aims: Although community psychiatric rehabilitation plays an important role in returning persons with schizophrenia to the society, many patients in China stay in rehabilitation centers for longer periods of time and subsequently fail to integrate. This study is aimed to explore the underlying causes of this trend and identify possible solutions.

Methods: This study used a qualitative descriptive design to examine the persons with schizophrenia who stay in rehabilitation centers for longer periods of time.

Right Ventricular Diastolic Performance in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Assessed by Echocardiography.

There have been no systemic studies about right heart filling pressure and right ventricular (RV) distensibility in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Therefore, we aimed to explore combinations of echocardiographic indices to assess the stages of RV diastolic dysfunction. We recruited 32 healthy volunteers and 71 patients with CTEPH.

Correlations Between Genetic Polymorphisms and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Parturients Who Had Undergone Cesarean Section.

Objective: To investigate the association of genetic polymorphisms of with postpartum depressive symptoms and analyze the risk factors for postpartum depressive symptoms in women following cesarean section.

Methods: A total of 368 Chinese woman undergoing cesarean section were enrolled in this study. A cutoff of ≥10 for the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale identified postpartum depressive symptoms.

Prophylactic use of ketamine reduces postpartum depression in Chinese women undergoing cesarean section.

This study aimed to explore the effect of prophylactic ketamine administration on postpartum depression in Chinese woman undergoing cesarean section. This randomized controlled study included 654 Chinese women undergoing cesarean section. At 10 min after child birth, patients in the ketamine group were given 0.

Luminescent properties of heterotrinuclear 3d-4f complexes constructed from a naphthalenediol-based acyclic bis(salamo)-type ligand.

Heterotrinuclear 3d-4f complexes with a naphthalenediol-based acyclic bis(salamo)-type ligand have been synthesized and structurally characterized. Spectral titrations clearly show that the heterotrinuclear complexes [Zn(L)La(OAc)] (1), [Zn(L)Ce(OAc)] (2) and [Zn(L)Dy(OAc)(CHOH)]·CHCl (3) are acquired by the substitution reaction of the obtained homotrinuclear Zn(II) complex with 1 equiv. of Ln(NO) (Ln=La, Ce and Dy).

First total synthesis of the proposed structure of batatin VI.

The first total synthesis of batatin VI, an architecturally novel resin glycoside dimer, has been achieved via a convergent [5 + 3] glycosidic coupling approach. An improved protocol for the construction of the key 18-membered macrolactone core using a Keck macrolactonization method was introduced. However, the synthesized compound was not identical to the natural batatin VI.

[In vitro effect of secnidazole benzoate on Trichomonas vaginalis].

Objective: To research the trichomonacidal effect of secnidazole benzoate in vitro.

Methods: Trichomonas vaginalis was cultured in liver extract medium in 96-well microplate. The culture suspension of Trichomonas vaginalis was divided into four groups: secnidazole benzoate, secnidazole, metronidazole and control, with medium as blank control.

Effects of chromium picolinate on oxidative damage in primary piglet hepatocytes.

Chromium picolinate is a popular nutritional supplement whose safety has been questioned because of the potential risk of oxidative DNA damage. To investigate this possibility, a dose-dependent study was performed in piglet hepatocyte cultures in which low (8 microM), medium (200 microM), and high (400 microM) doses of chromium picolinate were tested and compared to untreated controls. After 48 h incubation, there were no significant differences in the levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species, medium lactate dehydrogenase activity, and comet indicators between the three experimental groups and controls (p > 0.

Study of oxidative damage in growing-finishing pigs with continuous excess dietary chromium picolinate intake.

Chromium picolinate (CrPic) is a popular nutritional supplement; however, its safety has been questioned as it may be a source of oxidative stress that induces genotoxicity. The current work investigated the effect of excessive CrPic intake on oxidative damage in growing-finishing pigs. Thirty castrated male pigs, weighing approximately 30 kg each, were randomly divided into five groups and fed a diet with 0, 200, 800, 1,600, 3,200 microg of Cr/kg feed as CrPic for 80 days (approximately the entire growing-finishing period).

A novel extracellular protease with fibrinolytic activity from the culture supernatant of Cordyceps sinensis: purification and characterization.

A novel serine protease with fibrinolytic activity named CSP was purified from the culture supernatant of the fungus Cordyceps sinensis, a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. Analysis of the purified enzyme by SDS-PAGE indicated that CSP was a single polypeptide chain with an apparent molecular weight of 31 kDa, and N-terminal sequencing revealed that the first ten amino acid residues of the enzyme were Ala-Leu-Ala-Thr-Gln-His-Gly-Ala-Pro-Trp-. When casein was used as a substrate, the proteolytic activity of CSP reached its maximum at pH 7.