Gallic acid protects intervertebral disc cells from ferroptosis and alleviates intervertebral disc degeneration by regulating key factors of oxidative stress.

Background: Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a chronic degenerative disease and one of the main causes of low back pain (LBP). Currently, there is no effective treatment. Ferroptosis is a cell-regulated process that depends on iron deposition and lipid peroxidation.

[Conservative treatment of supination and external rotation for type Ⅲ and Ⅳankle fracture by bone setting].

Objective: To explore curative effect of conservative treatment of supination-lateral rotation (SER) with type Ⅲ and Ⅳ ankle fracture by bone setting technique.

Methods: From January 2017 to December 2019, 64 patients diagnosed with SER with type Ⅲ and Ⅳ ankle fracture were treated with manipulative reduction and conservative treatment (manipulation group) and surgical treatment with open reduction and internal fixation (operation group), 32 patients in each group. In manipulation group, there were 17 males and 15 females, aged from 15 to 79 years old with an average of (51.

[Clinical observation on correction of abnormal cervical sagittal parameters by cervical pulling method guided by cervical motion segment extension].

Objective: To observe the radiological change and curative effect of cervical spondylosis treated with cervical vertebra pulling therapy in young people.

Methods: A total of 65 patients(shedding in 5 patients and final inclusion in 60 patients) with cervical spondylosis who were treated from January 2018 to September 2019 were randomly divided into treatment group and control group according to the digital table method. There were 30 patients in treatment group, including 14 males and 18 females, aged from 20 to 44 years old with an average of(29.

CircFOXM1 acts as a ceRNA to upregulate SMAD2 and promote the progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Background: In recent years, the development of high-throughput sequencing technology has promoted the rapid development of circRNA-related research. Studies have found that circRNA plays a key role in a variety of tumors, but few people study the role of circRNA in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Under comprehensive treatments, the 5-year survival rate can reach about 70%, but some patients still have distant metastases or recurrences after treatment.

An Integrative Pharmacology-Based Pattern to Uncover the Pharmacological Mechanism of Ginsenoside H Dripping Pills in the Treatment of Depression.

To evaluate the pharmacodynamical effects and pharmacological mechanism of Ginsenoside H dripping pills (GH) in chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model rats. First, the CUMS-induced rat model was established to assess the anti-depressant effects of GH (28, 56, and 112 mg/kg) by the changes of the behavioral indexes (sucrose preference, crossing score, rearing score) and biochemical indexes (serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine) in Hippocampus. Then, the components of GH were identified by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-iron trap-time of flight-mass spectrometry (UPLC/IT-TOF MS).

Hsa_circ_0046263 functions as a ceRNA to promote nasopharyngeal carcinoma progression by upregulating IGFBP3.

Accumulating evidences indicate that circular RNAs (circRNAs), a subclass of noncoding RNAs, play important role in regulating gene expression in eukaryotes. Hsa_circ_0046263 (circ-0046263) was found aberrantly expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but its role in tumor growth and metastasis remains largely unclear. Sanger sequencing, RNase R assay, and nucleic acid electrophoresis were conducted to verify the identification of circ-0046263.

MiR-154-5p Suppresses Cell Invasion and Migration Through Inhibiting KIF14 in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Background: Mounting evidence has reported that microRNA-154-5p (miR-154-5p) is involved in the development of multiple cancers, but its function in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains not well investigated.

Methods: Real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to detect miR-154-5p expression in NPC tissues and cells. CCK8, colony formation, wound healing and transwell assays were performed to assess cell proliferation, migration and invasion.

Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Magnetic Sawdust as Effective and Recyclable Oil Sorbents.

In this paper, a novel superhydrophobic magnetic sawdust (SMSD) was fabricated as an oil sorbent. The SMSD was functionalized with FeO nanoparticles using melamine formaldehyde resin (MFR) as a coupling agent and subsequently hydrophobically-treated with hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (HDTMS). The SMSD showed excellent superhydrophobicity with the water contact angle of 155.

An electrochemical sensor based on electro-polymerization of caffeic acid and Zn/Ni-ZIF-8-800 on glassy carbon electrode for the sensitive detection of acetaminophen.

A new electrochemical sensor was fabricated for the sensitive and selective detection of acetaminophen (AP), based on a bare glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with poly caffeic acid (PCA) and Zn/Ni-ZIF-8-800 using an electro-polymerization method. The carbon material of Zn/Ni-ZIF-8-800 derived from bimetal-organic framework was synthesized by one-step pyrolysis method. Then, the as-prepared materials and the corresponding fabricated sensors were fully characterized by XRD, FTIR, BET, SEM, TEM and XPS analyses.

Highly Sensitive and Transparent Strain Sensors with an Ordered Array Structure of AgNWs for Wearable Motion and Health Monitoring.

Sensitivity and transparency are critical properties for flexible and wearable electronic devices, and how to engineer both these properties simultaneously is dramatically essential. Here, for the first time, we report the assembly of ordered array structures of silver nanowires (AgNWs) via a simple water-bath pulling method to align the AgNWs embedded on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Compared with sensors prepared by direct drop-casting or transfer-printing methods, our developed sensor represents a considerable breakthrough in both sensitivity and transparency.

Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation on Vesicles Self-Assembly Controlled by Terminal Groups.

Block copolymer vesicles have been widely used in the field of drug delivery, microreactors, and cell membrane mimetics. Introducing terminal groups to the block copolymer can control the structures of vesicles, which is important for improving the application of vesicles. In this paper, the effects of terminal groups on the structure of vesicles were studied by dissipative particle dynamics simulation.

Study on the transformation from linear to branched wormlike micelles: An insight from molecular dynamics simulation.

Transformation from linear to branched wormlike micelle generally results in the dramatic loss of viscoelasticity. In this study, adopting Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation, the conformational transformation was studied in a binary system of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) and sodium salicylate (Nasal). A gross conformation diagram of micelle at different CTAC concentrations and molar ratios of CTAC/Nasal indicates that the branched structure could form at zeta potential lower than 32mV.

Coarse-grained molecular dynamics study on the self-assembly of Gemini surfactants: the effect of spacer length.

Gemini surfactants cause a lot of concerns owing to their unusual aggregation morphologies and superior physicochemical properties over the conventional surfactants. Research shows that the unique structure of Gemini surfactants, especially the spacer group, has a great impact on the self-assembly behaviors. To understand the determinants of this behavior on the molecular level, we carried out coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CGMD) simulations on aqueous solutions of alkanediyl-a,w-bis (dimethylcetylammonium bromide)-based surfactants with different spacer group lengths.

Versatile Method to Expand the Morphology Library of Block Copolymer Solution Self-Assemblies with Tubular Structures.

Self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) in solution is a powerful technology to achieve a broad range of structures, such as spheres, cylinders, vesicles, and other hierarchical structures. However, the BCP self-assembly library is limited, especially with respect to tubular structures. Here we show a versatile strategy to expand the morphology library of block copolymer solution self-assemblies with tubular structures (including tubular dumbbells and tubules) via self-assembly of the most common diblock copolymers P4VP--PS BCPs in methanol.