Dual-Response Visual Fluorescent Probes for the Determination of Vanadate and Morphology over a Wide pH Range.

Vanadate has become an important indicator for environmental testing due to its high toxicity, mobility, and difficulty in degradation. In addition, depending on its dynamic aggregation, analyzing vanadate is not a single content test; it needs further morphological analysis. Previous research has tended to construct a single functional platform with complicated procedures and expensive equipment, making it difficult to obtain a comprehensive picture of vanadate in a short time.

Carbon doping enhances the fluoride removal performance of aluminum-based adsorbents.

Excessive fluoride presence in water poses significant environmental and public health risks, necessitating the development of effective remediation techniques. Conventional aluminum-based adsorbents face inherent limitations such as limited pH range and low adsorption capacity. To overcome these challenges, we present a facile solvent-thermal method for synthesizing a carbon-doped aluminum-based adsorbent (CDAA).

Enhancing fluoride removal from wastewater using Al/Y amended sludge biochar.

This study explored the potential of utilizing aluminum and yttrium amended (Al/Y amended) sewage sludge biochar (Al/Y-CSBC) for efficient fluoride removal from wastewater. The adsorption kinetics of fluoride on bimetallic modified Al/Y-CSBC followed the pseudo-second-order model, while the adsorption isotherm conformed to the Freundlich equation. Remarkably, the material exhibited excellent fluoride removal performance over a wide pH range, achieving a maximum adsorption capacity of 62.

CircABPD1 alleviates oxidative lung injury of bronchopulmonary dysplasia through regulating miR-330-3p/HIF1α axis.

In the NICU, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a concerning common respiratory complication in preterm and low birth-weight infants. Clinical studies have confirmed that human milk has an important nutritional role for children with BPD, therefore, dentification of beneficial components in human milk that prevent BPD is urgently needed. Our previous work showed that human milk exosomes (HM-Exos) could inhibit apoptosis of alveolar type II epithelial cells (AT II), and the circular RNA (circRNA)-circABPD1 were highly expressed in preterm colostrum milk exosomes.

Solubility, Crystallization, and Characterization of Cytidine Sulfate.

Cytidine is an important kind of nucleoside that can be applied to drug development and food industry. Cytidine sulfate is one of its popular forms, which is promising as a medicinal intermediate, especially in antiviral and antitumor drugs. Product refining is the key point of industrial development, and crystallization is a significant way of refining.

Identification of a novel PTH1R variant in a family with primary failure of eruption.

Background: Primary failure of tooth eruption (PFE) is a rare autosome genetic disorder that causes open bite. This work aimed to report a small family of PFE(OMIM: # 125,350) with a novel PTH1R variant. One of the patients has a rare clinical phenotype of the anterior tooth involved only.

Growth differentiation factor-15/adiponectin ratio as a potential biomarker for metabolic syndrome in Han Chinese.

Aims: Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) and adiponectin are adipokines that regulate metabolism. This study aimed to evaluate the roles of GDF-15, adiponectin, and GDF-15/adiponectin ratio (G/A ratio) as biomarkers for detecting metabolic syndrome (MS).

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 676 participants aged 20-70 years in Jurong, China.

The effect of polymorphism on polymer properties: crystal structure, stability and polymerization of the short-chain bio-based nylon 52 monomer 1,5-pentanediamine oxalate.

The compound 1,5-pentanediamine (PDA) is prepared by biological methods using biomass as raw material. The salt of 1,5-pentanediamine oxalate (PDA-OXA) was used directly as the monomer for the preparation of a new bio-based nylon 52 material. High-performance polymer materials require initial high-quality monomers, and crystallization is an essential approach to preparing such a monomer.

Proton solvent-controllable synthesis of manganese oxalate anode material for lithium-ion batteries.

Manganese oxalates with different structures and morphologies were prepared by the precipitation method in a mixture of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and proton solvents. The proton solvents play a key role in determining the structures and morphologies of manganese oxalate. Monoclinic MnCO·2HO microrods are prepared in HO-DMSO, while MnCO·HO nanorods and nanosheets with low crystallinity are synthesized in ethylene glycol-DMSO and ethanol-DMSO, respectively.

The Frequency of Intrathyroidal Follicular Helper T Cells Varies with the Progression of Graves' Disease and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.

Objective: Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD), mainly Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), are common organ-specific autoimmune diseases characterized by circulating antibodies and lymphocyte infiltration. Follicular helper T (Tfh) cell dysregulation is involved in the development of autoimmune pathologies. We aimed to explore the role of intrathyroidal and circulating Tfh cells in patients with GD and HT.

Apoptosis-promoting properties of miR-3074-5p in MC3T3-E1 cells under iron overload conditions.

Background: Iron overload can promote the development of osteoporosis by inducing apoptosis in osteoblasts. However, the mechanism by which miRNAs regulate apoptosis in osteoblasts under iron overload has not been elucidated.

Method: The miRNA expression profile in MC3T3-E1 cells under iron overload was detected by next generation sequencing.

Clock gene Bmal1 controls diurnal rhythms in expression and activity of intestinal carboxylesterase 1.

Objectives: We aimed to characterize diurnal rhythms in CES1 expression and activity in mouse intestine, and to investigate a potential role of the core clock gene Bmal1 in generating diurnal rhythms.

Methods: The regulatory effects of intestinal Bmal1 on diurnal CES1 expression were assessed using intestine-specific Bmal1 knockout (Bmal1iKO) mice and colon cancer cells. The relative mRNA and protein levels were determined by qPCR and Western blotting, respectively.

Identification of common genetic variants associated with serum concentrations of p, p'-DDE in non-occupational populations in eastern China.

Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) is the major and most stable toxic metabolite of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), a well-known organochlorine pesticide banned worldwide in the 1980s. However, it remains easy to detect in humans, and internal levels vary widely among individuals. In the present study, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) (511 subjects) and two replications (812 and 1030 subjects) were performed in non-occupational populations in eastern China.

Effect of ambient air pollution on premature SGA in Changzhou city, 2013-2016: a retrospective study.

Background: Air pollution is becoming an increased burden to the world. Previous studies have confirmed its effects on adverse birth outcomes, but few associated with premature small for gestational age (SGA). We report a retrospective cohort study conducted in Changzhou city to evaluate the association between air pollutants (PM, SO and NO) and premature SGA during pregnancy.

Exposure to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles During Pregnancy Changed Maternal Gut Microbiota and Increased Blood Glucose of Rat.

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO NPs) were used worldwide for decades, and pregnant women are unable to avoid exposing to them. Studies revealed that TiO NPs could kill many kinds of bacteria, but whether they would affect the composition of gut microbiota, especially during pregnancy, was seldom reported. And, what adverse effects may be brought to pregnant females was also unknown.

Ethyl Acetate Fraction of Baroni Decreases Tert-butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Oxidative Stress Damage in BRL-3A Cells.

The main purposes of this study were to screen the antioxidant activities of various fractions of Baroni and test their hepatoprotective effects in vitro. Antioxidant assays (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), and reducing power experiments) and tert-butyl hydroperoxide- (t-BHP-) induced BRL-3A oxidative damage experiments were performed in vitro. The ethyl acetate fraction (HCEA) was determined to have strong antioxidant activity because of its high flavonoid and polyphenol content.

miR-96-5p and miR-101-3p as potential intervention targets to rescue TiO NP-induced autophagy and migration impairment of human trophoblastic cells.

Autophagy induced by titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) has been realized nowadays, but the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Animal studies have confirmed that autophagy might be an important mechanism to impair placenta development, but the reversal of damage is not clear. Here, we used human HTR-8/SVneo (HTR) cells as a proper model to explore how autophagy is regulated in TiO2 NP-exposed human placenta cells.

Iron overload induces G1 phase arrest and autophagy in murine preosteoblast cells.

This study aimed to investigate the cell cycle arrest and autophagy induced by iron overload in MC3T3-E1 cells. MC3T3-E1 cells were cultured in different concentrations of ferric ammonium citrate (FAC), and Perls' Prussian blue reaction was used to detect the iron levels of the cells. CCK-8 assays were used to detect the growth of MC3T3-E1.

Customized Lingual Orthodontic Treatment of Skeletal Class II Malocclusion with Bilateral Maxillary First Premolar Extraction: Case Report.

This report describes the orthodontic camouflage treatment for a 52-year-old Chinese man using eBrace customized lingual appliance with bilateral maxillary first premolar extraction. The treatment results showed that using the eBrace customized lingual appliance can achieve expected effects and has a high level of safety for periodontal health.

Interaction between β-hexachlorocyclohexane and ADIPOQ genotypes contributes to the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in East Chinese adults.

Growing evidence links environmental exposure to hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) to the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and ADIPOQ that encodes adiponectin is considered as an important gene for T2DM. However, the role of ADIPOQ-HCH interaction on T2DM risk remains unclear. Thus, a paired case-control study was conducted in an East Chinese community.

Applications of cone-beam computed tomography to assess the effects of labial crown morphologies and collum angles on torque for maxillary anterior teeth.

Introduction: Currently, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has been widely used because of its capacity to evaluate the anatomic structures of the maxilla, mandible, and teeth in 3 dimensions. However, articles about the use of CBCT to evaluate the relationships between the morphology of individual teeth and torque expression remain rare. In this study, we aimed to determine the influence of labial crown morphologies and collum angles on torque for maxillary anterior teeth using CBCT.

Environmental exposure to BDE47 is associated with increased diabetes prevalence: Evidence from community-based case-control studies and an animal experiment.

Brominated flame retardants exposure has been associated with increasing trends of diabetes and metabolic disease. Thus, the purpose of this study was to provide evidence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) exposure in relation to diabetes prevalence and to reveal the potential underlying mechanism in epidemiological and animal studies. All the participants received a questionnaire, health examination, and the detection of 7 PBDE congeners in serum in two independent community-based studies from 2011 to 2012 in China.