Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most common primary tumors of the central nervous system, with a very poor prognosis. Cancer cells have been observed to upregulate pH regulators, such as monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs), with an increase in MCT4 expression being observed in several malignancies. MCT4/ recombinant cluster of differentiation 147 (CD147) transporter complex was reported to stimulate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) via the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) /protein kinase B (Akt) pathway, which has been proven to mediate glioblastoma invasion and migration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo carry out the diagnosis and evaluation of the ecosystem health in Yuxi three-lake watershed, this paper presents the changing trend of its health state, and predicts the future development. This also provides ideas for maintaining the regional ecosystem health, and then gradually improves the ecological environment quality. Taking Fuxian Lake, Qilu Lake and Xingyun Lake (the three-lake watershed) in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, Southwest China as the research object, a model combining pressure-state-response and kernel density estimation (PSR-KDE) adopts to diagnose and evaluate the ecosystem health of the "three lake" watershed from 2010 to 2020, and the distribution map of ecosystem health index has obtained by the evaluation indexes integration based on GIS spatial analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe body is more prone to fatigue in a high-altitude hypoxic environment, in which fatigue occurs in both peripheral muscles and the central nervous system (CNS). The key factor determining the latter is the imbalance in brain energy metabolism. During strenuous exercise, lactate released from astrocytes is taken up by neurons via monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) as a substrate for energy metabolism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnder high-altitude hypoxia environment, the body is more prone to fatigue, which occurs in both peripheral muscles and the central nervous system (CNS). The key factor determining the latter is the imbalance of brain energy metabolism, which makes it difficult to maintain the central nervous system to send peripheral nerve impulse continuously. During strenuous exercise, lactate released from astrocytes is taken up by neurons stored for energy to maintain synaptic transmission, a process mediated by monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) in CNS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA novel chiral stationary phase was prepared by bonding a novel β-cyclodextrin derivative on silica gel, and it was used for the separation of timolol in high efficiency liquid phase. In the reverse mode, the factors such as the proportion of chiral additives, flow rate, column temperature, repeatability and stability were investigated. The optimum chromatographic conditions are as follows: column temperature was 25°C, flow rate was 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA novel cyclodextrin (CD) derivative mono(6(A)-N-allylamino-6(A)-deoxy)per-3-chlorine-4-methyl-phenylcarbamoylated-β-CD was synthesized and chemically immobilized onto the surface of γ-mercaptopropyl-functionalized silica gel step by step. The products were all purified and characterized and then got a substance with definitional structure. This chiral stationary phase (CSP) of 3-chlorine-4-methyl-phenylcarbamoylated-β-CD bonded on silica gel exhibited excellent separation capability for several chiral compounds in high-performance liquid chromatography.
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