Macrophages after myocardial infarction: Mechanisms for repairing and potential as therapeutic approaches.

Macrophages - one of the crucial immune cells, are recruited to the cardiac tissue by chemokines, cytokines and upregulated endothelial adhesion molecules after myocardial infarction (MI). During the course of inflammation in the cardiac tissue, necrotic cells and matrix debris is phagocytosed by M1 macrophages. During the resolution phase of cardiac inflammation, M2 macrophages promote cardiac recovery.

Anti-hypertensive and composition as well as pharmacokinetics and tissues distribution of active ingredients from Alpinia zerumbet.

Alpinia zerumbet is a food flavor additive and a traditional medicine herb around the world. Several studies have reported that A. zerumbet has excellent effects on a variety of cardiovascular diseases, but its potential hypertensive applications, and pharmacokinetic features of main active substances have not been fully investigated.

Mn, N co-doped carbon nanospheres for efficient capture of uranium (VI) via capacitive deionization.

Heteroatom doping, involving the introduction of atoms with distinct electronegativity into carbon materials, has emerged as an effective approach to optimize their charge distribution. In this study, we designed a strategy to synthesize in-situ Mn, N co-doped carbon nanospheres (Mn-NC) through the polycondensation of 2,6-diaminopyridine and formaldehyde in synchronization with Mn chelation to form Mn-polytriazine precursor, followed by calcination to form carbonaceous solid. Then Mn-NC was fabricated into a capacitive deionization (CDI) electrode for the selective removal of uranium ions (U (VI)), which is commonly found in radioactive water.

Ameliorative effect of Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms on rheumatoid arthritis by reducing autophagy with targeting regulate JAK3-STAT3 and COX-2 pathways.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Alangium chinense has been used as traditional folk medicine for centuries to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by Guizhou Miao nationality with remarkable clinical effect. But the mechanism of its anti-RA is not fully clarified.

Aim Of The Study: To explore the effect and underlying mechanism of A.

Separable calcium sulphate modified biochar gel beads for efficient cadmium removal from wastewater.

This study outlines the synthesis of a novel, cost-effective composite material comprising calcium sulphate-modified biochar (Ca-BC) cross-linked with polyethyleneimine (PEI) and sodium alginate (SA), which was subsequently transformed into gel beads (Ca-BC@PEI-SA). These beads were engineered to enable effective cadmium ion (Cd(II)) adsorption from wastewater. Batch adsorption experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of pH, contact time, temperature, and coexisting ions on adsorption performance.

A decision tree network with semi-supervised entropy learning strategy for spectroscopy aided detection of blood hemoglobin.

Non-invasive techniques for rapid blood testing are gaining traction in global healthcare as they optimize medical screening, diagnosis and clinical decisions. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is one of the most common technologies that can be used for non-destructive aided medical detection. Typically, after acquiring the Fourier transform infrared spectrum, spectral data preprocessing and feature extraction and quantitative analysis of several indicators of blood samples can be accomplished, in combination with chemometric method studies.

Thiazolidinediones play a positive role in the vascular endothelium and inhibit plaque progression in diabetic patients with coronary atherosclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Unlabelled: Rosiglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos) belong to the class of thiazolidinediones (TZDs) drugs that act by increasing insulin sensitivity and are widely used for treating diabetic patients with insulin resistance. TZDs exhibit anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, then may play an active role in inhibiting plaque formation and coronary atherosclerosis. But the results of evidence-based medicine suggest that TZDs may increase the risk of cardiovascular adverse events.

A prospective study of total urinary deoxynivalenol in adolescents in Shanghai, China.

There is growing interest in deoxynivalenol (DON) exposure during puberty because experimental evidence shows that DON-exposed to adolescents are more sensitive to DON and have limited detoxification ability. Nevertheless, there have been few surveys of DON exposure for adolescents in China. Furthermore, little is known about the effects of collection times on risk exposure.

Exploring the interaction between Cry1Ac protein and Zn, Cd metal ions by fluorescence quenching and molecular docking approaches.

Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt) protein has a strong ability to complex with metal ions, which may increase the transport of metal ions in the soil multi-media system. In this study, the interactions between Cry1Ac protein and metal ions (Zn and Cd) were investigated through spectroscopies and molecular docking methods. The spectra results showed that both Zn and Cd quenched the fluorescence intensity of Cry1Ac protein through the static quenching.

Patient with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection and central nervous system disturbance in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China, 2017.

Background: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging hemorrhagic fever that was first described in China in 2011. We report a patient who died of Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) infection, with a rapidly progressive central nervous system (CNS) disturbance, in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China, in 2017.

Case Presentation: A 64-year-old man was admitted to hospital after 4 days of fever.

LAMP real-time turbidity detection for fowl adenovirus.

Background: Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) is an infectious agent that can cause jaundice, severe anaemia, dyspnoea and reproductive disorders in fowls. Since 2015, FAdV disease has been rapidly spreading among broiler chickens in China, where it has caused significant economic losses. In this study, a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) real-time turbidity method with strong specificity to FAdV was established.

Identification, Pathogenicity of Novel Fowl Adenovirus Serotype 4 SDJN0105 in Shandong, China and Immunoprotective Evaluation of the Newly Developed Inactivated Oil-emulsion FAdV-4 Vaccine.

Since mid-2015, numerous outbreaks of hydropericardium-hepatitis syndrome (HHS), which is caused by a novel fowl adenovirus serotype 4 (FAdV-4), have been reported in chickens in parts of China, thereby causing huge economic losses to the poultry industry. Thus, an effective vaccine to control the further spread of infections with this hyper-virulent FAdV-4 is imperative. In this study, we isolated a novel FAdV-4 strain SDJN0105 from a broiler farm with HHS disease in Shandong Province.

Genetic characterization of one duck-origin paramyxovirus type 4 strain in China.

Avian paramyxovirus type 4 (APMV-4) has been frequently reported from wildfowl and waterfowl in recent year. However, few studies have reported on the molecular characteristics and regional transmission of APMV-4, knowledge of which is important for understanding the genetic diversity and epidemiology of avian paramyxovirus. Herein, we report the isolation of one APMV-4 strain, designated as QY17, from the duck in eastern China.

Establishment and Application of Rapid Diagnosis for Reverse Transcription-Quantitative PCR of Newly Emerging Goose-Origin Nephrotic Astrovirus in China.

In 2017, a new type of goose-origin astrovirus (GoAstV) that is completely different from previously identified avian astroviruses (which have only 30.0% to 50.5% homology with GoAstV) has been isolated from diseased geese in China.

Obtuse marginal coronary artery aneurysm on CT coronary angiogram.

Coronary artery aneurysms are rare. We present an unusual case of an isolated coronary artery aneurysm in the obtuse marginal artery detected on a computed tomographic coronary angiogram, which is unlikely to be significant for the patient. A Medline literature search did not find a similar case.

CMOS-Compatible Fabrication for Photonic Crystal-Based Nanofluidic Structure.

Photonic crystal (PC)-based devices have been widely used since 1990s, while PC has just stepped into the research area of nanofluidic. In this paper, photonic crystal had been used as a complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS) compatible part to create a nanofluidic structure. A nanofluidic structure prototype had been fabricated with CMOS-compatible techniques.

A Nanofluidic Biosensor Based on Nanoreplica Molding Photonic Crystal.

A nanofluidic biosensor based on nanoreplica molding photonic crystal (PC) was proposed. UV epoxy PC was fabricated by nanoreplica molding on a master PC wafer. The nanochannels were sealed between the gratings on the PC surface and a taped layer.

[Effects of different crop rotations on growth of continuous cropping sorghum and its rhizosphere soil micro-environment.].

The effects of crop rotation on sorghum [Sorghum biocolor (L) Moench] growth, rhizosphere microbial community and the activity of soil enzymes for successive crops of sorghum were evaluated. Five years of continuous monoculture sorghum as the control (CK) was compared to alfalfa and scallion planted in the fourth year. The results showed that incorporation of alfalfa and scallion into the rotation significantly improved sorghum shoot growth.

H9N2 avian influenza virus-derived natural reassortant H5N2 virus in swan containing the hemagglutinin segment from Eurasian H5 avian influenza virus with an in-frame deletion of four basic residues in the polybasic hemagglutinin cleavage site.

We isolated a novel H5N2 avian influenza virus from swans in China. The virus was derived from a widespread H9N2 avian influenza virus but acquired the hemagglutinin gene from Eurasian H5 subtype with a naturally occurring in-frame deletion of four basic residues in the polybasic hemagglutinin cleavage site.

Use of random forest in FTIR analysis of LDL cholesterol and tri-glycerides for hyperlipidemia.

A quantitative determination method for the diagnosis of hyperlipidemia was developed using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Random forest (RF) was demonstrated as a potential multivariate algorithm for the FTIR analysis of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and tri-glycerides (TG) in human serum samples. The informative wavebands for LDL-C and TG were selected based on the Gini importance.

FT-NIR spectroscopy and Whittaker smoother applied to joint analysis of duel-components for corn.

Protein and total fat are two ingredients to measure the quality of corn. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of corn by the dual-component join determination through Fourier transform near infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopic analysis. The calibration models were established by the systematic study performed respectively in the four regions of the whole range, the second overtone, the first overtone, and the combination.