Correlation between gut microbiota characteristics and non-small cell lung cancer based on macrogenomics sequencing.

Objective: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy experience disturbances in the gut microbiota. This study intends to find out the correlation between gut microbiota and clinical indices before and after radiotherapy for NSCLC.

Methods: Ten patients with primary NSCLC were screened, and plasma and fecal samples were collected before and after radiotherapy, respectively.

Mechanism for doping induced p type C60 using thermally evaporated molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) as a dopant.

Thermally evaporated molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) doped C60 films, which could change n type features of pristine C60 to form a p type mixed C60 layer, are investigated by x-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. It is found that C60 HOMO progressively shifts closer to the Fermi level after increased MoO3 doping concentration, and final onset of C60 HOMO is pinned at binding energy of 0.20 eV, indicating the formation of p type C60 films.

Fe3O4@Bi2WO6 Core-Shell Structured Microspheres: Facile Construction and Magnetically Recyclable Photocatalytic Activity Under Visible-Light.

Core-shell structured Fe3O4@Bi2WO6 composite microspheres (Fe3O4 microspheres as core and Bi2WO6 nanoplates as shell) have been fabricated in a facile and cost effective reflux way. Such fabricated Fe3O4@Bi2WO6 composites show good visible-light driven photocatalytic performance on degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) from solution in presence of H2O2. More importantly, they can be easily harvested from aqueous system for recycle with small loss of their photocatalytic activity upon applying an external magnet.

Topological phase transition in quasi-one dimensional organic conductors.

We explore topological phase transition, which involves the energy spectra of field-induced spin-density-wave (FISDW) states in quasi-one dimensional (Q1D) organic conductors, using an extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model. We show that, in presence of half magnetic-flux FISDW state, the system exhibits topologically nontrivial phases, which can be characterized by a nonzero Chern number. The nontrivial evolution of the bulk bands with chemical potential in a topological phase transition is discussed.

sFRP-4, a potential novel serum marker for chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: The current methods used for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are unsatisfactory. Here, we assessed the serum levels of secreted frizzled related protein 4 (sFRP-4) for diagnosing HCC in patients infected with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).

Methods: In 272 patients with CHB enrolled, 142 were patients with HCC.