Tripartite motif-containing 14 (TRIM14) promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition via ZEB2 in glioblastoma cells.

Background: Several members of the tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) protein family have been reported to serve as vital regulators of tumorigenesis. Recent studies have demonstrated an oncogenic role of TRIM 14 in multiple human cancers; however, the importance of this protein in glioblastoma remains to be elucidated.

Methods: The expression levels of TRIM14 were analyzed in a series of database and were examined in a variety of glioblastoma cell lines.

Localized and propagating surface plasmon co-enhanced Raman spectroscopy based on evanescent field excitation.

The localized and propagating surface plasmon co-enhanced Raman scattering of 4-mercaptopyridine was observed based on evanescent field excitation. The most effective coupling of the localized and propagating surface plasmons resulted in a >50 times enhanced signal relative to signals obtained on vacuum-deposited silver film.

Real-time, in-situ, extinction spectroscopy studies on silver-nanoseed formation.

In this paper, real-time extinction spectroscopy was employed to analyze in situ the fast formation process of silver seeds. The influencing factors for silver-seed formation, including the concentration of the reducer (NaBH(4)), the amount of stabilizer (citrate), and the addition procedure of NaBH(4), were evaluated. The configuration of the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectra of silver nanoparticles, which reflected the morphology of the produced silver seeds, was found to be distinctly affected by the NaBH(4) concentration.