Self-Assembly of a Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal for Water Treatment.

Adsorbents, especially those with high removal efficiency, long life, and multi-purpose capabilities, are the most crucial components in an adsorption system. By taking advantage of the liquid-like mobility and crystal-like ordering of liquid crystal materials, a liquid crystal induction method is developed and applied to construct three-dimensional graphene-based adsorbents featuring excellent shape adaptability, a distinctive pore structure, and abundant surface functional groups. When the monoliths are used for water restoration, the large amount of residual oxygen-containing groups is more susceptible to electrophilic attack, thus contributing to cation adsorption (up to 705.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Candidiasis: Current Updates.

Esophageal candidiasis (EC) is the most common type of infectious esophagitis. In the gastrointestinal tract, the esophagus is the second most susceptible to candida infection, only after the oropharynx. Immunocompromised patients are most at risk, including patients with HIV/AIDS, leukemia, diabetics, and those who are receiving corticosteroids, radiation, and chemotherapy.

Growth hormone used to control intractable bleeding caused by radiation-induced gastritis.

Intractable bleeding caused by radiation-induced gastritis is rare. We describe a 69-year-old man with intractable hemorrhagic gastritis induced by postoperative radiotherapy for the treatment of esophageal carcinoma. Although anti-secretory therapy with or without octreotide was initiated for hemostasis over three months, melena still occurred off and on, and the patient required blood transfusions to maintain stable hemoglobin.

Endoscopic removal of an accidentally swallowed toothbrush.

A rare case is reported with a large foreign body in the upper gastrointestinal tract. A 19-year-old girl accidentally swallowed her toothbrush which was successfully removed via endoscopy using a polypectomy snare under topical pharyngeal anesthesia. The extracted toothbrush was 20 cm long, and it had the characteristic radiographic image.

Protective effect of salvianolic acid B on chronic pancreatitis induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid solution in rats.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of salvianolic acid B (Sal-B) on pancreatic damage in experimental chronic pancreatitis.

Methods: Chronic pancreatitis was induced by infusion of trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid into the pancreatic duct in male Sprague-Dawley rats. From the beginning of 5 weeks, the rats in group 2 were treated with Sal-B by gavage for 8 weeks.

Ascorbic acid alleviates pancreatic damage induced by dibutyltin dichloride (DBTC) in rats.

Purpose: Because previous studies have reported depleted antioxidant capacity in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), prevention of free radical production has gained importance in antifibrotic treatment strategies for CP. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ascorbic acid on oxidative capacity and pancreatic damage in experimental CP.

Materials And Methods: CP was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by infusion of dibutyltin dichloride (DBTC) into the tail vein.

Plasma level of thrombomodulin is an early indication of pancreatic necrosis in patients with acute pancreatitis.

Background: The potential to predict pancreatic necrosis within the first 48 h by using plasma soluble thrombomodulin (sTM) in 104 patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) was analyzed in a prospective 5-year investigation performed at a single institution.

Methods: According to Balthazar CT grade, pancreatitis was classified as no necrosis in 72 patients, one-third necrotic in 18 patients, one-half necrotic in 10 patients and more than one-half necrotic in 4 patients. Blood was collected at the first 48 hours after the onset of pain and analyzed for sTM.

[Harmine induces apoptosis in human SGC-7901 cells].

Objective: [corrected] To investigate the effect of apoptosis induced in human SGC-7901 cells by Harmine.

Methods: The effect of Harmine on human SGC-7901 cell survival and apoptosis was determined by MTT assay, light microscopy and flow cytometry. Cell genomic DNA was detected by agarose electrophoresis.

[Plasma levels of ascorbic acid and vitamin E in patients with liver cirrhosis].

Objective: To investigate the plasma levels of ascorbic acid and vitamin E in patients with liver cirrhosis and to explore their significance.

Methods: The plasma levels of ascorbic acid,vitamin E and lipoperoxides in patients with liver cirrhosis were measured, and the results were compared with those of sex-and age-matched healthy subjects.

Result: The plasma levels of ascorbic acid, vitamin E and lipoperoxides in the patients group were (42.

Distribution of H.pylori antigens in gastric mucosa and its significance.

Objective: To investigate the distribution of H.pylori antigens in the gastric mucosa in patients with H.pylori infection, and the relationship between the distribution and gastric cancer.

Detection of H.pylori DNA in gastric epithelial cells by in situ hybridization.

Aim: To investigate the presence of H.pylori DNA within gastric epithelial cells in patients with H.pylori infection and its possible carcinogenic mechanism.