Publications by authors named "Xu-lin Chen"

Correction for 'Silver(I)-iodine cluster with efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence and suppressed concentration quenching' by Xiao Li , , 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02855d.

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Bacterial infections are a significant obstacle to the healing of acute and chronic wounds, such as diabetic ulcers and burn injuries. Traditional antibiotics are the primary treatment for bacterial infections, but they present issues such as antibiotic resistance, limited efficacy, and potential side effects. This challenge leads to the exploration of nanozymes as alternative therapeutic agents.

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Acute lung injury (ALI) is a critical clinical disease caused by direct factors (inhalation injury, gastroesophageal reflux, ) or indirect factors (including infection, sepsis, burn, shock, trauma, acute pancreatitis, fat embolism, drug overdose, ). ALI is characterized mainly by diffuse interstitial and alveolar edema caused by an uncontrolled inflammatory response and damage to the alveoli-capillary barrier and has very high morbidity and mortality rates. Currently, there is no effective treatment strategy other than mechanical ventilation, fluid management or other supportive treatments.

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Reports on highly efficient silver(I)-based thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials are scarce due to challenges in molecular design, although these materials show great potential for photoluminescent and electroluminescent applications. Herein, a silver(I)-iodine cluster, namely AgI(dppb-Ac), is synthesized by employing a donor-acceptor (D-A) type bisphosphine ligand. Due to the introduction of electron-donating iodine ligands, AgI(dppb-Ac) exhibits an emissive singlet state characterized by (metal + iodine)-to-ligand charge transfer and intra-ligand charge transfer transitions, as well as a small singlet-triplet energy gap.

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Infections and oxidative stress complicate wound healing. In recent years, nanomaterials with natural enzymatic activities have enabled the development of new antibacterial pathways. In this study, Cu-FeO nanoclusters with multienzyme properties were synthesised.

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Acute wounds result from damage to the skin barrier, exposing underlying tissues and increasing susceptibility to bacterial and other pathogen infections. Improper wound care increases the risk of exposure and infection, often leading to chronic nonhealing wounds, which cause significant patient suffering. Early wound repair can effectively prevent the development of chronic nonhealing wounds.

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  • The editorial discusses celiac disease (CeD), an autoimmune condition primarily affecting individuals with a genetic predisposition, characterized by gluten intolerance and symptoms like abdominal pain and diarrhea.* -
  • Patients with CeD must adhere to a lifelong gluten-free diet, which can significantly impact their quality of life and financial well-being.* -
  • The piece highlights the challenges in finding effective treatments due to the complex nature of CeD's pathogenesis and reviews both the disease's mechanisms and the current state of experimental and improved drug options.*
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Fast and efficient exciton utilization is a crucial solution and highly desirable for achieving high-performance blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). However, the rate and efficiency of exciton utilization in traditional OLEDs, which employ fully closed-shell materials as emitters, are inevitably limited by spin statistical limitations and transition prohibition. Herein, a new sensitization strategy, namely doublet-sensitized fluorescence (DSF), is proposed to realize high-performance deep-blue electroluminescence.

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Skin is the largest organ in the human body, and it is also the most important natural barrier. However, some accidents can cause skin damage. Bacterial infections and inflammatory reactions can hinder wound healing.

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A series of progress has been made in the field of antimicrobial use of nanozymes due to their superior stability and decreased susceptibility to drug resistance. However, catalytically generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) are insufficient for coping with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in complex wound environments due to their low targeting ability and insufficient catalytic activity. To address this problem, chemically stable copper-gallic acid-vancomycin (CuGA-VAN) nanoneedles were successfully constructed by a simple approach for targeting bacteria; these nanoneedles exhibit OXD-like and GSH-px-like dual enzyme activities to produce ROS and induce bacterial cuproptosis-like death, thereby eliminating MDRO infections.

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Increased inflammatory responses and oxidative stress at the wound site following skin trauma impair healing. Furthermore, skin scarring places fibroblasts under severe mechanical stress and aggravates pathological fibrosis. A novel liposomal composite hydrogel is engineered for wound microenvironment remodeling, incorporating dual-loaded liposomes into gelatin methacrylate to create a nanocomposite hydrogel.

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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are metal-organic skeleton compounds composed of self-assembled metal ions or clusters and organic ligands. MOF materials often have porous structures, high specific surface areas, uniform and adjustable pores, high surface activity and easy modification and have a wide range of prospects for application. MOFs have been widely used.

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Acute lung injury (ALI) is a common complication in patients with severe burns and has a complex pathogenesis and high morbidity and mortality rates. A variety of drugs have been identified in the clinic for the treatment of ALI, but they have toxic side effects caused by easy degradation in the body and distribution throughout the body. In recent years, as the understanding of the mechanism underlying ALI has improved, scholars have developed a variety of new nanomaterials that can be safely and effectively targeted for the treatment of ALI.

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Treatment of lower limb ischemia in patients with diabetes is challenging because of the location of the ulcers and the complexity of their pathogenesis. Carbon dioxide fractional laser (COFL) therapy in conjunction with tibial periosteum distraction could become a substitute for conventional methods. We herein describe a patient diagnosed with ischemic diabetic foot with a complex ulcer in the upper third of the tibia.

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Bacterial infection hampers wound repair by impeding the healing process. Concurrently, inflammation at the wound site triggers the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), causing oxidative stress and damage to proteins and cells. This can lead to chronic wounds, posing severe risks.

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Acute wounds are converted to chronic wounds due to advanced age and diabetic complications. Nanozymes catalyze ROS production to kill bacteria without causing drug resistance, while microneedles (MNs) can break through the skin barrier to deliver drugs effectively. Nanozymes can be intergrateded into MNs delivery systems to improve painless drug delivery.

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Simultaneously achieving a high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), ultrashort exciton lifetime, and suppressed concentration quenching in thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials is desirable yet challenging. Here, a novel acceptor-donor-acceptor type TADF emitter, namely, 2BO-sQA, wherein two oxygen-bridged triarylboron (BO) acceptors are arranged with cofacial alignment and positioned nearly orthogonal to the rigid dispirofluorene-quinolinoacridine (sQA) donor is reported. This molecular design enables the compound to achieve highly efficient (PLQYs up to 99%) and short-lived (nanosecond-scale) blue TADF with effectively suppressed concentration quenching in films.

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Background And Aims: To assess patient comfort, wound healing, and scarring at the 6-month follow-up of split-skin graft donor sites treated with Ba-Hao burn ointment (BHBO) gauze, a compound preparation of traditional Chinese medicine since 1970s, compared with petrolatum gauze.

Methods: Thirty patients admitted to the Department of Burns of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University between September 2021 and September 2022 participated in this randomized, prospective, self-control clinical study. After harvesting the split skin, donor sites were divided into two parts along the midline.

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Objective: Research indicates that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) contribute significantly to fibrotic diseases. Although lncRNAs may play a role in hypertrophic scars after burns, its mechanisms remain poorly understood.

Methods: Using chip technology, we compared the lncRNA expression profiles of burn patients and healthy controls (HCs).

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Introduction: One of the most common traumatic injuries, burn injuries lead to at least 180,000 deaths each year worldwide. Massive burns result in severe tissue loss and increase the rate of infection. Eschar excision with skin grafting is the gold standard of treatments for massive burns.

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Free radicals are secreted following skin damage and cause oxidative stress and inflammatory reactions that increase the difficulty of wound healing. In this study, copper-based nanozyme CuSe nanosheets (NSs) are synthesized by an anion-exchange strategy and apply to wounds with F127 hydrogels to investigate the healing effect of this nanozyme composite hydrogels on wounds. CuSe NSs have a large number of catalytically active centers, are simple to synthesize, require few reaction conditions and have a short synthesis cycle.

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  • There is a significant link between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and imbalances in gut health, with reactive oxygen and nitrogen species leading to tissue damage and an unhealthy intestinal barrier.
  • * Excessive inflammatory macrophages, particularly M1 types, amplify immune responses that further disrupt gut integrity.
  • * Current research highlights the potential of nanomedicine, including inorganic nanoparticles and natural product nanomaterials, to target inflammation in IBD by reducing harmful reactive species and rebalancing immune responses.
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Glomerulonephritis (GN) is the most common cause of end-stage renal failure worldwide; in most cases, it cannot be cured and can only delay the progression of the disease. At present, the main treatment methods include symptomatic therapy, immunosuppressive therapy, and renal replacement therapy. However, effective treatment of GN is hindered by issues such as steroid resistance, serious side effects, low bioavailability, and lack of precise targeting.

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Effectively controlling bacterial infection, reducing the inflammation and promoting vascular regeneration are all essential strategies for wound repair. Nanozyme technology has potential applications in the treatment of infections because its non-antibiotic dependent, topical and noninvasive nature. In wound management, copper-based nanozymes have emerged as viable alternatives to antibiotics.

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Introduction: Patients with extremely severe burns often require rapid wound closure with a tangential excision or escharectomy combined with a skin graft to reduce life-threatening complications such as infection. Traditional tangential excision surgery using the Watson or Humby knife does not allow accurate excision of necrotic tissue and often removes too much active tissue, which is detrimental to the rapid healing of the wound. Importantly, the Versajet hydrosurgical system, with its smaller handle, allows for more precise excision of necrotic burn tissue and preserves more active dermal tissue, positively affecting wound healing and scarring.

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