Age assessment of Chinese Tibetan twins using multiple skeletal age estimation methods: A case report.

This case presents a unique age estimation involving Chinese Tibetan twins, where one of them has been arrested for alleged rape. His parents claimed he was about 13 years old without providing any official age documentation. Since age is important in criminal proceedings in China, bone age estimation was conducted to determine the chronological age of the twins.

Reduced syncytin-1 regulates trophoblast invasion and apoptosis in preeclampsia.

Introduction: Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disorder characterized by de novo development of hypertension and proteinuria over 20 weeks gestation that has been associated with the dysfunction of trophoblasts. Current evidence suggests that syncytin-1 plays an important role in the non-fusogenic biological activity of trophoblasts, except for specific fusogenic function. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear.

circular RNA circ-231 promotes protein biogenesis of TPI1 and PRDX6 through mediating the interaction of eIF4A3 with STAU1 to facilitate unwinding of secondary structure in 5' UTR, enhancing progression of human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).

The nuclear cap-binding complex (CBC)-dependent translation (CT) is an important initial translation pathway for 5'-cap-dependent translation in normal mammal cells. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A-III (eIF4A3), as an RNA helicase, is recruited to CT complex and enhances CT efficiency through participating in unwinding of secondary structure in the 5' UTR. However, the detailed mechanism for eIF4A3 implicated in unwinding of secondary structure in the 5' UTR in normal mammal cells is still unclear.

Facile Fabrication of Hollow Nanoporous Carbon Architectures by Controlling MOF Crystalline Inhomogeneity for Ultra-Stable Na-Ion Storage.

Hollow nanoporous carbon architectures (HNCs) present significant utilitarian value for a wide variety of applications. Facile and efficient preparation of HNCs has long been pursued but still remains challenging. Herein, we for the first time demonstrate that single-component metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) crystals, rather than the widely reported hybrid ones which necessitate tedious operations for preparation, could enable the facile and versatile syntheses of functional HNCs.

Engineering Microstructure of a Robust Polymer Anode by Moderate Pyrolysis for High-Performance Sodium Storage.

Polymer anodes have inspired considerable research interest for Na-ion batteries (NIBs) owing to their high structural flexibility and resource sustainability but are limited by the sluggish electrode kinetics, insufficient cyclability, and inferior electronic conductivity which usually made a large fraction (20-50 wt %) of conductive carbon additive necessitated. Herein, using a polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) anode as an example, we demonstrated that a moderate pyrolysis of the polymer anode could not only reduce its optical bandgap to enhance its electronic conductivity but also tune its microstructures to facilitate Na transfer/storage and sustain the repeated sodiation/desodiation. When used as NIBs anode with 10 wt % conductive carbon adding for preparing the electrode film, the moderate-pyrolysis PCN can promise high specific capacity (351 mAh g at 0.

[Effect of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 on Adherence Between Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Endothelial Progenitor Cells].

Objective: To investigate the effects of intercellular adhesion molecule-1(ICAM-1) on the adherence between mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPC).

Methods: MSC and EPC were isolated, cultured and expanded from the 6-8 weeks aged C57BL/6 murine bone marrow by in vitro. Immuno-fluorescence was used to detect the expression of ICAM-1 in MSC group, EPC group and co-cultured MSC and EPC group.

[Effects of electrical stimulation of sciatic nerve on synaptic plasticity of spinal dorsal horn, hippocampal CA1 region and spinal c-fos, hippocampal CA1 region expression in neonatal rats].

Objective: To explore the response to nociceptive stimuli in spinal cord of neonatal rat and observe the electrical stimulation of sciatic nerve on synaptic plasticity of spinal dorsal horn, hippocampal CA1 region and spinal c-fos, hippocampal CA1 region expression in neonatal rats.

Methods: The rats were divided into neonatal and adult groups. The evoked potentials of left spinal dorsal horn from T13-L1 and right hippocampal CA1 region were recorded.

Changes in relative organ weights and intestinal transporter gene expression in embryos from White Plymouth Rock and WENS Yellow Feather Chickens.

This study was conducted to evaluate the embryonic development of broilers with different growth rates and correlate the differences between the amino acid transporter and peptide transporter gene expression patterns to the growth of the small intestine. The results showed that the body and yolk weights of the White Plymouth Rock (WPR) embryos were higher than those of the WENS Yellow Feather Chicken (WYFC) embryos although the relative embryonic body weights were inversely correlated. We studied nine organs and classified them into four clusters according to their changes in relative weight during the hatching process.

Net financial benefits of averting HIV infections among people who inject drugs in Urumqi, Xinjiang, Peoples Republic of China (2005-2010).

Background: To quantify the contribution of locally implemented prevention programmes in contributing to reductions in treatment and care costs by averting HIV infections among those who inject drugs this study calculates net financial benefit of providing harm reduction programmes using information from services being implemented in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China ( between 2005 and 2010).

Methods: Information was collected to assess cost of providing methadone treatment (MMT) and needle and syringe programmes (NSP). HIV incidence was estimated among people who inject drugs (PWID).

Pericyst may be a new pharmacological and therapeutic target for hydatid disease.

Background: Most hydatid cysts with calcified walls are biologically and clinically silent and inactive. Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) plays a critical role in the calcification process of cells. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of modulating TGF-β1 signaling on the calcification of hydatid cysts.