Brd4 modulates metabolic endotoxemia-induced inflammation by regulating colonic macrophage infiltration in high-fat diet-fed mice.

High-fat diet (HFD) induces low-grade chronic inflammation, contributing to obesity and insulin resistance. However, the precise mechanisms triggering obesity-associated metabolic inflammation remain elusive. In this study, we identified epigenetic factor Brd4 as a key player in this process by regulating the expression of Ccr2/Ccr5 in colonic macrophage.

The influence of the molecular packing on the room temperature phosphorescence of purely organic luminogens.

Organic luminogens with persistent room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) have attracted great attention for their wide applications in optoelectronic devices and bioimaging. However, these materials are still very scarce, partially due to the unclear mechanism and lack of designing guidelines. Herein we develop seven 10-phenyl-10H-phenothiazine-5,5-dioxide-based derivatives, reveal their different RTP properties and underlying mechanism, and exploit their potential imaging applications.

Elucidating the Excited State of Mechanoluminescence in Organic Luminogens with Room-Temperature Phosphorescence.

Two stable, purely organic luminogens exhibit both mechano- (ML) and photoluminescence (PL) with dual fluorescence-phosphorescence emissions at room temperature. Careful analysis of the crystal structures, coupled with theoretical calculations, demonstrate that room-temperature phosphorescence and ML properties are strongly related to molecular packing. In particular, the formation and fracture of molecular dimers with intermolecular charge-transfer properties has a significant effect on intersystem crossing, as well as excited triplet state emissions, in both PL and ML processes.

[Analysis of influenza type A(H1N1) antibody levels in different population in Gansu province].

Objective: To investigate influenza type A(H1N1) antibody levels in 3 different population which included common people, people recovered from be infected with influenza A(H1N1) and people vaccinated influenza type A(H1N1) vaccine in Gansu province in 2009.

Methods: Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI) test, HI test is positive when HI-titer > or = 1:40.

Results: The influenza type A(H1N1) antibody-positive rate of urban population were 3.