Fire-retardant and thermally conductive polyacrylonitrile-based separators enabling the safety of lithium-ion batteries.

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have broad application prospects in many fields because of their high energy density. However, the poor heat resistance of polyolefin membranes and uneven lithium deposition result in battery failure and even infamous thermal runaway behavior. To improve the intrinsic safety of batteries, fire-retardant, thermally conductive, electrospinning strategies are employed to acquire a functional polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber separator (PAN@FBN/TPP) containing modified boron nitride (FBN) and triphenyl phosphate (TPP).

In-vitro sensing of traumatic brain tissue by electrochemical impedance for diagnosis and therapeutic.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces neurogenerative disorders affecting severely daily human activities and early diagnosis is a critical requirement for prevention and cure. Here, we induced TBI formation in the Zebra fish, a model organism, by both mechanical (ultrasonic cleaner generated convulsive shock, UGCS) and chemical (pentylenetetrazol, PTZ) methods. The TBI induced cellular and neuronal changes are monitored by measuring the activities of the indicator biomarkers viz.

Upregulation of IL4-induced gene 1 enzyme by B2 cells during melanoma progression impairs their antitumor properties.

B cells present in human cutaneous melanoma have been associated with protective or detrimental effects on disease progression according to their phenotype. By using the RET model of spontaneous melanoma and adoptive transfer of B16 melanoma cells, we show that immature and follicular B2 (B2-FO) cells exert a protective effect on melanoma progression by promoting the generation of effector memory T cells and limiting the recruitment of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Unfortunately, this beneficial effect progressively wanes as a consequence of enhanced expression of the IL4-induced gene 1 (IL4I1) enzyme by immature B cells and B2-FO cells.

TH1/TH2 repolarization in induction of immune tolerance to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during the management of sickle cell disease vaso-occlusive crisis.

Respiratory manifestations related to the intake of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during the treatment of the painful vaso-occlusive crisis of sickle cell disease are either a type I hypersensitivity mechanism of the Gell and Coombs classification, or a pharmacological mechanism of NSAIDs. The use of NSAIDs is essential in the Abidjan school because of the absence of therapeutic alternatives in the management of the inflammatory crisis of this disease. The induction of tolerance to NSAIDs initiated by the authors has had clear clinical success.