In this study, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and methyltriethoxysilane (MTES) were used as precursors for silica, combined with the ionic liquid [BMIM-ClO]. Lithium perchlorate was added as the lithium-ion source, and formic acid was employed as a catalyst to synthesize silica ionogel electrolytes via the sol-gel method. FT-IR and NMR identified the self-prepared ionic liquid [BMIM-ClO], and its electrochemical window was determined using linear sweep voltammetry (LSV).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiological and cellular interleukin-6 (IL-6)-related therapies have been used to treat severe COVID-19 pneumonia with hyperinflammatory syndrome and acute respiratory failure, which prompted further exploration of the role of IL-6 in human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell (hUCMSC) therapy. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were responders cocultured with hUCMSCs or exogenous IL-6. A PBMC suppression assay was used to analyze the anti-inflammatory effects via MTT assay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: METCAM/MUC18 expression was increased with the malignant progression of prostate cancer and also a bona fide metastatic gene, capable of initiating and driving the metastasis of a non-metastatic human prostate cancer cell line to multiple organs.
Objective: We explored if METCAM/MUC18 was detectable in human serum and a novel biomarker to predict malignant propensity of prostate cancer.
Materials And Methods: Two antibodies were identified by Western blot analysis having the highest sensitivity and specificity to establish calibration curves from the recombinant METCAM/MUC18 proteins.
Staphylococcus aureus is an important and common Gram-positive bacteria which causes clinical infections and food-poisoning cases. Therapeutic schedules for treatment of infections are facing a challenge because of the emergence of multidrug resistance strains. It is urgent to find new antiinfective drugs to control S.
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