Down-regulated expression of CDK5RAP3 and UFM1 suggests a poor prognosis in gastric cancer patients.

Purpose: The relationship between the CDK5RAP3 and UFM1 expression and the prolonged outcomes of patients who underwent gastric cancer (GC) surgery was investigated.

Methods: Single-sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA), unsupervised clustering and other methods were used to verify the relationship between CDK5RAP3 and UFM1 in GC through public databases. Additionally, CDK5RAP3 and UFM1 expression in cancerous and paracancerous tissues of GC was analysed in the context of patient prognosis.

Infectious Sources, Prognostic Factors, and Visual Outcomes of Endogenous Klebsiella pneumoniae Endophthalmitis.

Purpose: To investigate the infectious sources and prognostic factors for poor visual outcome, including subjective symptoms, presenting clinical features, laboratory data, and treatments, in patients diagnosed with endogenous Klebsiella pneumoniae endophthalmitis (EKE) at a tertiary referral center in Northern Taiwan.

Design: Retrospective, single-institution, consecutive case series.

Participants: One hundred ten consecutive patients (124 eyes) diagnosed with EKE.

Prognostic Factors and Visual Outcomes of Pyogenic Liver Abscess-Related Endogenous Klebsiella pneumoniae Endophthalmitis: A 20-year retrospective review.

Endogenous K. pneumoniae endophthalmitis (EKE) has a higher incidence among East Asians, and the most common infectious source of EKE is pyogenic liver abscess (PLA). We investigate the risk factors for poor visual outcomes in patients with PLA-related EKE.

The coupling of glycolysis and the Rubisco-based pathway through the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway to achieve low carbon dioxide emission fermentation.

In this study, Rubisco-based engineered Escherichia coli, containing two heterologous enzymes of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) and phosphoribulokinase (PrkA), has been shown to be capable of the in situ recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) during glycolysis. Two alternative approaches have been proposed to further enhance the carbon flow from glycolysis to a Rubisco-based pathway through the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (NOPPP). The first is achieved by elevating the expression of transketolase I (TktA) and the second by blocking the native oxidation-decarboxylation reaction of E.

Characterization of the modified chitosan membrane cross-linked with genipin for the cultured corneal epithelial cells.

Objectives: To modify a chitosan membrane (CM) by cross-linking the chitosan with genipin, a naturally occurring cross-linker extracted from Gardenia jasminoides fructus, with the aim of developing a new cell culture support and to observe the phenotypes of cultured human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs) on genipin-cross-linked chitosan membrane (GCM).

Methods: We tested the cross-linking characteristics and mechanical strength of the GCM. CMs modified by cross-linking with different concentrations of genipin were prepared to investigate the rate of membrane degradation.

Diversity of lactic acid bacteria in sian-sianzih (fermented clams), a traditional fermented food in Taiwan.

Background: Sian-sianzih (fermented clams) is a popular traditional fermented food in Taiwan. The lactic acid bacteria (LAB) microflora in sian-sianzih have not been studied in detail. In this study, LAB from sian-sianzih were isolated, characterized and identified.