ROS-induced imbalance of the miR-34a-5p/SIRT1/p53 axis triggers chronic chondrocyte injury and inflammation.

Osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disease based on the degeneration and loss of articular cartilage. Inflammation and aging play an important role in the destruction of the extracellular matrix, in which microRNA (miRNA) is a key point, such as miRNA-34a-5p. Upregulation of miRNA-34a-5p was previously reported in a rat OA model, and its inhibition significantly suppressed interleukin (IL)-1β-induced apoptosis in rat chondrocytes.

[Investigation on Spectral Characteristic and Threshold Behavior of Network Structure of Ge-Sb-S Chalcogenide Glasses].

Two series of chalcogenide glasses in Ge-Sb-S ternary system were synthesized with melt-quenching method. The phycochemical properties and spectral characteristic of glasses with different content of Ge and Sb were obtained with a series of measurements, and the systematic analysis on the change of optical properties was conducted in terms of microstructure of glasses combined with the Raman spectra. With constraint theory based on mean coordination number (Z), we described the variation trend of network structure directly.