Publications by authors named "Yijie Sha"

As new pollutants, microplastics (MPs) have attracted much attention worldwide because they cause serious environmental pollution and pose potential health risks to humans. However, the toxic effects of MPs are still unclear. In this study, we analysed the inflammatory effects of 0.

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  • - Natural pyrethrins (NPs) are bio-pesticides used in organic farming, but their toxic impact on human liver cells is not fully understood yet.
  • - Research using three types of human liver cells demonstrated that NPs cause significant cell damage through mechanisms like LDH release and oxidative stress activation via the Keap1/Nrf-2 pathway.
  • - The study found that inhibiting oxidative stress with N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) helps reduce cell damage, while knocking down Nrf-2 worsens it, highlighting the complex relationship between NPs and liver toxicity.
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The development of new diabetes drugs continues to be explored. Loureirin B, a flavonoid, extracted from Dracaena cochinchinensis, has been confirmed to increase insulin secretion and decrease blood glucose levels. For searching the promotion of insulin secretion with the treatment of loureirin B, experiments were employed based on cell experiments and computational methods.

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Quercetin, a ubiquitous flavanoid, has numerous pharmacological effects, such as antioxidant and antitumor. Previous studies showed nucleic acids were the potential biological targets for antitumor medicine. For exploring the mechanism of DNA-target medicine, the interaction between quercetin and calf thymus DNA was studied based on the method of spectrometry and simulation in our study.

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Loureirin B (LB), a bioactive drug, is widely used in the treatment of biological diseases. However, due to its poor solution in water, it is important to find the approach which helps LB to specific biological targets. As the most abundant protein in plasma, HSA plays the role of a carrier of numerous drug ligand.

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