Hydrogen-induced Sulfur Vacancies on the MoS Basal Plane Studied by Ambient Pressure XPS and DFT Calculations.

Sulfur vacancy on an MoS basal plane plays a crucial role in device performance and catalytic activity; thus, an understanding of the electronic states of sulfur vacancies is still an important issue. We investigate the electronic states on an MoS basal plane by ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS) and density functional theory calculations while heating the system in hydrogen. The AP-XPS results show a decrease in the intensity ratio of S 2p to Mo 3d, indicating that sulfur vacancies are formed.

Elucidation of the atomic-scale processes of dissociative adsorption and spillover of hydrogen on the single atom alloy catalyst Pd/Cu(111).

Hydrogen spillover is a crucial process in the selective hydrogenation reactions on Pd/Cu single atom alloy catalysts. In this study, we report the atomic-scale perspective of these processes on the single atom alloy catalyst Pd/Cu(111) based on the experimental and theoretical results, including infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRAS), temperature programmed desorption (TPD), high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HR-XPS), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations for core-level excitation. The hydrogen spillover onto Cu(111) was successfully observed in real time using time-resolved IRAS measurements at 80 K.

Early and Delayed Meniscal Shrinkage After Fresh-Frozen Lateral Meniscal Allograft Transplantation: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study With a Midterm Follow-up.

Purpose: To evaluate whether fresh-frozen meniscal allograft shrinkage occurs only during the first year of the early remodeling period or progresses over the delayed period of midterm years and to determine whether these changes were associated with certain clinical and radiologic outcomes.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed meniscal allograft transplantations (MATs) performed by 1 senior surgeon (S-I.B.

Cervical sagittal alignment in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: is it corrected by surgery?

OBJECTIVE Cervical sagittal alignment (CSA) is related to function and quality of life, but it has not been frequently studied in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. This study aimed to reveal the change in CSA following corrective surgery, compare the cervical sagittal parameters according to curve types, and assess related factors for postoperative aggravation of CSA. METHODS The authors studied 318 consecutive patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis who underwent corrective surgery at a single center.

A Retrospective Mid- and Long-term Follow-up Study on the Changes in Hematologic Parameters in the Highly Exposed Residents of the Hebei Spirit Oil Spill in Taean, South Korea.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze changes in hematologic parameters in the residents of the areas highly contaminated by the Hebei Spirit Oil Spill in 2007 and those who participated in the clean-up activities.

Methods: According to demographic characteristics, health status and behavior, and level of exposure to oil, we compared the hematologic results in 2009 and 2012 among 701 residents. The hematologic parameters were composed of white blood cell (WBC) count, and levels of hemoglobin, hematocrit (Hct), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cr), total cholesterol (T-chol), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and triglyceride (TG).

and Synergistically Inhibit In Vivo Thrombus Formation and Platelet Aggregation by Impairing the Glycoprotein VI Pathway.

L. (MAL) extract has been used in traditional medicine for its cardioprotective and antiplatelet effects, while another herbal remedy, (SCC), has been reported to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. We evaluated underlying cellular changes exerted by extracts of these plants on platelet function and effects of SCC + MAL on in vivo thrombus formation using AV shunt and tail thrombosis-length models in rats.

Cobalt Intoxication Heart Failure after Revision Total Hip Replacement for Ceramic Head Fracture: A Case Report.

In 1960s, toxic heart failure due to cobalt poisoning was firstly reported from Canadian industrial worker. Following development of bearing materials in hip arthroplasties, using cobalt-chrome alloy in bearing surface, there were rarely reported of systemic affect toxic cobaltism include toxic heart failure due to articulation wear in Western countries. It could be happened more easily by third body wear from ceramic particle especially revision total hip replacement (THR) surgery using cobalt-chrome alloy following ceramic articulation breakage which index surgery performed by ceramic on ceramic bearing.

Oxidative stress biomarkers in long-term participants in clean-up work after the Hebei Spirit oil spill.

Background: The oil tanker Hebei Spirit spilled 12,547kL of oil near the western coastline of Korea on December 7, 2007. We aimed to investigate the relationship between oil spill exposure and oxidative stress in residents living near the affected area.

Methods: Study subjects were 671 residents who participated in a health examination between February and September 2009.

Attenuation of IFN-γ-induced B7-H1 expression by 15-deoxy-delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J2 via downregulation of the Jak/STAT/IRF-1 signaling pathway.

Aim: B7-H1, which belongs to the B7 family of costimulatory molecules, is implicated in the ability of tumors to evade the host immune response. The development of evasion mechanisms within the tumor microenvironment may be responsible for poor therapeutic responses. In this manuscript, we report that the 15-deoxy-δ(12,14)-prostaglandin J2 (15d-PGJ2), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) activator leads to the downregulation of the cancer-associated expression of B7-H1 in response to interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and the associated signaling cascades.

Respiratory effects of the hebei spirit oil spill on children in taean, Korea.

Purpose: The oil spill from the Heibei Spirit in December 2007 contaminated the Yellow Coast of South Korea. We evaluated the respiratory effects of that spill on children who lived along the Yellow Coast.

Methods: Of 662 children living in the area exposed to the oil spill, 436 (65.

Burden of disease attributable to the Hebei Spirit oil spill in Taean, Korea.

Objectives: We aimed to assess the burden of disease (BOD) of the residents living in contaminated coastal area with oil spill and also analysed the BOD attributable to the oil spill by disease, age, sex and subregion.

Design: Health impact assessment by measuring years lived with disability (YLD) due to an oil spill.

Setting: A whole population of a community affected by an anthropogenic environmental disaster and secondary health outcome data.

Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase is required for death receptor-independent caspase-8 activation and cell death in response to sphingosine.

Sphingosine induces activation of multiple signaling pathways that play critical roles in controlling cell death. However, the precise molecular mechanism of cell death induced by sphingosine remains to be clarified. In this study, we show that sphingosine induces death receptor-independent caspase-8 activation and apoptotic cell death via p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation and that suppression of the MAPK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase/ERK pathway by protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is required for p38 MAPK activation.

Opposing roles of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in the cellular response to ionizing radiation in human cervical cancer cells.

Exposure of cells to ionizing radiation induces activation of multiple signaling pathways that play critical roles in determining cell fate. However, the molecular basis for cell death or survival signaling in response to radiation is unclear at present. Here, we show opposing roles of the c-jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways in the mitochondrial cell death in response to ionizing radiation in human cervical cancer cells.

Elevation of cyclin B1, active cdc2, and HuR in cervical neoplasia with human papillomavirus type 18 infection.

Over 30 cervical epitheliotrophic HPV types may lead to altered biological functions that affect the clinical outcome of HPV infection. In order to determine the regulatory mechanism and effect of different HPV subtypes, we performed functional assays on cdc2, cyclinB1 and HuR in human uterine cervical samples. After confirming 22 HPV types among 95 cervical swabs, 10 cervical tissues, and seven established cell lines using a DNA chip, we evaluated the functional activities of G2 molecules assays, that included; western blotting for cyclin B1, cdc2 and phospho-cdc2 (Y15 and T161), immunoprecipitation for cdc2, a nuclear extraction fractional assay, and RT-PCR for cyclin B1.

The orphan nuclear receptor SHP is involved in monocytic differentiation, and its expression is increased by c-Jun.

Small heterodimer partner (SHP) is an atypical member of nuclear receptor superfamily that lacks a DNA binding domain. Here, we show that SHP expression increases during monocytic differentiaton with exposure HL-60 leukemia cells to a 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) response element, whose treatment induced the SHP promoter activity dependent on c-Jun expression, which is well known to be involved in the commitment step in the TPA-induced differentiation of HL-60 leukemia cells. We also show that overexpression and activation signaling of c-Jun increase the SHP promoter activity, suggesting that the level of SHP expression is normally limiting for c-Jun-dependent monocytic differentiation.

Activation and interaction of ATF2 with the coactivator ASC-2 are responsive for granulocytic differentiation by retinoic acid.

Terminal differentiation of hematopoietic cells follows a precisely orchestrated program of transcriptional regulatory events at the promoters of both lineage-specific and ubiquitous genes. Here we show that the transcription factor ATF2 is associated with the induction of granulocytic differentiation, and the molecular interaction of ATF2 with a tissue-specific coactivator activating signal cointegator-2 (ASC-2) potentiates the differentiation procedure. All-trans retinoic acid (RA) induced the phosphorylation and expression of ATF2 in the early and middle phase of granulocyte differentiation, respectively.

Interaction and functional cooperation of the cancer-amplified transcriptional coactivator activating signal cointegrator-2 and E2F-1 in cell proliferation.

Activating signal cointegrator-2 (ASC-2), a novel coactivator, is amplified in several cancer cells and known to interact with mitogenic transcription factors, including serum response factor, activating protein-1, and nuclear factor-kappaB, suggesting the physiological role of ASC-2 in the promotion of cell proliferation. Here, we show that the expression pattern of ASC-2 was correlated with that of E2F-1 for protein increases at G(1) and S phase. Furthermore, cells stably overexpressing ASC-2 had an increased cell proliferation profile.

Hepatitis B virus X protein regulates transactivation activity and protein stability of the cancer-amplified transcription coactivator ASC-2.

Hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) is a transcriptional coactivator that plays a significant role in the regulation of genes involved in inflammation and cell survival. A recently identified cellular coactivator, activating signal cointegrator 2 (ASC-2), is enriched in liver cancer cells and associates with many transcription factors that are active in hepatocytes. The tissue colocalization of these 2 proteins, in view of their similar regulatory functions, led us to examine whether HBx and ASC-2 cooperate in transcriptional activation of gene expression.