Competitive Coordination-Oriented Monodispersed Ruthenium Sites in Conductive MOF/LDH Hetero-Nanotree Catalysts for Efficient Overall Water Splitting in Alkaline Media.

Rational exploration of efficient, inexpensive, and robust electrocatalysts is critical for the efficient water splitting. Conjugated conductive metal-organic frameworks (cMOFs) with multicomponent layered double hydroxides (LDHs) to construct bifunctional heterostructure catalysts are considered as an efficient but complicated strategy. Here, the fabrication of a cMOF/LDH hetero-nanotree array catalyst (CoNiRu-NT) coupled with monodispersed ruthenium (Ru) sites via a controllable grafted-growth strategy is reported.

Fibrillation of human islet amyloid polypeptide and its toxicity to pancreatic β-cells under lipid environment.

Background: Previous studies suggested that fibrillar human IAPP (hIAPP) is more likely to deposit in β-cells, resulting in β-cell injury. However, the changes in the conformation of hIAPP in lipid environment and the mechanism involved in β-cell damage are unclear.

Methods: Synthetic hIAPP was incubated with five types of free fatty acids and phospholipids 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-l-serine (POPS), which constitute the cell membrane.

Expression of immunoproteasome subunits in the porcine lung: Alterations during normal and inflammatory conditions.

The elimination of infected cells by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) occurs through interactions between T cell receptors (TCRs) and pathogen-derived antigenic peptide-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I complexes. The immunoproteasome (i-proteasome), which is a large proteolytic machine derived from the constitutive proteasome, is highly efficient at processing antigens for presentation on MHC class I molecules to activate CD8 T lymphocytes; this in turn facilitates antiviral adaptive immune responses. To date, i-proteasome expression in the porcine lung has not been investigated.

Spermidine preconditioning ameliorates laurate-induced brain injury by maintaining mitochondrial stability.

Ischemic precondition plays a protective effect during cerebral ischemia. This effect partly depends on the autophagic activity. However, whether the activity of autophagy can exert the protective effects after cerebral ischemia is unclear.

[Association of filaggrin gene polymorphism with atopic dermatitis in southern Chinese Han population].

Objective: To investigate the association of filaggrin gene (FLG) polymorphism with atopic dermatitis (AD) in southern Chinese Han population.

Methods: The frequencies of the 13 known FLG gene single nucleotide polymorphism(SNPs), including 3321delA, 441delA, 1249insG, E1795X, S3296X, R501X, 2282del4, R2447X, S2889X, 7945delA, 3702delG, Q2417X, R4307X, were detected in a cohort of 50 AD patients and 100 control individuals using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing.

Results: FLG 3321delA and 441delA were detected in 14 (28%) and 6 (12%) AD patients, respectively.