Van Hove singularity (vHs), the singularity point of density of states (DOS) in crystalline solids, is a research hotspot in emerging phenomena such as light-matter interaction, superconducting, and quantum anomalous Hall effect. Although the significance of vHs in photothermoelectric (PTE) effect has been recognized, its integral role in electron excitation and thermoelectric effect is still unclear, particularly in the mid-infrared band that suffers from Pauli blockade in semimetals. Here, we unveil the Fermi-level-modulated PTE behavior in the vicinity of vHs in carbon nanotubes, employing ionic-liquid gating.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeriodontitis is an oral inflammatory disease that causes alveolar bone destruction by activating osteoclast. FTO, a crucial demethylase of N6-methyladenosine(mA), exerts essential function in maintaining bone homeostasis. However, the effects of FTO on periodontitis-related bone destruction remain unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Epigenetics
January 2024
Background: Periodontitis is a highly prevalent oral disease characterized by bacterium-induced periodontal inflammation and alveolar bone destruction. Osteoblast function is impaired in periodontitis with a global proteome change. METTL3 is the pivotal methyltransferase of N-methyladenosine (mA) that is recently proved to exert a crucial role in osteoblast differentiation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeural activity in awake organisms shows widespread and spatiotemporally diverse correlations with behavioral and physiological measurements. We propose that this covariation reflects in part the dynamics of a unified, arousal-related process that regulates brain-wide physiology on the timescale of seconds. Taken together with theoretical foundations in dynamical systems, this interpretation leads us to a surprising prediction: that a single, scalar measurement of arousal (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs one of the most prevalent modifications on RNA, N6-methyladenosine (mA) has been recently found implicated in various pathological processes. Emerging studies have demonstrated the role of mA and its writer Mettl3 in fine-tuning the immune response, which now becomes a research hotspot owing to its potential therapeutic value. However, the results are inconsistent and even contradictory, suggesting that there might be multiple Mettl3 target genes involved in different pathways.
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October 2023
Periodontitis is a chronic osteolytic inflammatory disease resulting from complex dynamic interactions among bacterial pathogens and the host immune response. Macrophages play a vital role in the pathogenesis of periodontitis by triggering periodontal inflammation and inducing periodontium destruction. N-Acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10) is an acetyltransferase that has been shown to catalyse N4-acetylcytidine (ac4C) mRNA modification and is related to cellular pathophysiological processes, including the inflammatory immune response.
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August 2022
C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), interleukin-15 (ll-15) expression and prognostic relevance were analyzed in patients with postoperative infection due to spinal injury. For this purpose, a total of 169 cases of spinal injury patients who underwent surgical treatment from July 2021 to July 2022 were selected, and the patients were divided into the uninfected group (148 cases), infected group (21 cases) according to the presence or absence of infection after surgery. Looking at the site of infection in both groups, the levels of CRP, PCT, and ll-15 in the two groups were detected using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and the expression of the three in postoperative infection of spinal injury and the correlation with prognosis were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExcessive differentiation of osteoclasts contributes to the disruption of bone homeostasis in inflammatory bone diseases. Methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3), the core methyltransferase that installs an N6-methyladenosine (mA) modification on RNA, has been reported to participate in bone pathophysiology. However, whether METTL3-mediated mA affects osteoclast differentiation in inflammatory conditions remains unelucidated.
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