Solvothermal synthesis of bifunctional carbon dots for tartrazine and Fe(III) detection from chamomile residue by ternary DES pretreatment.

A ternary deep eutectic solvent (DES) consisting of choline chloride, lactic acid, and urea in a molar ratio of 1:2:2 was used to pretreat chamomile residue, followed by carbon dots (CDs) preparation using a one-pot solvothermal method. The CDs prepared under the suitable conditions had a high quantum yield of 47.34% and could be used as a bifunctional fluorescent probe for the detection of tartrazine and Fe(III).

PHB promotes bladder cancer cell epithelial-mesenchymal transition via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.

As a member of PHB (prohibitin1) family, PHB plays important roles in many cancers, but its property in bladder carcinoma aggressiveness is unknown. This research was to explore the function and potential mechanism of PHB in bladder carcinoma in vivo and in vitro. The invasive abilities of cancer cell were determined by transwell and wound-healing assays.

Treatment and bioresources utilization of traditional Chinese medicinal herb residues: Recent technological advances and industrial prospect.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has wide application and important functions in curing many diseases, but a great number of herb residues are usually generated after its manufacture and usage. Without proper and timely treatment, these traditional Chinese medicinal herb (TCMH) residues will cause some environmental pollution. In addition to treatment, bioresources utilization of TCMH residues is also important for its great potential as a suitable feedstock for the production of energy, materials, and chemicals.

In-situ fermentation with gellan gum adding to produce bacterial cellulose from traditional Chinese medicinal herb residues hydrolysate.

In this study, bacterial cellulose was synthesized by Taonella mepensis from traditional Chinese medicinal herb residues hydrolysate. To overcome the inhibitory effect of fermentation environment, in-situ fermentation with gellan gum adding was carried out for the first time. After 10 days' static fermentation, both high-acyl gellan gum and low-acyl gellan gum adding showed certain beneficial effects for bacterial cellulose production that the highest bacterial cellulose yield (0.

CYP1B1 C4326G polymorphism and susceptibility to cervical cancer in Chinese Han women.

Cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) is a key P450 enzyme, which could catalyze the formation of 4-hydroxy estrogen metabolites and play a role in estrogen-dependent cancers. We hypothesized that genetic variant in CYP1B1 may modify individual susceptibility to cervical cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between CYP1B1 C4326G polymorphism and cervical cancer risk in Chinese women.

Polymorphisms in genes HSD17B1 and HSD17B2 and uterine leiomyoma risk in Chinese women.

Purpose: To evaluate the association of HSD17B1 and HSD17B2 gene polymorphisms with uterine leiomyoma in Chinese women.

Methods: 121 Chinese women with clinically diagnosed uterine leiomyoma and 217 healthy normal Chinese women were investigated to compare three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs605059 and rs676387 of HSD17B1 gene and rs8191246 of HSD17B2 gene) by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism and DNA sequencing method.

Results: All the SNPs were polymorphisms in Chinese women.

Combined blood purification for treating acute fatty liver of pregnancy complicated by acute kidney injury: a case series.

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) complicated by acute kidney injury (AKI) is serious and life-threatening for the mother. The present study aimed to determine the clinical efficacy of combined blood purification treatment (CBPT) in patients with AFLP complicated by AKI. The CBPT involves plasma exchange (PE) combined with continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH).

[Impact of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation delayed, which occurs after functionally pituitary downregulation by depot GnRH agonist, on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer].

Objective: This study observed the influence on hormone, embryos and clinical outcomes when the starting time of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) was delayed after applying a half-dose depot gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa).

Methods: A total 207 cycles were divided into 3 groups: control group (98 cycles, which performed daily low dose GnRHa during the mid-luteal phase in patients' menstrual cycles and reduced the dosage to a half at the next day 3, and added gonadotropin (Gn), conventional group (63 cycles, in which pituitary desensitization was obtained with a half-dose depot GnRHa in the mid-luteal phase, and then Gn was added at day 3) and delayed group (46 cycles, having the same usage of GnRHa to conventional group, but not adding Gn until day 7).

Results: The cancellation rate of cycle in conventional group was the highest (P < 0.

[The relationship between the implantation of ovarian stimulated embryos and the expression of leukemia inhibitory factor mRNA in mice metrium].

Objective: To check the expression of leukemia inhibitory factor (Lif) mRNA, and to study the impact of ovarian stimulation on the ability of embryo implantation in mice.

Methods: Pregnancy models of mice were established. The relationship between the implantation of ovarian stimulated embryos and the expression of Lif mRNA in mice metrium was analyzed.

[The effect of basic fibroblast growth factor in ovarian cancer growth and angiogenesis].

Objective: To investigate whether basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) can induce the proliferation, invasion and angiogenesis of ovarian cancer or not.

Methods: Human ovarian cancer cell lines SKOV(3) 1 x 10(4)/ml were plated in 24-well dishes, bFGF at 5, 10,15 and 20 ng/ml was added and crystal violet staining was given daily for 8 days, cell numbers were counted by determining OD490. SKOV(3) cells were plated in the center of 50% extra cellular matrix gel, bFGF at 5 and 10 ng/ml was added and the migration distance of cells was measured daily.