Preparation of S-CN/AgCdS Z-Scheme Heterojunction Photocatalyst and Its Effectively Improved Photocatalytic Performance.

In this study, S-doped graphitic carbon nitride (S-CN) was prepared using the high-temperature polymerization method, and then S-CN/AgCdS heterojunction photocatalyst was obtained using the chemical deposition method through loading Ag-doped CdS nanoparticles (AgCdS NPs) on the surface of S-CN. Experimental results show that the AgCdS NPs were evenly dispersed on the surface of S-CN, indicating that a good heterojunction structure was formed. Compared to S-CN, CdS, AgCdS and S-CN/CdS, the photocatalytic performance of S-CN/AgCdS has been significantly improved, and exhibits excellent photocatalytic degradation performance of Rhodamine B and methyl orange.

A CIC-related-epigenetic factors-based model associated with prediction, the tumor microenvironment and drug sensitivity in osteosarcoma.

Osteosarcoma is generally considered a cold tumor and is characterized by epigenetic alterations. Although tumor cells are surrounded by many immune cells such as macrophages, T cells may be suppressed, be inactivated, or not be presented due to various mechanisms, which usually results in poor prognosis and insensitivity to immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is considered a promising anti-cancer therapy in osteosarcoma but requires more research, but osteosarcoma does not currently respond well to this therapy.

Comparison of curative effect between OBS assisted by 3D printing and PFNA in the treatment of AO/OTA type 31-A3 femoral intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients.

Objective: To compare and analyze the Ortho-Bridge System (OBS) clinical efficacy assisted by 3D printing and proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA) of AO/OTA type 31-A3 femoral intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 25 elderly patients diagnosed with AO/OTA type 31-A3 femoral intertrochanteric fracture was conducted from January 2020 to August 2022 at Yan'an Hospital, affiliated to Kunming Medical University. The patients were divided into 10 patients in the OBS group and 15 in the PFNA group according to different surgical methods.

Prognostic and immune implications of a novel 7-methylguanosine-related microRNA signature in breast invasive carcinoma: from exploration to validation.

Objectives: This study aims to develop and validate a prognostic signature based on 7-methylguanosine-related (M7G-related) miRNAs for predicting prognosis and immune implications in breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA).

Materials And Methods: M7G-related miRNA data of BRCA were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO)-penalized, univariate, and multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to construct the prognostic signature.

Distinct roles of ADIPOR1 and ADIPOR2: A pan-cancer analysis.

Introduction: AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 proteins, encoded by ADIPOR1 and ADIPOR2 genes respectively, are the receptors of adiponectin secrected by adipose tissue. Increasing studies have identified the vital role of adipose tissue in various diseases, including cancers. Hence, there is an urgent need to explore the roles of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 in cancers.

CD24-associated ceRNA network reveals prognostic biomarkers in breast carcinoma.

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer types which is described as the leading cause of cancer death in women. After competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) hypothesis was proposed, this triple regulatory network has been observed in various cancers, and increasing evidences reveal that ceRNA network plays a significant role in the migration, invasion, proliferation of cancer cells. In the current study, our target is to construct a CD24-associated ceRNA network, and to further identify key prognostic biomarkers in breast cancer.

Comprehensive analysis of GINS subunits prognostic value and ceRNA network in sarcoma.

The GINS complex, composed of GINS1/2/3/4 subunits, is an essential structure of Cdc45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase and plays a vital role in establishing the DNA replication fork and chromosome replication. Meanwhile, GINS genes have been associated with the poor prognosis of various malignancies. However, the abnormal expression of GINS genes and their diagnostic and prognostic value in sarcomas (SARC) remain unclear.

Characterization of the immune cell infiltration landscape in myxofibrosarcoma to aid immunotherapy.

Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is a highly malignant subtype of soft tissue sarcoma, accounting for 5% of cases. Immunotherapy guided by immune cell infiltration (ICI) is reportedly a promising treatment strategy. Here, MFS samples (n = 104) from two independent databases were classified as ICI clusters A/B/C and gene clusters A/B/C.

Simultaneous removal of cadmium, lead, chromate by biochar modified with layered double hydroxide with sulfide intercalation.

In this study, a novel KOH-activated biochar modified with MgAl-LDH with S intercalation (KBC-LDH-S) was proposed for simultaneous adsorption of anions and cations. The adsorption capacity, thermodynamic and kinetic studies, effects of initial temperature and solution pH were investigated. Furthermore, the adsorption characteristics in both single and ternary Pb-Cd-Cr systems were investigated.

Intrinsic Mechanism Analyses of Significantly Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance of the BiMoO/BiVO System.

In this paper, the electrodeposition and hydrothermal methods were used to prepare the BiMoO/BiVO photoelectrode, and the intrinsic mechanism of significantly enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of the prepared BiMoO/BiVO heterojunction system was studied. Work functions of BiMoO and BiVO were analyzed using a scanning Kelvin probe, and the direction of the heterojunction electric field and the transfer direction of photogenerated carriers were finally determined by the relative positions of the energy bands and the Fermi levels of BiMoO and BiVO. A type II BiMoO/BiVO heterojunction system was finally confirmed to be formed.

Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking to Elucidate the Potential Mechanism of Ligusticum Chuanxiong Against Osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease which serious affects patients. Ligusticum chuanxiong (CX) has been shown to have a certain curative effect on osteoarthritis in traditional Chinese medicine therapy. This study is based on network pharmacology and molecular docking technology to explore the potential mechanism of CX.

Prognosis Implication of a Novel Metabolism-Related Gene Signature in Ewing Sarcoma.

Ewing sarcoma (ES) is one of the most common bone cancers in adolescents and children. Growing evidence supports the view that metabolism pathways play critical roles in numerous cancers (He et al. (2020)).

Punicalin Attenuates Breast Cancer-Associated Osteolysis by Inhibiting the NF-κB Signaling Pathway of Osteoclasts.

Breast cancer bone metastasis and osteoporosis are both severe diseases that seriously threaten human health. These diseases are closely associated with osteolytic lesions. And osteoclasts are the key targets of this pathological process.

A Novel Overall Survival Prediction Signature Based on Cancer Stem Cell-Related Genes in Osteosarcoma.

Osteosarcoma is the most general bone malignancy that mostly affects children and adolescents. Numerous stem cell-related genes have been founded in distinct forms of cancer. This study aimed at identifying a stem cell-related gene model for the expected assessment of the prognosis of osteosarcoma patients.

The CdIn S /WO Nanosheet Composite Has a Significantly Enhanced Photo-electrochemical Cathodic Protection Performance and Excellent Electron Storage Capability.

Photo-electrochemical cathodic protection (CP) technology is considered to be a green metallic corrosion protection technology that uses solar energy to protect from corrosion and does not consume any anode materials. In this work, a CdIn S /WO nanocomposite photoelectrode was prepared, and its photo-electrochemical CP performance and mechanism were studied and analyzed. WO has a well band matching with CdIn S , leading to a significantly enhanced photo-electrochemical CP performance of the nanocomposite.

Identification of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-Related Prognostic lncRNAs Biomarkers Associated With Melanoma Microenvironment.

Melanoma is the most common cancer of the skin, associated with a worse prognosis and distant metastasis. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a reversible cellular biological process that plays significant roles in diverse tumor functions, and it is modulated by specific genes and transcription factors. The relevance of EMT-related lncRNAs in melanoma has not been determined.

Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis: a bi-directional Mendelian randomization study.

Many observation studies have demonstrated a close relationship between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoporosis (OP). However, the causal genetic correlation between RA and OP remains unclear. In this study, we performed bi-directional Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to explore causal inference between these two traits.

Identification of the Roles of Chromobox Family Members in Gastric Cancer: A Study Based on Multiple Datasets.

Background: As the important components in polycomb repressive complexes 1 (PRC1) and heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1), Chromobox (CBX) family members are involved in epigenetic regulatory function, transcriptional repression, and other cellular metabolisms. Increasing studies have indicated significant associations between CBX and tumorigenesis, which is a progression in different types of cancers. However, the information about the roles of each CBX in gastric cancer is extremely limited.

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of dual metal incorporated CuCe-SAPO-34 zeolite for enhancing ammonia selective catalytic reduction.

A series of dual metal incorporated CuCex-SAPO-34(x = 0-0.04) samples were synthesized using one-pot hydrothermal method with diethylamine as organic structure-directing agent for selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH. The catalytic properties were elucidated in detail with physicochemical properties being analyzed using various instruments.

The survival and prognosis analysis of synovial sarcoma subtypes: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results population-based analysis.

Purpose: By comparing epidemiologic and prognostic data of synovial sarcoma subtypes, this study aims to clarify the difference in prognosis and risk factors among different synovial sarcoma subtypes.

Methods: In total, 1692 patients with synovial sarcoma in the USA who were diagnosed during 1975 through 2016 and retrieved from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program were studied.

Results: There were statistically significant differences in the distribution of age and race among three synovial sarcoma subtypes, while no major differences in the distribution of sex, tumor stage, and tumour size were found.

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 expression predicts osteosarcoma patients' survival: a meta-analysis.

Osteosarcoma, the most common primary bone malignancy, is characterized by easily relapsing and metastasizing. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) plays an essential role in tumorigenesis, affecting tumor metabolism, differentiation, angiogenesis, proliferation and metastasis, and has been found to be associated with survival in patients with osteosarcoma. The possible prognostic value of HIF-1 was investigated in many studies, but the results were inconsistent.

Role of polyaniline on the photocatalytic degradation and stability performance of the polyaniline/silver/silver phosphate composite under visible light.

Polyaniline/silver/silver phosphate (PANI/Ag/Ag3PO4) composite was prepared by in situ depositing silver phosphate (Ag3PO4) nanoparticles on the surface of polyaniline (PANI). The best photocatalytic Rhodamine B degradation performance is obtained by the 20 wt % PANI/Ag/Ag3PO4 composite, which is approximately 4 times higher than that of pure Ag3PO4. Meanwhile, the photocatalytic stability of Ag3PO4 is significantly improved by introducing PANI into the PANI/Ag/Ag3PO4 composite.

Highly efficient photocatalytic performance of graphene-ZnO quasi-shell-core composite material.

In the present paper, the graphene-ZnO composite with quasi-shell-core structure was successfully prepared using a one-step wet chemical method. The photocatalytic Rhodamine B degradation property and the photoelectrochemical performance of the graphene-ZnO quasi-shell-core composite are dependent on the amount of graphene oxide that is added. When the amount of graphene oxide added is 10 mg, the graphene-ZnO quasi-shell-core composite possesses the optimal photocatalytic degradation efficiency and the best photoelectrochemical performance.