Peripheral immunity is associated with cognitive impairment after acute minor ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack.

Immunoinflammation is associated with the development of post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI), however, peripheral immunity has not been fully explored. We aimed to investigate the association between PSCI and peripheral immune indicators, including neutrophil, lymphocyte, and mononuclear percentages and counts; the systemic immune inflammation index; platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR); and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio. A total of 224 patients with acute minor ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack with 6-12 months of follow-up were included.

SLC12A5 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma growth and ferroptosis resistance by inducing ER stress and cystine transport changes.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a poor prognosis and new effective treatments are needed. SLC12A5 plays important roles in multiple complex pathological states and is overexpressed in a variety of malignancies. However, the effects of SLC12A5 in HCC have not been determined.

Targeted chemo-photodynamic therapy toward esophageal cancer by GSH-sensitive theranostic nanoplatform.

As the sixth leading cause of cancer death, esophageal cancer is threatening the life of people worldwide. Traditional treatments, such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, are facing always augmented challenges including invasion, multidrug resistance (MDR), off-target toxicity. Chemo & Photodynamic synergistic therapy represents one promising strategy for improved treatment efficiency.

Cation modulated spin state and near room temperature transition within a family of compounds containing the same [FeL] center.

Spin-crossover (SCO) active compounds have received much attention due to their potential application in molecular devices. Herein, a family of solvent-free Fe compounds, formulated as (A)[FeL], (HL = pyridine-2,6-bi-tetrazolate, A = (Me)N1, EtNH2, PrNH3 and PrNH4), were synthesized and characterized. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies reveal that 1-4 are all supramolecular frameworks containing the same [FeL] center, which is arranged into two packing modes inter-molecular interactions, that is, a 3D architecture in 1 and 1D chain in 2-4.

Coordination-Assembly of Lanthanide Supramolecular Hydrogels with Luminescent Multi-stimulus Response.

Luminescent supramolecular hydrogels have shown extensive potential for a variety of applications due to their unique optical properties and biocompatibility. Coordination self-assembly provides a promising strategy for the preparation of supramolecular hydrogels. In this contribution, a series of luminescent lanthanide (Ln) supramolecular hydrogels HG-LnL are synthesized by coordination self-assembly of Ln ions and V shaped bis-tetradentate ligands (HL and HL) with different bent angles (∠).

Transcriptome analysis of differentially expressed genes in chrysanthemum RNA interference lines.

Unlabelled: DNA methylation is the most important epigenetic modification involved in many essential biological processes. is one of DNA methyltransferases that affect the level of methylation in the entire genome. To explore the effect of gene silencing on gene expression profile of  ×  'Zijingling'.

The impact of a medication reconciliation programme at geriatric hospital admission: A pre-/postintervention study.

Aims: The aim of this study was to improve medication reconciliation and reduce the occurrence of duplicate prescriptions by pharmacists and physicians within 72 hours of hospital admission using an intelligent prescription system combined with the National Health Insurance PharmaCloud system to integrate the database with the medical institution computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system.

Methods: This 2-year intervention study was implemented in the geriatric ward of a hospital in Taiwan. We developed an integrated CPOE system linked with the PharmaCloud database and established an electronic platform for coordinated communication with all healthcare professionals.

Detection of urothelial carcinoma, upper tract urothelial carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, and urothelial carcinoma with gross hematuria using selected urine-DNA methylation biomarkers: A prospective, single-center study.

Introduction: Hematuria is the most common symptom of urothelial carcinomas (UC) but is often idiopathic. Cystoscopy is expensive which involves considerable patient discomfort, and conventional urine cytology for noninvasive UC detection and disease monitoring suffers from poor sensitivity. We aim to evaluate the performance of genes selected from a previous study in detecting UC, especially among patients with gross hematuria, as well as upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and bladder carcinoma separately, in voided urine samples.

Effect of probucol on insulin resistance in patients with non-diabetic chronic kidney disease.

Background: Insulin resistance (IR) is present at all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated with CKD progression. Probucol can improve the prognosis of IR in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. This study aimed to observe the effect of probucol on IR and kidney protection in non-diabetic CKD patients.

Mechanisms of hypercoagulability in nephrotic syndrome associated with membranous nephropathy as assessed by thromboelastography.

Introduction: Thromboelastography (TEG) was performed to assess potential hypercoagulability in Nephrotic syndrome (NS) patients with membranous nephropathy (MN) and to explore correlated factors contributing to hypercoagulable status

Materials And Methods: 101 MN patients, 61 minimal change disease (MCD) patients and 20 healthy controls met the inclusion criteria. The MN and MCD patients were stratified into two layers according to serum albumin (SALB) levels (<20g/l or 20-30g/l). Primary outcome measures included reaction time (R), α-angle, maximum amplitude (MA) and coagulation index (CI).

Sensitivity of initial biopsy or transurethral resection of bladder tumor(s) for detecting histological variants on radical cystectomy.

Background: To investigate the efficacy of initial biopsy or transurethral resection of bladder tumor for detecting histological variants on radical cystectomy and to assess the prognostic significance of variant histology on urothelial carcinoma outcomes after radical cystectomy.

Methods: Clinical and histopathological characteristics of 147 patients with variant histology who underwent radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma between 2006 and 2012 were assessed. Sensitivity was calculated as the proportion of radical cystectomy specimens with a particular variant that also presented the variant in the biopsy or transurethral resection specimen.

Aberrant Methylation of the 1p36 Tumor Suppressor Gene RIZ1 in Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Background: Retinoblastoma protein-interacting zinc finger gene 1(RIZ1) functions as a tumor suppressor. Hypermethylation-mediated RIZ1 silencing has been reported in several cancers, but not in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) yet.

Materials And Methods: We examined the RIZ1 expression and methylation in a panel of RCC cell lines and 50 primary tumors using semiquantitative/quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), methylation specific PCR, and bisulfite sequencing genomic.

Protective effect of salidroside on contrast-induced nephropathy in comparison with N-acetylcysteine and its underlying mechanism.

Objective: To study the prevention effect of salidroside on contrast-induced-nephropathy (CIN) and its underlying mechanism.

Methods: A total of 24 Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups with 6 in each group. Rats were firstly administrated with normal saline (control and model groups), N-acetylcysteine (NAC, NAC group) and salidroside (salidroside group) for 7 days before model establishment in each group, respectively.

Design, expression, and characterization of a novel dendritic cell-targeted proteins.

In vivo approaches to inducing an effective immune response focus on targeted antigen (Ag) delivery to dendritic cells (DCs). In this study, we developed a new method of targeting plasmid DNA and/or the antigen (Ag)-antibody (Ab) complex to DCs via the DC receptor DEC-205, also known as cluster of differentiation CD205. We cloned and expressed a recombinant protein composed of mouse DEC-205-specific single-chain fragment variable region (mDEC-205-scFv), the streptococcal protein G (SPG) IgG-binding domain and cationic peptide (CP), which named mDEC205-scFv-SPG-CP (msSC).

A meta-analysis of the effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers on insulin sensitivity in hypertensive patients without diabetes.

Aims: This study sought to compare the effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) on insulin sensitivity (IS) in hypertensive patients without diabetes.

Methods: Studies on the observation of IS in hypertensive patients without diabetes who received ACEI and ARB prior to December 2013 was collected using computer-based retrieval of the PUBMED, EMBASE, and COCHRANE databases. The primary indicators included IS, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and fasting plasma insulin (FPI).

A meta-analysis of the effect of angiotensin receptor blockers and calcium channel blockers on blood pressure, glycemia and the HOMA-IR index in non-diabetic patients.

Objective: This study compared the efficacy of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and calcium channel blockers (CCBs) in the effect of insulin resistance (IR) as assessed using the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in non-diabetic patients.

Methods: The MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were searched to identify studies published before December 2012 that investigated the use of ARBs and CCBs to determine the effect on the HOMA-IR index in non-diabetics. Parameters on IR and blood pressure were collected.

[Analysis on processing mechanism of calamine].

Objective: To study processing method and mechanism of Calamine.

Method: Thermogravimetry analysis method and nano-technology were adopted to analyze and synthesize the components in Calamine, Tetracycline was took as the comparison drug to determine the antibacterial activity of Calamine and its components.

Result: A part of zinc carbonate in Calamine was decomposed into zinc oxide when processing, and the particle size was smaller than before.

Cryopreservation of shoot-tips of citrus using vitrification: effect of reduced form of glutathione.

A commercial citrus scion cultivar, '439' tangor [C. Suavissima Hort. et Tanaka x C.