Nanotechnology can be applied to design antibacterial agents to combat antibiotic resistance. The aim of the present study was to assess the antimicrobial effects and cytotoxicity of GdYVO:Eu nanoparticles (NPs). Biofilm inhibition activity, antimicrobial activity, bacterial viability inhibition and DNA cleavage activity of GdYVO:Eu NPs were studied. In addition, the impact of GdYVO:Eu NPs on the mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨ) of host immune cells and, hence, their apoptosis was analyzed by JC-1 staining using flow cytometry. GdYVO:Eu NPs demonstrated good antimicrobial, cell viability inhibition and DNA cleavage activities. In addition, GdYVO:Eu NPs showed good biofilm inhibition activity against s and and inhibition percentages were 89.15% and 79.54%, respectively. However, GdYVO:Eu NPs promoted mitochondrial depolarization and apoptosis of leukocytes at high concentrations. GdYVO:Eu nanoparticles are promising antibacterial agents. However, more efforts should be exerted to ensure their safety.
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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
December 2024
Arrhythmia Unit, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez, Huelva, Spain.
Background: Interventricular dyssynchrony derived from the classic non-physiological stimulation (n-PS) of the right ventricle (RV) is a known cause of left ventricular dysfunction (LVDys).
Methods: This was a prospective descriptive single-center study. We analyzed patients who develop LVDys with n-PS, and the results after upgrading to conduction system pacing (CSP).
Daru
December 2024
Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Objective(s): Some forms of breast cancer such as triple-negative phenotype, are serious challenge because of high metastatic cases, high mortality and resistance to conventional therapy motivated the search for alternative treatment approaches. Nanomaterials are promising candidates and suitable alternatives for improving tumor and cancer cell treatments.
Materials And Methods: Biosynthesis of ZnO NPs by help of Berberis integerrima fruit extract, has been done.
ACS Biomater Sci Eng
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Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia.
Polymer based nanoformulations offer substantial prospects for efficacious chemotherapy delivery. Here, we developed a pH-responsive polymeric nanoparticle based on acidosis-triggered breakdown of boronic ester linkers. A biocompatible hyaluronic acid (HA) matrix served as a substrate for carrying a doxorubicin (DOX) prodrug which also possesses natural affinity for CD44 cells.
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New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.
Radiodynamic therapy that employs X-rays to trigger localized reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation can tackle the tissue penetration issue of phototherapy. Although calcium tungstate (CaWO) shows great potential as a radiodynamic agent benefiting from its strong X-ray absorption and the ability to generate electron-hole (e-h) pairs, slow charge carrier transfer and fast e-h recombination greatly limit its ROS-generating performance. Herein, via a one-pot wet-chemical method, oxygen vacancy-rich amorphous/crystalline heterophase CaWO nanoparticles (Ov-a/c-CaWO NPs) with enhanced radiodynamic effect are synthesized for radiodynamic-immunotherapy of cancer.
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December 2024
Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center for Hainan Biological Sample Resources of Major Diseases, the Hainan Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, the First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570102, China.
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