BACKGROUND Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas(SPN)share similar imaging findings with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with cystic changes(PDAC with cystic changes),which may result in unnecessary surgery...BACKGROUND Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas(SPN)share similar imaging findings with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with cystic changes(PDAC with cystic changes),which may result in unnecessary surgery.AIM To investigate the value of computed tomography(CT)in differentiation of SPN from PDAC with cystic changes.METHODS This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical and imaging findings of 32 patients diagnosed with SPN and 14 patients diagnosed with PDAC exhibiting cystic changes,confirmed through pathological diagnosis.Quantitative and qualitative analysis was performed,including assessment of age,sex,tumor size,shape,margin,density,enhancement pattern,CT values of tumors,CT contrast enhancement ratios,“floating cloud sign,”calcification,main pancreatic duct dilatation,pancreatic atrophy,and peripancreatic invasion or distal metastasis.Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify relevant features to differentiate between SPN and PDAC with cystic changes,and receiver operating characteristic curves were obtained to evaluate the diagnostic performance of each variable and their combination.RESULTS When compared to PDAC with cystic changes,SPN had a lower age(32 years vs 64 years,P<0.05)and a slightly larger size(5.41 cm vs 3.90 cm,P<0.05).SPN had a higher frequency of“floating cloud sign”and peripancreatic invasion or distal metastasis than PDAC with cystic changes(both P<0.05).No significant difference was found with respect to sex,tumor location,shape,margin,density,main pancreatic duct dilatation,calcification,pancreatic atrophy,enhancement pattern,CT values of tumors,or CT contrast enhancement ratios between the two groups(all P>0.05).The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the combination was 0.833(95%confidence interval:0.708-0.957)with 78.6%sensitivity,81.3%specificity,and 80.4%accuracy in differentiation of SPN from PDAC with cystic changes.CONCLUSION A larger tumor size,“floating cloud sign,”and peripancreatic invasion or distal metastasis are useful CT imaging features that are more common in SPN and may help discriminate SPN from PDAC with cystic changes.展开更多
A new three-dimensional coordination polymer composed of Cu2+ centres and semiquinoid linkers (dhbq(2-)) was synthesized which was composed by two independent, enantiomeric, interpenetrated [Cu-2(dhbq)(3)](2-) network...A new three-dimensional coordination polymer composed of Cu2+ centres and semiquinoid linkers (dhbq(2-)) was synthesized which was composed by two independent, enantiomeric, interpenetrated [Cu-2(dhbq)(3)](2-) networks with (10,3)-a topology. The compound has good water stability and typical behaviors of semiconductor, whose conductivity increases along with raising temperature. The chemiresistive humidity sensor made from this material shows good properties including linear sensitivity, high response, fast response and recovery, and particularly narrow hysteresis during humidity adsorption and desorption.展开更多
An imidazolium-based ionic liquid(IL)modified triphenylamine derivative,namely 1-(4-((4-(diphenylamino)benzoyl)oxy)butyl)-3-methyl imidazole tetrafluoroborate(TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4)),was designed and synthesized,and furthe...An imidazolium-based ionic liquid(IL)modified triphenylamine derivative,namely 1-(4-((4-(diphenylamino)benzoyl)oxy)butyl)-3-methyl imidazole tetrafluoroborate(TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4)),was designed and synthesized,and further applied with 3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene(EDOT)to prepare conjugated copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4)) via electrochemical polymerization.The cyclic voltammetry curves show that the copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4))possesses two pairs of redox peaks,which should be ascribed to the redox behaviors of EDOT and triphenylamine.The ultraviolet-visible(UV-Vis)absorption spectrum of P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4))exhibits one maximum absorption peak at 580 nm and a small shoulder characteristic peak at 385 nm under neutral state which are assigned toπ-π^(*)conjugated structure of EDOT and triphenylamine.After being applied at the positive voltage,the copolymer color changes from dark blue to light blue,which is close to the color of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT).Surprisingly,the copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4))shows shorter switching time of 0.37 s,0.30 s at 580 nm and 0.38 s,0.45 s at 1100 nm compared with PEDOT.It is more intriguing that the copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4))exhibits electrochromism even in free supporting electrolyte.The results confirm that the existence of imidazolium-based ionic liquid has an improvement on the ion diffusion properties and the switching time of conjugated polymer,which may provide a potential direction for the preparation of high-performance electrochromic materials.展开更多
A complex community of human-associated microorganisms plays diversely important roles in maintaining health,and the metabolites help to define whether a particular human-associated microbe is a friend or a foe.This w...A complex community of human-associated microorganisms plays diversely important roles in maintaining health,and the metabolites help to define whether a particular human-associated microbe is a friend or a foe.This work shows that Aspergillus brunneoviolaceus FB-2,derived from the stool of a healthy individual,produces a family of antiosteoporotic xanthone dinners including penibishexahydroxanthone A(1)and brunneoxanthones A-E(2-6,undescribed previously).The structures of 1-6 were elucidated by MS and NMR spectroscopic analysis,and the absolute configuration of 2 was established by X-ray crystallography.Compounds 4-6 are relatively rare examples of highly oxidized heterodimeric xanthones with an 8-ketone functionality.Finally,the prednisolone-induced osteoporotic zebrafish enabled our demonstration that the antiosteoporotic effects of 1-6 are dose-dependent.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science foundation of China,No.82202135,No.82371919,No.82372017 and No.82171925Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation,No.2023M741808+4 种基金Jiangsu Provincial Key research and development program,No.BE2023789Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology,No.JSTJ-2023-WJ027Foundation of Excellent Young Doctor of Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine,No.2023QB0112Project funded by Nanjing Postdoctoral Science Foundation,Natural Science Foundation of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine,No.XZR2023036,No.XZR2021003 and No.XZR2021050Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence Special Research Fund Project,Nanjing Medical Association Radiology Branch,Project of National Clinical Research Base of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jiangsu Province,China,No.JD2023SZ16.
文摘BACKGROUND Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms of the pancreas(SPN)share similar imaging findings with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with cystic changes(PDAC with cystic changes),which may result in unnecessary surgery.AIM To investigate the value of computed tomography(CT)in differentiation of SPN from PDAC with cystic changes.METHODS This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical and imaging findings of 32 patients diagnosed with SPN and 14 patients diagnosed with PDAC exhibiting cystic changes,confirmed through pathological diagnosis.Quantitative and qualitative analysis was performed,including assessment of age,sex,tumor size,shape,margin,density,enhancement pattern,CT values of tumors,CT contrast enhancement ratios,“floating cloud sign,”calcification,main pancreatic duct dilatation,pancreatic atrophy,and peripancreatic invasion or distal metastasis.Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify relevant features to differentiate between SPN and PDAC with cystic changes,and receiver operating characteristic curves were obtained to evaluate the diagnostic performance of each variable and their combination.RESULTS When compared to PDAC with cystic changes,SPN had a lower age(32 years vs 64 years,P<0.05)and a slightly larger size(5.41 cm vs 3.90 cm,P<0.05).SPN had a higher frequency of“floating cloud sign”and peripancreatic invasion or distal metastasis than PDAC with cystic changes(both P<0.05).No significant difference was found with respect to sex,tumor location,shape,margin,density,main pancreatic duct dilatation,calcification,pancreatic atrophy,enhancement pattern,CT values of tumors,or CT contrast enhancement ratios between the two groups(all P>0.05).The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the combination was 0.833(95%confidence interval:0.708-0.957)with 78.6%sensitivity,81.3%specificity,and 80.4%accuracy in differentiation of SPN from PDAC with cystic changes.CONCLUSION A larger tumor size,“floating cloud sign,”and peripancreatic invasion or distal metastasis are useful CT imaging features that are more common in SPN and may help discriminate SPN from PDAC with cystic changes.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51402293,21401193)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB20000000)+2 种基金Key Research Program of Frontier Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences(QYZDB-SSW-SLH023)Scientific Research and Equipment Development Project,Chinese Academy of Sciences(YZ201609)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2016J06006,2015J01230,2016J05053, 2017J05034)
文摘A new three-dimensional coordination polymer composed of Cu2+ centres and semiquinoid linkers (dhbq(2-)) was synthesized which was composed by two independent, enantiomeric, interpenetrated [Cu-2(dhbq)(3)](2-) networks with (10,3)-a topology. The compound has good water stability and typical behaviors of semiconductor, whose conductivity increases along with raising temperature. The chemiresistive humidity sensor made from this material shows good properties including linear sensitivity, high response, fast response and recovery, and particularly narrow hysteresis during humidity adsorption and desorption.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51703199 and 51673174)Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China(NO.LZ17E030001).
文摘An imidazolium-based ionic liquid(IL)modified triphenylamine derivative,namely 1-(4-((4-(diphenylamino)benzoyl)oxy)butyl)-3-methyl imidazole tetrafluoroborate(TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4)),was designed and synthesized,and further applied with 3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene(EDOT)to prepare conjugated copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4)) via electrochemical polymerization.The cyclic voltammetry curves show that the copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4))possesses two pairs of redox peaks,which should be ascribed to the redox behaviors of EDOT and triphenylamine.The ultraviolet-visible(UV-Vis)absorption spectrum of P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4))exhibits one maximum absorption peak at 580 nm and a small shoulder characteristic peak at 385 nm under neutral state which are assigned toπ-π^(*)conjugated structure of EDOT and triphenylamine.After being applied at the positive voltage,the copolymer color changes from dark blue to light blue,which is close to the color of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT).Surprisingly,the copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4))shows shorter switching time of 0.37 s,0.30 s at 580 nm and 0.38 s,0.45 s at 1100 nm compared with PEDOT.It is more intriguing that the copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_(6)IL-BF_(4))exhibits electrochromism even in free supporting electrolyte.The results confirm that the existence of imidazolium-based ionic liquid has an improvement on the ion diffusion properties and the switching time of conjugated polymer,which may provide a potential direction for the preparation of high-performance electrochromic materials.
基金the grants from NSFC(No.81991524)MOE(No.2018YFC1706201).
文摘A complex community of human-associated microorganisms plays diversely important roles in maintaining health,and the metabolites help to define whether a particular human-associated microbe is a friend or a foe.This work shows that Aspergillus brunneoviolaceus FB-2,derived from the stool of a healthy individual,produces a family of antiosteoporotic xanthone dinners including penibishexahydroxanthone A(1)and brunneoxanthones A-E(2-6,undescribed previously).The structures of 1-6 were elucidated by MS and NMR spectroscopic analysis,and the absolute configuration of 2 was established by X-ray crystallography.Compounds 4-6 are relatively rare examples of highly oxidized heterodimeric xanthones with an 8-ketone functionality.Finally,the prednisolone-induced osteoporotic zebrafish enabled our demonstration that the antiosteoporotic effects of 1-6 are dose-dependent.
