With the pursuit of new cancer therapies and more effective treatment to diseases in the last decades, nanotechnology has been an important ally for healthcare professionals and patients in critical clinical condition...With the pursuit of new cancer therapies and more effective treatment to diseases in the last decades, nanotechnology has been an important ally for healthcare professionals and patients in critical clinical conditions. Nanomaterials offer an alternative way to deliver toxic chemotherapeutic drugs to specific biological tissues, specific cells or specific microbial beings, resulting in avoidance of strong side effects or resilience to effective drugs. Among these materials, stands out the hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, a ceramic class of calcium phosphates that present chemical and structural similarities with the mineral phase of the human skeleton’s bone matrix, resulting in important biological features, such as biocompatibility, osteoconductive, osteoinduction and osteoaffinity, which led to a lot of scientific researches to apply these nanoparticles for bone diseases diagnosis and therapeutics. Due to the hydroxyapatite biological activities and due to the possibility to promote chemical and physical modifications in these nanoparticles, they can interact with biological cells or microorganisms in different ways, resulting in multiple potentialities to be explored such as apoptosis induction to cancerous cells, osteogenesis promotion, cellular proliferation, angiogenesis and tissue recovery, in addition to promote cell adhesion and cell uptake. Furthermore, chemical and physical modifications, such as surface functionalization, dopant inclusions and radiolabeling process, allow scientists to track the particle activities in biological environments. In the last decades of scientific productions, the literature brings together important data on how hydroxyapatite nanoparticles interact with biological tissues and such data are crucial for the development of more effective therapeutic and diagnostic agents. In the present review, we intend to compile scholarly information to explore the biological relations of nanosized hydroxyapatite with the human cellular environment and the feasible modifications that may improve the theragnostic efficacy of these molecules.展开更多
Nanoscale drug delivery systems(nDDS)have been employed widely in enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of drugs against diseases with reduced side effects.Although several nDDS have been successfully approved for clinic...Nanoscale drug delivery systems(nDDS)have been employed widely in enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of drugs against diseases with reduced side effects.Although several nDDS have been successfully approved for clinical use up to now,biological barriers between the administration site and the target site hinder the wider clinical adoption of nDDS in disease treatment.Polyethylene glycol(PEG)-modification(or PEGylation)has been regarded as the gold standard for stabilising nDDS in complex biological environment.However,the accelerated blood clearance(ABC)of PEGylated nDDS after repeated injections becomes great challenges for their clinical applications.Zwitterionic polymer,a novel family of antifouling materials,have evolved as an alternative to PEG due to their super-hydrophilicity and biocompatibility.Zwitterionic nDDS could avoid the generation of ABC phenomenon and exhibit longer blood circulation time than the PEGylated analogues.More impressively,zwitterionic nDDS have recently been shown to overcome multiple biological barriers such as nonspecific organ distribution,pressure gradients,impermeable cell membranes and lysosomal degradation without the need of any complex chemical modifications.The realization of overcoming multiple biological barriers by zwitterionic nDDS may simplify the current overly complex design of nDDS,which could facilitate their better clinical translation.Herein,we summarise the recent progress of zwitterionic nDDS at overcoming various biological barriers and analyse their underlyingmechanisms.Finally,prospects and challenges are introduced to guide the rational design of zwitterionic nDDS for disease treatment.展开更多
The term disorders of gut-brain interaction(DGBIs)encompasses gastrointestinal disorders that globally affect more than one third of all people.The Rome IV criteria replaced the former term“functional gastrointestina...The term disorders of gut-brain interaction(DGBIs)encompasses gastrointestinal disorders that globally affect more than one third of all people.The Rome IV criteria replaced the former term“functional gastrointestinal disorders.”DGBIs can seriously challenge health and quality of life(QoL).A traditional but outdated approach differentiated“organic”vs“functional”disorders,seen by some as real vs psychiatric or undefined ones.This traditional distinction did not help patients whose health and QoL are seriously affected.DGBIs include motility disturbance;visceral hypersensitivity;altered mucosal and immune function;altered central nervous system processing,and more.Several DGBIs affect both children and adolescents.DGBIs are characterized by clusters of symptoms.Their pathophysiology relates to combinations of altered motility,visceral sensitivity,mucosal immune function,and more.Routine investigations find no structural abnormality that would easily explain the symptoms.Symptom-based criteria were developed to better understand patients where no mechanistic explanation was available for clinical practice and inclusion into clinical trials.To understand DGBIs and to find ways to treat them,these rigid mechanistic views fall short.展开更多
In this work, the existence of interaction between metal in metallo enzyme and small biological molecules such as amino acid in aqueous solution is confirmed for the first time by the experimental data of ESR, NMR,UV-...In this work, the existence of interaction between metal in metallo enzyme and small biological molecules such as amino acid in aqueous solution is confirmed for the first time by the experimental data of ESR, NMR,UV-VIS and enzyme activity. This kind of interaction can affect the enzyme catalytic activity.展开更多
The torsional characteristics of single walled carbon nanotube(SWCNT) with water interactions are studied in this work using molecular dynamics simulation method. The torsional properties of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) in ...The torsional characteristics of single walled carbon nanotube(SWCNT) with water interactions are studied in this work using molecular dynamics simulation method. The torsional properties of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) in a hydrodynamic environment such as water are critical for its key role in determining the lifetime and stability of CNT based nano-fluidic devices. The effect of chirality, defects and the density of water encapsulation is studied by subjecting the SWCNT to torsion. The findings show that the torsional strength of SWCNT decreases due to interaction of water molecules and presence of defects in the SWCNT. Additionally,for the case of water molecules encapsulated inside SWCNT, the torsional response depends on the density of packing of water molecules. Our findings and conclusions obtained from this paper is expected to further compliment the potential applications of CNTs as promising candidates for applications in nano-biological and nano-fluidic devices.展开更多
Using alkalescent ammonium(AAC)as precipitatnt, the diameter of nano La_2O_3 powder with diameter in 80 nm and less was prepared by the method of homogeneous precipitation, and reactant concentration, temperature and ...Using alkalescent ammonium(AAC)as precipitatnt, the diameter of nano La_2O_3 powder with diameter in 80 nm and less was prepared by the method of homogeneous precipitation, and reactant concentration, temperature and pH were studied and confirmed. The best precipitated concentration is from 0.2 to 0.5 mol·L^(-1), and the diameter of compounded powder turns small as the temperature gradually becomes high, and the pH from 6 to 8 is the best and the concentration of precipitant does not affect the diameter of compounded powder significantly. Meanwhile, most experiments lasting for fifty days in the greenhouse, and the results are 0.2 g·kg^(-1) nano La_2O_3 powder is enorgh for increasing biomass by 133% compared with that of the CK.展开更多
Artificial intelligence(AI)has recently been used in nanomedical applications,in which implanted intelligent nanosystems inside the human body were used to diagnose and treat a variety of ailments with the help of the...Artificial intelligence(AI)has recently been used in nanomedical applications,in which implanted intelligent nanosystems inside the human body were used to diagnose and treat a variety of ailments with the help of the Internet of biological Nano Things(IoBNT).Biological circuit engineering or nanomaterial-based architectures can be used to approach the nanosystem.In nanomedical applications,the blood vascular medium serves as a communication channel,demonstrating a molecular communication system based on flow and diffusion.This paper presents a performance study of the channel capacity for flow-based-diffusive molecular communication nanosystems that takes into account the ligand-receptor binding mechanism.Unlike earlier studies,we take into account the effects of biological physical characteristics such as blood pressure,blood viscosity,and vascular diameter on channel capacity.Furthermore,in terms of drug transmission error probability,the inter-symbol interference(ISI)phenomenon is applied to the proposed system.The numerical results show that the proposed AI nanosystems-based IoBNT technology can be successfully implemented in future nanomedicine.展开更多
The physical and biological properties of TiO2 materials including nano TiO2, micrometer-TiO2 and nano TiO2 tubes have been studied using scanning electron and infrared spectrometer, X-ray diffraction instrument as we...The physical and biological properties of TiO2 materials including nano TiO2, micrometer-TiO2 and nano TiO2 tubes have been studied using scanning electron and infrared spectrometer, X-ray diffraction instrument as well as 3-(4,5- dimethylthiazol 2-yl)-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) colorimetric method, respectively. These materials are prepared by chemical deposition and anode oxidation methods, respectively. The sizes of nano TiO2 are 80 nm and 1000 nm, respectively, their infrared properties of absorption are different, the characteristic peaks of the former are 1271,1615, 2957 and 3422 cm-1, the latter are 1645 and 2356 cm-1. The nano TiO2 tubes can be formed by anode oxidation method, its diameters are between 50-100 nm, different nano TiO2 tubes contain different components of oxygen and titanium. In MTT experiment we discover the changes of properties of proliferation of the liver and chick embryo fibroblast cells under influences of nanoTiO2 relative to those of the controlled groups, when small nanoTiO2 suspension is added in these cultivated liquids of cell, but the influence of nano TiO2 on the proliferation of the person’s liver cell is still very small, therefore, the toxicities of nano TiO2 containing 80nm and 1000 nm to these cells are still first score.展开更多
Nano-TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation was used to perform the advanced treatment of biologically treated chemical comprehensive wastewater. The effects of reaction time,nano-TiO2 dosage and initial p H of the wastewater ...Nano-TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation was used to perform the advanced treatment of biologically treated chemical comprehensive wastewater. The effects of reaction time,nano-TiO2 dosage and initial p H of the wastewater on the removal rate of COD were tested. The GC/MS and EEM techniques were used to qualitatively analyze organic compounds in the wastewater before and after treatment. The result showed that after the biologically treated chemical comprehensive wastewater was treated by nano-TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation under the conditions of reaction time 3 h,nano-TiO2 dosage 8 g/L,and pH 8. 0,the effluent COD was 61. 9 mg/L and its removal rate was 63. 8%. Additionally,the species of organic pollutants reduced from 12 to 6. Meanwhile,the content of humic-like and fulvic-like substances dropped dramatically.展开更多
Carboxylic acid-functionalized nano-sized magnetic composite polymers (COOH-NMPs) were synthesized and used for the preparation of the modified glassy carbon electrode, i.e., COOH-NMPs/GCE and DNA/COOH-NMPs/GCE. The e...Carboxylic acid-functionalized nano-sized magnetic composite polymers (COOH-NMPs) were synthesized and used for the preparation of the modified glassy carbon electrode, i.e., COOH-NMPs/GCE and DNA/COOH-NMPs/GCE. The electrochemical behaviors of melamine (MM) were investigated on COOH-NMPs/GCE by cyclic voltammetry (CV) in both cases of DNA in the solution and immobilized on the electrode surface. The electron transfer coefficient (a) and the rate constant (ks) kept unchanged in the absence and presence of DNA. Based on the electrochemical properties of the interaction of MM on the surface of the DNA/COOH-NMPs/GCE, a direct method for the determination of MM in liquid milk was established. The detection limit of this method was 2.0 ng·L﹣1, with average recoveries at 95.9% - 104.2% and RSD at 4.5% - 8.2%. The proposed method was provided to have a good accuracy, high stability and good reproducibility with a simple and environmental friendly process. 10 kinds of liquid milk samples bought from the market randomly were tested, and only 1 of them was found at relatively low level of MM residue with the amount of 0.12 ug·L﹣1.展开更多
Biological control(biocontrol) is a safe, sustainable approach that takes advantage of natural enemies such as predators, parasitic insects or pathogens to manage pests in agroecosystems. Parasitoid wasps, a very larg...Biological control(biocontrol) is a safe, sustainable approach that takes advantage of natural enemies such as predators, parasitic insects or pathogens to manage pests in agroecosystems. Parasitoid wasps, a very large evolutionary group of hymenopteran insects, are well-known biological control agents for arthropod pests in agricultural and forest ecosystems. Here, we summarize the recent progress on the application of parasitoid wasps in biocontrol in China for the last five years. These include species diversity of parasitoid wasps, identification of dominant parasitoid wasps associated with insect pests and biocontrol practices(three types of biological control, i.e., classical, augmentative and conservation biological control) in several Chinese agroecosystems. We then treat different mass-rearing and release technologies and the commercialization of several parasitoid wasp species. We also summarize other work that may have a potential use in biocontrol, including the effect of plant volatiles on parasitoids and recent advance in the molecular mechanisms underlying the host regulation by parasitoid wasps. Future research area and applied perspectives are also discussed, noting that advances in biocontrol technologies in Chinese agriculture informs research at the global level.展开更多
Molecules such as water,proteins and lipids that are contained in biological tissue absorb mid-infrared(MR)light,which allows such light to be used in laser surgical treatment.Esters,amides and water exhibit strong ab...Molecules such as water,proteins and lipids that are contained in biological tissue absorb mid-infrared(MR)light,which allows such light to be used in laser surgical treatment.Esters,amides and water exhibit strong absorption bands in the 5-7μm wavelength range,but at present there are no lasers in clinical use that can emit in this range.Therefore,the present study focused on thequantum cascade laser(QCL),which is a new type of semiconductor laser that can emit at MIRwavelengths and has recentiy achieved high output power.A high-power QCL with a peakwavelength of 5.7μm was evaluated for use as a laser scalpel for ablating biological soft tissue.The interaction of the laser beam with chicken breast tissue was compared to a conventional CO_(2) laser,based on surface and cross-sectional images.The QCL was found to have sufficient power to ablate soft tissue,and its coagulation,carbonization and ablation effects were similar to those forthe CO_(2) laser.The QCL also induced comparable photothermal effects because it acted as apseudo-continuous wave laser due to its low peak power.A QCL can therefore be used as an effective laser scalpel,and also offers the possibility of less invasive treatment by targeting specificabsorption bands in t he MIR region.展开更多
Lateral interaction in the biological brain is a key mechanism that underlies higher cognitive functions.Linear self‐organising map(SOM)introduces lateral interaction in a general form in which signals of any modalit...Lateral interaction in the biological brain is a key mechanism that underlies higher cognitive functions.Linear self‐organising map(SOM)introduces lateral interaction in a general form in which signals of any modality can be used.Some approaches directly incorporate SOM learning rules into neural networks,but incur complex operations and poor extendibility.The efficient way to implement lateral interaction in deep neural networks is not well established.The use of Laplacian Matrix‐based Smoothing(LS)regularisation is proposed for implementing lateral interaction in a concise form.The authors’derivation and experiments show that lateral interaction implemented by SOM model is a special case of LS‐regulated k‐means,and they both show the topology‐preserving capability.The authors also verify that LS‐regularisation can be used in conjunction with the end‐to‐end training paradigm in deep auto‐encoders.Additionally,the benefits of LS‐regularisation in relaxing the requirement of parameter initialisation in various models and improving the classification performance of prototype classifiers are evaluated.Furthermore,the topologically ordered structure introduced by LS‐regularisation in feature extractor can improve the generalisation performance on classification tasks.Overall,LS‐regularisation is an effective and efficient way to implement lateral interaction and can be easily extended to different models.展开更多
Background:To develop a protein-protein interaction network of Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria(PNH)and Aplastic anemia(AA)based on genetic genes and to predict pathways underlying the molecular complexes in the ne...Background:To develop a protein-protein interaction network of Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria(PNH)and Aplastic anemia(AA)based on genetic genes and to predict pathways underlying the molecular complexes in the network.Methods:In this research,the PNH and AA-related genes were screened through Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man(OMIM).The plugins and Cytoscape were used to search literature and build a protein-protein interaction network.Results:The protein-protein interaction network contains two molecular complexes that are five higher than the correlation integral values.The target genes of this study were obtained:CD59,STAT3,TERC,TNF,AKT1,C5AR1,EPO,IL6,IL10 and so on.We also found that many factors regulate biological behaviors:neutrophils,macrophages,vascular endothelial growth factor,immunoglobulin,interleukin,cytokine receptor,interleukin-6 receptor,tumor necrosis factor,and so on.This research provides a bioinformatics foundation for further explaining the mechanism of common development of both.Conclusion:This indicates that the PNH and AA is a complex process regulated by many cellular pathways and multiple genes.展开更多
The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens St?l, has become a major threat in tropical Asian and China since the rice green revolution of the 1960 s. Currently, insecticide application remains the primary choice for co...The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens St?l, has become a major threat in tropical Asian and China since the rice green revolution of the 1960 s. Currently, insecticide application remains the primary choice for controlling this rice insect pest, but heavy use of insecticides poses dangerous risks to beneficial natural enemies and pollinators, and stimulates N. lugens reproductivity, and has caused a resurgence of the pest in the major rice-planting regions throughout Asia. Achieving the long-lasting goal of sustainable management of N. lugens requires understanding of the molecular basis of outbreaks of the pest and the development of environment-friendly pest-control strategies. Here, we review the recent molecular advances in N. lugens research on the aspects of its endosymbionts, virus transmission, insecticide resistance, and interaction between N. lugens and rice plants. We also put forward further research directions that may shed some lights on management of the rice pest.展开更多
Nanosheet(S) and nanoplate(P) γ-Al_2O_3 were synthesized by simple hydrothermal methods and employed as supports for Ni catalysts in CO_2 methanation.Both of the nanostructured Ni/Al_2O_3 catalysts displayed good act...Nanosheet(S) and nanoplate(P) γ-Al_2O_3 were synthesized by simple hydrothermal methods and employed as supports for Ni catalysts in CO_2 methanation.Both of the nanostructured Ni/Al_2O_3 catalysts displayed good activity.In comparison,the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst showed higher CO_2 conversion than the Ni/Al_2O_3-P counterpart at the reaction temperature ranging from 250 to 400 °C.The physical and chemical properties of the catalysts were systematically characterized by N2 sorption,X-ray diffraction(XRD),high resolution-transmission electron microscopy(HR-TEM),hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction(H2-TPR) and CO_2 temperature-programmed desorption(CO_2-TPD) techniques.Higher specific surface area and stronger metal-support interactions were confirmed on the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst,which may lead to smaller particle size of Ni nanoparticles.Moreover,the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst possessed more abundant weak and medium basic sites,which would benefit the activation of CO_2.The smaller Ni size and more suitable basic sites may rationalize the superior activity of the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst.Besides,the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst exhibited excellent stability at 325 °C for 40 h.展开更多
The pozzolanic activity of nano-SiO2 and silica fume was comparatirely stndied by X-ray diffraction （ XRD ） , differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）, scanning electron micrascopy （SEM） and the compressive , bon...The pozzolanic activity of nano-SiO2 and silica fume was comparatirely stndied by X-ray diffraction （ XRD ） , differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）, scanning electron micrascopy （SEM） and the compressive , bond and bending streugths of hardened paste and concrete were also measured. Results indicate that the compressive strength development of the paste made from Ca（OH）2 and nano-SiO2, the reaction rate of Ca（ OH）2 with nano- SiO2 and the velocity of C-S-H gel formation from Ca （ OH）2 with nano-SiO2 showed marked increases over those of Ca（ OH）2 with silica fume. Furthermore, the bond strength at the interface between aggregate and hardened cement paste, and the bending strength of concrete incorporated with 3% .NS increased more than those with SF, especially at early ages. To sum up, the pozzolanic activity of nano-SiO2 was much greater than that of silica fume. The results suggest that with a small amount of nano-SiO2, the Ca（ OH）2 crystal at the interface between hardened cement paste and aggregate at early ages may be effectively absorbed in high performance concrete.展开更多
Cellular functions, either under the normal or pathological conditions or under different stresses, are the results of the coordinated action of multiple proteins interacting in macromolecular complexes or assemblies....Cellular functions, either under the normal or pathological conditions or under different stresses, are the results of the coordinated action of multiple proteins interacting in macromolecular complexes or assemblies. The precise determination of the specific composition of protein complexes, especially using scalable and high-throughput methods, represents a systematic approach toward revealing particular cellular biological functions. In this regard, the direct profiling protein-protein interactions (PPIs) represent an efficient way to dissect functional pathways for revealing novel protein functions. In this review, we illustrate the technological evolution for the large-scale and precise identification of PPIs toward higher physiologically relevant accuracy. These techniques aim at improving the efficiency of complex pull-down, the signal specificity and accuracy in distinguishing specific PPIs, and the accuracy of identifying physiological relevant PPIs. A newly developed streamline proteomic approach for mapping the binary relationship of PPIs in a protein complex is introduced.展开更多
文摘With the pursuit of new cancer therapies and more effective treatment to diseases in the last decades, nanotechnology has been an important ally for healthcare professionals and patients in critical clinical conditions. Nanomaterials offer an alternative way to deliver toxic chemotherapeutic drugs to specific biological tissues, specific cells or specific microbial beings, resulting in avoidance of strong side effects or resilience to effective drugs. Among these materials, stands out the hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, a ceramic class of calcium phosphates that present chemical and structural similarities with the mineral phase of the human skeleton’s bone matrix, resulting in important biological features, such as biocompatibility, osteoconductive, osteoinduction and osteoaffinity, which led to a lot of scientific researches to apply these nanoparticles for bone diseases diagnosis and therapeutics. Due to the hydroxyapatite biological activities and due to the possibility to promote chemical and physical modifications in these nanoparticles, they can interact with biological cells or microorganisms in different ways, resulting in multiple potentialities to be explored such as apoptosis induction to cancerous cells, osteogenesis promotion, cellular proliferation, angiogenesis and tissue recovery, in addition to promote cell adhesion and cell uptake. Furthermore, chemical and physical modifications, such as surface functionalization, dopant inclusions and radiolabeling process, allow scientists to track the particle activities in biological environments. In the last decades of scientific productions, the literature brings together important data on how hydroxyapatite nanoparticles interact with biological tissues and such data are crucial for the development of more effective therapeutic and diagnostic agents. In the present review, we intend to compile scholarly information to explore the biological relations of nanosized hydroxyapatite with the human cellular environment and the feasible modifications that may improve the theragnostic efficacy of these molecules.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.8217070298)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(grant no.2020A1515110770,2021A1515220011,2022A1515010335).
文摘Nanoscale drug delivery systems(nDDS)have been employed widely in enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of drugs against diseases with reduced side effects.Although several nDDS have been successfully approved for clinical use up to now,biological barriers between the administration site and the target site hinder the wider clinical adoption of nDDS in disease treatment.Polyethylene glycol(PEG)-modification(or PEGylation)has been regarded as the gold standard for stabilising nDDS in complex biological environment.However,the accelerated blood clearance(ABC)of PEGylated nDDS after repeated injections becomes great challenges for their clinical applications.Zwitterionic polymer,a novel family of antifouling materials,have evolved as an alternative to PEG due to their super-hydrophilicity and biocompatibility.Zwitterionic nDDS could avoid the generation of ABC phenomenon and exhibit longer blood circulation time than the PEGylated analogues.More impressively,zwitterionic nDDS have recently been shown to overcome multiple biological barriers such as nonspecific organ distribution,pressure gradients,impermeable cell membranes and lysosomal degradation without the need of any complex chemical modifications.The realization of overcoming multiple biological barriers by zwitterionic nDDS may simplify the current overly complex design of nDDS,which could facilitate their better clinical translation.Herein,we summarise the recent progress of zwitterionic nDDS at overcoming various biological barriers and analyse their underlyingmechanisms.Finally,prospects and challenges are introduced to guide the rational design of zwitterionic nDDS for disease treatment.
文摘The term disorders of gut-brain interaction(DGBIs)encompasses gastrointestinal disorders that globally affect more than one third of all people.The Rome IV criteria replaced the former term“functional gastrointestinal disorders.”DGBIs can seriously challenge health and quality of life(QoL).A traditional but outdated approach differentiated“organic”vs“functional”disorders,seen by some as real vs psychiatric or undefined ones.This traditional distinction did not help patients whose health and QoL are seriously affected.DGBIs include motility disturbance;visceral hypersensitivity;altered mucosal and immune function;altered central nervous system processing,and more.Several DGBIs affect both children and adolescents.DGBIs are characterized by clusters of symptoms.Their pathophysiology relates to combinations of altered motility,visceral sensitivity,mucosal immune function,and more.Routine investigations find no structural abnormality that would easily explain the symptoms.Symptom-based criteria were developed to better understand patients where no mechanistic explanation was available for clinical practice and inclusion into clinical trials.To understand DGBIs and to find ways to treat them,these rigid mechanistic views fall short.
文摘In this work, the existence of interaction between metal in metallo enzyme and small biological molecules such as amino acid in aqueous solution is confirmed for the first time by the experimental data of ESR, NMR,UV-VIS and enzyme activity. This kind of interaction can affect the enzyme catalytic activity.
文摘The torsional characteristics of single walled carbon nanotube(SWCNT) with water interactions are studied in this work using molecular dynamics simulation method. The torsional properties of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) in a hydrodynamic environment such as water are critical for its key role in determining the lifetime and stability of CNT based nano-fluidic devices. The effect of chirality, defects and the density of water encapsulation is studied by subjecting the SWCNT to torsion. The findings show that the torsional strength of SWCNT decreases due to interaction of water molecules and presence of defects in the SWCNT. Additionally,for the case of water molecules encapsulated inside SWCNT, the torsional response depends on the density of packing of water molecules. Our findings and conclusions obtained from this paper is expected to further compliment the potential applications of CNTs as promising candidates for applications in nano-biological and nano-fluidic devices.
文摘Using alkalescent ammonium(AAC)as precipitatnt, the diameter of nano La_2O_3 powder with diameter in 80 nm and less was prepared by the method of homogeneous precipitation, and reactant concentration, temperature and pH were studied and confirmed. The best precipitated concentration is from 0.2 to 0.5 mol·L^(-1), and the diameter of compounded powder turns small as the temperature gradually becomes high, and the pH from 6 to 8 is the best and the concentration of precipitant does not affect the diameter of compounded powder significantly. Meanwhile, most experiments lasting for fifty days in the greenhouse, and the results are 0.2 g·kg^(-1) nano La_2O_3 powder is enorgh for increasing biomass by 133% compared with that of the CK.
基金funded by the Researchers Supporting Project No.(RSP-2021/102)King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.
文摘Artificial intelligence(AI)has recently been used in nanomedical applications,in which implanted intelligent nanosystems inside the human body were used to diagnose and treat a variety of ailments with the help of the Internet of biological Nano Things(IoBNT).Biological circuit engineering or nanomaterial-based architectures can be used to approach the nanosystem.In nanomedical applications,the blood vascular medium serves as a communication channel,demonstrating a molecular communication system based on flow and diffusion.This paper presents a performance study of the channel capacity for flow-based-diffusive molecular communication nanosystems that takes into account the ligand-receptor binding mechanism.Unlike earlier studies,we take into account the effects of biological physical characteristics such as blood pressure,blood viscosity,and vascular diameter on channel capacity.Furthermore,in terms of drug transmission error probability,the inter-symbol interference(ISI)phenomenon is applied to the proposed system.The numerical results show that the proposed AI nanosystems-based IoBNT technology can be successfully implemented in future nanomedicine.
文摘The physical and biological properties of TiO2 materials including nano TiO2, micrometer-TiO2 and nano TiO2 tubes have been studied using scanning electron and infrared spectrometer, X-ray diffraction instrument as well as 3-(4,5- dimethylthiazol 2-yl)-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) colorimetric method, respectively. These materials are prepared by chemical deposition and anode oxidation methods, respectively. The sizes of nano TiO2 are 80 nm and 1000 nm, respectively, their infrared properties of absorption are different, the characteristic peaks of the former are 1271,1615, 2957 and 3422 cm-1, the latter are 1645 and 2356 cm-1. The nano TiO2 tubes can be formed by anode oxidation method, its diameters are between 50-100 nm, different nano TiO2 tubes contain different components of oxygen and titanium. In MTT experiment we discover the changes of properties of proliferation of the liver and chick embryo fibroblast cells under influences of nanoTiO2 relative to those of the controlled groups, when small nanoTiO2 suspension is added in these cultivated liquids of cell, but the influence of nano TiO2 on the proliferation of the person’s liver cell is still very small, therefore, the toxicities of nano TiO2 containing 80nm and 1000 nm to these cells are still first score.
文摘Nano-TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation was used to perform the advanced treatment of biologically treated chemical comprehensive wastewater. The effects of reaction time,nano-TiO2 dosage and initial p H of the wastewater on the removal rate of COD were tested. The GC/MS and EEM techniques were used to qualitatively analyze organic compounds in the wastewater before and after treatment. The result showed that after the biologically treated chemical comprehensive wastewater was treated by nano-TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation under the conditions of reaction time 3 h,nano-TiO2 dosage 8 g/L,and pH 8. 0,the effluent COD was 61. 9 mg/L and its removal rate was 63. 8%. Additionally,the species of organic pollutants reduced from 12 to 6. Meanwhile,the content of humic-like and fulvic-like substances dropped dramatically.
文摘Carboxylic acid-functionalized nano-sized magnetic composite polymers (COOH-NMPs) were synthesized and used for the preparation of the modified glassy carbon electrode, i.e., COOH-NMPs/GCE and DNA/COOH-NMPs/GCE. The electrochemical behaviors of melamine (MM) were investigated on COOH-NMPs/GCE by cyclic voltammetry (CV) in both cases of DNA in the solution and immobilized on the electrode surface. The electron transfer coefficient (a) and the rate constant (ks) kept unchanged in the absence and presence of DNA. Based on the electrochemical properties of the interaction of MM on the surface of the DNA/COOH-NMPs/GCE, a direct method for the determination of MM in liquid milk was established. The detection limit of this method was 2.0 ng·L﹣1, with average recoveries at 95.9% - 104.2% and RSD at 4.5% - 8.2%. The proposed method was provided to have a good accuracy, high stability and good reproducibility with a simple and environmental friendly process. 10 kinds of liquid milk samples bought from the market randomly were tested, and only 1 of them was found at relatively low level of MM residue with the amount of 0.12 ug·L﹣1.
基金supported by the Key Program(31630060)Fund for Excellent Young Scholars(31230068)General Program(31672079 and 31501700) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Biological control(biocontrol) is a safe, sustainable approach that takes advantage of natural enemies such as predators, parasitic insects or pathogens to manage pests in agroecosystems. Parasitoid wasps, a very large evolutionary group of hymenopteran insects, are well-known biological control agents for arthropod pests in agricultural and forest ecosystems. Here, we summarize the recent progress on the application of parasitoid wasps in biocontrol in China for the last five years. These include species diversity of parasitoid wasps, identification of dominant parasitoid wasps associated with insect pests and biocontrol practices(three types of biological control, i.e., classical, augmentative and conservation biological control) in several Chinese agroecosystems. We then treat different mass-rearing and release technologies and the commercialization of several parasitoid wasp species. We also summarize other work that may have a potential use in biocontrol, including the effect of plant volatiles on parasitoids and recent advance in the molecular mechanisms underlying the host regulation by parasitoid wasps. Future research area and applied perspectives are also discussed, noting that advances in biocontrol technologies in Chinese agriculture informs research at the global level.
基金supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24241209.
文摘Molecules such as water,proteins and lipids that are contained in biological tissue absorb mid-infrared(MR)light,which allows such light to be used in laser surgical treatment.Esters,amides and water exhibit strong absorption bands in the 5-7μm wavelength range,but at present there are no lasers in clinical use that can emit in this range.Therefore,the present study focused on thequantum cascade laser(QCL),which is a new type of semiconductor laser that can emit at MIRwavelengths and has recentiy achieved high output power.A high-power QCL with a peakwavelength of 5.7μm was evaluated for use as a laser scalpel for ablating biological soft tissue.The interaction of the laser beam with chicken breast tissue was compared to a conventional CO_(2) laser,based on surface and cross-sectional images.The QCL was found to have sufficient power to ablate soft tissue,and its coagulation,carbonization and ablation effects were similar to those forthe CO_(2) laser.The QCL also induced comparable photothermal effects because it acted as apseudo-continuous wave laser due to its low peak power.A QCL can therefore be used as an effective laser scalpel,and also offers the possibility of less invasive treatment by targeting specificabsorption bands in t he MIR region.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China grants 61836014 to CL,and the STI2030‐Major Projects(2022ZD0205100)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Science,Grant No.XDB32010300+1 种基金Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(Grant No.2018SHZDZX05)the Innovation Academy of Artificial Intelligence,Chinese Academy of Sciences to ZW.
文摘Lateral interaction in the biological brain is a key mechanism that underlies higher cognitive functions.Linear self‐organising map(SOM)introduces lateral interaction in a general form in which signals of any modality can be used.Some approaches directly incorporate SOM learning rules into neural networks,but incur complex operations and poor extendibility.The efficient way to implement lateral interaction in deep neural networks is not well established.The use of Laplacian Matrix‐based Smoothing(LS)regularisation is proposed for implementing lateral interaction in a concise form.The authors’derivation and experiments show that lateral interaction implemented by SOM model is a special case of LS‐regulated k‐means,and they both show the topology‐preserving capability.The authors also verify that LS‐regularisation can be used in conjunction with the end‐to‐end training paradigm in deep auto‐encoders.Additionally,the benefits of LS‐regularisation in relaxing the requirement of parameter initialisation in various models and improving the classification performance of prototype classifiers are evaluated.Furthermore,the topologically ordered structure introduced by LS‐regularisation in feature extractor can improve the generalisation performance on classification tasks.Overall,LS‐regularisation is an effective and efficient way to implement lateral interaction and can be easily extended to different models.
文摘Background:To develop a protein-protein interaction network of Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria(PNH)and Aplastic anemia(AA)based on genetic genes and to predict pathways underlying the molecular complexes in the network.Methods:In this research,the PNH and AA-related genes were screened through Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man(OMIM).The plugins and Cytoscape were used to search literature and build a protein-protein interaction network.Results:The protein-protein interaction network contains two molecular complexes that are five higher than the correlation integral values.The target genes of this study were obtained:CD59,STAT3,TERC,TNF,AKT1,C5AR1,EPO,IL6,IL10 and so on.We also found that many factors regulate biological behaviors:neutrophils,macrophages,vascular endothelial growth factor,immunoglobulin,interleukin,cytokine receptor,interleukin-6 receptor,tumor necrosis factor,and so on.This research provides a bioinformatics foundation for further explaining the mechanism of common development of both.Conclusion:This indicates that the PNH and AA is a complex process regulated by many cellular pathways and multiple genes.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672025,31471765 and 31630057)
文摘The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens St?l, has become a major threat in tropical Asian and China since the rice green revolution of the 1960 s. Currently, insecticide application remains the primary choice for controlling this rice insect pest, but heavy use of insecticides poses dangerous risks to beneficial natural enemies and pollinators, and stimulates N. lugens reproductivity, and has caused a resurgence of the pest in the major rice-planting regions throughout Asia. Achieving the long-lasting goal of sustainable management of N. lugens requires understanding of the molecular basis of outbreaks of the pest and the development of environment-friendly pest-control strategies. Here, we review the recent molecular advances in N. lugens research on the aspects of its endosymbionts, virus transmission, insecticide resistance, and interaction between N. lugens and rice plants. We also put forward further research directions that may shed some lights on management of the rice pest.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.21776007,21403012,21473185,U1532117)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.buctrc201311)
文摘Nanosheet(S) and nanoplate(P) γ-Al_2O_3 were synthesized by simple hydrothermal methods and employed as supports for Ni catalysts in CO_2 methanation.Both of the nanostructured Ni/Al_2O_3 catalysts displayed good activity.In comparison,the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst showed higher CO_2 conversion than the Ni/Al_2O_3-P counterpart at the reaction temperature ranging from 250 to 400 °C.The physical and chemical properties of the catalysts were systematically characterized by N2 sorption,X-ray diffraction(XRD),high resolution-transmission electron microscopy(HR-TEM),hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction(H2-TPR) and CO_2 temperature-programmed desorption(CO_2-TPD) techniques.Higher specific surface area and stronger metal-support interactions were confirmed on the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst,which may lead to smaller particle size of Ni nanoparticles.Moreover,the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst possessed more abundant weak and medium basic sites,which would benefit the activation of CO_2.The smaller Ni size and more suitable basic sites may rationalize the superior activity of the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst.Besides,the Ni/Al_2O_3-S catalyst exhibited excellent stability at 325 °C for 40 h.
基金Funded bythe Center of Science Research, Zhejiang Universityof Technology of China
文摘The pozzolanic activity of nano-SiO2 and silica fume was comparatirely stndied by X-ray diffraction （ XRD ） , differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）, scanning electron micrascopy （SEM） and the compressive , bond and bending streugths of hardened paste and concrete were also measured. Results indicate that the compressive strength development of the paste made from Ca（OH）2 and nano-SiO2, the reaction rate of Ca（ OH）2 with nano- SiO2 and the velocity of C-S-H gel formation from Ca （ OH）2 with nano-SiO2 showed marked increases over those of Ca（ OH）2 with silica fume. Furthermore, the bond strength at the interface between aggregate and hardened cement paste, and the bending strength of concrete incorporated with 3% .NS increased more than those with SF, especially at early ages. To sum up, the pozzolanic activity of nano-SiO2 was much greater than that of silica fume. The results suggest that with a small amount of nano-SiO2, the Ca（ OH）2 crystal at the interface between hardened cement paste and aggregate at early ages may be effectively absorbed in high performance concrete.
基金support from the Shanghai Science and Technology Development Program (Grant Nos. 03DZ14024 & 07ZR14010)the 863 High Technology Foundation of China (Grant No. 2006AA02A310)+1 种基金US NIH 1R01AI064806-01A2, 5R21DK082706U.S. Department of Energy, the Office of Science (BER) (Grant No. DE-FG02- 07ER64422)
文摘Cellular functions, either under the normal or pathological conditions or under different stresses, are the results of the coordinated action of multiple proteins interacting in macromolecular complexes or assemblies. The precise determination of the specific composition of protein complexes, especially using scalable and high-throughput methods, represents a systematic approach toward revealing particular cellular biological functions. In this regard, the direct profiling protein-protein interactions (PPIs) represent an efficient way to dissect functional pathways for revealing novel protein functions. In this review, we illustrate the technological evolution for the large-scale and precise identification of PPIs toward higher physiologically relevant accuracy. These techniques aim at improving the efficiency of complex pull-down, the signal specificity and accuracy in distinguishing specific PPIs, and the accuracy of identifying physiological relevant PPIs. A newly developed streamline proteomic approach for mapping the binary relationship of PPIs in a protein complex is introduced.
