Desalination and Water Treatment
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2024
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IF 1
Chaojie Cai,Xiaobin Lei,Xinzhen Zhao,Lin Wang,Jizhen Jia,Changkun Liu
ABSTRACT Modification of the active layer is an effective method to improve the separation performance of the thin-film composite forward osmosis (FO) membranes. In this paper, the dendrimer polyamidoamine (PAMAM) was in-situ integrated into the polyamide (PA) active layer via the interfacial polymerization. The separation performance results showed that the addition of PAMAM significantly improved the separation water flux of the modified FO membrane by 1.7 times, and the reverse salt flux was almost unchanged. In addition, the removal efficiency of the modified FO membrane for heavy metal ions was enhanced, with the rejection rates of various heavy metal ions all higher than 99.6%, and the corresponding water flux was also significantly enhanced. The PAMAM integrated with the active layer contained a large number of hydrophilic segments and terminal amine groups, which in situ enhanced the hydrophilicity and permeability of the active layer, and further improved the removal of heavy metal ions based on the coordination and electrostatic repulsion effects. The purpose of this paper is to provide a feasible way to improve the practical application performance of the FO membranes.
研究领域:
环境工程
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材料科学
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水处理技术
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Advanced Science
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2023
·Vol. 10
·期 11
·2206979
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IF 15.1
Si Zheng,Duyang Gao,Yayun Wu,Dehong Hu,Ziyue Li,Yuenan Wang,Hairong Zheng,Yingjia Li,Zonghai Sheng
Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) is an advanced physical therapy used to kill primary cancer cells and inhibit the growth of distant metastatic cancer cells. However, challenges remain because RIT generally has low efficacy and serious side effects, and its effects are difficult to monitor in vivo. This work reports that Au/Ag nanorods (NRs) enhance the effectiveness of RIT against cancer while allowing the therapeutic response to be monitored using activatable photoacoustic (PA) imaging in the second near-infrared region (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm). The Au/Ag NRs can be etched using high-energy X-ray to release silver ions (Ag + ), which promotes dendritic cell (DC) maturation, enhances T-cell activation and infiltration, and effectively inhibits primary and distant metastatic tumor growth. The survival time of metastatic tumor-bearing mice treated with Au/Ag NR-enhanced RIT is 39 days compared with 23 days in the PBS control group. Furthermore, the surface plasmon absorption intensity at 1040 nm increases fourfold after Ag + are released from the Au/Ag NRs, allowing X-ray activatable NIR-II PA imaging to monitor the RIT response with a high signal-to-background ratio of 24.4. Au/Ag NR-based RIT has minimal side effects and shows great promise for precise cancer RIT.
研究领域:
癌症治疗
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纳米技术
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免疫学
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医学影像
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放射生物学
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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
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2023
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IF 5.4
Xiao-Lu Jie,Zi-Rui Luo,Jin Yu,Zhe-Ren Tong,Qiao-Qiao Li,Jia-Hui Wu,Yi Tao,Pei-Shi Feng,Ji-Ping Lan,Ping Wang
Ethnopharmacological relevance Pi-Pa-Run-Fei-Tang (PPRFT) is an empirical TCM prescription for treating asthma. However, the underlying mechanisms of PPRFT in asthma treatment have yet to be elucidated. Recent advances have revealed that some natural components could ameliorate asthma injury by affecting host metabolism. Untargeted metabolomics can be used to better understand the biological mechanisms underlying asthma development and identify early biomarkers that can help advance treatment. Aim of the study The aim of this study was to verification the efficacy of PPRFT in the treatment of asthma and to preliminarily explore its mechanism. Materials and methods A mouse asthma model was built by OVA induction. Inflammatory cell in BALF was counted. The level of IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α in BALF were measured. The levels of IgE in the serum and EPO , NO , SOD , GSH-Px, and MDA in the lung tissue were measured. Furthermore, pathological damage to the lung tissues was detected to evaluate the protective effects of PPRFT. The serum metabolomic profiles of PPRFT in asthmatic mice were determined by GC-MS. The regulatory effects on mechanism pathways of PPRFT in asthmatic mice were explored via immunohistochemical staining and western blotting analysis. Results PPRFT displayed lung-protective effects through decreasing oxidative stress, airway inflammation , and lung tissue damage in OVA-induced mice, which was demonstrated by decreasing inflammatory cell levels, IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α levels in BALF, and IgE levels in serum, decreasing EPO, NO, and MDA levels in lung tissue, elevating SOD and GSH-Px levels in lung tissue and lung histopathological changes. In addition, PPRFT could regulate the imbalance in Th17/Treg cell ratios, suppress RORγt, and increase the expression of IL-10 and Foxp3 in the lung. Moreover, PPRFT treatment led to decreased expression of IL-6, p-JAK2/Jak2, p-STAT3/STAT3, IL-17, NF-κB, p-AKT/AKT, and p-PI3K/PI3K. Serum metabolomics analysis revealed that 35 metabolites were significantly different among different groups. Pathway enrichment analysis indicated that 31 pathways were involved. Moreover, correlation analysis and metabolic pathway analysis identified three key metabolic pathways: galactose metabolism; tricarboxylic acid cycle; and glycine, serine , and threonine metabolism. Conclusion This research indicated that PPRFT treatment not only attenuates the clinical symptoms of asthma but is also involved in regulating serum metabolism. The anti-asthmatic activity of PPRFT may be associated with the regulatory effects of IL-6/JAK2/STAT3/IL-17 and PI3K/AKT/NF-κB mechanistic pathways.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 5.7
Shan Su,Xiaohong Liu,Min Zhu,Wen Liu,Jingyi Liu,Yujia Yuan,Fudong Fu,Zhiyong Rao,Jingping Liu,Yanrong Lu,Younan Chen
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by hepatic lipid deposition, is one of the most prevalent chronic metabolic disorders globally, and its pharmaceutical treatments are still limited. Excessive lipid accumulation triggers endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and autophagy flux dysfunction, which are important mechanisms for NAFLD. Trehalose (Tre), a natural disaccharide, has been identified to reduce hepatic steatosis and glucose intolerance. However, its underlying mechanisms for NAFLD remain unclear. In this study, a high-fat-diet (HFD)-induced mouse NAFLD model and a saturated fatty acid palmitic acid (PA)-stimulated cell model were constructed. The results indicated that Tre supplementation ameliorated hepatocyte lipid deposition in vitro, as well as hepatic steatosis and hyperlipidemia in vivo. Mechanistically, Tre alleviated both autophagy flux dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Under the stimulation of HFD or PA, Tre remarkably increased the expression and nucleic translocation of the lysosomal master protein transcription factor EB (TFEB), while decreasing the accumulation of p62 and also decreasing the ER stress markers (inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1α), XBP-1, CHOP, and BIP). Similar results were observed in an ER stressor tunicamycin (TM)-induced in vivo and in vitro models. In addition, the transcriptomic analysis of NAFLD patients revealed significant differences in ER stress-related and autophagy-related biomarkers, including TFEB, ATG7, IRE1α, and CHOP. Molecular docking results demonstrated a strong affinity between Tre and both IRE1α and TFEB. Overall, Tre protected hepatocytes from lipotoxicity-related ER stress and autophagy dysfunction, and its regulatory effect on the IRE1α–TFEB signaling pathway may be a critical mechanism. These findings suggest that Tre, as a bioactive substance with significant medicinal potential, holds considerable promise for drug development and clinical application in treating NAFLD.
研究领域:
药理学
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分子生物学
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代谢紊乱
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肝病学
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Polymer Chemistry
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2024
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IF 4.1
Shiya Cao,Wenyi Liu,Bicai Yang,Yuan Zheng,Shaoliang Lin,Binbin Xu
Heterografted molecular brushes (HMBs) bearing two or more types of side chains have attracted tremendous attention because of their asymmetric structures and multiple functionalities. However, the controlled synthesis of HMBs with three types of side chains remains a challenge. The structure–property–application correlations of HMBs with three types of side chains are still not clear. Herein, based on the multivalent monomer strategy, we report the synthesis of well-defined asymmetric HMBs comprising three different side chains by sequential reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), thiol–epoxy coupling reaction, and ring-opening polymerization (ROP). PA-g-PAzo/PEG/PLA with a polyacrylate (PA) backbone, hydrophobic poly(azobenzene-methacrylate) (PAzo) brush, hydrophilic polyethylene glycol (PEG) brush, and hydrophobic polylactide (PLA) brush was synthesized and characterized. The self-assembly behavior of PA-g-PAzo/PEG/PLA with a short backbone and relatively strong intermolecular association in solutions was investigated. Well-defined platelets with tunable morphologies were constructed. Subsequently, PA-g-PFA/PEG/PLA with a fluorophilic poly(pentafluoropropyl acrylate) (PFA) brush, hydrophilic PEG brush, and lipophilic PLA brush was synthesized and further used as an efficient surfactant for the stabilization of different emulsions. Our study offers a platform for exploring the unique properties of asymmetric HMBs.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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胶体科学
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