简介：QigongisapartoftraditionalChinesemedicine.Accordingtotheantiquetreaties,thefoundationsoftraditionalChinesemedicinearebasedinmaintainingtheharmonybetweenQi(energy),Jing(essence)andShen(spirit).Alterationsinthisharmonycandevelopanddeterminetheappearanceofdisease.TherapeuticeffectsofQigongarehelpfulinthepreventionandtreatmentofseveraldiseases.It'smainroleinrestoringbodyfunctionsisduetothecommunicationbetweeninternalorgans,tissuesandcells.ThemaingoalofthisworkistoshowtheefficacyofQigonginthetreatmentofadermatologicaldiseasecharacterizedbytheappearanceofcircularorovalpatchesofmissinghair,knownasalopeciauniversalis.Forwesternmedicinetheexactcauseofthisillnessisnottotallyrevealed,however,it'sattributedtopsycological,geneticsandmetabolicalterations.FromthetraditionalChinesemedicineperspective,hairalterationsareframedintheareaofthewaterenergy,representedbythekidneyorgan.TheresultsofQigongtreatmentsuggestedthatthecranialhairfollicleshadbeenactivatedsincethefirsttreatment.Astreatmentprogressed,thecranialhairfolliclescontinuedtogrow,what'smore,thebrightnessandpigmentationofthehairalsoincreased.Therefore,intheclinicalconditionsevaluated,Qigongcouldbeaneffectivealternativetreatmentinconsiderationofthevisibleevidenceaboutrapidandlonglastingresults.Besides,wedidnotobserveanysideeffectsofQigonginthiscase.

简介：Monoclonal(mAb)成功地被用于长期的疾病的治疗，例如癌症，发炎和有免疫力的疾病。与在抗体工程的技术进展，当有减少的immunogenicity的高亲密关系治疗学在聚光灯下面变得，小重组体抗体的开发碎裂。设计重组体抗体碎片的一种流行格式是单个链的改正变量(scFv)分子，父母抗体的VH和VL区域被一个多肽连接器一起在连接。scFv碎片保留目标特性和未经触动的抗体，和罐头的抗原绑定亲密关系被在房间从单个cDNA表示VH和VL区域的宫外的联盟者遗传上在大数量设计并且生产。由于它的更小的尺寸，scFv分子表演在肿瘤穿入改进了pharmacokinetics并且被主人免疫系统更好容忍。

简介：Biologicaltinystructureshavebeenobservedonmanykindsofsurfacessuchaslotusleavesandinsectwings,whichenhancethehydrophobicityofthenaturalsurfacesandplayaroleofself-cleaning.Wepresentedthefabricationtechnologyofasuperhydrophobicsurfaceusinghighenergyionbeam.Artificialinsectwingsthatmimicthemorphologyandthesuperhydrophobocityofcicada’swingsweresuccessfullyfabricatedusingargonandoxygenionbeamtreatmentonapolytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE)film.Thewingstructuresweresupportedbycarbon/epoxyfibersasartificialflexibleveinsthatwerebondedthroughanautoclaveprocess.Themorphologyofthefabricatedsurfacebearsastrongresemblancetothewingsurfaceofacicada,withcontactanglesgreaterthan160°,whichcouldbesustainedformorethantwomonths.

简介：Researchshowsthatthemortalityrateamongpeoplewithschizophreniaisuptofourtimeshigherthanthatinthegeneralpopulation.Thesubsequenthighcomorbiditiesandsocietalcostofschizophrenianecessitatefindingbetter,moreeffectivetreatmentsandstrategiesforprevention.Oneofthecurrentobstaclesarethecomplicatedgeneetiologiesthatareinvolvedinthepathophyslologyofschizophrenia.Sofar,anincreasingnumberofclinicalandexperimentalstudiesshowlinksbetweenschizophreniatreatmentandgeneticconditions.Here,weanalyzetheliteratureonschizophreniagenetics,withaparticularfocusonthebrain,themindandenvironmentalinsults.Anoverlapofschlzophrenlawithotherpsychoticdisordershasalsobeentakenintoaccuntwithanattempttofindaparallelrelationshipbetweengeneticsandtreatment.Finally,wesummarizeallthepresent-daytreatmentoptionsforschizophrenialikeclozapineandelectroconvulslvetherapyandalsotakeintoconsiderationtherelativelyunexploredroleoftraditionalChinesemedicine.

简介：Theadaptivetreatmenttolerance(ATT)ofcancercellsisthemainencumbrancetocancerchemotherapy.Apotentialsolutiontothisproblemistotreatcancercellswithmultipledrugsusingnanoparticles(NPs).Inthisstudy,wetestedtheco-administrationofcurcumin(Cur)anddoxorubicin(Dox)toMCF-7resistantbreastcancercellstoblocktheATTandelicitefficientcellkilling.Drugswereco-administeredtocellsbothsequentiallyandsimultaneously.Sequentialdrugco-administrationwascarriedoutbypre-treatingthecellswithalbuminnanoparticles(ANPs)loadedw让hCur(Cur@ANPs)followedbytreatmentwithDox-loadedANPs(Dox@ANPs).Simultaneousdrugco-administrationwascarriedoutbytreatingthecellswithANPsloadedwithboththedrugs(Cur/Dox@ANPs).Wefoundthatthesimultaneousdrugco-administrationledtoagreaterintra-cellularaccumulationofDoxandcellkillingwithrespecttothesequentialdrugco-administration.However;thesimultaneousdrugco-administrationledtoalowerintracellularaccumulationofCurwithrespecttothesequentialdrugco-administration.WeshowedthatthisresultwasduetotheaggregationandentrapmentofCurinthelysosomesassoonasitwasreleasedfromCur@ANPs,aphenomenoncalledlysosomotropism.Incontrast,thesimultaneousreleaseofDoxandCurfromCur/Dox@ANPsintothelysosomesledtolysosomalpHelevation,which,inturn,avoidedCuraggregation,ledtolysosomeswellinganddrugreleaseinthecytosol,andfinallyprovokedefficientcellkilling.Ourstudyshedthelightonthemolecularprocessesdrivingthetherapeuticeffectsofanti-cancerdrugsco-administeredtocancercellsindifferentmanners.

简介：微生物引起的共生者是到喂韧皮部的昆虫的必要或重要的搭挡。抗菌素被用来有选择地从他们的主机昆虫消除共生者并且为调查共生者的函数建立主机线与或没有某些共生者。在这研究，用抗菌素rifampicin，我们试图有选择地Bemisiatabaci种类建筑群whitefly从中间的东亚未成年者1的一张人口消除某些共生者，它怀有主要共生者“CandidatusPortieraaleyrodidarum”并且二第二等的共生者“CandidatusHamiltonelladefensa”并且立克次休属微生物。既不主要第二等的共生者也完全没在在在1-100μg/mL的集中与rifampicin对待的节食为48h喂了的成年人(F0)被弄空。然而，两个都，主要、第二等的共生者将近完全在对待rifampicin的成年人的后代(F1)被弄空。尽管F1成年人生产了一些鸡蛋(F2)，大多数没有通过到他们的开口和没有的鸡蛋到达了第二中间形态，并且因而对待rifampicinwhitefly，殖民地消失在F2产生。有趣地，量的聚合酶链反应试金证明在对待rifampicin的whiteflies，主要共生者的密度比第二等的共生者以显然更慢的步被减少。当女性被抗菌素对待时，交配在对待rifampicin、未经治疗的成年人之间的实验证明主人健康上的rifampicin的否定效果被表示，并且男性们是否被抗菌素对待，有小贡献到否定效果。这些观察whitefly与这显示那它不是的人口可行为试验性的研究排队没有影响主要共生者，有选择地用rifampicin消除第二等的共生者并且建立主人。然而，扑灭whitefly，在在rifampicin处理以后的第二代的殖民地作为一个控制代理人显示抗菌素的潜力whitefly害虫。

简介：Thenon-classicalHLAclassIantigenHLA-GisanimmunemodulatorwhichinhibitsthefunctionsofTcells,NKcells,andtheDendriticcells(DC).Asaresult,HLA-Gexpressioninmalignantcellsmayprovidethemwithamechanismtoescapetheimmunesurveillance.Inmelanoma,HLA-Gantigenexpressionhasbeenfoundin30%ofsurgicallyremovedlesionsbutinlessthan1%ofestablishedcelllines.OnepossiblemechanismunderlyingthedifferentialHLAGexpressioninvivoandinvitroisthattheHLA-Ggeneisepigeneticallyrepressedinmelanomacellsinvitro.Totestthishypothesis,wetreatedtheHLA-GnegativemelanomacelllineOCM-1AwiththeDNAmethyltransferaseinhibitor5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine(5-AC)andanalyzedwhetherHLA-Gexpressioncanberestored.OurdatastronglysuggestthatHLA-GissilencedasaresultofCpGhypermethylationwithina5'regulatoryregionencompassing220bpupstreamofthestartcodon.Aftertreatment,HLA-GmRNAexpressionwasdramaticallyincreased.WesternblotandflowcytometryshowedthatHLA-Gproteinwasinduced.Interestingly,HLA-Gcellsurfaceexpressiononthe5-ACtreatedOCM-1AcellsismuchlessthanthatontheHLA-GpositiveJEG-3cellswhileasimilaramountoftotalHLA-Gwasobserved.Possiblemechanismsforthedifferencewereanalyzedinthestudysuchascellcold-treatment,peptideloadingandantigenprocessingmachinerycomponents(APM)aswellasβ2microglobulin(β2-m)expression.DatarevealedthattheAPMcomponentcalreticulinmightbeinvolvedinthelowerHLA-GsurfaceexpressiononOCM-1Acells.Takentogether,ourresultsindicatedthatDNAmethylationisanimportantepigeneticmechanismbywhichHLA-Gantigenexpressionismodulatedinmelanomacellsinvitro.Furthermore,tothefirsttime,wehypothesizedthatthedeficiencyofcalreticulinmightbeinvolvedinthelowHLA-Gsurfaceexpressiononthe5-ACtreatedOCM-lAcells.