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Design and application of a novel integrated electrochemical hydride generation cell for the determination of arsenic in seaweeds by atomic fluorescence spectrometry.
An integrated electrochemical hydride generation cell, mainly composed of three components (a gas liquid separator, a graphite tube cathode and a reticulate Pt wire anode), was laboratory constructed and employed for the detection of arsenic by coupling to atomic fluorescence spectrometry. This integrated cell was free...
Ultrasonic slurry sampling electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry with a metal tube atomizer has been applied to the determination of lead in Bangladeshi fish samples. The slurry sampling conditions, such as slurry stabilizing agent, slurry concentration, pyrolysis temperature for the slurried fish samples, part...
Design and application of a novel integrated electrochemical hydride generation cell for the determination of arsenic in seaweeds by atomic fluorescence spectrometry.
An integrated electrochemical hydride generation cell, mainly composed of three components (a gas liquid separator, a graphite tube cathode and a reticulate Pt wire anode), was laboratory constructed and employed for the detection of arsenic by coupling to atomic fluorescence spectrometry. This integrated cell was free...
A straightforward method for measuring two aquatic inorganic species of selenium, selenate, Se(VI), and selenite, Se(IV), was developed in this study. Selenium toxicity and bioaccumulation in food chain are strongly dependent on its speciation. Therefore, it is important to measure selenium species as part of any selen...
Design and application of a novel integrated electrochemical hydride generation cell for the determination of arsenic in seaweeds by atomic fluorescence spectrometry.
An integrated electrochemical hydride generation cell, mainly composed of three components (a gas liquid separator, a graphite tube cathode and a reticulate Pt wire anode), was laboratory constructed and employed for the detection of arsenic by coupling to atomic fluorescence spectrometry. This integrated cell was free...
A screen-printed silver strip with three-electrode configuration of Ag-working, Ag-counter and Ag/Ag(x)O reference electrodes was developed for simultaneous determination of chloride, bromide and iodide in aqueous solutions. It was fabricated simply by screen-printing silver ink onto a polypropylene (PP) base. The in-s...
Design and application of a novel integrated electrochemical hydride generation cell for the determination of arsenic in seaweeds by atomic fluorescence spectrometry.
An integrated electrochemical hydride generation cell, mainly composed of three components (a gas liquid separator, a graphite tube cathode and a reticulate Pt wire anode), was laboratory constructed and employed for the detection of arsenic by coupling to atomic fluorescence spectrometry. This integrated cell was free...
Colloidal palladium was used as chemical modifier in the determination of blood thallium by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry.
Packaging of Diisopropyl Fluorophosphatase (DFPase) in Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Protects Its Activity at Extreme Temperature.
Enzymatic decontamination of organophosphate compounds offers a biofriendly pathway to the neutralization of highly dangerous compounds. Environmental dissemination of enzymes, however, is an ongoing problem considering the costly process of production and chemical modification for stability that can diminish catalytic...
An increasing number of people are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year, sometimes with fatal consequences. In this manuscript, we report a novel urea-functionalized crown ether that can bind to the bacterial lipid phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), facilitate PE flip-flop and displays antibacterial activi...
Packaging of Diisopropyl Fluorophosphatase (DFPase) in Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Protects Its Activity at Extreme Temperature.
Enzymatic decontamination of organophosphate compounds offers a biofriendly pathway to the neutralization of highly dangerous compounds. Environmental dissemination of enzymes, however, is an ongoing problem considering the costly process of production and chemical modification for stability that can diminish catalytic...
Membrane fusion is an important process for the survival of eukaryotes. The shape of lipids plays an important role in fusion by stabilizing nonlamellar fusion intermediates. Lipids with intrinsic positive curvature such as lysophosphatidylcholine and others inhibit hemifusion formation, whereas lipids having intrinsic...
Packaging of Diisopropyl Fluorophosphatase (DFPase) in Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Protects Its Activity at Extreme Temperature.
Enzymatic decontamination of organophosphate compounds offers a biofriendly pathway to the neutralization of highly dangerous compounds. Environmental dissemination of enzymes, however, is an ongoing problem considering the costly process of production and chemical modification for stability that can diminish catalytic...
The hallmark of the gram-negative bacterial envelope is the presence of the outer membrane (OM). The OM is asymmetric, comprising lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in the outer leaflet and phospholipids (PLs) in the inner leaflet; this critical feature confers permeability barrier function against external insults, including a...
Packaging of Diisopropyl Fluorophosphatase (DFPase) in Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Protects Its Activity at Extreme Temperature.
Enzymatic decontamination of organophosphate compounds offers a biofriendly pathway to the neutralization of highly dangerous compounds. Environmental dissemination of enzymes, however, is an ongoing problem considering the costly process of production and chemical modification for stability that can diminish catalytic...
Membranes─cells' essential scaffolds─are valid molecular targets for substances with an antimicrobial effect. While certain substances, such as octenidine, have been developed to target membranes for antimicrobial purposes, the recently reported molecule, fabimycin (F2B)─a novel agent targeting drug-r...
Packaging of Diisopropyl Fluorophosphatase (DFPase) in Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Protects Its Activity at Extreme Temperature.
Enzymatic decontamination of organophosphate compounds offers a biofriendly pathway to the neutralization of highly dangerous compounds. Environmental dissemination of enzymes, however, is an ongoing problem considering the costly process of production and chemical modification for stability that can diminish catalytic...
The distribution of phospholipids across the inner membrane (IM) of Gram-negative bacteria is unknown. We demonstrate that the IMs of <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Yersinia pseudotuberculosis</i> are asymmetric, with a 75%/25% (cytoplasmic/periplasmic leaflet) distribution of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) in rod-shape...
Mapping capacity to conduct health technology assessment in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
To provide insights into the capacity to conduct health technology assessment (HTA) in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe (CESEE), taking account of technical, financial, networking, and human resources.
To establish a transborder virtual tumor board (VTB) fostering state-of-the-art management of cancer patients by exchanging knowledge and expertise among oncologists in Central and Southeastern Europe (CEE).
Mapping capacity to conduct health technology assessment in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
To provide insights into the capacity to conduct health technology assessment (HTA) in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe (CESEE), taking account of technical, financial, networking, and human resources.
Recent developments in the geographical sciences and technologies, namely geographical epidemiology, geographical information systems, global positioning systems and spatial data analysis brings about a unique opportunity to investigate the role of "place" in human health in a scientific manner. The aim of the present ...
Mapping capacity to conduct health technology assessment in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
To provide insights into the capacity to conduct health technology assessment (HTA) in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe (CESEE), taking account of technical, financial, networking, and human resources.
The objectives of this study were to review current methodological guidelines for economic evaluations of all types of technologies in the 33 countries with organizations involved in the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA), and to provide a general framework for economic evaluation at a Europea...
Mapping capacity to conduct health technology assessment in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
To provide insights into the capacity to conduct health technology assessment (HTA) in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe (CESEE), taking account of technical, financial, networking, and human resources.
E-health has been a recurrent topic in health reform, yet its implementation, ultimate role and feasibility are yet to be clearly defined. Organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service South East Section (RFDS SE) are in a position to utilise technology to enhance the effectiveness of existing clinical services...
Mapping capacity to conduct health technology assessment in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
To provide insights into the capacity to conduct health technology assessment (HTA) in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe (CESEE), taking account of technical, financial, networking, and human resources.
Community emergency medicine (CEM) aims to bring highly skilled, expert medical care to the patient outside of the traditional ED setting. Currently, there are several different CEM models in existence within the UK and Ireland which confer multiple benefits including provision of a senior clinical decision-maker early...
[Research progress on nonspecific immune microenvironment in breast cancer].
The immune microenvironment plays an important role in the occurrence and development of breast cancer. The infiltrating immune cells and the produced inflammatory cytokines in the tumor microenvironment regulate the growth, proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer. In this article, the roles and related mechanism...
The tumor microenvironment significantly influences malignant behavior and progression. Many components are involved in the tumor microenvironment, including extracellular matrix, stromal cells, immune and inflammatory cells, as well as cytokines that promote tumor development with complex interactions through the exch...
[Research progress on nonspecific immune microenvironment in breast cancer].
The immune microenvironment plays an important role in the occurrence and development of breast cancer. The infiltrating immune cells and the produced inflammatory cytokines in the tumor microenvironment regulate the growth, proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer. In this article, the roles and related mechanism...
Breast cancer is a complex disease with a highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, and has limited clinical response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. T-helper 2 (Th2) cells, an important component of the tumor microenvironment (TME), play an essential role in regulation of tumor immunity. However, t...
[Research progress on nonspecific immune microenvironment in breast cancer].
The immune microenvironment plays an important role in the occurrence and development of breast cancer. The infiltrating immune cells and the produced inflammatory cytokines in the tumor microenvironment regulate the growth, proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer. In this article, the roles and related mechanism...
Tumour immune microenvironment (TIME) has long been a key direction of tumour research. Understanding the occurrence, metastasis and other processes of cervical cancer (CC) is of great significance in the diagnosis and prognosis of tumours.
[Research progress on nonspecific immune microenvironment in breast cancer].
The immune microenvironment plays an important role in the occurrence and development of breast cancer. The infiltrating immune cells and the produced inflammatory cytokines in the tumor microenvironment regulate the growth, proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer. In this article, the roles and related mechanism...
Tumor microenvironment denotes the non-cancerous cells and components presented in the tumor, including molecules produced and released by them. The constant interactions between tumor cells and the tumor microenvironment play decisive roles in tumor initiation, progression, metastasis, and response to therapies. The t...
[Research progress on nonspecific immune microenvironment in breast cancer].
The immune microenvironment plays an important role in the occurrence and development of breast cancer. The infiltrating immune cells and the produced inflammatory cytokines in the tumor microenvironment regulate the growth, proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer. In this article, the roles and related mechanism...
Currently, tumor-infiltrating B lymphocytes have been recognized as a new hallmark of breast cancer (BC). The function seems to be controversial, either with positive, negative, or no significance in BC's prediction and prognosis. Moreover, B-cell infiltrates regulate tumor process through productions of antibodies and...
[Progress in digital PCR technology and application].
Digital PCR is an emerging analysis technology for absolute quantification after realtime-PCR. Through digital PCR, single DNA molecules are distributed into isolated reactions, and the product with fluorescence signal can be detected and analyzed after amplification. With the advantages of higher sensitivity and accur...
During the last years the technology used for gene expression analysis has changed dramatically. The old mainstay, DNA microarray, has served its due course and will soon be replaced by next-generation sequencing (NGS), the Swiss army knife of modern high-throughput nucleic acid-based analysis. Therefore preparation te...
[Progress in digital PCR technology and application].
Digital PCR is an emerging analysis technology for absolute quantification after realtime-PCR. Through digital PCR, single DNA molecules are distributed into isolated reactions, and the product with fluorescence signal can be detected and analyzed after amplification. With the advantages of higher sensitivity and accur...
To introduce the recent advances of the application of computer technology in tissue engineering.
[Progress in digital PCR technology and application].
Digital PCR is an emerging analysis technology for absolute quantification after realtime-PCR. Through digital PCR, single DNA molecules are distributed into isolated reactions, and the product with fluorescence signal can be detected and analyzed after amplification. With the advantages of higher sensitivity and accur...
The introduction of new medical technologies such as sensors has accelerated the process of collecting patient data for relevant clinical decisions, which has led to the introduction of a new technology known as digital biomarkers.
[Progress in digital PCR technology and application].
Digital PCR is an emerging analysis technology for absolute quantification after realtime-PCR. Through digital PCR, single DNA molecules are distributed into isolated reactions, and the product with fluorescence signal can be detected and analyzed after amplification. With the advantages of higher sensitivity and accur...
With the focus on technology for this issue of Molecular Cell, a group of scientists working in different areas of molecular biology provide their perspective on the most recent important technological advance in their field, where the field is lacking, and their wish list for future technology development.
[Progress in digital PCR technology and application].
Digital PCR is an emerging analysis technology for absolute quantification after realtime-PCR. Through digital PCR, single DNA molecules are distributed into isolated reactions, and the product with fluorescence signal can be detected and analyzed after amplification. With the advantages of higher sensitivity and accur...
Over the past 20 years,clinical molecular diagnostic technology has made rapid development,and became the most promising field in clinical laboratory medicine.In particular,with the development of genomics,clinical molecular diagnostic methods will reveal the nature of clinical diseases in a deeper level,thus guiding t...
EQCM biosensors based on DNA aptamers and antibodies for rapid detection of prions.
Novel affinity biosensors for detecting cellular prions, PrP(C), based on DNA aptamers and antibodies immobilized onto the carbon nanotubes have been designed and compared in accordance with their binding ability and analytical performance. The biosensors allowed us to detect PrP(C) with the limits of detection of 20 t...
The main advances in control and early diagnosis of cancer is greatly aided by low level detection of tumor markers in biological samples. Extensive efforts have been devoted to developing some ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensors for detection of cancer markers with high selectivity. These efforts include the dev...
EQCM biosensors based on DNA aptamers and antibodies for rapid detection of prions.
Novel affinity biosensors for detecting cellular prions, PrP(C), based on DNA aptamers and antibodies immobilized onto the carbon nanotubes have been designed and compared in accordance with their binding ability and analytical performance. The biosensors allowed us to detect PrP(C) with the limits of detection of 20 t...
Herein, an isothermal padlock probe-based assay for the simple and portable detection of pathogens coupled with a glucose oxidase (GOx)-based electrochemical readout is reported. Infectious diseases remain a constant threat on a global scale, as in recurring pandemics. Rapid and portable diagnostics hold the promise to...
EQCM biosensors based on DNA aptamers and antibodies for rapid detection of prions.
Novel affinity biosensors for detecting cellular prions, PrP(C), based on DNA aptamers and antibodies immobilized onto the carbon nanotubes have been designed and compared in accordance with their binding ability and analytical performance. The biosensors allowed us to detect PrP(C) with the limits of detection of 20 t...
The recent surge of effort in nucleic-acid-based electrochemical (EC) sensors has been fruitful, yet there remains a need for more generalizable EC platforms for sensing multiple classes of clinically relevant targets. We recently reported a nucleic acid nanostructure for simple, economical, and more generalizable EC r...
EQCM biosensors based on DNA aptamers and antibodies for rapid detection of prions.
Novel affinity biosensors for detecting cellular prions, PrP(C), based on DNA aptamers and antibodies immobilized onto the carbon nanotubes have been designed and compared in accordance with their binding ability and analytical performance. The biosensors allowed us to detect PrP(C) with the limits of detection of 20 t...
DNA biosensors are attractive tools for genetic analysis as there is an increasing need for rapid and low-cost DNA analysis, primarily driven by applications in personalized pharmacogenomics, clinical diagnostics, rapid pathogen detection, food traceability and forensics. A rapid electrochemical genosensor detection me...
EQCM biosensors based on DNA aptamers and antibodies for rapid detection of prions.
Novel affinity biosensors for detecting cellular prions, PrP(C), based on DNA aptamers and antibodies immobilized onto the carbon nanotubes have been designed and compared in accordance with their binding ability and analytical performance. The biosensors allowed us to detect PrP(C) with the limits of detection of 20 t...
By combination of the aptamer biorecognition with the colorimetric signal transduction of a DNAzyme-functionalized nanoprobe, a new biosensing method was developed for the rapid and sensitive detection of chloramphenicol (CAP). The nanoprobe was prepared through the functionalization of gold nanoparticles with the comp...
Resolving the origins of secretory products and anthelmintic responses in a human parasitic nematode at single-cell resolution.
Nematode excretory-secretory (ES) products are essential for the establishment and maintenance of infections in mammals and are valued as therapeutic and diagnostic targets. While parasite effector proteins contribute to host immune evasion and anthelmintics have been shown to modulate secretory behaviors, little is kn...
Host innate immunity plays a central role in detecting and eliminating microbial pathogenic infections in both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Entomopathogenic or insect pathogenic nematodes are of particular importance for the control of insect pests and vectors of pathogens, while insect-borne nematodes cause se...
Resolving the origins of secretory products and anthelmintic responses in a human parasitic nematode at single-cell resolution.
Nematode excretory-secretory (ES) products are essential for the establishment and maintenance of infections in mammals and are valued as therapeutic and diagnostic targets. While parasite effector proteins contribute to host immune evasion and anthelmintics have been shown to modulate secretory behaviors, little is kn...
Important insights have recently been gained in our understanding of the intricate relationship in the intestinal milieu between the vertebrate host mucosal immune response, commensal bacteria, and helminths. Helminths are metazoan worms (macrobiota) and trigger immune responses that include potent regulatory component...
Resolving the origins of secretory products and anthelmintic responses in a human parasitic nematode at single-cell resolution.
Nematode excretory-secretory (ES) products are essential for the establishment and maintenance of infections in mammals and are valued as therapeutic and diagnostic targets. While parasite effector proteins contribute to host immune evasion and anthelmintics have been shown to modulate secretory behaviors, little is kn...
Animals often suffer from multiple parasite attacks in natural conditions (i.e., polyparasitism). The community of these parasites, which simultaneously or sequentially infest given host species, has rarely been investigated as a parasitic pressure per se. From this perspective, and despite the impressive number of imm...
Resolving the origins of secretory products and anthelmintic responses in a human parasitic nematode at single-cell resolution.
Nematode excretory-secretory (ES) products are essential for the establishment and maintenance of infections in mammals and are valued as therapeutic and diagnostic targets. While parasite effector proteins contribute to host immune evasion and anthelmintics have been shown to modulate secretory behaviors, little is kn...
The development and integration of DNA-based methods in research and clinical microbiology laboratories have enabled standardised and comprehensive detection and differentiation of the microbes colonising our guts. For instance, the single-celled parasites Blastocystis and Dientamoeba appear to be much more common than...
Resolving the origins of secretory products and anthelmintic responses in a human parasitic nematode at single-cell resolution.
Nematode excretory-secretory (ES) products are essential for the establishment and maintenance of infections in mammals and are valued as therapeutic and diagnostic targets. While parasite effector proteins contribute to host immune evasion and anthelmintics have been shown to modulate secretory behaviors, little is kn...
Vertebrates and helminths have co-evolved for 500 million years, developing mutual adaptation mechanisms between parasites and hosts. Today, however, helminth diseases are among the most neglected communicable diseases. Epidemiological evidence shows that exposure to helminth parasites is inversely correlated with alle...
Grazing intensity differentially regulates ANPP response to precipitation in North American semiarid grasslands.
Grazing intensity elicits changes in the composition of plant functional groups in both shortgrass steppe (SGS) and northern mixed-grass prairie (NMP) in North America. How these grazing intensity-induced changes control aboveground net primary production (ANPP) responses to precipitation remains a central open questio...
Nitrogen (N) loading and extreme drought strongly alter biomass production, species composition and carbon and water fluxes of temperate grasslands. Such changes at the community level are often attributed to species- and functional group-specific responses in phenology and/or physiology. In a multifactorial field expe...
Grazing intensity differentially regulates ANPP response to precipitation in North American semiarid grasslands.
Grazing intensity elicits changes in the composition of plant functional groups in both shortgrass steppe (SGS) and northern mixed-grass prairie (NMP) in North America. How these grazing intensity-induced changes control aboveground net primary production (ANPP) responses to precipitation remains a central open questio...
Changes in livestock loads and eutrophication associated with human activities can modify the stability of grassland's aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP), by modifying the mean (&#956;) and/or standard deviation (&#963;) of ANPP. The changes in attributes of the plant community (i.e., species richness, species...