Proteomic Biomarkers of the Apnea Hypopnea Index and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights into the Pathophysiology of Presence,Severity, and Treatment Response

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disease associated with excessive sleepiness and increased cardiovascular risk, affects an estimated 1 billion people worldwide. The present study examined proteomic biomarkers indicative of presence, severity, and treatment response in OSA. Participants (n = 1391) of the Stanford Technology Analytics and Genomics in Sleep study had blood collected and completed an overnight polysomnography for scoring the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI). A highly multiplexed aptamer-based array (SomaScan) was used to quantify 5000 proteins in all plasma samples. Two separate intervention-based cohorts with sleep apnea (n = 41) provided samples pre- and post-continuous/positive airway pressure (CPAP/PAP). Multivariate analyses identified 84 proteins (47 positively, 37 negatively) associated with AHI after correction for multiple testing. Of the top 15 features from a machine learning classifier for AHI ≥ 15 vs. AHI < 15 (Area Under the Curve (AUC) = 0.74), 8 were significant markers of both AHI and OSA from multivariate analyses. Exploration of pre- and post-intervention analysis identified 5 of the 84 proteins to be significantly decreased following CPAP/PAP treatment, with pathways involving endothelial function, blood coagulation, and inflammatory response. The present study identified PAI-1, tPA, and sE-Selectin as key biomarkers and suggests that endothelial dysfunction and increased coagulopathy are important consequences of OSA, which may explain the association with cardiovascular disease and stroke.     

Internal OH? induced cascade quenching of upconversion luminescence in NaYF4:Yb/Er nanocrystals

Internal hydroxyl impurity is known as one of the main detrimental factors affecting the upconversion (UC) efficiency of upconversion luminescence (UCL) nanomat...     

岩体平巷充气降氡技术研究

提出了一种适用于破碎山体中平巷的降氡技术.该巷道中氡浓度受山体内空气渗流方向和强度的控制,渗流的机制是烟囱效应.由于山体内空气的温度基本恒定,因而密度不变,而巷道外空气密度随温度的变化而相应地变化着,这就导致了山体内外空气的失衡--夏季山体内含氡空气经裂缝流入巷道,冬季巷道外新鲜空气流入巷道后再经山体裂缝流向大气.实验表明,通过在巷道口部设置自动风门,向巷道内机械压风,形成充气状态,可以调节山体内空气的渗流方向,从而可以显著降低巷道内氡的浓度.     

大直径薄壁筒件的加工

通过设计研究和生产实践,制定出合理的加工工艺,再配以相应的辅具,完成了加工大直径薄壁件的任务,为以后类似零件加工打下了基础。     

X094测量仪的改造与调心轴承径向游隙测量

根据调心轴承对用仪器测量径向游隙的基本要求,改造了X094测量仪,并在实践中找出适宜的调试测量方法。     

Phloroglucinol Derivative Carbomer Hydrogel Accelerates MRSA-Infected Wounds’ Healing

Globally, wound infection is considered to be one of the major healthcare problems, with bacterial infections being the most critical threat, leading to poor and delayed wound healing, and even death. As a superbug, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes a profound hazard to public health safety, prompting us to search for alternative treatment approaches. Herein, the MTT test and Hoechst/propidium iodide (PI) staining demonstrated that PD was slightly less toxic to human fibroblasts including Human keratinocytes (HaCaT) cell line than Silver sulfadiazine (SSD), and Vancomycin (Van). In the MRSA-infected wound model, PD hydrogel (1%, 2.5%) was applied with for 14 days. The wound healing of PD hydrogel groups was superior to the SSD, Van, and control groups. Remarkably, the experimental results showed that PD reduced the number of skin bacteria, reduced inflammation, and upregulated the expression of PCNA (keratinocyte proliferation marker) and CD31 (angiogenesis manufacturer) at the wound site by histology (including hematoxylin–eosin (HE) staining, Masson staining) and immunohistochemistry. Additionally, no toxicity, hemocompatibility or histopathological changes to organs were observed. Altogether, these results suggested the potential of PD hydrogel as a safe, effective, and low toxicity hydrogel for the future clinical treatment of MRSA-infected wounds.     

丙烯酸酯类反应性微凝胶的制备及其对环氧树脂的增韧作用

采用自稳定分散聚合法,制备了粒径在20nm左右、粒径分布均匀的球形丙烯酸酯类反应性微凝胶;同时研究了其对环氧树脂/间苯二胺(MPDA)体系的增韧效果.结果表明,所制备的丙烯酸酯类反应性微凝胶在室温下呈橡胶态;它是环氧树脂/MPDA体系的一种有效增韧荆,增韧效果受其用量、官能团种类及用量的影响;含有环氧基团的微凝胶颗粒,增韧效果最好,而且提高了环氧树脂的热性能:带有环氧基团的微凝胶颗粒用量越大,或丙烯酸酯类微凝胶中环氧基团的摩尔分数越高,对环氧树脂的增韧效果越好.