Supramolecular Glyco‐nanoparticles Toward Immunological Applications

Glyco‐mimicking nanoparticles (glyco‐NPs) with Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) donor and acceptor groups formed via dynamic covalent bond of benzoboroxole and sugar from two complementary polymers are prepared. The glyco‐NPs are proved to be quite stable under physiological conditions but sensitive to pH. So the glyco‐NPs can be internalized by dendritic cells with integrity and nontoxicity and then dissociate within the acidic organelles. This particle dissociation is directly observed and visualized in vitro, for the first time via the FRET measurements and fluorescent microscopy. This feature makes controlled release of drug or protein by glyco‐NPs possible, i.e., when model antigen Ovalbumin is loaded in the glyco‐NPs, the released Ovalbumin in dendritic cells stimulates T cells more efficiently than the free Ovalbumin itself as a result of the enhanced antigen processing and presentation. Thus, the results enlighten a bright future of the glyco‐NPs in immunotherapy.     

PROfound研究——前列腺癌精准治疗新希望

转移性去势抵抗性前列腺癌（metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer,mCRPC）是前列腺癌发展的终末阶段。患者生存预后很差。尽管不断地有新的治疗手段出现，比如新型内分泌治疗以及紫杉醇类化疗，mCRPC患者的生存期依然很有限。奥拉帕利是一款聚腺苷酸二磷酸核糖基聚合酶（poly ADP-ribose polymerase,PARP）抑制剂，PARP酶在DNA修复中扮演着重要的角色。奥拉帕利已经获批用于卵巢癌和乳腺癌的治疗。目前，奥拉帕利用于mCRPC治疗的III期临床研究PROfound的结果在2019年的欧洲肿瘤内科学会（ESMO）年会与2020年的美国临床肿瘤学会-泌尿生殖系统肿瘤研讨会（ASCO-GU）已经发布。本文将带来PROfound研究的结果以及最新的结果更新。     

Effect of an abrupt change in pulling rate on microstructures of directionally solidified Al2O3-Er3Al5O12 eutectic and off-eutectic composite ceramics

Directionally solidified microstructures of Al₂O₃-Er₃Al₅O₁₂ eutectic and off-eutectic in situ composite ceramics were explored under abrupt-change pulling rate conditions. Corresponding temperature distributions and interface locations were studied. In eutectic composition, fluctuation of eutectic spacing occurred when the pulling rate increased abruptly. A gradually increase or abrupt increase in eutectic spacing was observed when the pulling rate decreased abruptly. In hypoeutectic and hypereutectic compositions, formation of the primary phases were suppressed when the pulling rate increased abruptly from 10?µm/s to 100?µm/s, while primary phases precipitated when the pulling rate decreased abruptly from 100?µm/s to 10?µm/s. The interface altitude decreased after the pulling rate increased abruptly, but increased after the pulling rate decreased abruptly. The liquid composition restriction (around the eutectic composition) at the eutectic interface plays an important role in the suppression of the primary dendrite and coupled eutectic oxides can be obtained in off-eutectic compositions even under higher solidification rate conditions.     

Catalytic Hydrocracking of a Bitumen‐Derived Asphaltene over NiMo/γ‐Al2O3 at Various Temperatures

Hydrocracking of a bitumen‐derived asphaltene over NiMo/γ‐Al₂O₃ was investigated in a microbatch reactor at varying temperatures. The molar kinetics of asphaltene cracking reaction was examined by fitting the experimental data. Below a defined temperature, the molar reaction showed the first‐order kinetic feature while at higher temperatures secondary reactions such as coke formation became significant, causing deviation of the reaction behavior from the proposed first‐order kinetic model. Selectivity analysis proved that dominant products varied from gases to liquids to gases with increasing temperature, shifting the dominant reaction from C–S bonds cleavage to C–C bonds cleavage.     

基于Bayes方法的Al-Mg-Mn合金断裂韧度研究

基于Bayes方法研究了Al-5.2Mg-0.7Mn-0.20Sc-0.1Zr合金的平面应变断裂韧度。结果表明,Al-5.2Mg-0.7Mn-0.20Sc-0.1Zr合金热轧板在L-T和T-L取向KIC值分别为32.66和32.03 MPa·m1/2,平面应变断裂韧度各向异性差别较小。