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Nat Commun ; 12(1): 5436, 2021 Sep 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34521833

ABSTRACT

The rich phenomena in the FeSe and related compounds have attracted great interests as it provides fertile material to gain further insight into the mechanism of high temperature superconductivity. A natural follow-up work was to look into the possibility of superconductivity in MnSe. We demonstrated in this work that high pressure can effectively suppress the complex magnetic characters of MnSe, and induce superconductivity with Tc ~ 5 K at pressure ~12 GPa confirmed by both magnetic and resistive measurements. The highest Tc is ~ 9 K (magnetic result) at ~35 GPa. Our observations suggest the observed superconductivity may closely relate to the pressure-induced structural change. However, the interface between the metallic and insulating boundaries may also play an important role to the pressure induced superconductivity in MnSe.

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Sci Rep ; 9(1): 6393, 2019 Apr 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31015499

ABSTRACT

Undoped CaFe2As2 (Ca122) can be stabilized in two slightly different non-superconducting tetragonal phases, PI and PII, through thermal treatments. Upon proper annealing, superconductivity with a Tc up to 25 K emerges in the samples with an admixture of PI and PII phases. Systematic low-temperature X-ray diffraction studies were conducted on undoped Ca122 samples annealed at 350 °C over different time periods. In addition to the diffraction peaks associated with the single-phase aggregation of PI and PII, a broad intermediate peak that shifts with annealing time was observed in the superconducting samples only. Our simulation of phase distribution suggests that the extra peak is associated with the admixture of PI and PII on the nanometer scale. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy confirms the existence of these nano-scale phase admixtures in the superconducting samples. These experimental results and simulation analyses lend further support for our conclusion that interfacial inducement is the most reasonable explanation for the emergence of superconductivity in undoped Ca122 single crystals.

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Anticancer Res ; 20(5B): 3533-8, 2000.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11131658

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OBJECTIVE: To characterize the chemosensitivity of wild type and multidrug resistant canine cell lines and determine the relative potency of the P-glycoprotein (Pgp) modulators verapamil, tamoxifen and a cyclosporin-A analog (PSC833). METHODS: The dose required to reduce cell proliferation to 50% of control (ED50) for doxorubicin (DOX) and cisplatin was determined for canine cell lines 4TG11-50c, OS2.4wt, OS2.4DX and the human cell line MCF7/DX. The effect of Pgp chemomodulators on cytotoxicity was quantified by determining the dose modifying factor [DMF = (ED50 of Dox alone)/(ED50 of Dox + Modulator)]. Relative potency of modulators was defined as DMFMOD1/DMFMOD2. Pgp function was assessed by DiOC2 dye retention and by accumulation of DOX after chemomodulator addition. RESULTS: All cell lines were equally cisplatin sensitive but varied in doxorubicin resistance. PSC833 was 12X, 5X and 2X more potent than tamoxifen in 4TG11-50c, OS2.4WT and OS2.4DX, respectively. Dye retention was a better indicator of chemomodulator-enhanced cytotoxicity than was DOX accumulation. CONCLUSIONS: Pgp inhibition is cell line, modulator and concentration dependent but the cytotoxic potency of a modulator may be predicted by the extent of dye retention in canine drug resistant cell lines.


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ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/metabolism , Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/pharmacology , Cell Division/drug effects , Doxorubicin/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Multiple , Tumor Cells, Cultured/drug effects , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/antagonists & inhibitors , Animals , Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology , Cell Line , Cell Survival/drug effects , Cisplatin/pharmacology , Coloring Agents/pharmacokinetics , Cyclosporins/pharmacology , Dogs , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Drug Resistance, Neoplasm , Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor , Drug Synergism , Humans , Kidney/cytology , Kidney/drug effects , Kidney/metabolism , Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/drug therapy , Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/metabolism , Mammary Neoplasms, Animal/pathology , Osteosarcoma/drug therapy , Osteosarcoma/metabolism , Osteosarcoma/pathology , Tamoxifen/pharmacology , Verapamil/pharmacology
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Dev Biol ; 139(2): 244-9, 1990 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2338168

ABSTRACT

We have developed a method to separate and isolate the mesenchymal cells from the epithelial cells in the left Müllerian duct of the developing chick. We then cultured the mesenchymal cells in a serum-free medium. Through an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we detected fibronectin synthesis and release into the medium at stages of Müllerian duct development. Our results demonstrate that the amount of fibronectin secreted by cultured cells gradually decreased in accordance with Müllerian duct differentiation. Similar observations found in the developing embryonic intestine indicate that the highest fibronectin synthesis occurs during early stages of development, when morphogenetic movement and mesenchymal-epithelial interaction are prominent features of embryonic organ differentiation and growth.


Subject(s)
Fibronectins/biosynthesis , Mullerian Ducts/metabolism , Animals , Cell Separation/methods , Cells, Cultured , Chick Embryo , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Fibronectins/isolation & purification , Fibronectins/metabolism , Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism , Intestines/cytology , Intestines/embryology , Mullerian Ducts/cytology
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