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Biochem Genet ; 2024 Mar 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38451401

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Epigenetic regulation plays an essential role in immunity and inflammation in endometriosis. In this study, we aimed to explore differences in m6A regulators between endometriosis patients and normal women and analyze the effect of m6A modification on immune and inflammatory microenvironment. The samples for analysis were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database, including ectopic endometrium (EC), eutopic endometrium (EU), and normal eutopic endometrium (NM) samples from non-endometriosis women. The validation process involved utilizing our previous RNA-sequencing data. Subsequently, a correlation analysis was performed to ascertain the relationship between m6A and the inflammatory microenvironment profile, encompassing infiltrating immunocytes, immune-inflammation reaction gene sets, and human leukocyte antigen genes. LASSO analyses were used to develop risk signature. The findings of this study indicate that the m6A regulators FTO were observed to be significantly up-regulated, while YTHDF2, CBLL1, and METTL3 were down-regulated in endometriosis tissues. The CIBERSORT analysis revealed that the local inflammatory microenvironment of ectopic lesions plays a crucial role in the development of endometriosis. Notably, M2 macrophages exhibited a significant difference between the EC and NM groups. Moreover, M2 macrophages demonstrated a positive correlation with FTO (0.39) and a negative correlation with CBLL1 (- 0.35). Furthermore, consistent clustering of EC and EU samples resulted in the identification of three distinct cell subtypes. Among different cell subtypes, significant differences were in immunoinfiltrating cells, plasma cells, naive CD4 T cells, memory activated CD4 T cells, gamma delta T cells, resting NK cells and activated NK cells but not in macrophages. Furthermore, the identification of various compounds capable of targeting these m6A genes was achieved. In conclusions, our integrated bioinformatics analysis results demonstrated that m6A-related genes METTL3, CBLL1 and YTHDF2 may be useful biomarkers for endometriosis in ectopic endometrium. The potential therapeutic approach of targeting m6A regulators holds promise for the treatment of endometriosis.

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ACS Omega ; 9(4): 4386-4394, 2024 Jan 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38313508

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Triggering the healing process of drug-resistant bacteria-infected wounds has attracted great attention due to global morbidity that may induce gangrene, amputation, and even death. Here, a chitin derivative, carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC), tannic acid (TA), and Cu2+ were used for hydrogel engineering. Using sodium bicarbonate as the neutralizer and reductant, hydrogen bonds between CMC and TA and in situ Cu(OH)2 generation via ion coordination force between Cu2+ and TA facilitated the synthesis of CMC/TA/Cu hydrogel. Cu2+ and TA release, cytotoxicity, in vitro cell migration, angiogenesis, and antidrug-resistant bacteria were measured. Besides, wound closure was evaluated in vivo using the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-infected excisional dermal wound mouse model. Negligible toxicity was observed both in vitro and in vivo. Dermal cell migration and angiogenesis were significantly enhanced. In vivo, the CMC/TA/Cu hydrogel induced effective re-epithelialization, collagen deposition, inflammatory alleviation, and MRSA inhibition during wound repair in mice. All these results confirmed that the CMC/TA/Cu hydrogel is a promising novel dressing for chronic wound healing in clinic.

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J Pharm Biomed Anal ; 241: 115970, 2024 Apr 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38277707

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BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a gynecological disease that causes severe chronic pelvic pain and infertility in women. The therapeutic efficacy of the traditional herbal combination of Sparganium stoloniferum-Curcuma phaeocaulis (Sangleng-Ezhu, SL-EZ) in the treatment of endometriosis has been established. However, the precise mechanism by which this treatment exerts its effects remains elusive. METHODS: To gain further insights, UPLC-MS/MS was employed to identify the primary chemical constituents of SL-EZ in serum. Additionally, network pharmacology was utilized to analyze the active ingredients and their corresponding targets. Furthermore, the impact of SL-EZ on ectopic endometrial growth in endometrial implants was assessed using a rat model. The therapeutic mechanism of SL-EZ in rats with endometriosis was further investigated through the application of 16 S rRNA gene sequencing, metagenomic sequencing, and metabolomics. RESULTS: The primary compounds in serum were zederone, p-coumaric acid, dehydrocostus lactone, curdione, curcumol. The growth of ectopic lesions in a rat model was effectively inhibited by SL-EZ. In comparison to the control group, the endometriotic rats exhibited a decrease in α-diversity of the gut microbiota, an increase in the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio, and a reduction in the abundance of Ruminococcaceae. Following SL-EZ intervention, the potential probiotic strains Lactobacillus gasseri and Lactobacillus johnsonii were able to restore the intestinal microenvironment at the species level. The altered metabolites were significantly correlated with Verrucomicrobia, Proteobacteria, and Bacteroidetes. The metabolomic analysis demonstrated significant alterations in intestinal metabolites. And SL-EZ intervention also exerted regulatory effects on various metabolic pathways in gut microbiota, including aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis, monobactam biosynthesis, cyanoamino acid metabolism, glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, plant secondary metabolite biosynthesis, and amino acid biosynthesis. CONCLUSION: The identification of novel treatment formulations for endometriosis was achieved through the utilization of network pharmacology and gut microbiota analyses. Our findings revealed simultaneous alterations in the microbiota within the rat model of endometriosis. The therapeutic efficacy of SL-EZ in treating endometriosis is attributed to its ability to restore the gut microbiota and regulate metabolism. This investigation offers valuable insights into the therapeutic mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for endometriosis.


Subject(s)
Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Endometriosis , Humans , Rats , Female , Animals , Curcuma , Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology , Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use , Metagenome , Chromatography, Liquid , Endometriosis/drug therapy , Genes, rRNA , Tandem Mass Spectrometry , Metabolomics
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Small ; 20(4): e2305251, 2024 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37718454

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Alternating current electroluminescence (ACEL) devices are attractive candidates in cost-effective lighting, sensing, and flexible displays due to their uniform luminescence, stable performance, and outstanding deformability. However, ACEL devices have suffered from limited options for the light-emitting layer, which presents a significant constraint in the progress of utilizing ACEL. Herein, a new class of ACEL phosphors based on lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs) is devised. A synthesis of lanthanide-benzenetricarboxylate (Ln-BTC) thin film on a brass grid substrate seeded with ZnO nanowires (NWs) as anchors is developed. The as-synthesized Ln-BTC thin film is employed as the emissive layer and shows visible electroluminescence driven by alternating current (2.9 V µm-1 , 1 kHz) for the first time. Mechanistic investigations reveal that the Ln-based ACEL stems from impact excitation by accelerated electrons from ZnO NWs. Fine-tuning of the ACEL color is also demonstrated by controlling the Ln-MOF compositions and introducing an extra ZnS emitting layer. The advances in these optical materials expand the application of ACEL devices in anti-counterfeiting.

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Adv Sci (Weinh) ; 11(7): e2305241, 2024 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38084003

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Luminescent materials that display quick spectral responses to thermal stimuli have attracted pervasive attention in sensing technologies. Herein, a programmable luminescence color switching in lanthanide-doped LiYO2 under thermal stimuli, based on deliberate control of the monoclinic (ß) to tetragonal (α) phase transition in the crystal lattice, is reported. Specifically, a lanthanide-doping (Ln3+ ) approach to fine-tune the phase-transition temperature in a wide range from 294 to 359 K is developed. Accordingly, an array of Ln3+ -doped LiYO2 crystals that exhibit progressive phase transition, and thus sequential color switching at gradually increasing temperatures, is constructed. The tunable optical response to thermal stimuli is harnessed for colorimetric temperature indication and quantitative detection, demonstrating superior sensitivity and temperature resolution (Sr = 26.1% K-1 , δT = 0.008 K). The advances in controlling the phase-transition behavior of luminescent materials also offer exciting opportunities for high-performance personalized health monitoring.

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Chem Soc Rev ; 52(23): 8374-8409, 2023 Nov 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37947021

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Copper indium sulfide (CuInS2) is a ternary A(I)B(III)X(VI)2-type semiconductor featuring a direct bandgap with a high absorption coefficient. In attempts to explore their practical applications, nanoscale CuInS2 has been synthesized with crystal sizes down to the quantum confinement regime. The merits of CuInS2 nanocrystals (NCs) include wide emission tunability, a large Stokes shift, long decay time, and eco-friendliness, making them promising candidates in photoelectronics and photovoltaics. Over the past two decades, advances in wet-chemistry synthesis have achieved rational control over cation-anion reactivity during the preparation of colloidal CuInS2 NCs and post-synthesis cation exchange. The precise nano-synthesis coupled with a series of hybridization strategies has given birth to a library of CuInS2 NCs with highly customizable photophysical properties. This review article focuses on the recent development of CuInS2 NCs enabled by advanced synthetic and hybridization techniques. We show that the state-of-the-art CuInS2 NCs play significant roles in optoelectronic and biomedical applications.

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Nanoscale ; 15(12): 5720-5725, 2023 Mar 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36880574

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Perovskite nanocrystals have attracted much attention due to their unique optical and electronic properties. Much progress has also been made in the development of light-emitting diodes based on perovskite nanocrystals in the past years. However, compared with the widely reported opaque perovskite nanocrystal light-emitting diodes, semitransparent perovskite nanocrystal light-emitting diodes are rarely studied, which affects the potential application of perovskite nanocrystals in the translucent display field in the future. Here, poly[(9,9-bis(3'-(N,N-dimethylamino)propyl)-2,7-fluorene)-alt-2,7-(9,9-dioctylfluorene)] (PFN), a conjugated polymer, was used as an electron transport layer to fabricate the inverted opaque and semitransparent perovskite light-emitting diodes. The maximum external quantum efficiency and luminance were improved from 0.13% and 1041 cd m-2 to 2.07% and 12 540 cd m-2, respectively, through device optimization in opaque light-emitting diodes. The corresponding semitransparent device also demonstrated high transmittance (average 61% from 380 to 780 nm) and high brightness of 1619 and 1643 cd m-2 for the bottom and top sides, respectively.

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Pathol Res Pract ; 244: 154404, 2023 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36996608

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BACKGROUNDS: Endometriosis is a common disease in women, but the signaling pathways and genes involved remain unclear. This study screened genes that were differentially expressed in ectopic endometrium (EC) and eutopic endometrium (EU) in endometriosis and provided clues for subsequent experimental verification. METHODS: Endometriosis samples were harvested from inpatients that underwent surgery from 2017 to 2019 with pathological evidence of endometriosis. We assessed the mRNA expression profiles in endometriosis and further conducted gene ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis, Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) to identify potential biomarkers in endometriosis. Finally, we further validated hub genes using public databases and immunohistochemistry assays. RESULTS: The upregulated DEGs of ectopic endometrium from endometriosis patients were mainly involved in cell adhesion, MAPK signaling, PI3K-Akt signaling pathways, cytokine receptor interactions, and epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT)-associated signaling pathways. The downregulated DEGs between ectopic endometrium and eutopic endometrium were related to decidualization-associated genes in endometriosis. The correlated gene modules in eutopic endometrial cells were mainly enriched in cell adhesion, embryo implantation and inflammation. The eutopic and ectopic endometrial lesions in endometriosis were involved in the EMT process. Furthermore, we identified 18 co-expression modules during WGCNA analysis. Hub genes in the pale turquoise module were FOSB, JUNB, ATF3, CXCL2, FOS, etc. Significantly enriched KEGG pathways included the TNF, MAPK, foxO, oxytocin, and p53 signaling pathways. Enrichment pathways were directly related to immune surveillance, stem cell self-renewal, and epithelial-mesenchymal transformation. Several pathways and modules of endometriosis are related to cancer-associated pathways, which substantiates the correlation between endometriosis and various gynecological tumors. CONCLUSIONS: Endometriosis was tightly correlated with EMT and fibrosis mediated by inflammatory immunity, cytokines, estrogen, kinases and protooncogene through transcriptomics. Overall, our findings lay the groundwork for understanding the pathogenesis of endometriosis and its relationship with malignant transformation.


Subject(s)
Endometriosis , Humans , Female , Endometriosis/pathology , Transcriptome , Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism , Signal Transduction/genetics , Computational Biology
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Adv Mater ; 35(21): e2205410, 2023 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36517207

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Halide perovskites have gained tremendous attention in the past decade owing to their excellent properties in optoelectronics. Recently, a fascinating property, ferroelectricity, has been discovered in halide perovskites and quickly attracted widespread interest. Compared with traditional perovskite oxide ferroelectrics, halide perovskites display natural advantages such as structural softness, low weight, and easy processing, which are highly desirable in applications pursuing miniaturization and flexibility. This review focuses on the current research progress in halide perovskite ferroelectrics, encompassing the emerging materials systems and their potential applications in ferroelectric photovoltaics, self-powered photodetection, and X-ray detection. The main challenges and possible solutions in the future development of halide perovskite ferroelectric materials are also attempted to be pointed out.

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J Am Chem Soc ; 144(48): 22295-22301, 2022 Dec 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36417793

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Hydrochromic materials characterized by noticeable color change upon water exposure have attracted pervasive attention for their frontier applications in sensing and information technologies. However, existing hydrochromic materials typically suffer from a slow hydrochromic response as well as limited stability and color tunability. This work describes a novel hydrochromic perovskite crystal composed of zero-dimensional Cs3TbF6:Eu3+, which displays switchable luminescence due to the constituent Tb3+ and Eu3+ ions. Mechanistic investigation reveals that the hydrochromic property stems from a water-induced phase transformation into a one-dimensional structure through a CsF-stripping process. The phase transformation triggers energy coupling between Tb3+ and Eu3+ ions in adjacent lanthanide halide polyhedra, resulting in an emission color change from green to orange. Notably, the phase transformation is ultrafast (20 ms) and reversible, and the emission color in each phase can be fine-tuned by controlling the Eu3+ doping concentration along with Y3+ co-doping. The advances in these hydrochromic luminescent materials offer exciting opportunities for information security and data storage.

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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 61(30): e202205463, 2022 Jul 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35543285

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Sn-based perovskites are the most promising alternative materials for Pb-based perovskites to address the toxicity problem of lead. However, the development of SnII -based perovskites has been hindered by their extreme instability. Here, we synthesized efficient and stable lead-free Cs4 SnBr6 perovskite by using SnF2 as tin source instead of easily oxidized SnBr2 . The SnF2 configures a fluorine-rich environment, which can not only suppress the oxidation of Sn2+ in the synthesis, but also construct chemically stable Sn-F coordination to hinder the electron transfer from Sn2+ to oxygen within the long-term operation process. The SnF2 -derived Cs4 SnBr6 perovskite shows a high photoluminescence quantum yield of 62.8 %, and excellent stability against oxygen, moisture, and light radiation for 1200 h, representing one of the most stable lead-free perovskites. The results pave a new pathway to enhance the optical properties and stability of lead-free perovskite for high-performance light emitters.

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Chem Sci ; 13(13): 3719-3727, 2022 Mar 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35432894

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Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals as promising ultrapure emitters are outstanding candidates for next-generation light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and display applications, but the thermal quenching behavior of light emission has severely hampered their real-world applications. Here, we report an anion passivation strategy to suppress the emission thermal quenching behavior of CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals. By treating with specific anions (such as SO4 2-, OH-, and F- ions), the corresponding wide-bandgap passivation layers, PbSO4, Pb(OH)2, and PbF2, were obtained. They not only repair the surface defects of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals but also stabilize the phase structure of the inner CsPbBr3 core by constructing a core-shell like structure. The photoluminescence thermal resistance experiments show that the treated sample could preserve 79% of its original emission intensity up to 373 K, far superior to that (17%) of pristine CsPbBr3. Based on the thermally stable CsPbBr3 nanocrystals, we achieved temperature-stable white LED devices with a stable electroluminescence spectrum, color gamut and color coordinates in thermal stress tests (up to 373 K).

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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ; 14(17): 19697-19703, 2022 May 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35438955

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Artificial intelligence offers new opportunities for translucent displays. However, achieving translucent light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with high efficiency and high color purity remains a challenge. Here, we propose a strategy of using an alkali metal/inert metal (calcium/silver) bilayer metal electrode as a top electrode and perovskite nanocrystals as an emitter layer in the device structure, which allows us to not only fabricate excellent opaque LEDs but also manufacture highly efficient semitransparent LEDs with high color purity, total brightness (over 7000 cd m-2), total external quantum efficiency (over 12%), and 56% transmittance around 520 nm. This is the highest external quantum efficiency report about semitransparent LED based on perovskite materials or inorganic quantum dots so far, which presents great application potential in the field of translucent display with high color purity and wide color gamut.

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BMC Pulm Med ; 21(1): 347, 2021 Nov 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34742261

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BACKGROUND: We have reported that heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF) is increased in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and associated with collagen deposition, but the mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study, we aimed to investigated the inflammatory cytokines secreted by bronchial epithelial cells following exposure to HB-EGF that promoted proliferation and migration of human lung fibroblast. METHODS: HB-EGF-induced inflammatory cytokines were assayed in two airway epithelial cells (primary human bronchial epithelial cells [HBECs] and BEAS-2B cells). Moreover, the culture supernatants derived from HB-EGF-treated HBECs and BEAS-2B cells were added to human primary lung fibroblasts. The effect of culture supernatants on proliferation and migration of fibroblasts was assessed. RESULTS: IL-8 expression was significantly increased in bronchial epithelial cells treated with HB-EGF, which was at least partially dependent on NF-kB pathways activation. HB-EGF-induced IL-8 was found to further promote lung fibroblasts proliferation and migration, and the effects were attenuated after neutralizing IL-8. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that HB-EGF may be involved in the pathology of airway fibrosis by induction of IL-8 from airway epithelium, subsequently causing lung fibroblasts proliferation and migration. Thus, inhibition of HBEGF and/or IL-8 production could prevent the development of airway fibrosis by modulating fibroblast activation.


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Epithelium/metabolism , Fibroblasts/metabolism , Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor/metabolism , Interleukin-8/metabolism , Lung/metabolism , Cell Culture Techniques , Cell Proliferation , Fibroblasts/pathology , Fibrosis/pathology , Humans , Lung/physiopathology
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BMC Pregnancy Childbirth ; 21(1): 554, 2021 Aug 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34388966

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BACKGROUND: For women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), the clinical benefit of embryo transfer at the blastocyst stage (Day 5) versus cleavage stage (Day 3) remains controversial. The purpose of this study is to compare the implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rate and odds of live birth of Day 3 and Day 5 embryo transfer, and more importantly, to address the issue that patients were chosen to receive either transfer protocol due to their underlying clinical characteristics, i.e., confounding by indication. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 9,090 IVF cycles collected by Lee Women's Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan from 1998 to 2014. We utilized the method of propensity score matching to mimic a randomized controlled trial (RCT) where each patient with Day 5 transfer was matched by another patient with Day 3 transfer with respect to other clinical characteristics. Implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rate, and odds of live birth were compared for women underwent Day 5 transfer and Day 3 transfer to estimate the causal effects. We further investigated the causal effects in subgroups by stratifying age and anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH). RESULTS: Our analyses uncovered an evidence of a significant difference in implantation rate (p=0.04) favoring Day 5 transfer, and showed that Day 3 and Day 5 transfers made no difference in both odds of live birth (p=0.27) and clinical pregnancy rate (p=0.11). With the increase of gestational age, the trend toward non-significance of embryo transfer day in our result appeared to be consistent for subgroups stratified by age and AMH, while all analyses stratified by age and AMH were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that for women without strong indications for Day 3 or Day 5 transfer, there is a small significant difference in implantation rate in favor of Day 5 transfer. However, the two protocols have indistinguishable outcomes on odds of live birth and clinical pregnancy rate.


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Embryo Implantation , Embryo Transfer/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Embryo Implantation/physiology , Embryo Transfer/methods , Female , Fertilization in Vitro/methods , Fertilization in Vitro/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Live Birth , Pregnancy , Propensity Score , Retrospective Studies , Taiwan
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Front Pharmacol ; 12: 674874, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34220510

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Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease and causes severe chronic pelvic pain and infertility. Growing evidence showed that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) plays an active role in the treatment of endometriosis. ELeng Capsule (ELC) is a Chinese medicine formula used for the treatment of endometriosis for several years. However, the mechanisms of ELC have not been fully characterized. In this study, network pharmacology and mRNA transcriptome analysis were used to study various therapeutic targets in ELC. As a result, 40 compounds are identified, and 75 targets overlapped with endometriosis-related proteins. The mechanism of ELC for the treatment of endometriosis is based on the function modules of inducing apoptosis, inhibiting angiogenesis, and regulating immunity mainly through signaling molecules and interaction (neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction), immune system-associated pathways (toll-like receptor signaling pathway), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling, and MAPK signaling pathway based on network pharmacology. In addition, based on RNA-sequence analysis, we found that the mechanism of ELC was predominantly associated with the regulation of the function modules of actin and cytoskeleton, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), focal adhesion, and immunity-associated pathways. In conclusion, ELC exerted beneficial effects on endometriosis, and the potential mechanism could be realized through functional modules, such as inducing apoptosis and regulating angiogenesis, cytoskeleton, and EMT. This work not only provides insights into the therapeutic mechanism of TCM for treating endometriosis but also offers an efficient way for drug discovery and development from herbal medicine.

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J Assist Reprod Genet ; 38(7): 1655-1663, 2021 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34021832

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PURPOSE: Our retrospective study is to investigate an end-to-end deep learning model in identifying ploidy status through raw time-lapse video. METHODS: By randomly dividing the dataset of time-lapse videos with known outcome of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A), a deep learning model on raw videos was trained by the 80% dataset, and used to test the remaining 20%, by feeding time-lapse videos as input and the PGT-A prediction as output. The performance was measured by an average area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic curve. RESULT(S): With 690 sets of time-lapse video image, combined with PGT-A results, our deep learning model has achieved an AUC of 0.74 from the test dataset (138 videos), in discriminating between aneuploid embryos (group 1) and others (group 2, including euploid and mosaic embryos). CONCLUSION: Our model demonstrated a proof of concept and potential in recognizing the ploidy status of tested embryos. A larger scale and further optimization on the exclusion criteria would be included in our future investigation, as well as prospective approach.


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Aneuploidy , Deep Learning , Preimplantation Diagnosis/methods , Time-Lapse Imaging/methods , Adult , Area Under Curve , Blastocyst , Calibration , Diploidy , Female , Fertilization in Vitro , Humans , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods , Retrospective Studies
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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 56(76): 11291-11294, 2020 Sep 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32839799

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CsPbBr3 nanocrystals (NCs) are successfully prepared by using SrBr2 salt as a growth medium in a melt crystallization process. The obtained CsPbBr3 NCs exhibit a photoluminescence peak of 524 nm with a narrow emission linewidth of 25 nm, which can offer a wide color gamut display. This study can be extended to other alkali metal and alkali earth metal halides and may become a general method for the synthesis of perovskite NCs.

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Nanoscale ; 12(16): 8711-8719, 2020 Apr 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32285067

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Nickel oxides exhibit a great potential as hole transport layers for the fabrication of efficient perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs) due to their high carrier mobility and good energy band matching with perovskite nanocrystals. In this work, nickel oxides were directly decorated on the CsPbBr3 nanocrystal surface through adsorption and a sequential oxidation treatment. The resulting sample shows a high photoluminescence quantum-yield of 82%. The LED using CsPbBr3 nanocrystals with nickel oxides achieves a high external quantum efficiency (EQE) of up to 16.8% with a low turn-on voltage of 2.8 V, which is much superior to that of the counterpart LED based on pristine CsPbBr3 nanocrystals (EQE = 0.7%, turn-on voltage = 5.6 V). The excellent performance of the nickel oxide decorated CsPbBr3 nanocrystal device could be attributed to the better energy level matching between the decorated nanocrystals and the transport layers of the device and more balanced charge carrier injection. Furthermore, the operational lifetime of the nickel oxide decorated CsPbBr3 nanocrystal device is 40 times longer than that of the pristine CsPbBr3 nanocrystal device.

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Front Pharmacol ; 11: 147, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32210799

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Endometriosis is a common benign disease in women of reproductive age. It has been defined as a disorder characterized by inflammation, compromised immunity, hormone dependence, and neuroangiogenesis. Unfortunately, the mechanisms of endometriosis have not yet been fully elucidated, and available treatment methods are currently limited. The discovery of new therapeutic drugs and improvements in existing treatment schemes remain the focus of research initiatives. Chinese medicine can improve the symptoms associated with endometriosis. Many Chinese herbal medicines could exert antiendometriosis effects via comprehensive interactions with multiple targets. However, these interactions have not been defined. This study used association rule mining and systems pharmacology to discover a method by which potential antiendometriosis herbs can be investigated. We analyzed various combinations and mechanisms of action of medicinal herbs to establish molecular networks showing interactions with multiple targets. The results showed that endometriosis treatment in Chinese medicine is mainly based on methods of supplementation with blood-activating herbs and strengthening qi. Furthermore, we used network pharmacology to analyze the main herbs that facilitate the decoding of multiscale mechanisms of the herbal compounds. We found that Chinese medicine could affect the development of endometriosis by regulating inflammation, immunity, angiogenesis, and other clusters of processes identified by Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses. The antiendometriosis effect of Chinese medicine occurs mainly through nervous system-associated pathways, such as the serotonergic synapse, the neurotrophin signaling pathway, and dopaminergic synapse, among others, to reduce pain. Chinese medicine could also regulate VEGF signaling, toll-like reporter signaling, NF-κB signaling, MAPK signaling, PI3K-Akt signaling, and the HIF-1 signaling pathway, among others. Synergies often exist in herb pairs and herbal prescriptions. In conclusion, we identified some important targets, target pairs, and regulatory networks, using bioinformatics and data mining. The combination of data mining and network pharmacology may offer an efficient method for drug discovery and development from herbal medicines.

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