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The antiviral immune response is the main cause of hepatocyte damage and inflammatory necrosis. The serum free light chain, reflecting the immune function of B-cells, is strongly associated with inflammation and disease activity. We aimed to investigate the association of serum free light chain with the progression of chronic hepatitis B.
A total of 208 eligible chronic hepatitis B patients who had undergone a liver biopsy were studied. Serum free light chains of all patients were measured by turbidimetry using an immunoassay. Liver histology was assessed according to the METAVIR scoring system (which grades the stage of fibrosis on a five-point scale, F0=no fibrosis to F4=cirrhosis, and histological activity on a four-point scale, A0=no activity to A3=severe activity). The association of serum free light chains with histological activity and fibrosis progression was evaluated.
The concentration of serum free light chains in CHB patients increased gradually with histological activity and fibrosis progre cirrhosis. In addition, free kappa light chain could be a useful predictor of liver cirrhosis.
Our work revealed that serum free light chains were associated with histological activity and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B, which could play a crucial role in the immunopathogenesis of HBV-associated cirrhosis. In addition, free kappa light chain could be a useful predictor of liver cirrhosis.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by an excessive pulmonary inflammatory response. Pyroptosis is a newly form of programmed inflammatory cell death that is triggered by inflammatory caspases. Studies have shown that Luteolin has powerful anti-inflammation effects through activating the function of regulatory T cells (Tregs). The study aimed at investigating the effects of Luteolin on CLP-induced ALI.
In our study, we employed the mouse cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model to explore whether Luteolin contributed to alleviated lung injury in vivo. H&E staining and wet/dry (W/D) weight ratios were used to evaluate the severity of lung injury. The serum and BALF of cytokines were assessed by ELISA. The number of neutrophils in the BALF was counted. Immunohistochemistry of IL-10 and MPO in lung tissue was detected. The ROS level in lung was tested by ROS Assay Kit and expression of Gpx4 in lung tissue was detected by qRT-PCR and Western blotting. The regulatory T cells (Treg) pels of Treg derived IL-10. Treg cells were show to produce IL-10 and could alleviating caspase-11-dependent lung pyroptosis.
Our study illustrated that Luteolin contributed to alleviated lung injury, and attenuated caspase-11-dependent pyroptosis in the lung tissue of the CLP-induced ALI mouse model. The mechanisms could be related to regulating the frequency of Tregs and the levels of Treg derived IL-10. Treg cells were show to produce IL-10 and could alleviating caspase-11-dependent lung pyroptosis.In the present work, three-dimensional (3D) and flower-like SnS2 materials were coated on the surface of Fe3O4@nSiO2 through an in-situ growth method. Sodium orthovanadate ATPase inhibitor The 3D architecture could avoid the accumulation and reaggregation with better stability and was beneficial for the exposure of more active sites. The prepared magnetic SnS2 composites were used for the enrichment of sulfonamide antibiotics (SAs), and various experimental parameters affecting the extraction efficiency were investigated. The results showed the equilibrium of extraction and desorption towards target SAs could be reached within 3 min by using the Fe3O4@nSiO2-SnS2 composites. Under optimized conditions, the proposed approach possessed good linearity in the range of 0.1-200 ng·mL-1 with correlation coefficients r2 above 0.9964 and low limits of detection (LODs) from 0.025 to 0.250 ng·mL-1 for the five target SAs. Moreover, good repeatability was obtained with the intra-day and inter-day precision in terms of relative standard deviations (RSDs) within 1.1%-10.8% and 7.4%-13.1%, and the recoveries under three spiked concentrations were between 81.8% and 119.7% with adequate accuracy. Different samples including tap water, milk and honey were collected for magnetic solid-phase extraction and determination of target SAs by using the obtained Fe3O4@nSiO2-SnS2 composites to demonstrate the utility. All the results indicated that the proposed method had great potential for effective preconcentration and determination of SAs in complex samples.The misuse of propofol for recreational purposes has become a serious social issue. Accordingly, practical and sensitive analytical methods to investigate the chronic abuse and toxicity of propofol are required. However, current propofol determination methods using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) suffer from problems associated with loss in sample preparation due to its volatility and its poor ionization efficiency and collision-induced dissociation in mass spectrometry. Herein, we have developed a sensitive and accurate fluoride-assisted LC-MS/MS method combined with direct-injection for propofol determination. Ionization via fluoride-ion attachment/induced deprotonation, effected by ammonium fluoride in the mobile phase, was found to dramatically improve the sensitivity of propofol without derivatization. Furthermore, direct injection without derivatization enables the simultaneous analysis of propofol and its phase II metabolites without analyte loss. The optimal concentration of ammonium fluoride in the mobile phase was found to be 1 mM under methanol conditions. The linearity is good (R2 ≥ 0.999) and the intra- and inter-day precisions for propofol determination are between 1.9 and 8.7%. The accuracies range from 87.5% to 105.4% and the limits of detection and quantitation for propofol in urine are 0.15 and 0.44 ng mL-1, respectively. The present method was successfully applied to human urine and showed a sufficient sensitivity to determine propofol and five phase II metabolites over 48 h in human urine after administration. Consequently, the fluoride-assisted LC-MS/MS method was demonstrated to be sensitive, accurate, and practical for the determination of propofol and its metabolites.
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