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This work provides a foundation for further exploration of the [4 + 2]-cycloaddition reaction and future customization of pyridine-containing macrocyclic peptides.The urgent demand for high energy and safety storage devices is pushing the development of lithium metal batteries. However, unstable solid electrolyte interface (SEI) formation and uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth are still huge challenges for the practical use of lithium metal batteries. Herein, a composite polymer electrolyte (CPE) endowed with designated ion channels is fabricated by constructing nanoscale Uio66-NH2 layer, which has uniformly distributed pore structure to regulate reversible Li plating/stripping in lithium metal batteries. The regular channels within the Uio66-NH2 layer work as an ion sieve to restrict larger TFSI- anions inside its channels and extract Li+ across selectively, which result in a high Li-ion transference number ( t Li + $t_rmLrmi^bm + $ ) of 0.6. Moreover, CPE provides high ion conductivity (0.245 mS cm-1 at room temperature) and expanded oxidation window (5.1 V) and forms a stable SEI layer. As a result, the assembled lithium metal batteries with CPE exhibit outstanding cyclic stability and capacity retention. The Li/CPE/Li symmetric cell continues plating/stripping over 500 h without short-circuiting. The Li/CPE/LFP cell delivers a reversible capacity of 149.3 mAh g-1 with a capacity retention of 99% after 100 cycles.The significance of Metrology in infusion therapy and diagnostics, both critical in health care safety and quality, is discussed in this article. Although infusion therapy is the most used form of drug administration, infusion errors are often made with reported dramatic effects in different applications, especially in neonatology. Adverse incidents, morbidity, and mortality have often been traced back to poor or inaccurate dosing. For critical infusion applications to vulnerable patients, well-controlled medication administration might be accomplished by improved dosing accuracy, traceable measurement of volume, flow, and pressure in existing drug delivery devices and in-line sensors operating at very low flow rates. To this end, the contribution of recently upgraded metrological infrastructures in European Metrology Institutes to a safer infusion therapy in health care is described in detail. Diagnostics, on the other hand is a sector characterized by rapid developments further triggered recently by the necessity for the management and prevention of infectious diseases like COVID-19. In this context, the impact of metrology in future large-scale commercialization of next generation diagnostics (e.g., point-of-care) is highlighted. Moreover, the latest contributions of Metrology in the development of traceable testing methods and protocols to ensure the sensitivity and accuracy of these devices are described.Catalysis is involved in around 85 % of manufacturing industry and contributes an estimated 25 % to the global domestic product, with the majority of the processes relying on heterogeneous catalysis. Despite the importance in different global segments, the fundamental understanding of heterogeneously catalysed processes lags substantially behind that achieved in other fields. The newly established Max Planck-Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis (FUNCAT) targets innovative concepts that could contribute to the scientific developments needed in the research field to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the chemical industries. This Viewpoint Article presents some of our research activities and visions on the current and future challenges of heterogeneous catalysis regarding green industry and the circular economy by focusing explicitly on critical processes. Namely, hydrogen production, ammonia synthesis, and carbon dioxide reduction, along with new aspects of acetylene chemistry.Children living in poverty experience excess relapse and death from newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The influence of household poverty and neighborhood social determinants on outcomes from CAR T-cell therapy for relapsed/refractory (r/r) leukemia is poorly described. We identified patients with r/r CD19+ ALL/lymphoblastic lymphoma treated on CD19-directed CAR T-cell clinical trials or with commercial tisagenlecleucel from 2012 to 2020. Socioeconomic status (SES) was proxied at the household-level, with poverty-exposure defined as Medicaid-only insurance. Low neighborhood opportunity was defined by the Childhood Opportunity Index. Among 206 patients aged 1-29, 35.9% were household-poverty exposed, and 24.9% had low neighborhood opportunity. Patients unexposed to household-poverty or low-opportunity neighborhoods were more likely to receive CAR T-cell therapy with high disease burden (>25%)-a disease characteristic associated with inferior outcomes-as compared to less advantaged patients (38% vs 30%; 37% vs 26%). Complete remission (CR) rate was 93% with no significant differences by household-poverty (P = 0.334) or neighborhood opportunity (P = 0.504). In multivariate analysis, patients from low-opportunity neighborhoods experienced increased hazard of relapse as compared to others (P = 0.006, adjusted HR 2.3, 95% CI 1.3-4.1). There was no difference in hazard of death (P = 0.545, adjusted HR 1.2, 95% CI 0.6-2.4). Among children who successfully receive CAR T-cell therapy, CR and OS is equitable regardless of proxied SES and neighborhood opportunity. Children from more advantaged households and neighborhoods receive CAR T-cell therapy with higher disease burden. Investigation of multicenter outcomes and access disparities outside of clinical-trial settings is warranted. Clinical trials NCT01626495; NCT02435849 ; NCT02374333; NCT02228096; NCT02906371.Bacterial sialidases are enzymes that are involved in a number of vital processes in microorganisms and in their interaction with the host or the environment. Their wide application for scientific and applied purposes requires the search for highly effective and non-pathogenic producers. Here, we report the first description of sialidase from Oerskovia paurometabola. The extracellular enzyme preparation was partially purified. The presence of sialidase was confirmed in native PAGE treated with the fluorogenic substrate 4MU-Neu5Ac. Maximum enzyme activity was registered at 37 °C and in the pH range of 4.0-5.5. The influence of metal ions and EDTA was examined. It was demonstrated that EDTA, Mn2+ and Ba2+ ions inhibit the sialidase activity to different extent, while Cd2+, Fe2+ and Fe3+ have stimulating effect on it. These features are studied for the first time concerning sialidase of Oerskovia representative. Cell bound sialidase and sialate aldolase were also established.Homeostatic adaptation to systemic iron overload involves transcriptional induction of bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP6) in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs). BMP6 is then secreted to activate signaling of the iron hormone hepcidin (HAMP) in neighboring hepatocytes. To explore the mechanism of iron sensing by LSECs, we generated TfrcTek-Cre mice with endothelial cell-specific ablation of transferrin receptor 1 (Tfr1). We also used control Tfrcfl/fl mice to characterize the LSEC-specific molecular responses to iron using single-cell transcriptomics. DASA-58 nmr TfrcTek-Cre animals tended to have modestly increased liver iron content (LIC) compared with Tfrcfl/fl controls but expressed physiological Bmp6 and Hamp messenger RNA (mRNA). Despite a transient inability to upregulate Bmp6, they eventually respond to iron challenges with Bmp6 and Hamp induction, yet occasionally to levels slightly lower relative to LIC. High dietary iron intake triggered the accumulation of serum nontransferrin bound iron (NTBI), which significantly correlated with liver Bmp6 and Hamp mRNA levels and elicited more profound alterations in the LSEC transcriptome than holo-transferrin injection. This culminated in the robust induction of Bmp6 and other nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) target genes, as well as Myc target genes involved in ribosomal biogenesis and protein synthesis. LSECs and midzonal hepatocytes were the most responsive liver cells to iron challenges and exhibited the highest expression of Bmp6 and Hamp mRNAs, respectively. Our data suggest that during systemic iron overload, LSECs internalize NTBI, which promotes oxidative stress and thereby transcriptionally induces Bmp6 via Nrf2. Tfr1 appears to contribute to iron sensing by LSECs, mostly under low iron conditions.Intraerythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum responsible for all clinical manifestations of malaria are regulated by array of signalling cascades that represent attractive targets for antimalarial therapy. G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are druggable targets in the treatment of various pathological conditions, however, there is limited understanding about the role of GPCRs in malaria pathogenesis. In Plasmodium, serpentine receptors (PfSR1, PfSR10, PfSR12 and PfSR25) with GPCR-like membrane topology have been reported with the finite knowledge about their potential as antimalarial targets. We analyzed the localization of these receptors in malaria parasite by immunofluorescence assays. All four receptors were expressed in blood stages with PfSR12 expressing more in late intraerythrocytic stages. Further, we evaluated the druggability of PfSR12 using FDA-approved P2Y purinergic receptor antagonist, Prasugrel and its active metabolite R138727, which is proposed to be specific towards PfSR12. Interestingly, biophysical analysis indicated strong binding between PfSR12 and R138727 as compared to the prodrug Prasugrel. This binding interaction was further confirmed by thermal shift assay. Treatment of parasite with Prasugrel and R138727 resulted in growth inhibition of P. falciparum indicating an important role of purinergic signalling and PfSR12 in parasite survival. Next, progression studies indicated the inhibitory effect of Prasugrel begins in late erythrocyte stages corroborating with PfSR12 expression at these stages. Furthermore, Prasugrel also blocked in vivo growth of malaria parasite in a mouse experimental model. This study indicates the presence of P2Y type of purinergic signalling in growth and development of malaria parasite and suggests PfSR12, putative purinergic receptor druggability through Prasugrel.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.A novel methodology for the annulation of terminal alkynes and o-phenylenediamines by using a combination of a cobalt catalyst and oxygen as a terminal oxidant is reported. This method shows wide substrate scope and good functional group tolerance and provides a wide range of quinoxalines in good to high yields. The method is demonstrated by its gram-scale and broad potential applications. Furthermore, this protocol serves as a powerful tool for the late-stage functionalization of various complex bioactive molecules and drugs to provide a new class of molecules containing two distinct bioactive molecules directly linked. Detailed mechanistic studies reveal that the current reaction goes through a novel mechanism different from the previously reported glyoxal mechanism.
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