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Tumor immune evasion enables cancer cells to escape destruction by the immune system, which causes poor prognosis and overall survival of some tumor patients. The binding of PD-L1 on tumor cells to PD-1 on T cells suppresses T cell function, and the axis is considered one of the major pathways mediating tumor cells to evade immune surveillance. The PD-L1 ligation of T cells has a profound inhibitory effect on the growth, cytokine secretion, and development of cytotoxicity. Aptamers, known as chemical antibodies, are single-stranded oligonucleotides with high affinity. In this work, we take a cell-SELEX with the engineered PD-L1-expressing cells as a target to obtain the aptamer, designated PL1, which specifically binds to PD-L1 with a Kd value of 95.73 nM, resulting in the inhibition of PD-1/PD-L1. The aptamer PL1 could restore the proliferation and IFN-γ rescue from the T cell inhibited by the PD-1/PD-L1 axis, and inhibit the growth of the CT26 colon carcinoma. The similar tumor inhibition efficacy and binding capacity of the aptamer PL1 as an antibody indicate that the aptamer PL1 can serve as an alternative therapeutic agent for cancer immunotherapy since the use of antibodies is often restricted by high cost, large size and poor tumor penetration.In this work, TiO2 was modified by doping the electron-deficient B element, and then the gas-sensing response of B-TiO2 to H2 under UV irradiation at room temperature in a N2 atmosphere and the oxidation of H2 over B-TiO2 under corresponding conditions were tested. It was found that H2 would accept an electron when adsorbed on the TiO2 surface, while H2 would donate an electron when adsorbed on the B-TiO2 surface. Correspondingly, H2 could not be oxidized over TiO2, but could be oxidized over B-TiO2. This indicated that the oxidation of H2 was dependent on the electron-transfer behavior between H2 and the surface of TiO2 or B-TiO2. Based on the relevant characterization results, it was proposed that H2 could accept an electron from TiO2 due to the higher Fermi level of TiO2, while H2 could donate an electron to B-TiO2 due to the lower Fermi level of B-TiO2 induced by doping B. This indicated that the electron-transfer behavior between H2 and TiO2 could be changed by adjusting the Fermi level of TiO2, while the electron-transfer behavior would further affect the photocatalytic activity of oxidizing H2. This result shows that the doable H2 photocatalytic oxidation in thermodynamics can be controlled by a kinetics factor (H2 losing-an-electron behavior). check details This work can be applied to provide an understanding of the photocatalytic oxidation behavior of other reactants over semiconductor materials.Correction for 'Dissociative detachment of the fluoroformate anion' by Eugene Shirman et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, DOI 10.1039/d0cp04283h.This work presents the association of cloud point extraction (CPE) and electroanalysis for the selective and sensitive determination of methyl parathion (MP) in honey. The CPE step provided the pre-concentration of MP from a complex sample, in which the optimized extraction parameters (Triton X-100 concentration of 0.75% w/v, NaCl concentration of 1.0% w/v and heating time of 30 min) were investigated using a factorial design (23). The detection of MP was performed using a cathodically pre-treated boron-doped diamond (BDD) working electrode and square wave voltammetry (SWV), after a suitable dilution of the CPE extract in Britton-Robinson buffer pH 6.0 as the supporting electrolyte. MP presented three electrochemical processes over the BDD surface, but only the reduction peak at around -0.7 V was monitored for the MP determination (higher detectability). Improved reproducibility was reached by applying an in situ cleaning step (+2.0 V for 15 s) followed by a re-activation process (-2.0 V for 15 s) between measurements. Using the optimized variables, a linear range between 0.1 and 2.0 μmol L-1 was obtained for MP with a limit of detection of 0.006 μmol L-1, a 6-fold lower value when compared with the value attained without the CPE step. The experimental enrichment factor of MP was 6.1. Also, the optimized CPE allowed the determination of MP in honey samples with good accuracy (recovery between 94 and 106%), which was not possible using direct detection (without CPE) due to the matrix interference. This is the first paper that demonstrates the combination of CPE and electroanalysis for the determination of an organic compound.Proteins are the most abundant biomacromolecules in living cells, where they perform vital roles in virtually every biological process. To maintain their function, proteins need to remain in a stable (native) state. Inter- and intramolecular interactions in aqueous protein solutions govern the fate of proteins, as they can provoke their unfolding or association into aggregates. The initial steps of protein aggregation are difficult to capture experimentally, therefore we used molecular dynamics simulations in this study. We investigated the initial phase of aggregation of two different lysozymes, hen egg-white (HEWL) and T4 WT* lysozyme and also human lens γ-D crystallin by using atomistic simulations. We monitored the phase stability of their aqueous solutions by calculating time-dependent density fluctuations. We found that all proteins remained in their compact form despite aggregation. With an extensive analysis of intermolecular residue-residue interactions we discovered that arginine is of paramount importance in the initial stage of aggregation of HEWL and γ-D crystallin, meanwhile lysine was found to be the most involved amino acid in forming initial contacts between T4 WT* molecules.Nucleic acid lateral flow sensing has drawn great research attention since it has the advantages of being simple, rapid, and cost-effective. However, considering the trace amounts of the nucleic acid targets, its sensitivity is still limited. Although enormous efforts have been devoted to enhancing its sensitivity, developing a simple lateral flow sensing platform with high sensitivity remains challenging. We report a novel lateral flow microRNA-21 biosensing platform based on a portable surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) reader coupled with a catalytic hairpin assembly signal amplification strategy. Hairpin DNA probes were anchored on Au@Ag nanotags, and the presence of microRNA-21 triggered the formation of numerous double-stranded DNAs along with the exposure of the biotin groups. By this means, the target was recycled and signal amplification was achieved. The Au@Ag nanoprobes with exposed biotin can be captured on the test line via its interaction with streptavidin. By scanning the strip with a portable SERS reader, the sensitive quantification of microRNA-21 was realized with a detection limit as low as 84 fM.
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