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These results suggest that our generated liver organoids from different stages of NASH diseased mice might become a useful tool for in vitro studies of the molecular mechanism of NASH development and also for identifying novel biomarkers for early diagnosis of NASH disease. Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the malignant tumors with high mortality, and the presence of the blood brain barrier (BBB) severely limits the penetration and tissue accumulation of therapeutic agents in the lesion of GBM. Active targeting nanotechnologies can achieve efficient drug delivery in the brain, while still have a very low success rate. Here we revealed a previously unexplored phenomenon that chemotherapy with active targeting nanotechnologies causes pathological BBB functional recovery through VEGF-PI3K-AKT signaling pathway inhibition, accompanied with up-regulated expression of Claudin-5 and Occludin. Seriously, pathological BBB functional recovery induces a significant decrease of intracerebral active targeting nanotechnologies transport during GBM multiple administration, leading to chemotherapy failure in GBM therapeutics. To address this issue, we chose AKT agonist SC79 to transiently re-open functional recovering pathological BBB for continuously intracerebral delivery of brain targeted nanotherapeutics, finally producing an observable anti-GBM effect in vivo, which may offer new sight for other CNS disease treatment. BACKGROUND Clinical judgments of pain are influenced by patient and observer factors, and affect their treatment decisions. This study investigated the factors of a lack of a medical explanation for pain, 'medically unexplained' comorbid conditions, and ethnicity, on CBT therapists' judgments of pain and treatment. METHOD An online experimental study was conducted in which participants viewed computer-generated faces expressing pain with a brief written patient history, then estimated the severity and likely exaggeration of pain, and likelihood of pain being caused by a mental or physical health problem. Participants ranked a number of treatment options for priority. RESULTS 107 CBT therapists were recruited as participants. Estimates of pain were lower, and of likely exaggeration higher, for patients with pain presented without a medical explanation or with a comorbid 'medically unexplained' condition. They were also more likely to be recommended CBT for depression over referral to a specialist service or psychological treatment for pain. Contrary to expectations, ethnicity produced no effect on pain judgments, only on treatment decisions. Participants' training also affected their treatment decisions. CONCLUSIONS Lack of medical explanation for pain and other long-term conditions biases assessment and treatment decisions by CBT therapists. As CBT therapists are increasingly referred people with 'medically unexplained' symptoms in primary care, these biases need to be addressed for better treatment. An important subgroup within the porphyrazine (Pz) family constitutes seco-porphyrazines, in the chemical structure of which one pyrrole unit is opened in the oxidative process. So far, there are only limited data on N-seco- and C-seco-Pzs. Here, the synthesis of a novel member of the Pzs seco-family, represented by an S-seco-tribenzoporphyrazine analogue, 22,23-bis(4-(3,5-dibutoxycarbonylphenoxy)butylsulfanyl)tribenzo[b,g,l]-22,23-dioxo-22,23-seco-porphyrazinato magnesium(II), is reported, with moderate 34% yield. The new derivative was characterized using NMR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. In the photochemical study performed following the indirect chemical method with 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran, S-seco-Pz revealed a high singlet oxygen quantum yield of 0.27 in DMF. Potential photocytotoxicity of S-seco-Pz was assessed in vitro on three cancer cell lines - two oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines derived from the tongue (CAL 27, HSC-3) and human cervical epithelial adenocarcinoma cells (HeLa). In the biological study, the macrocycle was tested in its free form and after loading into liposomes. It is worth noting that S-seco-Pz was found to be non-toxic in the dark, with cell viability levels over 80%. The photocytotoxic IC50 values for free S-seco-Pz were 0.61, 0.18, and 4.1 µM for CAL 27, HSC-3 and HeLa cells, respectively. Four different liposomal compositions were analyzed, and the cationic liposomes revealed the highest photokilling efficacy, with the IC50 values for CAL 27, HSC-3, and HeLa cells at 0.24, 0.25, and 0.31 µM, respectively. The results of the photocytotoxicity study indicate that the new S-seco-tribenzoporphyrazine can be considered as a potential photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy of cancer, along with the developed cationic liposomal nanocarrier. In the effort to develop novel quinoline derivatives for the treatment of liver cancer, we synthesized a series of N'-Substituted methylene-4-(quinoline-4-amino) benzoylhydrazides and evaluated their biological activities as anticancer agents. Compounds 5h and 5j were found to be the potent antiproliferative agents against HepG2 cell line with an IC50 value of 12.6 ± 0.1 μM and 27.3 ± 1.7 μM, respectively. The most effective compound 5h also exhibited potent cytotoxicity against SMMC-7721 and Huh7 cells with IC50 values of 9.6 ± 0.7 μM and 6.3 ± 0.2 μM, respectively. Inspiringly, both 5h and 5j exhibited lower cytotoxic property in normal cells than hepatic carcinoma cells. Compounds 5h and 5j could down-regulate mRNA level of c-Myc and expression level of c-Myc. Meanwhile, they decreased expression level of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 and increased expression levels of pro-apoptotic protein Bax and cleaved PARP with reference to tubulin. So various assays including cell colony formation, cell cycle distribution, as well as cell apoptosis and migration were performed to understand their antitumor role. It was confirmed that 5h and 5j inhibited the growth of HepG2 cells due to their anti-survival effect, induction of cell cycle arrest and cell apoptosis, and inhibition of cell migration. These results demonstrated that 5h might be as potential lead compounds to develop anticancer agents for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) as well as the requirement for long, expensive and toxic drug regimens impede efforts to control and eliminate TB. Therefore, there's a need for effective and affordable anti-mycobacterial agents which can shorten the duration of therapy and are active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in both active and latent phases. Nitrofurantoin (NFT) is a hypoxic agent with activity against a myriad of anaerobic pathogens and, like the first-line TB drug, rifampicin (RIF), kills non-replicating bacilli. However, the poor ability of NFT to cross host cell membranes and penetrate tissue means that it does not reach therapeutic concentrations. To improve TB efficacy of NFT, a series of NFT analogues was synthesized and evaluated in vitro for anti-mycobacterial activity against the laboratory strain, Mtb H37Rv, and for potential cytotoxicity using human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) and Chinese hamster ovarian (CHO) cells. The NFT analogues showed good safety profiles, enhanced anti-mycobacterial potency, improved lipophilicity, as well as reduced protein binding affinity. Analogue 9 which contains an eight carbon aliphatic chain was the most active, equipotent to isoniazid (INH), a major front-line agent, with MIC90 = 0.5 μM, 30-fold more potency than the parent drug, nitrofurantoin (MIC90 = 15 μM), and 100-fold more selective towards mycobacteria. Therefore, 9 was identified as a validated hit for further investigation in the urgent search for new, safe and affordable TB drugs. In the current study, four pairs of new enantiomeric alkaloids (1a/1b-4a/4b) were obtained from the leaves of Isatis indigotica Fortune Ex Land. Their structures were elucidated through spectroscopic methods and quantum mechanical calculations. Biologically, all isolates were evaluated for their neuroprotective effects against H2O2-induced SH-SY5Y cell injury. As a result, 1a and 1b exhibited enantioselective neuroprotective effects, further Annexin V-FITC/PI analysis showed that apoptosis ratios of 1a and 1b were reduced to 20.93% and 17.87%, respectively. Design, controlled synthesis, physico-chemical and biological characteristics of novel well-defined biodegradable star-shaped copolymers intended for advanced drug delivery is described. These new biocompatible star copolymers were synthesised by grafting monodispersed semitelechelic linear (sL) N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide copolymers onto a 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)propionic acid (bisMPA)-based polyester dendritic core of various structures. The hydrodynamic diameter of the star copolymer biomaterials can be tuned from 13 to 31 nm and could be adjusted to a given purpose by proper selection of the bisMPA dendritic core type and generation and by considering the sL copolymer molecular weight and polymer-to-core molar ratio. The hydrolytic degradation was proved for both the star copolymers containing either dendron or dendrimer core, showing the spontaneous hydrolysis in duration of few weeks. Finally, it was shown that the therapy with the biodegradable star conjugate with attached doxorubicin strongly suppresses the tumour growth in mice and is fully curative in most of the treated animals at dose corresponding approximately to one fourth of maximum tolerated dose (MTD) value. Both new biodegradable systems show superior efficacy and tumour accumulation over the first generation of star copolymers containing non-degradable PAMAM core. A silica-based immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) sorbent with the morphological properties suitable for purification of large phosphorylated biomolecules was synthesized. The sorbent was designed in the form of monodisperse-porous silica microspheres, 5.3 μm in size, having bimodal pore size distribution with a large median pore size (40 nm) and high surface area (163 m2/g) decorated with Ti(IV) cations (i.e. Ti(IV)@THSPMP@SiO2 microspheres). The decoration of silica microspheres with Ti(IV) cations was made by using 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyl methylphosphonate (THSPMP) as a bifunctiontional linker, by preserving their bimodal pore size distribution. The mesopores provided a large surface area for parking of adsorbed phosphoproteins as large phosphorylated biomolecules while the intraparticular transport of phosphoproteins was facilitated by the macropores providing a large median pore size. High equilibrium adsorption capacity and high desorption yield in the purification of phosphoproteins wer phosphorylated biomolecules enriched. BACKGROUND Prior studies of internal pathology review (IPR) for melanoma have shown that changes in the pathology analysis are common. How these changes impact clinical management of melanoma or how the margin status reports may modify has not been evaluated. Our goal was to determine what changes to staging and surgical management occurred after IPR of newly diagnosed melanomas and to determine how the final surgical pathology report may correlate with the IPR. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted from 2014 to 2016 of newly diagnosed invasive melanomas referred to a single National Comprehensive Cancer Network tertiary care center. RESULTS A total of 370 cases met inclusion criteria. The most common feature changed after internal review was mitotic rate, in 155 (41.7%) patients, followed by Breslow depth in 99 (26.9%) patients. Tumor staging was changed in 45 (12.2%) patients. The most common change was a T1a lesion being upgraded to a T1b lesion. These tumor staging changes lead to 38 (10.3%) overall staging differences.
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