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Aging has a profound effect on the immune system, termed immunosenescence, resulting in increased incidence and severity of infections and decreased efficacy of vaccinations. We previously showed that immunosurveillance in the intestine, achieved primarily through antigen sampling M cells in the follicle associated epithelium (FAE) of Peyer's patches, was compromised during aging due to a decline in M cell functional maturation. The intestinal microbiota also changes significantly with age, but whether this affects M cell maturation was not known. We show that housing of aged mice on used bedding from young mice, or treatment with bacterial flagellin, were each sufficient to enhance the functional maturation of M cells in Peyer's patches. An understanding of the mechanisms underlying the influence of the intestinal microbiota on M cells has the potential to lead to new methods to enhance the efficacy of oral vaccination in aged individuals.Heading time is a key trait in cereals affecting the maturation period for optimal grain filling before harvest. Here, we aimed to understand the factors controlling heading time in barley (Hordeum vulgare). We characterized a set of 274 barley accessions collected worldwide by planting them for 20 seasons under different environmental conditions at the same location in Kurashiki, Japan. We examined interactions among accessions, known genetic factors, and an environmental factor to determine the factors controlling heading response. Locally adapted accessions have been selected for genetic factors that stabilize heading responses appropriate for barley cultivation, and these accessions show stable heading responses even under varying environmental conditions. We identified vernalization requirement and PPD-H1 haplotype as major stabilizing mechanisms of the heading response for regional adaptation in Kurashiki.We report on engineered fibers with enhanced optical backscattering that exceeds Rayleigh scattering limits by more than one order of magnitude. We measure attenuation less than 0.5 dB/km from 1,300 to 1,650 nm. By controlling the enhanced backscatter over a 1.5-km length, we compensate for this attenuation, resulting in a higher backscatter signal at the end of the fiber. We demonstrate that the scattering strength may be stabilized for operation at temperatures above 200°C for at least 3 weeks. We show that the deleterious signal distortion due to the Kerr nonlinearity is within 10% of standard fiber. We then report on the use of these fibers in distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) measurements. A significant increase in acoustic signal-to-noise ratio leads to the possibility of improved spatial resolution in the enhanced fiber DAS system.Coupling ultrasound with other remediation technologies has potential to result in synergistic degradation of contaminants. In this work, we evaluated synergisms from adding high-power ultrasound (20 kHz; 250 W) to activated persulfate over a range of bulk temperatures (20-60 °C). We studied the aqueous degradation kinetics of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs naphthalene, phenanthrene, and fluoranthene) treated by ultrasound-alone, heat-activated persulfate, and combined ultrasonically-activated persulfate (US-PS). At 20 °C, observed US-PS rate constants strongly correlated with Wilke-Chang diffusion coefficients. This correlation indicates PAH molecules diffuse to the bubble-water interface prior to reaction with sulfate radicals (SO4-) generated at the interface. At higher temperatures, observed US-PS rate constants appear to be a more complicated function of temperature and diffusion coefficients. Synergy indexes for PAHs with fast diffusion coefficients were greatest at 20 °C. Fluoranthene, the largest and most hydrophobic PAH, had a maximum synergy index at 30 °C; it benefited from additional thermal persulfate activation in bulk solution. Fluoranthene synergy indexes, however, decreased above 30 °C and became antagonistic at 60 °C. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spin trapping was used to quantify hydroxyl radical (OH) produced from acoustic cavitation in the absence of persulfate. These data showed consistent OH production from 20 to 60 °C, indicating PAH antagonisms at 60 °C were not due to lower bubble collapse temperatures. Instead, the results suggest that PAH antagonisms are caused by increased radical-radical recombination as bulk temperature increases. In effort to develop an efficient, combined remediation technology, this work suggests bulk temperatures between 20 and 40 °C maximize US-PS synergisms.A theoretical model is proposed to investigate the acoustic radiation force on the elastic particle for coupled particle-bubble system. Based on the sound scattering theory, an analytical expression of the force function is obtained for the particle in plane wave sound field. Numerical simulations are presented for elastic particle of stainless steel, steel or brass. The results reveal that the presence of bubbles can affect the feature of radiation force curves of particles. The force curve fluctuates, and negative force emerges in the small kR1 region for certain distance between the bubble and particle. There are more sharp peaks and dips in the curves because of the resonance of the elasticity of the system and the resonant peaks of the acoustic radiation force transfer to low frequencies when the size of elastic particle is increased. The approximate positive flat region is shortened because of the presence of bubble, which may help to optimize the size ranges of particle for acoustic screening. This study provides for improvement of the acoustic manipulation theoretical model.Widespread cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitor use in male reproductive health and particularly in prostate cancer patients following surgery has generated interest in how these drugs affect the ability of residual tumor cells to proliferate, migrate, and form recurrent colonies. Prostate cancer cell lines were treated with PDE5 inhibitors at clinically relevant concentrations. Proliferation, colony formation, and migration phenotypes remained stable even when cells were co-treated with a stimulator of cGMP synthesis that facilitated cGMP accumulation upon PDE5 inhibition. Surprisingly, supraclinical concentrations of PDE5 inhibitor counteracted proliferation, colony formation, and migration of prostate cancer cell models. These findings provide tumor cell-autonomous evidence in support of the field's predominant view that PDE5 inhibitors are safe adjuvant agents to promote functional recovery of normal tissue after prostatectomy, but do not rule out potential cancer-promoting effects of PDE5 inhibitors in the more complex environment of the prostate.Aim Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality. However, specific biomarkers for its diagnosis or treatment are not established well. Methods We developed a colon-cancer specific peptide probe using phage display libraries. We validated the specificity of this probe to colon cancer cells with immunohistochemical staining and FACS analysis using one normal cell and five colon cancer cell lines. Results This peptide probe maintained binding affinity even after serum incubation. For therapeutic applications, this peptide probe was conjugated to hematoporphyrin, a photosensitizer, which showed a significantly enhanced cellular uptake and high photodynamic effect to kill tumor cells. As another application, we made a nanoparticle modified from the peptide probe. It efficiently delivered SN-38, an anticancer drug, into tumor cells, and its tumor-targeting ability was observed in vivo after intravenous injection to the same xenograft model. Conclusion The noble dodecapeptide probe can be a promising candidate for both colon tumor diagnosis and targeted drug delivery.Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a bone marrow-derived immature myeloid dendritic cell proliferative disorder with diverse clinical manifestations commonly involves bone, skin, lymph node and lung. Oral involvement is uncommon. Intraoral lesions can be the first sign of either a localized LCH or clinically undiagnosed systemic LCH, predates systemic manifestations of LCH, or an early indicator of recurrence in known cases. Clinically, it can be mistaken for primary oral and dental inflammatory, infectious and neoplastic lesions. Histologically, diagnostic challenges may arise because of the nature of oral and dental specimens, different tissue reaction patterns and variations in histomorphology of LCH. We performed a retrospective review study over 10 years. We searched for diagnosed cases of LCH. We retrieved and reviewed cases of LCH with oral involvement. We found 54 cases of LCH, four (7.4%) with oral involvement. The age range was between 1 and 27 years with an average age of 13.7 years. They were ferent histomorphologic patterns to avoid pitfalls. Attention to certain morphologic features and immunohistochemistry should help resolve challenging cases.Studies assessing tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and clinical outcomes have mixed results. Given fundamental interaction of MHC class I with CD8+ T-cells, we hypothesized that expression of MHC class I associated protein, beta-2-microglobulin (B2M), may be an important immunologic marker in RCC. We sought to understand potential implications of CD8 + TILs and tumor B2M expression on overall survival and response to high-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) therapy, in a cohort of patients with high-stage (clinical stage III and IV) ccRCC. Four tumor regions from 56 patients with ccRCC were retrospectively assessed immunohistochemically. At a median follow-up time of 33 months, 22 (39%) patients had died of disease, 23 (41%) were alive disease, and 11 (20%) had no evidence of disease. Tumors with high CD8 + TILs had a significantly lower death rate [hazard ratio (HR) 0.33, p = 0.02]. CD8 + TILs correlated with B2M expression (p = 0.007). On multivariable analyses, patients with both high B2M and CD8 + TILs had lower death rate (HR 0.27, p = 0.03). Within the subgroup treated with IL-2 (n = 27, 48%), tumors with high CD8 + TILs were more likely to respond to IL-2 therapy [coefficient (coef) 1.6, p = 0.05]. On multivariable analyses, tumors with a combination of both high B2M expression and high CD8 + TILs also showed trend to responding to IL-2 therapy (coef 2.5, p = 0.06). buy Nemtabrutinib In conclusion, abundant CD8+ TILs and high tumor expression of beta-2-microglobulin were good prognostic indicators associated with longer survival in patients with high-stage ccRCC. Abundant CD8+ TILs may predict response to IL-2 therapy.In order to explore the effects of different mechanical fragmentation on cellulose separation and cellulose polymorphic transformation of wheat straw during alkali treatment, one coarse milled (CM) and two ball milled wheat straw samples (BM30 and BM120) were treated with different NaOH concentrations (1%-10%), and the lignocellulosic compositions and crystalline-structural various were quantitative and qualitative characterized. The quantitative equations between cellulose content and NaOH concentration of different mechanical treated samples were YCM = 69.8-35.1exp(-0.64X)), YBM30 = 71.3-35.1exp(-0.86X)) and YBM120 = 73.5-35.1exp(-1.82X)). The enhancement effect of cellulose separation with the increasing mechanical fragmentation intensity is mainly due to the increasing hemicellulose solubilization. X-ray diffraction results reveals that the NaOH concentration required for cellulose crystalline transformation of CM, BM30 and BM120 is 10%, 8% and 2%, respectively. In conclusion, mechanical fragmentation contributes to cellulose separation and cellulose crystalline transformation under lower NaOH concentration.
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