bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Hypoxic gene expression in chronic hepatitis B virus infected patients is not observed in state-of-the-art in vitro and mouse infection models
Authors: Liu Peter Jianrui , Harris James M. , Marchi Emanuele , D’Arienzo Valentina , Michler Thomas , Wing Peter A. C. , Magri Andrea , Ortega-Prieto Ana Maria , van de Klundert Maarten , Wettengel Jochen , Durantel David , Dorner Marcus , Klenerman Paul , Protzer Ulrike , Giotis Efstathios S. , McKeating Jane A. 
Published: August 2020

AbstractHepatitis B virus (HBV) is the leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. The prolyl hydroxylase domain (PHD)-hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) pathway is a key mammalian oxygen sensing pathway and is frequently perturbed by pathological states including infection and inflammation. We discovered a significant upregulation of hypoxia regulated gene transcripts in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in the absence of liver cirrhosis. We used state-of-the-art in vitro and in vivo HBV infection models to evaluate a role for HBV infection and the viral regulatory protein HBx to drive HIF-signalling. HBx had no significant impact on HIF expression or associated transcriptional activity under normoxic or hypoxic conditions. Furthermore, we found no evidence of hypoxia gene expression in HBV de novo infection, HBV infected human liver chimeric mice or transgenic mice with integrated HBV genome. Collectively, our data show clear evidence of hypoxia gene induction in CHB that is not recapitulated in existing models for acute HBV infection, suggesting a role for inflammatory mediators in promoting hypoxia gene expression.
Impregnation of pectin-cedarwood essential oil nanocapsules onto mini cotton bag improves larvicidal performances
Authors: Kala Smriti , Sogan Nisha , Naik S. N. , Agarwal Amrish , Kumar Jitendra 
Published: August 2020

AbstractThe use pesticide is one of the indispensable means to combat mosquito borne diseases. However, the repeated use of synthetic pesticides has induced resistance in the vector pest along with undesirable impact on the environment. The biodegradability, non-persistent and user’s safety are the root cause to prefer plant-derived pesticides to synthetic ones. The botanical based pesticides tend to degrade rapidly under the influence of several environmental factors. For the feasible application as pesticides, the plant products are formulated either as liquid or as purely solid. Despite well-established formulation technology in pesticide delivery, their handling trouble is being ignored. There is difficulty in liquid formulation of pesticide products, as they are prone to splashing and spillage, resulting in contamination, wastage and direct exposure to skin; whereas a solid formulation tends to produce dust. In the present work, cedarwood (Cedrus deodara) essential oil embedded pectin nanocapsules were produced. The nanocapsules were characterized according to their morphology, size, encapsulation efficiency and thermal stability. Furthermore, the nanocapsules were impregnated onto mini cotton tea bags to be employed as RTU (ready to use) formulation for treating the breeding sites of mosquitoes. The larvicidal activity of the bags treated with pectin-cedar wood nanocapsules was assessed against malaria vector, Anopheles culicifacies and 98% mortality was recorded till 4 weeks, this suggests its potential and hassle free applications in controlling mosquito vector.
Differences in epidemic spread patterns of norovirus and influenza seasons of Germany: an application of optical flow analysis in epidemiology
Authors: Stegmaier Tabea , Oellingrath Eva , Himmel Mirko , Fraas Simon 
Published: August 2020

AbstractThis analysis presents data from a new perspective offering key insights into the spread patterns of norovirus and influenza epidemic events. We utilize optic flow analysis to gain an informed overview of a wealth of statistical epidemiological data and identify trends in movement of influenza waves throughout Germany on the NUTS 3 level (413 locations) which maps municipalities on European level. We show that Influenza and norovirus seasonal outbreak events have a highly distinct pattern. We investigate the quantitative statistical properties of the epidemic patterns and find a shifted distribution in the time between influenza and norovirus seasonal peaks of reported infections over one decade. These findings align with key biological features of both pathogens as shown in the course of this analysis.
Exhaled breath compositions under varying respiratory rhythms reflects ventilatory variations: translating breathomics towards respiratory medicine
Authors: Sukul Pritam , Schubert Jochen K. , Zanaty Karim , Trefz Phillip , Sinha Anupam , Kamysek Svend , Miekisch Wolfram 
Published: August 2020

AbstractControl of breathing is automatic and its regulation is keen to autonomic functions. Therefore, involuntary and voluntary nervous regulation of breathing affects ventilatory variations, which has profound potential to address expanding challenges in contemporary pulmonology. Nonetheless, the fundamental attributes of the aforementioned phenomena are rarely understood and/or investigated. Implementation of unconventional approach like breathomics may leads to a better comprehension of those complexities in respiratory medicine. We applied breath-resolved spirometry and capnometry, non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring along with continuous trace analysis of exhaled VOCs (volatile organic compounds) by means of real-time mass-spectrometry in 25 young and healthy adult humans to investigate any possible mirroring of instant ventilatory variations by exhaled breath composition, under varying respiratory rhythms. Hemodynamics remained unaffected. Immediate changes in measured breath compositions and corresponding variations occurred when respiratory rhythms were switched between spontaneous (involuntary/unsynchronised) and/or paced (voluntary/synchronised) breathing. Such changes in most abundant, endogenous and bloodborne VOCs were closely related to the minute ventilation and end-tidal CO2 exhalation. Unprecedentedly, while preceded by a paced rhythm, spontaneous rhythms in both independent setups became reproducible with significantly (P-value ≤ 0.005) low intra- and inter-individual variation in measured parameters. We modelled breath-resolved ventilatory variations via alveolar isoprene exhalation, which were independently validated with unequivocal precision. Reproducibility i.e. attained via our method would be reliable for human breath sampling, concerning biomarker research. Thus, we may realize the actual metabolic and pathophysiological expressions beyond the everlasting in vivo physiological noise. Consequently, less pronounced changes are often misinterpreted as disease biomarker in cross-sectional studies. We have also provided novel information beyond conventional spirometry and capnometry. Upon clinical translations, our findings will have immense impact on pulmonology and breathomics as they have revealed a reproducible pattern of ventilatory variations and respiratory homeostasis in endogenous VOC exhalations.
Clonal array profiling of scFv-displaying phages for high-throughput discovery of affinity-matured antibody mutants
Authors: Kiguchi Yuki , Oyama Hiroyuki , Morita Izumi , Morikawa Mai , Nakano Asuka , Fujihara Wakana , Inoue Yukari , Sasaki Megumi , Saijo Yuki , Kanemoto Yuki , Murayama Kaho , Baba Yuki , Takeuchi Atsuko , Kobayashi Norihiro 
Published: August 2020

Abstract"Antibody-breeding" approach potentially generates therapeutic/diagnostic antibody mutants with greater performance than native antibodies. Therein, antibody fragments (e.g., single-chain Fv fragments; scFvs) with a variety of mutations are displayed on bacteriophage to generate diverse phage-antibody libraries. Rare clones with improved functions are then selected via panning against immobilized or tagged target antigens. However, this selection process often ended unsuccessful, mainly due to the biased propagation of phage-antibody clones and the competition with a large excess of undesirable clones with weaker affinities. To break radically from such panning-inherent problems, we developed a novel method, clonal array profiling of scFv-displaying phages (CAP), in which colonies of the initial bacterial libraries are examined one-by-one in microwells. Progenies of scFv-displaying phages generated are, if show sufficient affinity to target antigen, captured in the microwell via pre-coated antigen and detected using a luciferase-fused anti-phage scFv. The advantage of CAP was evidenced by its application with a small error-prone-PCR-based library (~ 105 colonies) of anti-cortisol scFvs. Only two operations, each surveying only ~ 3% of the library (9,400 colonies), provided five mutants showing 32–63-fold improved Ka values (> 1010 M−1), compared with the wild-type scFv (Ka = 3.8 × 108 M−1), none of which could be recovered via conventional panning procedures operated for the entire library.
Spatial organization of Clostridium difficile S-layer biogenesis
Authors: Oatley Peter , Kirk Joseph A. , Ma Shuwen , Jones Simon , Fagan Robert P. 
Published: August 2020

AbstractSurface layers (S-layers) are protective protein coats which form around all archaea and most bacterial cells. Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacterium with an S-layer covering its peptidoglycan cell wall. The S-layer in C. difficile is constructed mainly of S-layer protein A (SlpA), which is a key virulence factor and an absolute requirement for disease. S-layer biogenesis is a complex multi-step process, disruption of which has severe consequences for the bacterium. We examined the subcellular localization of SlpA secretion and S-layer growth; observing formation of S-layer at specific sites that coincide with cell wall synthesis, while the secretion of SlpA from the cell is relatively delocalized. We conclude that this delocalized secretion of SlpA leads to a pool of precursor in the cell wall which is available to repair openings in the S-layer formed during cell growth or following damage.
FAM83H-AS1 is a potential modulator of cancer driver genes across different tumors and a prognostic marker for ER/PR + BRCA patients
Authors: Ríos-Romero Magdalena , Cedro-Tanda Alberto , Peña-Luna Mónica , Mancera-Rodríguez Marco Antonio , Hidalgo-Pérez Lizbett , Cisneros-Villanueva Mireya , Beltrán-Anaya Fredy Omar , Arellano-Llamas Rocío , Jiménez-Morales Silvia , Alfaro-Ruíz Luis Alberto , Tenorio-Torres Alberto , Domínguez-Reyes Carlos , Villegas-Carlos Felipe , Ochoa-Mendoza Elsa , Hidalgo-Miranda Alfredo 
Published: August 2020

AbstractBreast cancer (BRCA) is a serious public health problem, as it is the most frequent malignant tumor in women worldwide. BRCA is a molecularly heterogenic disease, particularly at gene expression (mRNAs) level. Recent evidence shows that coding RNAs represent only 34% of the total transcriptome in a human cell. The rest of the 66% of RNAs are non-coding, so we might be missing relevant biological, clinical or regulatory information. In this report, we identified nine novel tumor types from TCGA with FAM83H-AS1 deregulation. We used survival analysis to demonstrate that FAM83H-AS1 expression is a marker for poor survival in IHC-detected ER and PR positive BRCA patients and found a significant correlation between FAM83H-AS1 overexpression and tamoxifen resistance. Estrogen and Progesterone receptor expression levels interact with FAM83H-AS1 to potentiate its effect in OS prediction. FAM83H-AS1 silencing impairs two important breast cancer related pathways: cell migration and cell death. Among the most relevant potential FAM83H-AS1 gene targets, we found p63 and claudin 1 (CLDN1) to be deregulated after FAM83H-AS1 knockdown. Using correlation analysis, we show that FAM83H-AS1 can regulate a plethora of cancer-related genes across multiple tumor types, including BRCA. This evidence suggests that FAM83H-AS1 is a master regulator in different cancer types, and BRCA in particular.
Integrated proteomics and metabolomics reveals the comprehensive characterization of antitumor mechanism underlying Shikonin on colon cancer patient-derived xenograft model
Authors: Chen Yang , Ni Juan , Gao Yun , Zhang Jinghui , Liu Xuesong , Chen Yong , Chen Zhongjian , Wu Yongjiang 
Published: August 2020

AbstractColorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignancy occurring in the digestive system. Despite progress in surgery and therapy options, CRC is still a considerable cause of cancer mortality worldwide. In this study, a colon cancer patient-derived xenograft model was established to evaluate the antitumor activity of Shikonin. The protective effect underlying Shikonin was determined through assessing serum levels of liver enzymes (ALT, AST) and kidney functions (BuN, Scr) in PDX mice. Proteomics and metabolomics profiles were integrated to provide a systematic perspective in dynamic changes of proteins and global endogenous metabolites as well as their perturbed pathways. A total of 456 differently expressed proteins (DEPs), 32 differently expressed metabolites (DEMs) in tumor tissue, and 20 DEMs in mice serum were identified. The perturbation of arginine biosynthesis, purine metabolism, and biosynthesis of amino acids may mainly account for therapeutic mechanism of Shikonin. Furthermore, the expression of mRNAs participating in arginine biosynthesis (CPS1, OTC, Arg1) and do novo purine synthesis (GART, PAICS, ATIC) were validated through RT-qPCR. Our study provides new insights into the drug therapeutic strategies and a better understanding of antitumor mechanisms that might be valuable for further studies on Shikonin in the clinical treatment of colorectal cancer.
Bandgap engineering of two-dimensional semiconductor materials
Authors: Chaves A. , Azadani J. G. , Alsalman Hussain , da Costa D. R. , Frisenda R. , Chaves A. J. , Song Seung Hyun , Kim Y. D. , He Daowei , Zhou Jiadong , Castellanos-Gomez A. , Peeters F. M. , Liu Zheng , Hinkle C. L. , Oh Sang-Hyun , Ye Peide D. , Koester Steven J. , Lee Young Hee , Avouris Ph. , Wang Xinran , Low Tony 
Published: August 2020

AbstractSemiconductors are the basis of many vital technologies such as electronics, computing, communications, optoelectronics, and sensing. Modern semiconductor technology can trace its origins to the invention of the point contact transistor in 1947. This demonstration paved the way for the development of discrete and integrated semiconductor devices and circuits that has helped to build a modern society where semiconductors are ubiquitous components of everyday life. A key property that determines the semiconductor electrical and optical properties is the bandgap. Beyond graphene, recently discovered two-dimensional (2D) materials possess semiconducting bandgaps ranging from the terahertz and mid-infrared in bilayer graphene and black phosphorus, visible in transition metal dichalcogenides, to the ultraviolet in hexagonal boron nitride. In particular, these 2D materials were demonstrated to exhibit highly tunable bandgaps, achieved via the control of layers number, heterostructuring, strain engineering, chemical doping, alloying, intercalation, substrate engineering, as well as an external electric field. We provide a review of the basic physical principles of these various techniques on the engineering of quasi-particle and optical bandgaps, their bandgap tunability, potentials and limitations in practical realization in future 2D device technologies.
Electron acceleration and radio emission following the early interaction of two coronal mass ejections
Authors: Morosan D. E. , Palmerio E. , Räsänen J. E. , Kilpua E. K. J. , Magdalenić J. , Lynch B. J. , Kumari A. , Pomoell J. , Palmroth M. 
Published: August 2020

Context. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large eruptions of magnetised plasma from the Sun that are often accompanied by solar radio bursts produced by accelerated electrons.
Aims. A powerful source for accelerating electron beams are CME-driven shocks, however, there are other mechanisms capable of accelerating electrons during a CME eruption. So far, studies have relied on the traditional classification of solar radio bursts into five groups (Type I–V) based mainly on their shapes and characteristics in dynamic spectra. Here, we aim to determine the origin of moving radio bursts associated with a CME that do not fit into the present classification of the solar radio emission.
Methods. By using radio imaging from the Nançay Radioheliograph, combined with observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, and Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory spacecraft, we investigate the moving radio bursts accompanying two subsequent CMEs on 22 May 2013. We use three-dimensional reconstructions of the two associated CME eruptions to show the possible origin of the observed radio emission.
Results. We identified three moving radio bursts at unusually high altitudes in the corona that are located at the northern CME flank and move outwards synchronously with the CME. The radio bursts correspond to fine-structured emission in dynamic spectra with durations of ∼1 s, and they may show forward or reverse frequency drifts. Since the CME expands closely following an earlier CME, a low coronal CME–CME interaction is likely responsible for the observed radio emission.
Conclusions. For the first time, we report the existence of new types of short duration bursts, which are signatures of electron beams accelerated at the CME flank. Two subsequent CMEs originating from the same region and propagating in similar directions provide a complex configuration of the ambient magnetic field and favourable conditions for the creation of collapsing magnetic traps. These traps are formed if a CME-driven wave, such as a shock wave, is likely to intersect surrounding magnetic field lines twice. Electrons will thus be further accelerated at the mirror points created at these intersections and eventually escape to produce bursts of plasma emission with forward and reverse drifts.
S2k-Leitlinie Management der ambulant erworbenen Pneumonie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen (pädiatrische ambulant erworbene Pneumonie, pCAP)
Authors: Rose M. A. , Barker M. , Liese J. , Adams O. , Ankermann T. , Baumann U. , Brinkmann F. , Bruns R. , Dahlheim M. , Ewig S. , Forster J. , Hofmann G. , Kemen C. , Lück C. , Nadal D. , Nüßlein T. , Regamey N. , Riedler J. , Schmidt S. , Schwerk N. , Seidenberg J. , Tenenbaum T. , Trapp S. , van der Linden M. 
Published: August 2020

ZusammenfassungDie vorliegende Fassung der deutschsprachigen AWMF-Leitlinie soll unter Berücksichtigung der vorliegenden Evidenz die medizinische Versorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit ambulant erworbener Pneumonie (pediatric community acquired pneumonia, pCAP) verbessern. In Mitteleuropa steht einer Prävalenz von ca. 300 Fällen pro 100 000 Kinder/Jahr eine sehr geringe Mortalität gegenüber, die Prävention umfasst Hygiene-Maßnahmen und Impfung z. B. gegen Pneumokokken, Hämophilus, Masern und Influenza. Hauptsymptome der pCAP sind Fieber und Tachypnoe, die Diagnosestellung erfolgt primär klinisch durch Anamnese, körperliche Untersuchung und Pulsoxymetrie. Das zusätzliche Vorliegen von Warnsymptomen wie stark reduzierter Allgemeinzustand, Nahrungsverweigerung, Dehydratation, Bewusstseinsstörung oder Krampfanfälle definiert die schwere pCAP in Abgrenzung zur nicht-schweren pCAP. Das Erregerspektrum ist altersabhängig, zur Differenzierung zwischen viraler, bakterieller oder gemischt viral-bakterieller Infektion stehen jedoch keine zuverlässigen Biomarker zur Verfügung. Die meisten Kinder und Jugendlichen mit nicht-schwerer pCAP und O2-Sättigung > 92 % können ohne weitere Röntgen-, Labor- und Erreger-Diagnostik ambulant betreut werden. Der Einsatz von Antiinfektiva ist nicht grundsätzlich indiziert, vor allem bei jungen Kindern, bronchialer Obstruktion und anderen Hinweisen auf virale Genese kann darauf i. d. R. verzichtet werden. Zur kalkulierten Antibiotika-Therapie sind Aminopenicilline Mittel der Wahl, bei gewährleisteter Einnahme und Resorption sind die orale (Amoxicillin) und intravenöse Verabreichung (Ampicillin) von vergleichbarer Wirksamkeit. Nach 48 – 72 Stunden ist eine Verlaufsbeurteilung notwendig, um den Behandlungserfolg und mögliche Komplikationen wie z. B. parapneumonische Ergüsse oder Pleuraempyeme, die eine Erweiterung bzw. Änderung der Therapie erforderlich machen, rechtzeitig zu erfassen.
Hyperspektralimaging zum postoperativen Lappenmonitoring von lokoregionären Lappenplastiken.
Authors: Schulz Torsten , Marotz Jörg , Stukenberg Anna , Reumuth Georg , Houschyar Khosrow Siamak , Siemers Frank 
Published: August 2020

Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund Seit der Erstbeschreibung einer lokoregionären Lappenplastik zur Nasenrekonstruktion im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. durch den indischen Arzt Sushruta Samhita sind diese ein fester Bestandteil in der Wiederherstellungschirurgie geworden. Neben der konsequenten Weiterentwicklung chirurgischer Operationsmethoden wurden die zu Grunde liegenden physikalischen Messmethoden des Lappenmonitoring in den letzten Dekaden stetig weiterentwickelt. Das Hyperspektralimaging (HSI) stellt eine neue quantitative Messmethode zur Beurteilung der Gewebeperfusion dar.
Ziel Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die Evaluation des HSI als Monitoringverfahren nach lokoregionärer Defektdeckung.
Patienten und Methode Bei insgesamt 16 Patienten wurde nach gefäßgestieltem Gewebetransfer die Sauerstoffsättigung, der Hämoglobingehalt sowie der Wassergehalt von Haut, Monitorinsel und nekrotischen Lappenarealen am 1. bis 7. postoperativen Tag gemessen. Die erhobenen Daten wurden statistisch deskriptiv ausgewertet und grafisch ausgearbeitet.
Ergebnisse Das HSI zeigte einen erhöhten Hämoglobingehalt, eine Abnahme der Sauerstoffsättigung sowie des Wassergehaltes in den nekrotischen Lappenarealen im Vergleich zur vitalen Monitorinsel und zur gesunden Haut. Monitorinsel und vitale Hautareale wiesen eine nahezu identische Werteverteilung auf.
Schlussfolgerung HSI erlaubt die sichere, kontaktfreie und sofortige Bestimmung der Gewebeperfusion von transferierten Gewebearealen bei Patienten nach lokoregionärer Defektdeckung. Daher erscheint die Verwendung von HSI im Rahmen des postoperativen Lappenmonitorings sinnvoll.