BackgroundEffective targeting therapies for common chronic liver disease nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are in urgent need. MicroRNA-targeted therapeutics would be potentially an effective treatment strategy of hepatic diseases. Here we investigated the functional role of miR-221/222 and th...

Reduced myocardial miR-221 expression is associated with severe cardiac fibrosis in heart failure patients. We aimed to demonstrate its mechanisms in cardioprotection and remodeling following myocardial infarction (MI). Using in vitro hypoxia and reoxygenation (H/R) of H9c2 and rat cardiac fibro...

The practical application of Prussian blue (PB) for sensors is still limited due to its electrochemical properties that are dependent on factors such as the low stability at pH close to 7.0, the size and the shape of the material. In this sense, we report a green and facile strategy for one-pot ...

Herein we reported Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBNPs) possess ascorbic acid oxidase (AAO)- and ascorbic acid peroxidase (APOD)-like activities, which suppressed the formation of harmful H2O2 and finally inhibited the anti-cancer efficiency of ascorbic acid (AA). This newly revealed correlation ...

The acidic blue 25 (AB25) dye was efficiently adsorbed by CB [8]; the saturated adsorption capacity (qexp) reached 434.8 mg/g and was far higher than those of previous reported adsorbents. The Langmuir and Freundich isotherms were used to fit the equilibrium data, and the results showed that the...

It has been challenging to develop deep blue organic molecular fluorescent emitters with CIE y (y ≤ 0.08) based on triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA). Here, we report facilely available dianthracenylphenylene-based emitters, which have a 3,5-di(4-t-butylphenyl)phenyl moiety at the one end and 4...

Coal-bearing kaolinite was directly treated with concentrated sulfuric acid to improve its surface properties and adsorption ability. Acid treatment was carried out at various temperatures (i.e., room temperature − 250 °C), by varying time of treatment from 0 to 120 min. The samples were charac...

ZnO thin films were deposited with different solution quantities using spray pyrolysis technique. The effect of thickness variations on photoelectrochemical (PEC), structural, morphological and optical properties are studied. PEC measurements showed maximum photo response about Isc = 0.485 mA an...

Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is used to treat various malignancies and can be applied to brain tumors using a transcranial magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) device. This study investigated the efficacy of 220-kHz TcMRgFUS combined with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) on ...

This research was focused on the investigation of the efficacy of advanced oxidation processes (Fenton, ozonation and UV/H2O2) for decolorization of reactive azo dye (Blue CL-BR) using bleach wastewater as possible source of H2O2. All the experiments were performed on the laboratory scale set-up...

The effect of mixtures of azo acid dyes (C.I. Acid Yellow 135, C.I. Acid Red 266 and C.I. Acid Blue 62) and azo acid metal complex dyes (C.I. Acid Brown 226, C.I. Acid Blue 171, C.I. Acid Orange 162 and C.I. Acid Black 107) on the photooxidative stability of nylon 6,6 film and fibre samples has ...

Removal of noxious dyes is gaining public and technological attention. Herein grafting polymerization was employed to produce a novel adsorbent using acrylic acid and carboxymethyl cellulose for dye removal. Scanning electron microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy verified the ad...

The photofading rates of three azo acid dyes (C.I. Acid Blue 62, C.I. Acid Yellow 135 and C.I. Acid Red 266) and four azo acid metal complex dyes (C.I. Acid Brown 266, C.I. Acid Blue 171, C.I. Acid Orange 162 and C.I. Acid Black 107) were examined in nylon 6,6 film and were compared with the inf...

Reticulated foam shaped adsorbents are more efficient for the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particularly from low VOC-concentration indoor air streams. In this study composite structure of zeolite and metal organic frameworks (MOFs), referred as ZMF, has been fabricated by immobi...

The decolorization and mineralization of cotton dyeing effluent containing C.I. Direct Blue 199 (DB 199) by advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) such as ozonation, UV/H2O2, and in sequence of ozonation with UV/H2O2 processes were evaluated in this study. By ozonation alone, the color removal was ...

In this study, the successful decolorization and mineralization of phthalocyanine dye (C.I. Direct Blue 199, DB 199) by an advanced oxidation process (AOP), UV/H2O2, were observed while the experimental variables such as hydrogen peroxide dosage, UV dosage, initial dye concentration and pH were ...

MiR-182–5p suppresses expression of Foxo1 that is a protective factor in renal disorders and is up-regulated in systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Thus, we hypothesized that dys-function of miR-182–5p/Foxo1 axis contributed to development of lupus nephritis (LN). Firstly, we investigated t...

Acrylic acid grafted cellulosic Luffa cylindrical fiber was utilized for the removal of methylene blue and metal ions from the water system using batch process. The grafted sample used was found to demonstrate a maximum grafting efficiency of 90.8% under concentrations of 0.432 × 10−3 mol/L, te...

An analytical procedure using a swept-potential electrochemical detector and HPLC for the separation and identification of the hydroxy and vinyl sulfone derivatives of Reactive Blue 19 in textile wastewater was developed. The detection limits are in parts per trillion without preconcentration. T...

Removal of C.I. Acid Blue 92(AB92) dye by exfoliated graphite (EG) was investigated. Batch adsorption test results proved that EG can remove the dye with a minimum removal efficiency of 70%. Equilibrium isotherm was analyzed by Freundlich, Langmuir, and Radke–Prausnitz models and the related pa...