BackgroundCongenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) has been attributed to various developmental abnormalities of the underlying tissue components. N-deacetylase-N-sulfotransferase-1 (Ndst1) is a strongly expressed biosynthetic enzyme in endothelial cells, which has recently been identified as an im...

Background/PurposeMonocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) are crucial for the maintenance of intracellular pH homeostasis in developing fetal lungs. MCT1/4 is strongly expressed by epithelial airway cells throughout lung branching morphogenesis. Functional inhibition of MCT1/4 in fetal rat lung expl...

BackgroundThe pathogenesis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and the causes of pulmonary hypoplasia and hypertension remain unclear. miRNAs have been identified to play important regulatory roles in pulmonary pathological processes and lung development. We carried out the study to investi...

Background/purposePleuroperitoneal folds (PPFs) are the source of the primordial diaphragm's muscle connective tissue (MCT), and developmental mutations have been shown to result in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). The protein paired-related homeobox 1 (Prx1) labels migrating PPF cell...

Background/purposePulmonary hypoplasia (PH), characterized by incomplete alveolar development, remains a major therapeutic challenge associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Follistatin-like 1 (Fstl1) is a crucial regulator of alveolar formation and maturation, which is strongly ex...

BackgroundLung and pulmonary vascular maldevelopment in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) results in significant morbidity and mortality. Retinoic acid (RA) and imatinib have been shown to improve pulmonary morphology following prenatal administration in the rat nitrofen-induced CDH model. I...

RésuméLes bromo-3 cyano-3 succinimides 1 et les dibromo-3,5 dicyano-3,5 glutarimides 17 réagissent avec P(OPh)3, Ph2P(OPh) et PhP(OPh)2 pour donner des sels de quasiphosphonium. Dans le cas des glutarimides, ces sels se transforment rapidement en dibromo-2,6 dicyano-3,5 dihydro-1,4 pyridines ...

Postharvest decay and quality deterioration of fruits are responsible for significant economic losses in the tomato industry. Selenium (Se) is an important microelement due to its antioxidant properties that allows detoxifying various reactive oxygen species (ROS). In the present study, the effe...

Mild traumatic brain injuries may result in cumulative brain damage and neurodegenerative disease. To date, there is no pharmaceutical intervention known to prevent these consequences. Hyperphosphorylated tau has been associated in this process, and protein phosphatase 2A 55 kDa regulatory B sub...

Since the potato is a new staple food in China, the production of selenium (Se)-enriched potato may be an effective approach for Se supplementation in Se-deficient populations. Herein, we biofortified potato via the foliar application of sodium selenate and sodium selenite at three growth stages...

Tau hyperphosphorylation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of forms of human epilepsy. Here we investigated whether treatment with sodium selenate, a drug which reduces pathological hyperphosphorylated tau by enhancement of PP2A activity, would inhibit seizures in rodent model...

Accumulating evidences show that selenium dietary intake is inversely associated with the mortality of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Sodium selenate has been reported to reduce neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in the tauopathic mouse models, but its effects on the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway ...

Eighty pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were used in this study. They were allotted to four equal groups. The first group served as a control without any treatment while the other groups were given cisplatin, sodium selenate, and cisplatin + sodium selenate, respectively. Cisplatin was injected intr...

Schizophrenia (SCH) and drug addiction are chronic disorders that are frequently accompanied by physical diseases, poor nutrition and reduced self-care, all of which are likely to result in vitamin deficiencies. The objective of this study was to compare vitamin levels in SCH patients, substance...

This study aimed to investigate the riboflavin, niacin, folate and B12 content in microalgae powders. Riboflavin was determined with an ultra-high-performance liquid chromatographic (UHPLC) method after extraction and a two-enzyme treatment. Niacin analysis involved mild acidic hydrolysis, with ...

A series four metal hexacyanoferrates, with a general formula of KxMy[Fe(CN)6]z·qH2O, with x, y, z and q representing stoichiometric numbers and M = Fe (1), Co (2), Ni (3) and Cu (4), were prepared by a simple co-precipitation reaction. The yields of 1–4 were found to be a function of the Paul...

Interaction of aniline, p-toluidine and p-chloroaniline with nickel, cadmium and manganese hexacyanoferrates(II) has been studied. Nickel and cadmium hexacyanoferrates(II) showed maximum adsorption at neutral pH, whereas, manganese hexacyanoferrate(II) reacts with aniline, p-toluidine and p-chlo...

Copper hexacyanoferrate(II) (Cuhcf(II)) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by using a simple and straightforward methodology using aqueous solution without the need of any further passivating agent. The 15 nm NPs (obtained by TEM) were fully characterized by XRD, FTIR and Raman spectroscopy th...

Voltammetry for charge (ion and electron) transfer at two immiscible electrolyte solutions (VCTIES) has been used to provide insight into the ligand exchange and redox processes taking place during the interfacial reaction of aqueous hexacyanoferrate(II) with tetrachloroaurate ([AuCl4]−) in 1,2-...

A highly regioselective 1,4-conjugate hydrocyanation of dienones using potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) as an original eco-friendly cyanide source, benzoyl chloride as a promoter and potassium carbonate as a catalyst is described. This protocol has advantages of non-toxic cyanating agent, high reg...