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Improved Hysteroscopic Resection of Endometrial Polyps Using 6-Fr Micro-Scissors and Forceps

Endometrial polyps commonly contribute to female infertility, and hysteroscopic resection is the established surgical approach for their treatment. ...

Fudan University

Sensitive and selective detection for cancer biomarkers are critical in cancer clinical diagnostics. Here we developed a microfluidic protein chip for an ultrasensitive and multiplexed assay of cancer biomarkers. Aqueous-phase-synthesized CdTe/CdS quantum dots (aqQDs) were employed as fluorescent signal amplifiers to improve the detection sensitivity. Secondary antibodies (goat anti-mouse IgG) were conjugated to luminescent CdTe/CdS QDs to realize a versatile fluorescent probe that could be used for multiplexed detection in both sandwich and reverse phase immunoassays. We found that our microfluidic protein chip not only possessed ultrahigh femtomolar sensitivity for cancer biomarkers, but was selective enough to be directly used in serum. This protein chip thus combines the high-throughput capabilities of a microfluidic network with the high sensitivity and multicolor imaging ability offered by highly fluorescent QDs, which can become a promising diagnostic tool in clinical applications.

Ultrasensitive, multiplexed detection of cancer biomarkers directly in serum by using a quantum dot-based microfluidic protein chip.

A DNA-bridged strategy is used to facilely conjugate streptavidin (STV) to luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), which leads to convenient and stable QD-DNA-biotin-STV conjugates that serve as fluorescent nanoprobes for ultrasensitive detection of cancer biomarkers with a microfluidic protein chip.

DNA-bridged bioconjugation of fluorescent quantum dots for highly sensitive microfluidic protein chips.

A novel label-free detection system based on CdTe/CdS quantum dots (QDs) was designed for the direct measurement of glucose. Herein we demonstrated that the photoluminescence (PL) of CdTe/CdS QDs was sensitive to hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). With d-glucose as a substrate, H(2)O(2) that intensively quenched the QDs PL can be produced via the catalysis of glucose oxidase (GOx). Experimental results showed that the decrease of the QDs PL was proportional to the concentration of glucose within the range of 1.8 microM to 1mM with the detection limit of 1.8 microM under the optimized experimental conditions. In addition, the QD-based label-free glucose sensing platform was adapted to 96-well plates for fluorescent assay, enhancing the capabilities and conveniences of this detection platform. An excellent response to the concentrations of glucose was found within the range of 2-30 mM. Glucose in blood and urine samples was effectively detected via this strategy. The comparison with commercialized glucose meter indicated that this proposed glucose assay system is not only simple, sensitive, but also reliable and suitable for practical application. The high sensitivity, versatility, portability, high-throughput and low cost of this glucose sensor implied its potential in point-of-care clinical diagnose of diabetes and other fields.

H2O2-sensitive quantum dots for the label-free detection of glucose.

To establish a database for the associations between idiosyncratic drug reactions (IDRs) and human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) and to systematically assess the characteristics of the drug-HLA associations.

HLADR: a database system for enhancing the discovery of biomarkers for predicting human leukocyte antigen-mediated idiosyncratic adverse drug reactions.

The cytotoxicity of the natural ent-kaurene diterpenoid, oridonin, has been extensively studied. However, the application of oridonin for cancer therapy was hampered primarily by its moderate potency. In this study, a series of oridonin A-ring modified analogues, and their derivatives bearing various substituents on 14-OH position, were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for anticancer efficacy. Some of the derivatives were significantly more potent than oridonin against both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cancer cells. The most potent compound, 13p, was 200-fold more efficacious than oridonin in MCF-7 cancer cells. Furthermore, 13p induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase. A decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential and an increase in Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, accompanied by activated caspase-3 cleavage, were observed in MCF-7 cells after treatment with 13p, suggesting that the mitochondrial pathway was involved in the 13p-mediated apoptosis. Moreover, 13p significantly inhibited tumor growth in mouse xenograft models and had no observable toxic effect.

A Novel Potent Anticancer Compound Optimized from a Natural Oridonin Scaffold Induces Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest through the Mitochondrial Pathway.

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has emerged as a novel and promising approach for the treatment of pathogenic microorganism infections. The efficacy of aPDT depends greatly on the behavior of the photosensitizer. Herein, we report the design, preparation, antimicrobial photodynamic activities, as well as structure-activity relationships of a series of photosensitizers modified at the  position of a 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl BODIPY scaffold with various pyridinyl and pyridinium moieties. The photodynamic antimicrobial activities of all photosensitizers have been tested against , ,  and Methicillin-resistant  (MRSA). The methyl -(-pyridinium) BODIPY photosensitizer () possessed the highest phototoxicity against these pathogens at minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) ranging from 0.63 to 1.25 μM with a light dose of 81 J/cm. Furthermore,  exhibited an impressive antimicrobial efficacy in -infected mice wounds. Taken together, these findings suggest that  is a promising candidate as the antimicrobial photosensitizer for combating pathogenic microorganism infections.

Discovery of -(-Pyridinium) BODIPY Photosensitizers:  and  Evaluations for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy.

Developing effective near-infrared (NIR) photosensitizers (PSs) has been an attractive goal of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer treatment. In this study, we synthesized N, N-diethylaminomethylphenyl-containing Aza-BODIPY photosensitizers and comprehensively investigated their photophysical/photochemical properties, as well as cell-based and animal-based anti-tumor studies. Among them, BDP 1 has strong NIR absorption at 680 nm and higher singlet oxygen yield in PBS which showed favorable pH-activatable and lysosome-targeting ability. BDP 1 could be easily taken up by tumor cells and showed negligible dark activity (IC > 50 μM), however strong phototoxicity upon exposure to light irradiation. The acceptable fluorescence emission from BDP 1 allowed convenient in vivo fluorescence imaging for organ distribution studies in mice. After PDT treatment with upon single time PDT treatment at the beginning using relatively low light dose (54 J/ cm), BDP 1 (2 mg/kg, 0.1 mL) was found to have strong efficacy to inhibit tumor growth and even to ablate off tumor without causing body weight loss. Therefore, pH-activatable and lysosome-targeted PS may become an effective way to develop potent PDT agent.

Mei Hu

Nursing Department,
Huashan Hospital,
Nursing Department, Huashan Hospital

Fudan University

Improved Hysteroscopic Resection of Endometrial Polyps Using 6-Fr Micro-Scissors and Forceps

Mei Hu

Nursing Department,Huashan Hospital,Nursing Department, Huashan Hospital

Fudan University

Improved Hysteroscopic Resection of Endometrial Polyps Using 6-Fr Micro-Scissors and Forceps

Nursing Department,
Huashan Hospital,
Nursing Department, Huashan Hospital