~ AIM： To study the effects of curcumin on the secretion of interleukin （IL） -6 and IL-8 by corneal limbus epithelial cells. METHODS： Human corneal Iimbus epithelial cells were isolated and cultured from donor ey...~ AIM： To study the effects of curcumin on the secretion of interleukin （IL） -6 and IL-8 by corneal limbus epithelial cells. METHODS： Human corneal Iimbus epithelial cells were isolated and cultured from donor eyes and irradiated by UVB at different dosages with or without curcumin. MTT test was used for studying the effects of UVB and curcumin on the cell viability. The role of mitogen-activated protein kinase （MAPK） and nuclear factor-kappa B （NF-KB） pathways on the UVB-induced secretion of IL.6 and IL-8 were tested by addition of their inhibitors to the culture with or without UVB-radiation. Levels of various signal pathways, IL-6 and IL-8 in the cells and in the conditioned culture medium were measured by ELISA analysis. RESULTS： UVB at 20 mJ/cm2 or less and curcumin at 20 IJmol/L or less did not affect the cell viability of culturedlimbus epithelial cells （P〉0.05）. UVB irradiation at 10 and 20 mJ/cm2 induced a significant increase of secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 and upregulated NF-KB and phosphorylated MAPK pathways of cultured limbus epithelial cells （P〈0.05）. Various signal pathway inhibitors, including SP600125 （JNK inhibitor）, SB203580 （p38 MAPK inhibitor） and BAY11-7082 （NF-KB inhibitor） significantly decreased the UVB-induced secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 secretion （P〈0.05）. Curcumin at 5-20 pmol/L significantly inhibited UVB- induced secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 by limbus epithelial cells in a dose-dependent manner; while curcumin alone did not affect the secretion of IL-6 and IL-8. The upregulation of NF-KB and MAPK pathways induced by UVB treatment was significantly inhibited by curcumin, suggesting that NF-KB and MAPK pathways are involved in the inhibitory effect of curcumin on UVB-induced production of IL-6 and IL-8.展开更多
动脉型肺动脉高压(pulmonary arterial hypertension,PAH)是以肺血管病理性重塑和肺动脉压升高为特征的进行性心肺疾病。骨形态发生蛋白受体2(bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2,BMPR2)信号通路功能异常是驱动PAH发生发展的...动脉型肺动脉高压(pulmonary arterial hypertension,PAH)是以肺血管病理性重塑和肺动脉压升高为特征的进行性心肺疾病。骨形态发生蛋白受体2(bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2,BMPR2)信号通路功能异常是驱动PAH发生发展的关键分子机制。作为PAH的主要遗传易感因素,约70%的遗传性PAH(heritable PAH,HPAH)和20%的特发性PAH(idiopathic PAH,IPAH)患者携带BMPR2突变。传统观点认为BMPR2通过Smad依赖的经典信号通路调控血管稳态,但近年研究显示其非经典信号通路(如TAK1-MAPK、PI3K-AKT、RhoAROCK等)的异常激活也是驱动PAH进展的关键因素。本文阐述BMPR2非经典信号通路的分子机制及其在PAH中的作用,并介绍靶向这些通路的治疗潜力。展开更多
Long COVID is characterized by a group of persistent symptoms following the acute SARS-COV2 infection, which presented a multifaceted challenge to the healthcare systems all over the globe. The long COVID symptoms spa...Long COVID is characterized by a group of persistent symptoms following the acute SARS-COV2 infection, which presented a multifaceted challenge to the healthcare systems all over the globe. The long COVID symptoms span various organ systems including the respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and neurological manifestations. Mitochondrial dysfunction and immune dysregulation play crucial roles in the long COVID pathophysiology. Recently nutritional intervention gained much attention in managing post-viral syndromes. Effective interventions like supplementation of omega-3 fatty acid, macro and micro nutrients, and vitamins help to reduce systemic inflammation and counteract muscle wasting. Other approaches like nutritional recovery, dietetic interventions, continuous nutritional care post-hospital discharge, nutritional rehabilitation programs,whole-diet approaches like Mediterranean diet, plant-based diet, and caloric optimization, improve overall functional recovery. Physical activity and exercise regimes have been shown to improve fatigue, dyspnea, and cognitive function. Tailored exercise regimes may promote safe rehabilitation. Certain ineffective interventions,such as non-personalized approaches, high dose of antioxidants, use of herbal products that are not clinically validated need to be addressed. Dietary interventions such as personalized nutritional counseling have been demonstrated to improve physical performance in long COVID patients. Further research is needed to refine protocols and identify optimal combinations of dietary and movement-based therapies to support the recovery of long-COVID patients. This narrative review focuses on the ongoing researches that reveals the intricate relationship between nutrition and long COVID recovery and also establishes effective protocols for nutritional care.展开更多
To address crop depredation by intelligent species(e.t,macaques)and the habituation from traditional methods,this study proposes an intelligent,closed-loop,adaptive laser deterrence system.A core contribution is an ef...To address crop depredation by intelligent species(e.t,macaques)and the habituation from traditional methods,this study proposes an intelligent,closed-loop,adaptive laser deterrence system.A core contribution is an efficient multi-stage Semi-Supervised Learning(SSL)and incremental fine-tuning(IFT)framework,which reduced manual annotation by~60%and training time by~68%.This framework was benchmarked against YOLOv8n,v10n,and v11n.Our analysis revealed that YOLOv12n’s high Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SNR)(47.1%retention)pseudo-labels made it the onlymodel to gain performance(+0.010mAP)fromSSL,allowing it to overtake competitors.Subsequently,in the IFT stress test,YOLOv12n proved most robust(a minimal−0.019 mAP decline),whereas YOLOv10n suffered catastrophic failure(−0.233mAP),highlighting its incompatibility with IFT.Thefinalmodel achieved high performance(mAP@0.5 of 0.947 for macaques,0.946 for laser spots).In Multi-Object Tracking(MOT),this study quantitatively confirms that Bottom-Up Tracking by Sorting(BoT-SORT)(1.88 s avg.tracklet lifetime)significantly outperforms ByteTrack(0.81 s)in identity preservation for visually similar macaques.System integration achieved 480 Frames Per Second(FPS)real-time inference on edge devices.A quadratic polynomial fittingmodel ensured high-precision aiming(RMSE<2 pixels;best 1.2 pixels)by compensating for distortion.To fundamentally solve habituation,an adaptive strategy driven by a Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient(DDPG)framework was introduced.By using a habituation penalty term(Rhabituation)to force unpredictable sequences,theDDPGstrategy achieved a stable 88%average Intrusion Frequency Reduction Rate(IFRR)in field experiments,suppressing habituation in highly intelligent species.This study develops an efficient,precise,low-cost,and habituation-resistant automated wildlife defense system.展开更多
文摘~ AIM： To study the effects of curcumin on the secretion of interleukin （IL） -6 and IL-8 by corneal limbus epithelial cells. METHODS： Human corneal Iimbus epithelial cells were isolated and cultured from donor eyes and irradiated by UVB at different dosages with or without curcumin. MTT test was used for studying the effects of UVB and curcumin on the cell viability. The role of mitogen-activated protein kinase （MAPK） and nuclear factor-kappa B （NF-KB） pathways on the UVB-induced secretion of IL.6 and IL-8 were tested by addition of their inhibitors to the culture with or without UVB-radiation. Levels of various signal pathways, IL-6 and IL-8 in the cells and in the conditioned culture medium were measured by ELISA analysis. RESULTS： UVB at 20 mJ/cm2 or less and curcumin at 20 IJmol/L or less did not affect the cell viability of culturedlimbus epithelial cells （P〉0.05）. UVB irradiation at 10 and 20 mJ/cm2 induced a significant increase of secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 and upregulated NF-KB and phosphorylated MAPK pathways of cultured limbus epithelial cells （P〈0.05）. Various signal pathway inhibitors, including SP600125 （JNK inhibitor）, SB203580 （p38 MAPK inhibitor） and BAY11-7082 （NF-KB inhibitor） significantly decreased the UVB-induced secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 secretion （P〈0.05）. Curcumin at 5-20 pmol/L significantly inhibited UVB- induced secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 by limbus epithelial cells in a dose-dependent manner; while curcumin alone did not affect the secretion of IL-6 and IL-8. The upregulation of NF-KB and MAPK pathways induced by UVB treatment was significantly inhibited by curcumin, suggesting that NF-KB and MAPK pathways are involved in the inhibitory effect of curcumin on UVB-induced production of IL-6 and IL-8.
文摘动脉型肺动脉高压(pulmonary arterial hypertension,PAH)是以肺血管病理性重塑和肺动脉压升高为特征的进行性心肺疾病。骨形态发生蛋白受体2(bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2,BMPR2)信号通路功能异常是驱动PAH发生发展的关键分子机制。作为PAH的主要遗传易感因素,约70%的遗传性PAH(heritable PAH,HPAH)和20%的特发性PAH(idiopathic PAH,IPAH)患者携带BMPR2突变。传统观点认为BMPR2通过Smad依赖的经典信号通路调控血管稳态,但近年研究显示其非经典信号通路(如TAK1-MAPK、PI3K-AKT、RhoAROCK等)的异常激活也是驱动PAH进展的关键因素。本文阐述BMPR2非经典信号通路的分子机制及其在PAH中的作用,并介绍靶向这些通路的治疗潜力。
基金Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung city, Taiwan China, for its support。
文摘Long COVID is characterized by a group of persistent symptoms following the acute SARS-COV2 infection, which presented a multifaceted challenge to the healthcare systems all over the globe. The long COVID symptoms span various organ systems including the respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and neurological manifestations. Mitochondrial dysfunction and immune dysregulation play crucial roles in the long COVID pathophysiology. Recently nutritional intervention gained much attention in managing post-viral syndromes. Effective interventions like supplementation of omega-3 fatty acid, macro and micro nutrients, and vitamins help to reduce systemic inflammation and counteract muscle wasting. Other approaches like nutritional recovery, dietetic interventions, continuous nutritional care post-hospital discharge, nutritional rehabilitation programs,whole-diet approaches like Mediterranean diet, plant-based diet, and caloric optimization, improve overall functional recovery. Physical activity and exercise regimes have been shown to improve fatigue, dyspnea, and cognitive function. Tailored exercise regimes may promote safe rehabilitation. Certain ineffective interventions,such as non-personalized approaches, high dose of antioxidants, use of herbal products that are not clinically validated need to be addressed. Dietary interventions such as personalized nutritional counseling have been demonstrated to improve physical performance in long COVID patients. Further research is needed to refine protocols and identify optimal combinations of dietary and movement-based therapies to support the recovery of long-COVID patients. This narrative review focuses on the ongoing researches that reveals the intricate relationship between nutrition and long COVID recovery and also establishes effective protocols for nutritional care.
基金Part of the research funding was provided by Tatung University.
文摘To address crop depredation by intelligent species(e.t,macaques)and the habituation from traditional methods,this study proposes an intelligent,closed-loop,adaptive laser deterrence system.A core contribution is an efficient multi-stage Semi-Supervised Learning(SSL)and incremental fine-tuning(IFT)framework,which reduced manual annotation by~60%and training time by~68%.This framework was benchmarked against YOLOv8n,v10n,and v11n.Our analysis revealed that YOLOv12n’s high Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SNR)(47.1%retention)pseudo-labels made it the onlymodel to gain performance(+0.010mAP)fromSSL,allowing it to overtake competitors.Subsequently,in the IFT stress test,YOLOv12n proved most robust(a minimal−0.019 mAP decline),whereas YOLOv10n suffered catastrophic failure(−0.233mAP),highlighting its incompatibility with IFT.Thefinalmodel achieved high performance(mAP@0.5 of 0.947 for macaques,0.946 for laser spots).In Multi-Object Tracking(MOT),this study quantitatively confirms that Bottom-Up Tracking by Sorting(BoT-SORT)(1.88 s avg.tracklet lifetime)significantly outperforms ByteTrack(0.81 s)in identity preservation for visually similar macaques.System integration achieved 480 Frames Per Second(FPS)real-time inference on edge devices.A quadratic polynomial fittingmodel ensured high-precision aiming(RMSE<2 pixels;best 1.2 pixels)by compensating for distortion.To fundamentally solve habituation,an adaptive strategy driven by a Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient(DDPG)framework was introduced.By using a habituation penalty term(Rhabituation)to force unpredictable sequences,theDDPGstrategy achieved a stable 88%average Intrusion Frequency Reduction Rate(IFRR)in field experiments,suppressing habituation in highly intelligent species.This study develops an efficient,precise,low-cost,and habituation-resistant automated wildlife defense system.
