Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has catastrophic impacts on the global pig industry. Although the fecal–oral route is generally accepted, an increased number of reports indicate that airborne transmission may contribute to PEDV outbreak. Here, we show that PEDV could cause typical diarrhea in piglets through a nasal spray. Firstly, PEDV can develop a transient nasal epithelium infection. Subsequently, PEDV-carrying dendritic cells (DCs) allow the virus to be transferred to CD3+ T cells via the virological synapse. Finally, virus-loaded CD3+ T cells reach the intestine through the blood circulation, leading to intestinal infection via cell-to-cell contact. Our study provides evidence for airborne transmission of a gastrointestinal infected coronavirus and illustrates the mechanism of its transport from the entry site to the pathogenic site.
Sepsis, a life-threating illness
caused by deregulated host immune
responses to infections, is characterized by overproduction of multiple
reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) and excessive pyroptosis,
leading to high mortality. However, there is still no approved specific
molecular therapy to treat sepsis. Here we reported drug-free tea
polyphenols nanoparticles (TPNs) with intrinsic broad-spectrum RONS
scavenging and pyroptosis-blocking activities to treat endotoxin (LPS)-induced
sepsis in mice. The RONS scavenging activities originated from the
polyphenols-derived structure, while the pyroptosis blockage was achieved
by inhibiting gasdermin D (GSDMD) mediating the pore formation and
membrane rupture, showing multifunctionalities for sepsis therapy.
Notably, TPNs suppress GSDMD by inhibiting the oligomerization of
GSDMD rather than the cleavage of GSDMD, thus displaying high pyroptosis-inhibition
efficiency. As a result, TPNs showed an excellent therapeutic efficacy
in sepsis mice model, as evidenced by survival rate improvement, hypothermia
amelioration, and the organ damage protection. Collectively, TPNs
present biocompatible candidates for the treatment of sepsis.
We report a high performance negative dielectric anisotropy liquid crystal for fringing field switching (n-FFS) display. We compare the electro-optic characteristics of FFS cells using positive and negative LCs. With comparable driving voltage and response time, the n-FFS cell has advantages in higher transmittance, single gamma curve, less cell gap sensitivity and slightly wider viewing angle. LC director deformation distribution is analyzed to explain these performance differences.Index Terms-Fringe field switching, liquid crystal displays (LCD).
The levels of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and ATP as well as the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) in response to bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) infection of MDBK cells were measured, respectively. BHV-1 infection increased ROS production which depended on viral entry, and de novo protein expression and/or DNA replication. Vice versa, excessive ROS was required for efficient viral replication. Levels of both ATP and MMP were significantly decreased after BHV-1 infection. Interestingly, the loss of MMP was ameliorated by ROS depression. Collectively, ROS dependent mitochondrial damage and ultimately disruption of energy metabolism (ATP depletion) are a potential pathogenic mechanism for BHV-1 infection.
♦ Background: Whether peritoneal protein leakage predicts risk for peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) is unknown. In this observational cohort study, we aimed to determine that association and, further, to explore if it might be explained by systemic inflammation. ♦ Methods: We prospectively followed 305 incident PD patients to first-episode peritonitis, censoring, or the end of the study. Demographics, comorbidity score, biochemistry, and peritoneal protein clearance (PrC) were collected at baseline. The predictors of first-episode peritonitis were analyzed prospectively. ♦ Results: During follow-up, 14 868 patient months and 251 episodes of peritonitis were observed. The baseline PrC was 73.2 mL/day (range: 53.2 -102 mL/day). Patients with a high PrC were prone to be older and malnourished. They also had a higher comorbidity score and higher Creactive protein values. In 132 first episodes of peritonitis, baseline PrC was shown to be a significant independent predictor after adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, diabetes, residual renal function, hemoglobin, and peritoneal transport rate. Systemic inflammatory markers such as serum albumin, C-reactive protein, and interleukin-6 could not explain the association of PrC and high risk for peritonitis. ♦ Conclusions: Baseline peritoneal protein leakage was able to independently predict risk for peritonitis, which is not explained by systemic inflammation. The underlying mechanisms should be explored in future.
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