A hybrid microelectrode can connect MS and electrochemical reactions, providing direct information on products or intermediates to identify the reaction mechanisms with easy use and low cost.
Mechanoresponsive
luminescent (MRL) materials have attracted considerable
attention because of their potential applications in mechanical sensors,
memory chips, and security inks; MRL materials possessing high efficiency
and multicolor emission qualities are especially interesting. In this
Letter, we found 1,2,3,4-tetraphenyl-1,3-cyclopentadiene (TPC) crystal
exhibited both pressure-induced emission enhancement (PIEE) and multicolor
behavior. In addition, infrared spectroscopy analysis indicated that
the ring-opening reaction of the phenyl ring occurred when pressure
was beyond 24.7 GPa. The reaction was promoted from 24.7 to 35.9 GPa,
which resulted in the redder irreversible color change for the sample
released from 35.9 GPa than from 24.7 GPa. The results regarding the
mechanoresponsive behavior of TPC offered a deep insight into PIEE
and multicolor properties from the structural point of view and inspired
the idea of capturing different colors by hydrostatic pressure, which
will facilitate the design of and search for high-performance MRL
materials.
Background/Aims: SNHG6 (Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 6) is a novel non-coding RNA (ncRNA) and its cellular function is largely unknown. Methods: Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) cell growth assay, colony formation and flow cytometry were used to determine colorectal cancer cell proliferation, cell cycle progression and apoptosis in vitro. The xenograft tumor formation assay in nude mice was established to evaluate tumor growth in vivo. RNA immunopreciptation (RIP) analysis was performed to examine whether SNHG6 could bind to EZH2 (enhancer of zeste 2 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit), and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay was conducted to examine whether SNHG6 could repress p21 transcription by recruiting EZH2 to the p21 promoter. Results: Here we found that SNHG6 was upregulated and its expression levels were positively correlated with advanced tumor stage in colorectal cancer. Survival analysis suggested that higher expression of SNHG6 predicted poor prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. Functional studies indicated that SNHG6 could promote cell proliferation via a direct suppression of p21 expression in colorectal cancer cells. Moreover, SNHG6 repressed p21 transcription through recruiting EZH2 to the p21 promoter in colorectal cancer cells. Conclusion: Taken together, our study demonstrates that SNHG6 promotes tumor growth via repression of p21 in colorectal cancer, which may provide a promising target for novel anticancer therapeutics.
ncRNAs are important regulatory molecules and involve in many physiological cellular processes. Small nucleolar RNA host gene 1 (SNHG1) is a host to 8 snoRNAs and is located in 11q12.3 region of the chromosome. It has been reported to be involved in several cancers. However, the role of SNHG1 in the tumorigenesis of colorectal cancer is still unknown. In this study, SNHG1 was upregulated in colorectal cancers, and SNHG1 expression was correlated with advanced colorectal cancer stage and tumor recurrence. We found that SNHG1 promoted cell proliferation by acting as a sponge of miR-145, a well known tumor suppressor of colorectal cancer. Furthermore, the survival analysis indicated that colorectal cancer patients with higher expression of SNHG1 had a worse prognosis. These findings suggested that SNHG1 may act as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of colorectal cancer.
The
metal nanoparticle size and shape impact the plasmonic enhancement
of Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectra of monolayer and few-layer
MoS2 decorated with them. The plasmonic enhancement is
investigated for Ag nanotriangles (NTs or nanoprisms) of different
sizes in comparison to Ag nanospheres (NSs) at room temperature. After
the decoration with Ag NTs, the intensity of both Raman modes of MoS2 increases up to 6.8 times. The μ-PL spectra of bare
MoS2 show the presence of the A and B exciton bands as
well as of a weak trion component. After covering the flakes with
50 nm Ag NTs, the highest integrated PL enhancement factors are 2.9
and 2.1 under 532 and 405 nm excitations, respectively. The revealed
shape effect is that Ag NTs provide much stronger Raman and exciton
emission enhancement than Ag NSs, which is due to the generation of
plasmonic hot spots near the sharp edges and tips of NTs. Another
mechanism of enhancement is the plasmonic coupling between the neighboring
Ag NTs that causes the generation of hot spots in the gap between
NTs. The revealed size effect is a decrease of Raman and PL enhancement
with an increase in size of Ag NTs or NSs, which is due to an increase
in radiative damping of plasmon oscillation occurring with an increase
in nanoparticle size. The important feature is a strong enhancement
of the A– trion component after decorating MoS2 with Ag nanoparticles. The phenomenon may be explained by
the surface-plasmon-mediated generation of hot electrons in Ag nanostructures,
which then inject to MoS2 flakes. This work gives new fundamental
insights into the physical mechanisms of light–matter coupling
in hybrid two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor/plasmonic nanoparticle
structures, which are highly promising for next-generation optoelectronic
and nanophotonic devices.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Despite advances have been made in diagnosis and therapeutic strategies, the prognosis of lung cancer is still very poor. Eyes absent transcriptional cofactor EYA2 has been shown to promote lung cancer cell growth, however, the underlying molecular mechanism is still not fully understood. In the present study, we found that EYA2 was up-regulated in lung cancer, and EYA2 led to increased cell proliferation by inhibiting Phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) expression via modulation of miR-93. Additionally, survival analysis showed that lung cancer patients with higher EYA2 expression predicted a worse prognosis. Therefore, these findings demonstrate that EYA2 may play an important role in lung cancer occurrence and progression. Targeting EYA2 may provide a feasible approach in developing novel anticancer therapeutics.
An aluminum nitride (AlN) Schottky barrier diode (SBD) was fabricated on a nonpolar AlN crystal grown on tungsten substrate by physical vapor transport. The Ni/Au-AlN SBD features a low ideality factor n of 3.3 and an effective Schottky barrier height (SBH) of 1.05 eV at room temperature. The ideality factor n decreases and the effective SBH increases at high temperatures. The temperature dependences of n and SBH were explained using an inhomogeneous model. A mean SBH of 2.105 eV was obtained for the Ni-AlN Schottky junction from the inhomogeneity analysis of the current-voltage characteristics. An equation in which the parameters have explicit physical meanings in thermionic emission theory is proposed to describe the currentvoltage characteristics of inhomogeneous SBDs. Index Terms-AlN, non-polar, Schottky barrier diode, inhomogeneity, thermionic emission, physical vapor transport.
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