Hollow
nanostructures have attracted significant research interest
in drug delivery systems due to their high capacities for drug loading
and unique physicochemical properties, showing great potential in
specific biomedical applications. Herein, hollow porphyrinic metal–organic
framework (H-PMOF) nanoparticles with a mesoporous spherical shell
have been fabricated via a facile self-sacrificial
ZIF-8 nanoparticle template strategy. The H-PMOF nanoplatform not
only demonstrates a greatly enhanced photodynamic therapy efficacy
compared with nonhollow porphyrinic MOF nanoparticles but also can
be used as a superior drug carrier to co-load doxorubicin (DOX) and
indocyanine green (ICG) with an ultrahigh drug-loading capacity of
635%. Furthermore, cancer cell membrane camouflage of the (DOX and
ICG)@H-PMOF composite nanoparticles affords a biomimetic nanoplatform,
that is, (DOX and ICG)@H-PMOF@mem (DIHPm for short), with an outstanding
homologous tumor-targeting and immune-escaping ability. Interestingly,
DIHPm shows both pH-controlled and near-infrared laser-triggered DOX
release. Both in vitro and in vivo studies of DIHPm demonstrate an excellent imaging-guided synergistic
photodynamic/photothermal/chemotherapy anticancer activity with negligible
systemic toxicity. The development of the high-performance H-PMOF
nanoplatform provides new insights into the design of MOF-based multifunctional
nanomedicines for combination cancer therapy and precise theranostics.
OBJECTIVE To reveal more data on the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients outside of Wuhan, from five hospitals in east of Zhejiang province, China. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Five hospitals in east of Zhejiang province, China. PARTICIPANTS 88 cases of laboratory-confirmed and 3 cases of clinical-confirmed COVID-19 were : medRxiv preprint
RESULTSOf all 91 patients, 88 (96.70%) were laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia with throat swab samples that tested positive for SARS-Cov-2 while 3 (3.30%) were clinical-diagnosed COVID-19 pneumonia cases. The median age of the patients was 50 (36.5-57) years, and female accounted for 59.34%. In this sample 40 (43.96%) patients had contracted the diseases from local cases, 31 (34.07%) patients had been to Wuhan/Hubei, 8 (8.79%) cases had contacted with people from Wuhan, 11 (12.09%) cases were confirmed aircraft transmission.In particular within the city of Ningbo, 60.52% cases can be traced back to an event held in a temple.The most common symptoms were fever (71.43%), cough (60.44%) and fatigue (43.96%).The median of incubation period was 6 (IQR, 3-8) days and the median time from first visit to a doctor to confirmed diagnosis was 1 (1-2) days. According to the Chest computed tomography scans, 67.03% cases had bilateral pneumonia, and 27.47% cases showed unilateral pneumonia.
CONCLUSIONSocial activity cluster, family cluster and travel by airplane were how COVID-19 patients get transmitted and could be rapidly diagnosed COVID-19 in Zhejiang.
Numerous studies have shown that macrophages can orchestrate the microenvironment from the early stage of wound healing to the later stages of scar formation. However, few reviews have highlighted the significance of macrophages during the formation of abnormal scars. The purpose of this review was to outline the polarization of macrophages from early to late stage of pathological scar formation, focusing on spatiotemporal diversity of M1 and M2 macrophages. In this review, the role of macrophages in the formation of hypertrophic scars and keloids is summarized in detail. First, an increased number of M2 cells observed before injuries are significantly associated with susceptibility to abnormal scar pathogenesis. Second, decreased expression of M1 at the early stage and delayed expression of M2 at the late stage results in pathological scar formation. Third, M2 cells are highly expressed at both the margin and the superficial region, which is consistent with the invasive property of keloids. Finally, this review helps to characterize strategies for the prediction and prevention of pathological scar formation.
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