In this Chinese population, CU usually affected youth, and CSU was the most common subtype. Autoreactivity and alcohol consumption were the top two triggers for CU, whereas latent infectious and chronic inflammatory diseases were not as common as in previous reports.
Biofouling
caused by the accumulation of biomolecules on sensing
surfaces is one of the major problems and challenges to realize the
practical application of electrochemical biosensors, and an effective
way to counter this problem is the construction of antifouling biosensors.
Herein, an antifouling electrochemical biosensor was constructed based
on electropolymerized polyaniline (PANI) nanowires and newly designed
peptides for the detection of the COVID-19 N-gene. The inverted Y-shaped
peptides were designed with excellent antifouling properties and two
anchoring branches, and their antifouling performances against proteins
and complex biological media were investigated using different approaches.
Based on the biotin–streptavidin affinity system, biotin-labeled
probes specific to the N-gene (nucleocapsid phosphoprotein) of COVID-19
were immobilized onto the peptide-coated PANI nanowires, forming a
highly sensitive and antifouling electrochemical sensing interface
for the detection of COVID-19 nucleic acid. The antifouling genosensor
demonstrated a wide linear range (10
–14
to 10
–9
M) and an exceptional low detection limit (3.5 fM).
The remarkable performance of the genosensor derives from the high
peak current of PANI, which is chosen as the sensing signal, and the
extraordinary antifouling properties of designed peptides, which guarantee
accurate detection in complex systems. These crucial features represent
essential elements for future rapid and decentralized clinical testing.
Our data indicated berberine is a potent suppressor of neuroflammation, presumably through inhibition of NF-κB activation, and suggested berberine has therapeutic potential for the treatment of neuroinflammation that is involved in neurological diseases such as AD.
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is frequently used in commercial sunscreen formulations to deliver their broad range of UV protection properties. Concern has been raised about the extent to which these ZnO particles (both micronized and nanoparticulate) penetrate the skin and their resultant toxicity. This work has explored the human epidermal skin penetration of zinc oxide and its labile zinc ion dissolution product that may potentially be formed after application of ZnO nanoparticles to human epidermis. Three ZnO nanoparticle formulations were used: a suspension in the oil, capric caprylic triglycerides (CCT), the base formulation commonly used in commercially available sunscreen products; an aqueous ZnO suspension at pH 6, similar to the natural skin surface pH; and an aqueous ZnO suspension at pH 9, a pH at which ZnO is stable and there is minimal pH-induced impairment of epidermal integrity. In each case, the ZnO in the formulations did not penetrate into the intact viable epidermis for any of the formulations but was associated with an enhanced increase in zinc ion fluorescence signal in both the stratum corneum and the viable epidermis. The highest labile zinc fluorescence was found for the ZnO suspension at pH 6. It is concluded that, while topically applied ZnO does not penetrate into the viable epidermis, these applications are associated with hydrolysis of ZnO on the skin surface, leading to an increase in zinc ion levels in the stratum corneum, thence in the viable epidermis and subsequently in the systemic circulation and the urine.
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