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Pathological forms of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) are present in almost all cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and 20% of familial ALS cases are due to mutations in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1). Redox regulation is critical to maintain cellular homeostasis, although how this relates to ALS is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that the redox function of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is protective against protein misfolding, cytoplasmic mislocalization of TDP-43, ER stress, ER-Golgi transport dysfunction, and apoptosis in neuronal cells expressing mutant TDP-43 or SOD1, and motor impairment in zebrafish expressing mutant SOD1. Moreover, previously described PDI mutants present in patients with ALS (D292N, R300H) lack redox activity and were not protective against ALS phenotypes. Selumetinib Hence, these findings implicate the redox activity of PDI centrally in ALS, linking it to multiple cellular processes. They also imply that therapeutics based on PDI's redox activity will be beneficial in ALS.Sediments play a fundamental role in the aquatic environment, so that the presence of contaminants poses severe concern for the possible negative effects on both environmental and human health. Sediment remediation is thus necessary to reduce pollutant concentrations and several techniques have been studied so far. A novel approach for sediment remediation is the use of Advanced Oxidation Processes, which include ultrasound (US). This paper focuses on the study of the ultrasonic effects for the simultaneous reduction of both organic and inorganic contaminants from sediments. To this end, the US technology was investigated as a stand-alone treatment as well as in combination with an electro-kinetic (EK) process, known to be effective in the removal of heavy metals from soil and sediments. The US remediation resulted in higher organic compound degradation, with an average 88% removal, but promising desorption yields (47-84%) were achieved for heavy metals as well. The combined EK/US process was found to be particularly effective for lead. Experimental outcomes highlighted the potential of the ultrasonic technology for the remediation of contaminated sediments and addressed some considerations for the possible scale-up.For the analysis of ultrasonic cavitation erosion on the surface of materials, the ultrasonic cavitation erosion experiments for AlCu4Mg1 and Ti6Al4V were carried out, and the changes of surface topography, surface roughness, and Vickers hardness were explored. Cavitation pits gradually expand and deepen with the increase of experiment time, and Ti6Al4V is more difficult to erode by cavitation than AlCu4Mg1. After experiments, the cavitation damage characteristics such as the single pit, the rainbow ring area, the fisheye pit, and some small pits were observed, which can be considered to be induced by a single micro-jet impact, ablation effect caused by the high temperature, micro-jet impingement with a sharp angle, and multibeam micro-jets coupling impact or negative pressure in the local area produced by micro-jet impact, respectively. The surface roughness and Vickers hardness of the material increase slowly after rapid growth at different points in time as the experiment time increases. With the increase of the ultrasonic amplitude, both of them first increase and then decrease after the ultrasonic amplitude is greater than 10.8 μm. The increases in surface roughness and Vickers hardness tend to decrease as the viscosity coefficient increases. Ultrasonic cavitation can cause submicron surface roughness and increase surface hardness by 20.36%, so it can be used as a surface treatment method.Purpose We aimed to examine the polymorphism of the promoter and exon 5 of the TNFSF11 gene and their impact on bone mineral density (BMD) and the frequency of bone fractures. TNFSF11 encodes the receptor activator of the NF-kB ligand (RANKL), a key regulator of bone metabolism and osteoporosis drug targets. BMD is an essential measure in diagnosing osteoporosis and assessing the risk of fractures. In vivo, RANKL expression research suggests that promoter TNFSF11 variants influence BMD. Moreover, exon 5 polymorphism of a linear epitope sequence for a denosumab could be related to the effectiveness of biological therapy. Patients and methods The study included 114 postmenopausal osteoporosis patients. BMD was measured in the lumbar spine and the femoral neck. Genetic analysis was performed using Sanger sequencing. Genotypes data for 263 female European population group were obtained from the 1000Genomes database. Results We identified six promoter polymorphisms (rs9525641, rs9533155, rs9533156, rs11839112, rs28926171, rs183599708) and one silent TNFSF11 variant in exon 5 (rs9562415). Three of the sequence variants detected (rs9525641, rs9533155, rs9533156) proved to be polymorphic, whereas the others four occurred at a frequency below 2%. The statistical analysis demonstrated no significant differences between polymorphisms and BMD, and bone fractures. However, variant rs9533156 was relevant with the lumbar spine T-score (p = 0.0273), and no association with BMD was of borderline significance (p = 0.0529). Conclusions Variant rs9533156 may contribute to the genetic regulation of BMD in Polish postmenopausal osteoporosis, while the exon 5 sequence of the TNFSF11 gene is very conservative.Geniposide (GP), extracted from a traditional Chinese herb Gardenia jasminoides, has extensive pharmacological effects. But the effects and the potential mechanisms of GP on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury are poorly understood. In present study, we investigated the effect of GP on myocardial I/R injury in vivo and hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) in vitro respectively, and its mechanism. The results showed that GP reduced myocardial infarct size, alleviated acute myocardial injury, improved cardiac function, regulated apoptosis-related proteins and inhibited apoptosis. In vitro experiments revealed that GP enhanced the cell viability, regulated apoptosis-related proteins and prevented cell apoptosis during H/R in H9c2 cells. GP inhibited the expression of autophagy-related proteins and autophagosome accumulation both in vivo and in vitro. The effects of GP were blocked by rapamycin (RAPA) administration. In summary, our results showed that GP protected against myocardial I/R injury and involved inhibition of autophagy, which might be through activating AKT/mTOR signaling pathways.