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The high expression of EZH2 (especially) and ECI2 in PC seems to be a potential therapeutic target.Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, fatal, and incurable disorder. Although advances in the understanding of the PAH pathobiology have been seen in recent years, molecular processes underlying heart remodelling over the course of PAH are still insufficiently understood. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate myocardial proteomic profile of rats at different stages of monocrotaline-induced PAH. Samples of left and right ventricle (LV and RV) free wall collected from 32 Wistar rats were subjected to proteomic analysis using an isobaric tag for relative quantitation method. Hemodynamic parameters indicated development of mild elevation of pulmonary artery pressure in the early PAH group (27.00 ± 4.93 mmHg) and severe elevation in the end-stage PAH group (50.50 ± 11.56 mmHg). In early PAH LV myocardium proteins that may be linked to an increase in inflammatory response, apoptosis, glycolytic process and decrease in myocardial structural proteins were differentially expressed compared to controls. During end-stage PAH an increase in proteins associated with apoptosis, fibrosis and cardiomyocyte Ca2+ currents as well as decrease in myocardial structural proteins were observed in LV. In RV during early PAH, especially proteins associated with myocardial structural components and fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway were upregulated. During end-stage PAH significant changes in RV proteins abundance related to the increased myocardial structural components, intensified fibrosis and glycolytic processes as well as decreased proteins related to cardiomyocyte Ca2+ currents were observed. At both PAH stages changes in RV proteins linked to apoptosis inhibition were observed. In conclusion, we identified changes of the levels of several proteins and thus of the metabolic pathways linked to the early and late remodelling of the left and right ventricle over the course of monocrotaline-induced PAH to delineate potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of this severe disease.The young microspore (YM) stage is the most sensitive period for wheat grain formation to abiotic stress. Shading stress during YM stage reduces grain yield mainly due to grain number decrease. However, the photosynthetic base for grain number decrease is still unclear. In this study, 100% (control), 40% (S1), and 10% (S2) of natural light were applied for 1, 3, 5, and 7 days (D1, D3, D5 and D7) during YM stage of two wheat cultivars (Henong825, Kenong9204). The results showed that grain number in Henong825 and Kenong9204 was reduced by - 3.6 to 33.3% and 14.2-72.7%, respectively. The leaf photosynthetic rate (Pn) in Henong825 and Kenong9204 was deducted by 4.5-93.9% and 26.4-99.0%. Under S1-D1, the leaf Pn of Henong825 reducing was mainly due to the reduction of light intensity. With shading intensity and duration increasing, the reasons for leaf Pn decrease were the low light intensity, the low Gs (stomatal conductance) and chlorophyll content, the damage of ultrastructure of chloroplast and photosynthetic system. Under S2-D7, the chlorophyll content, Fv/Fm (maximal photochemical efficiency of photosystem II) and Jmax (maximum electron transport) were reduced by 19.6%, 5.2% and 28.8% in Henong825, and by 29.9%, 7.8% and 33.1% in Kenong9204. After shading removal, the leaf Pn of Kenong9204 under D5 and D7 could not reach to the level of CK. This study indicated that the reduction of leaf Pn was mainly due to the low light intensity under short shading duration (shorter than 3 days), and due to low light intensity and damage of the leaf photosynthetic system under longer shading duration (longer than 5 days), especially for Kenong9204 (shade-sensitive cultivar).In this study, we propose a novel sensitive solid-based immunosensor developed on a plasmonic nanopaper platform for the detection of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. This plasmonic nanopaper that comprises of carboxylated bacterial cellulose (CBC) impregnated with gold nanoparticles (AuNP-CBC), employed as a quencher and a sustainable functionalized platform to be conjugated with protein A. Thus, the conjugated protein A allows the aligned linkage of EAb-QD (anti-E. coli conjugated quantum dot) and EAb-AF (anti-E. coli conjugated Alexa Fluor 488). Interestingly, once E. coli was captured by the AuNP-CBC/EAb-QD or AuNP-CBC/EAb-AF, the energy transfer from the QD or Alexa Fluor fluorophores is triggered due to the conformational change in the antibody structure and this, in turn, causes a decrease in the distance between fluorophores and the quencher nanopaper and, therefore diminishing their photoluminescence. The immunosensors performed successfully to recognize E. coli at concentrations as low as 50 CFU mL-1 in the standard buffer. The examined functionality of the immunosensors in a real matrix such as chicken extract and lettuce juice demonstrated a highly efficient response while QD is the main fluorophore with a limit of detection around 100 CFU mL-1.Current practice for determining the exposure to methamphetamine in contaminated homes relies on the analysis of surface wipe sample to address direct contact exposures. The movement of methamphetamine into the air phase, and the potential for inhalation exposures to occur within residential homes contaminated from former clandestine manufacture or smoking of methamphetamine has been generally poorly characterised and understood. All available risk-based guidelines for determining safe levels of methamphetamine in residential properties do not include any consideration of the inhalation pathway as an exposure route. This study showed that methamphetamine can readily move from contaminated materials in a home into the air phase. this website This movement of methamphetamine into the air phase provides both an exposure pathway and a mechanism for the transfer of methamphetamine throughout a property. The inhalation exposure pathway has the potential to result in significant intake of methamphetamine, adding to dermal absorption and ingestion exposure routes. Guidelines that are established for the assessment of methamphetamine contaminated properties that ignore inhalation exposures can significantly underestimate exposure and result in guidelines that are not adequately protective of health. This study also demonstrates that sampling methamphetamine in air can be undertaken using commercially available sorption tubes and analytical methods.