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The emanation of new techniques of proteomic analysis, for instance, mass spectroscopy/laser microdissection, has provided greater accuracy in amyloid typing. This in-depth review emphasizes on the clinical features, renal pathological findings, and diagnosis of the AL and non-AL forms of renal amyloidosis.The present work was conducted to investigate the effect of curcumin nanoparticles (CUR NPs) on cisplatin-induced hepatotoxicty and nephrotoxicity in rats. Rats were divided randomly into the following control, rats treated daily with CUR NPs (50 mg/kg body wt/day) for 14 days, rats treated with a single dose of cisplatin (12 mg/kg body wt, i.p), and rats treated with a single dose of cisplatin followed by a daily administration of CUR NPs for 14 days. Cisplatin-induced hepato- and nephrotoxicity were evaluated by histological examinations and biochemical analyses of liver and kidney functions. Cisplatin induced significant increases in the activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and in the levels of bilirubin, urea, uric acid and creatinine. In addition, the levels of hepatic and renal lipid peroxidation (MDA), nitric oxide (NO), and serum tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) increased significantly. However, cisplatin significantly decreased hepatic and renal reduced glutathione levels and renal Na+/K+-ATPase activity. Treatment with CUR NPs ameliorated almost all the biochemical changes induced by cisplatin and improved the histopathological alterations in liver and kidney. In conclusion, the present findings indicate that CUR NPs offered an effective protection against cisplatin-induced hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity through its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.Considering the involvement of GABAergic system in the action of the fast-acting antidepressant ketamine, and that agmatine may exert an antidepressant-like effect through mechanisms similar to ketamine, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the involvement of GABAA and GABAB receptors in the antidepressant-like effect of agmatine. The administration of muscimol (0.1 mg/kg, i.p., GABAA receptor agonist) or diazepam (0.05 mg/kg, p.o., GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator) at doses that caused no effect in the tail suspension test (TST) combined with a subeffective dose of agmatine (0.0001 mg/kg, p.o.) produced a synergistic antidepressant-like effect in the TST. In another set of experiments, the administration of baclofen (1 mg/kg, i.p., GABAB receptor agonist) abolished the reduction of immobility time in the TST elicited by agmatine (0.1 mg/kg, p.o., active dose). In another cohort of animals, treatment with NMDA (0.1 pmol/site, i.c.v.) prevented the antidepressant-like effect of the combined administration of agmatine and muscimol as well as ketamine and muscimol in the TST. Results suggest that the effect of agmatine in the TST may involve an activation of GABAA receptors dependent on NMDA receptor inhibition, similar to ketamine, as well as modulation of GABAB receptors.Impacted areas by iron mining may face challenges in the management of phosphate fertilization and reduced efficiency of rehabilitation practices, thus extending the time required for the rehabilitation of these areas. Mycro 3 cell line The objective of this study was to evaluate phosphorus (P) lability in soils of native forest and ferriferous canga areas (savanna vegetation above ironstone outcrops covering iron ore deposits) and in iron mine waste piles undergoing rehabilitation. Benches of the analysed waste pile differ in age of rehabilitation as the initial rehabilitation stage (INI), we consider benches with fewer than 3 years of rehabilitation; the intermediate stage (INT) were benches with up to 5 years of rehabilitation; and the advanced rehabilitation stage (ADV) corresponds to benches with more than 8 years of rehabilitation activities. Organic and inorganic P fractions were analysed in these areas by chemical fractionation and were classified according to the degree of soil lability. The results show that in the canga environment, there was a predominance of inorganic fractions of moderate lability and moderate stability, with a strong dependency of the soil organic matter (SOM) on the P fractions, whereas there was a greater participation of the moderately labile organic fractions in the forest than in the canga. On the other hand, in the rehabilitation areas, there was an increase in the labile organic and inorganic fractions as the rehabilitation process advanced. The distribution of P in areas undergoing rehabilitation indicates that there is a tendency for P levels to resemble those of native environments, such as the forests.We perform the phase-field modeling to investigate the growth pattern selections of the complex dendritic structures in constrained growth with different solidification and orientation conditions. The results show that hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystals emerge as dendritic and cellular arrays in different planes, originating from the specific hcp anisotropy that allows different growth preferences between the basal and cylindrical planes. A morphological transition of the titled dendrites to tip-splitting dendrites arises reflecting the competition between the preferred orientation induced primary growth and the misorientation induced sidebranching formation. Furthermore, the dendritic patterns exhibit sharper tips and the more significant sidebranches, while the cellular pattern is changed from the symmetric cells to the tip-splitting cells, and to seaweeds with the increase of anisotropy strength, indicating the competitive mechanism of the in-plane anisotropy induced growth promotion and the out-plane anisotropy induced growth restriction. We expect to understand the growth competition, the morphology selection, as well as the orientation dependence of the complex dendritic structures in the three-dimensional (3D) constrained growth.Purpose A pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) has to pass the tricuspid and pulmonary valves for its proper placement. Although several factors were reported to hinder the placement, there have been no reports to identify the factors that prolong the individual time for passing through each valve. Method We individually measured the time required for a PAC to pass through the tricuspid and pulmonary valves. We examined the effect of the following factors on those times the patient's age, sex, height, weight, cardiothoracic ratio, tricuspid regurgitation, left ventricular ejection fraction, and the diameters of the sinus of Valsalva and of the sinotubular junction divided by the body surface area which represent the diameter of the aorta. Data were analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis after univariate analysis. Results The placement of a PAC was successful in all of 100 patients. The time required to pass through the pulmonary valve was significantly longer than that through the tricuspid valve (15 [10-28] s vs 9 [5-16] s, median [range], P less then 0.01). The incidence of ventricular arrhythmias during passage through the pulmonary valve was significantly higher than that through the tricuspid valve (17% vs 0%, P less then 0.01). Tricuspid regurgitation and the diameter of sinotubular junction had a significant positive association with the time required to advance a PAC through the pulmonary valve, although there was no significant factors that increased the time required to advance a PAC through the tricuspid valve. Conclusion The time required to advance a PAC through the pulmonary valve is much longer than that to pass through the tricuspid valve. The diameter of aortic root and tricuspid regurgitation are significant factors that increased the time required to advance a PAC through the pulmonary valve.Liver-directed therapy should be considered for patients with unresectable liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumor if symptomatic or progressing despite medical management. Our experience and current literature shows that the bland embolization, chemoembolization, and radioembolization are very effective in controlling symptoms and disease burden in the liver, and that these embolization modalities are similar in terms of efficacy and radiologic response. Their safety profiles differ, however, with recent studies suggesting an increase in biliary toxicity with drug-eluting bead chemoembolization over conventional chemoembolization, and a risk of long-term hepatotoxicity with radioembolization. For this reason, we tailor the type of embolotherapy to each patient according to their clinical status, symptoms, degree of tumor burden, histologic grade, and life expectancy. We do not recommend a "one-size-fits-all" approach. Our general strategy is to use bland embolization as first-line embolotherapy, and radioembolization for patients with high-grade tumors or who have failed other embolotherapy.Based on WS2 quantum dots (QDs) as fluorescent signals and MnO2 nanosheets as second-order scattering (SOS) signals, a combination of fluorescence and scattered light was used to construct a ratio sensing platform for glutathione (GSH) detection. When MnO2 nanosheets are added to WS2 QDs, the fluorescence of WS2 QDs is quenched by MnO2 nanosheets through IFE. Large-sized MnO2 nanosheets increase the SOS of the system and gradually approach the fluorescence. After adding GSH to WS2 QDs-MnO2, the MnO2 nanosheets were decomposed into Mn2+. The disappearance of the characteristic absorption peak of the MnO2 nanosheets suppressed the IFE to WS2 QDs, resulting in the fluorescence recovery of WS2 QDs. The reduction in size of MnO2 nanosheets after decomposition results in a decrease in the SOS of the system. Therefore, the ratio detection of GSH is obtained through the fluorescence and SOS dual signal response. Under optimal experimental conditions, the value of F406/S648 is linearly related to the GSH concentration in the range 0 to 60 μM, and the limit of detection (LOD) of GSH is 0.12 μM. In addition, the system is also used for the determination of GSH in real water samples and human serum, with good analytical results. Graphical abstract Schematic principle of fluorescence/scattered light system based on WS2 QDs-MnO2 for GSH ratiometric detection.Carbon dots (CDs) emitting red fluorescence (610 nm) were synthesized by solvent thermal treatment of p-phenylenediamine in toluene. Upon 440 nm excitation, quercetin (QCT) alone endowed slight effects on the red fluorescence of CDs. Once Zn2+ was further introduced, the QCT-Zn2+ complex was quickly formed. This complex absorbs excitation light and emits bright green fluorescence at 480 nm. The red fluorescence of CDs was greatly quenched owing to the inner-filter effect. The ratio of fluorescence intensity at 480 nm and 610 nm (I480/I610) gradually increases with increasing concentration (c) of Zn2+. Al3+ exhibits the same phenomen like Zn2+. Fluoride ions form a more stable complex with Al3+ than QCT-Al3+ complex but have a negligible effect on the QCT-Zn2+ complex. The possible interference of Al3+ on Zn2+ can thus be avoided by adding certain amount of F-. The CD-QCT-F- system was constructed as a ratio-metric fluorescent nanoprobe toward Zn2+ with determination range of 0.14-30 μM and limit of detection (LOD) of 0.