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Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial disorder with recognized pathology, but not entirely known pathomechanism. It is suggested to represent a continuum with neuropathic corneal pain with the paradox that DED is a pain-free disease in most cases, although it is regarded as a pain condition. The current paper puts into perspective that one gateway from physiology to pathophysiology could be a Piezo2 channelopathy, opening the pathway to a potentially quad-phasic non-contact injury mechanism on a multifactorial basis and with a heterogeneous clinical picture. The primary non-contact injury phase could be the pain-free microinjury of the Piezo2 ion channel at the corneal somatosensory nerve terminal. The secondary non-contact injury phase involves harsher corneal tissue damage with C-fiber contribution due to the lost or inadequate intimate cross-talk between somatosensory Piezo2 and peripheral Piezo1. The third injury phase of this non-contact injury is the neuronal sensitization process with underlying repeated re-injury of the Piezo2, leading to the proposed chronic channelopathy. Notably, sensitization may evolve in certain cases in the absence of the second injury phase. Finally, the quadric injury phase is the lingering low-grade neuroinflammation associated with aging, called inflammaging. This quadric phase could clinically initiate or augment DED, explaining why increasing age is a risk factor. We highlight the potential role of the NGF-TrkA axis as a signaling mechanism that could further promote the microinjury of the corneal Piezo2 in a stress-derived hyperexcited state. The NGF-TrkA-Piezo2 axis might explain why female sex represents a risk factor for DED.

Anastomotic stenosis can occur after esophagectomy and gastric tube reconstruction. The effective surgical treatment for refractory anastomotic stenosis, which seems difficult to resolve with endoscopic treatment, has not been established. We report a case of refractory stenosis due to esophageal torsion in which reconstructive surgery was possible using a left thoracoscopic approach in the supine position.

A 72-year-old man who underwent thoracoscopic subtotal esophagectomy and retrosternal gastric tube reconstruction for esophageal cancer 6months previously presented to us. Postoperative endoscopy revealed that the residual esophagus was twisted approximately 360°, just above the anastomotic site. Conservative endoscopic treatment failed to improve the condition due to severe passage obstruction, and reconstructive surgery was repeated. Surgery was performed in the supine position using a left thoracoscopic approach. The entire circumferences of the gastric tube and residual esophagus were dissected fromobilizing the gastric tube wall.

After subtotal esophagectomy and retrosternal gastric tube reconstruction, the left thoracoscopic approach is one of the most minimally invasive approaches and is especially useful for preserving the right gastroepiploic artery and veins and for mobilizing the gastric tube wall.The ability to generate stable, spatiotemporally controllable concentration gradients is critical for both electrokinetic and biological applications such as directional wetting and chemotaxis. Electrochemical techniques for generating solution and surface gradients display benefits such as simplicity, controllability, and compatibility with automation. Here, we present an exploratory study for generating microscale spatiotemporally controllable gradients using a reaction-free electrokinetic technique in a microfluidic environment. Methanol solutions with ionic fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) molecules were used as an illustrative electrolyte. Spatially nonuniform alternating current (AC) electric fields were applied using hafnium dioxide (HfO2)-coated Ti/Au electrode pairs. Results from spatial and temporal analyses along with control experiments suggest that the FITC ion concentration gradient in bulk fluid (over 50 μm from the electrode) was established due to spatial variation of electric field density, and was independent of electrochemical reactions at the electrode surface. The established ion concentration gradients depended on both amplitudes and frequencies of the oscillating AC electric field. Overall, this work reports a novel approach for generating stable and spatiotemporally tunable gradients in a microfluidic chamber using a reaction-free electrochemical methodology.Reactive dyes are widely used in textile industry, but their excessive use has caused several water pollution problems. In order to reasonably treat printing and dyeing wastewater, the highly efficient adsorbent for reactive dyes employed in this study is a new type metal-organic framework (MOF) material. Paclitaxel clinical trial Ni/Co MOF (NCM) was synthesized using the solvothermal method; then, the materials were analyzed by a series of characterization methods. This study mainly investigated the adsorption properties of NCM toward reactive dyes, and the adsorption capacities of NCM toward reactive red 218 were up to 200 mg·g-1. The results were found to conform to the Langmuir isotherm model, and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model by performing kinetic and isotherm studies on the adsorption process of reactive red 218 on NCM. The results of the intraparticle diffusion model suggest that the binding of reactive red 218 to NCM was mainly divided into three steps adsorption, diffusion, and saturation. Moreover, it was concluded by thermodynamic fitting of the adsorption process that the adsorption of reactive red 218 by NCM proceeded spontaneously and was accompanied by an endothermic reaction, in which the adsorption of both occurred mainly by electrostatic attraction. The NCM has good reusability and still has good adsorption performance after being reused 5 times. Therefore, NCM is a very promising and excellent adsorbent for the treatment of dye wastewater because of its high efficiency and reusability.We first report a solid-state crystalline "Mg2+ conductor" showing a superionic conductivity of around 10-3 S cm-1 at ambient temperature, which was obtained using the pores of a metal-organic framework (MOF), MIL-101, as ion-conducting pathways. The MOF, MIL-101⊃Mg(TFSI)21.6 (TFSI- = bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide), containing Mg2+ inside its pores, showed a superionic conductivity of 1.9 × 10-3 S cm-1 at room temperature (RT) (25 °C) under the optimal guest vapor (MeCN), which is the highest value among all Mg2+-containing crystalline compounds. The Mg2+ conductivity in the MOF was estimated to be 0.8 × 10-3 S cm-1 at RT, by determining the transport number of Mg2+ (tMg2+ = 0.41), which is the level as high as practical use for secondary battery. Measurements of adsorption isotherms, pressure dependence of ionic conductivity, and in situ Fourier transform infrared measurements revealed that the "super Mg2+ conductivity" is caused by the efficient migration of the Mg2+ carrier with the help of adsorbed guest molecules.The use of metal-binding pharmacophores (MBPs) in fragment-based drug discovery has proven effective for targeted metalloenzyme drug development. However, MBPs can still suffer from pharmacokinetic liabilities. Bioisostere replacement is an effective strategy utilized by medicinal chemists to navigate these issues during the drug development process. The quinoline pharmacophore and its bioisosteres, such as quinazoline, are important building blocks in the design of new therapeutics. More relevant to metalloenzyme inhibition, 8-hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) and its derivatives can serve as MBPs for metalloenzyme inhibition. In this report, 8-HQ isosteres are designed and the coordination chemistry of the resulting metal-binding isosteres (MBIs) is explored using a bioinorganic model complex. In addition, the physicochemical properties and metalloenzyme inhibition activity of these MBIs were investigated to establish drug-like profiles. This report provides a new group of 8-HQ-derived MBIs that can serve as novel scaffolds for metalloenzyme inhibitor development with tunable, and potentially improved, physicochemical properties.

is a major opportunistic pathogen that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several chronic inflammatory diseases including bronchial asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), and atopic dermatitis.

can induce the production of both polyclonal and specific IgE that can elicit an inflammatory cascade.

The link between the sensitization to

enterotoxins and the severity of several chronic inflammatory diseases is reviewed in detail, as well as its therapeutic implications.

An anti-IgE strategy to inhibit

enterotoxins would be a valid approach to treat several endotypes of severe asthma, CRSwNP and CSU in which IgE against

enterotoxins should represent, not only a marker of severity of the diseases but also a target of a treatment.

An anti-IgE strategy to inhibit S. aureus enterotoxins would be a valid approach to treat several endotypes of severe asthma, CRSwNP and CSU in which IgE against S. aureus enterotoxins should represent, not only a marker of severity of the diseases but also a target of a treatment.Nanoindentation based on atomic force microscopy (AFM) can measure the elasticity of biomaterials and cells with high spatial resolution and sensitivity, but relating the data to quantitative mechanical properties depends on information on the local contact, which is unclear in most cases. Here, we demonstrate nonlocal deformation sensing on biorelevant soft matters upon AFM indentation by using nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds, providing data for studying both the elasticity and capillarity without requiring detailed knowledge about the local contact. Using fixed HeLa cells for demonstration, we show that the apparent elastic moduli of the cells would have been overestimated if the capillarity was not considered. In addition, we observe that both the elastic moduli and the surface tensions are reduced after depolymerization of the actin cytoskeleton in cells. This work demonstrates that the nanodiamond sensing of nonlocal deformation with nanometer precision is particularly suitable for studying mechanics of soft biorelevant materials.

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation is an abundant modification in eukaryotic mRNAs. Accumulating evidence suggests a role for RNA m6A methylation in various aspects of cancer biology. In this study, we aimed to explore the biological role of RNA m6A modification in tumor metastasis and to identify novel therapeutic strategies for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Integration of genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 functional screening with highly invasive and metastatic ESCC subline models led to the identification of METTL3, the catalytic subunit of the N6-adenosine-methyltransferase complex, as a promoter of cancer metastasis. METTL3 expression was upregulated in ESCC tumors and metastatic tissues. In vitro and in vivo experiments indicated that METTL3 increased m6A in EGR1 mRNA and enhanced its stability in a YTHDF3-dependent manner, activating EGR1/Snail signaling. Investigation into the regulation of METTL3 expression found that KAT2A increased H3K27 acetylation levels in the METTL3 promoter region and activated transcription of METTL3, whereas SIRT2 exerted the opposite effects.