Spinal cord injury(SCI) from trauma or disease severely impairs sensory and motor function. Neurorehabilitation after SCI is a complex medical process that focuses on improving neurologic function and repairing dama...Spinal cord injury(SCI) from trauma or disease severely impairs sensory and motor function. Neurorehabilitation after SCI is a complex medical process that focuses on improving neurologic function and repairing damaged connections in the central nervous system. An increasing number of preclinical studies suggest that melatonin may be useful for the treatment of SCI. Melatonin is an indolamine that is primarily secreted by the pineal gland and known to be regulated by photoperiodicity. However, it is also a versatile hormone with antioxidative, antiapoptotic, neuroprotective, and anti-inflammatory properties. Here, we review the neuroprotective properties of melatonin and the potential mechanisms by which it might be beneficial in the treatment of SCI. We also describe therapies that combine melatonin with exercise, oxytetracycline, and dexamethasone to attenuate the secondary injury after SCI and limit potential side effects. Finally, we discuss how injury at different spinal levels may differentially affect the secretion of melatonin.展开更多
BACKGROUND Acute renal artery thrombosis is a relatively rare disease.Early diagnosis and emergent treatment can prevent the loss of renal function and the development of hypertension.CASE SUMMARY We report a patient ...BACKGROUND Acute renal artery thrombosis is a relatively rare disease.Early diagnosis and emergent treatment can prevent the loss of renal function and the development of hypertension.CASE SUMMARY We report a patient with acute renal artery thrombosis who presented to our hospital with acute-onset right flank pain and was treated by percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy using the Rotarex device.After 2 mo,right kidney function had recovered slightly.CONCLUSION Renal artery thrombosis may lead to loss of renal function and the development of hypertension.Rotarex mechanical thrombectomy may be a viable treatment option for rapid recanalization of the renal artery in patients with renal artery thrombosis.展开更多
Porous organic polymers(POPs) are porous materials composed of light elements such as C, H, N, and O. The benign characters,including large surface area, good physical and chemical stability, well-defined chemical com...Porous organic polymers(POPs) are porous materials composed of light elements such as C, H, N, and O. The benign characters,including large surface area, good physical and chemical stability, well-defined chemical composition, wide ranges of monomer selection, and strong designability, have made POPs one of the frontiers in materials research. In this review, we discussed the design and synthesis of various POP materials that mainly led by Chinese scientists, including conjugated microporous polymers(CMPs), porous aromatic frameworks(PAFs), and hypercrosslinked porous polymers(HCPs), as well as crystalline POPs comprised of covalent organic frameworks(COFs) and a special class of COFs with triazine rings, covalent triazine frameworks(CTFs), and supramolecular organic frameworks(SOFs), and sorted out their main applications in adsorption, separation,catalysis, and electrochemistry fields.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81671161(to ZJL)
文摘Spinal cord injury(SCI) from trauma or disease severely impairs sensory and motor function. Neurorehabilitation after SCI is a complex medical process that focuses on improving neurologic function and repairing damaged connections in the central nervous system. An increasing number of preclinical studies suggest that melatonin may be useful for the treatment of SCI. Melatonin is an indolamine that is primarily secreted by the pineal gland and known to be regulated by photoperiodicity. However, it is also a versatile hormone with antioxidative, antiapoptotic, neuroprotective, and anti-inflammatory properties. Here, we review the neuroprotective properties of melatonin and the potential mechanisms by which it might be beneficial in the treatment of SCI. We also describe therapies that combine melatonin with exercise, oxytetracycline, and dexamethasone to attenuate the secondary injury after SCI and limit potential side effects. Finally, we discuss how injury at different spinal levels may differentially affect the secretion of melatonin.
文摘BACKGROUND Acute renal artery thrombosis is a relatively rare disease.Early diagnosis and emergent treatment can prevent the loss of renal function and the development of hypertension.CASE SUMMARY We report a patient with acute renal artery thrombosis who presented to our hospital with acute-onset right flank pain and was treated by percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy using the Rotarex device.After 2 mo,right kidney function had recovered slightly.CONCLUSION Renal artery thrombosis may lead to loss of renal function and the development of hypertension.Rotarex mechanical thrombectomy may be a viable treatment option for rapid recanalization of the renal artery in patients with renal artery thrombosis.
文摘Porous organic polymers(POPs) are porous materials composed of light elements such as C, H, N, and O. The benign characters,including large surface area, good physical and chemical stability, well-defined chemical composition, wide ranges of monomer selection, and strong designability, have made POPs one of the frontiers in materials research. In this review, we discussed the design and synthesis of various POP materials that mainly led by Chinese scientists, including conjugated microporous polymers(CMPs), porous aromatic frameworks(PAFs), and hypercrosslinked porous polymers(HCPs), as well as crystalline POPs comprised of covalent organic frameworks(COFs) and a special class of COFs with triazine rings, covalent triazine frameworks(CTFs), and supramolecular organic frameworks(SOFs), and sorted out their main applications in adsorption, separation,catalysis, and electrochemistry fields.