Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic, progressive respiratory disease and the third leading cause of respiratory disease mortality. The diagnosis of COPD is changed to acute exacerbation of COPD (...Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic, progressive respiratory disease and the third leading cause of respiratory disease mortality. The diagnosis of COPD is changed to acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) when respiratory symptoms become worse, beyond normal day-to-day variations and severely enough that changes in medication are required. Both neutrophils to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and peripheral blood eosinophilia (PBE) are rapid and relatively inexpensive tests that can be easily applied in the clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of AECOPD patients. Furthermore, current studies found that NLR and PBE had a higher accuracy rate than other traditional markers (Leukocyte count and C-reactive protein) for the diagnosis and management of AECOPD. Besides, recent studies determined that NLR and PBE can be used for prediction of future exacerbations in COPD patients. This review aims to explore the current knowledge about the significance of NLR and PBE in AECOPD patients.展开更多
Though alcohol oxidations were considered as well-established reactions,selecting productive conditions or predicting reaction yields for unseen alcohols remained as major challenges.Herein,an auto machine learning(ML...Though alcohol oxidations were considered as well-established reactions,selecting productive conditions or predicting reaction yields for unseen alcohols remained as major challenges.Herein,an auto machine learning(ML)model for TEMPO-catalyzed oxida-tion of primary alcohols to the corresponding carboxylic acids is disclosed.A dataset of 3444 data,consisting of 282 primary alco-hols and 45 conditions,were generated using high-throughput experimentation(HTE).With the HTE data and 105 descriptors,a multi-label prediction was performed with AutoGluon(an open-source auto machine learning framework)and KNIME(an open-source data analytics platform).For the independent test of 240 reactions(a full matrix of 20 unseen alcohols and 12 condi-tions),AutoGluon with multi-label prediction for yield prediction(AGMP)gave excellent performance.For external test of 1308 re-actions(consisting of 84 alcohols and 45 conditions),AGMP still afforded good results with R2 as 0.767 and MAE as 4.9%.The model also revealed that the newly generated descriptor(Y/N,classification of the reaction reactivity)was the most relevant descriptor for yield prediction,offering a new perspective to integrate HTE and ML in organic synthesis.展开更多
Type 2 inflammation is a complex immune response and primary mechanism for several common allergic diseases including allergic rhinitis,allergic asthma,atopic dermatitis,and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.It...Type 2 inflammation is a complex immune response and primary mechanism for several common allergic diseases including allergic rhinitis,allergic asthma,atopic dermatitis,and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.It is the predominant type of immune response against helminths to prevent their tissue infiltration and induce their expulsion.Recent studies suggest that epithelial barrier dysfunction contributes to the development of type 2 inflammation in asthma,which may partly explain the increasing prevalence of asthma in China and around the globe.The epithelial barrier hypothesis has recently been proposed and has received great interest from the scientific community.The development of leaky epithelial barriers leads to microbial dysbiosis and the translocation of bacteria to inter-and sub-epithelial areas and the development of epithelial tissue inflammation.Accordingly,preventing the impairment and promoting the restoration of a deteriorated airway epithelial barrier represents a promising strategy for the treatment of asthma.This review introduces the interaction between type 2 inflammation and the airway epithelial barrier in asthma,the structure and molecular composition of the airway epithelial barrier,and the assessment of epithelial barrier integrity.The role of airway epithelial barrier disruption in the pathogenesis of asthma will be discussed.In addition,the possible mechanisms underlying the airway epithelial barrier dysfunction induced by allergens and environmental pollutants,and current treatments to restore the airway epithelial barrier are reviewed.展开更多
文摘Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic, progressive respiratory disease and the third leading cause of respiratory disease mortality. The diagnosis of COPD is changed to acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) when respiratory symptoms become worse, beyond normal day-to-day variations and severely enough that changes in medication are required. Both neutrophils to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and peripheral blood eosinophilia (PBE) are rapid and relatively inexpensive tests that can be easily applied in the clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of AECOPD patients. Furthermore, current studies found that NLR and PBE had a higher accuracy rate than other traditional markers (Leukocyte count and C-reactive protein) for the diagnosis and management of AECOPD. Besides, recent studies determined that NLR and PBE can be used for prediction of future exacerbations in COPD patients. This review aims to explore the current knowledge about the significance of NLR and PBE in AECOPD patients.
基金We are grateful for financial support from Guangzhou Laboratory,Bioland Laboratory,and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22071249).
文摘Though alcohol oxidations were considered as well-established reactions,selecting productive conditions or predicting reaction yields for unseen alcohols remained as major challenges.Herein,an auto machine learning(ML)model for TEMPO-catalyzed oxida-tion of primary alcohols to the corresponding carboxylic acids is disclosed.A dataset of 3444 data,consisting of 282 primary alco-hols and 45 conditions,were generated using high-throughput experimentation(HTE).With the HTE data and 105 descriptors,a multi-label prediction was performed with AutoGluon(an open-source auto machine learning framework)and KNIME(an open-source data analytics platform).For the independent test of 240 reactions(a full matrix of 20 unseen alcohols and 12 condi-tions),AutoGluon with multi-label prediction for yield prediction(AGMP)gave excellent performance.For external test of 1308 re-actions(consisting of 84 alcohols and 45 conditions),AGMP still afforded good results with R2 as 0.767 and MAE as 4.9%.The model also revealed that the newly generated descriptor(Y/N,classification of the reaction reactivity)was the most relevant descriptor for yield prediction,offering a new perspective to integrate HTE and ML in organic synthesis.
文摘Type 2 inflammation is a complex immune response and primary mechanism for several common allergic diseases including allergic rhinitis,allergic asthma,atopic dermatitis,and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.It is the predominant type of immune response against helminths to prevent their tissue infiltration and induce their expulsion.Recent studies suggest that epithelial barrier dysfunction contributes to the development of type 2 inflammation in asthma,which may partly explain the increasing prevalence of asthma in China and around the globe.The epithelial barrier hypothesis has recently been proposed and has received great interest from the scientific community.The development of leaky epithelial barriers leads to microbial dysbiosis and the translocation of bacteria to inter-and sub-epithelial areas and the development of epithelial tissue inflammation.Accordingly,preventing the impairment and promoting the restoration of a deteriorated airway epithelial barrier represents a promising strategy for the treatment of asthma.This review introduces the interaction between type 2 inflammation and the airway epithelial barrier in asthma,the structure and molecular composition of the airway epithelial barrier,and the assessment of epithelial barrier integrity.The role of airway epithelial barrier disruption in the pathogenesis of asthma will be discussed.In addition,the possible mechanisms underlying the airway epithelial barrier dysfunction induced by allergens and environmental pollutants,and current treatments to restore the airway epithelial barrier are reviewed.
