STAT3-NAV2 axis as a new therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis via activating SSH1L/Cofilin-1 signaling pathway

Dear Editor,Rheumatoid arthritis(RA),which is the most common inflammatory arthritis disease,as well as a kind of most prevalent autoimmune disease,affects 1–3%population all over the world.1 Currently available treatments can reduce the disability rate of patients with RA to some extent,but they cannot completely block the inflammatory joint destruction and relieve the pain that comes with it.Our previous study found that Neuron Navigator 2(NAV2)increased significantly in RA and was regulated by transcription factor E2F1.2 However,it is still unclear why NAV2 is elevated at the genetic level in RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes(FLS).Additionally,RA’s exact pathological mechanisms and therapeutic targets are also not fully understood.Hence,an indepth study of the pathogenesis of RA is urgently needed.

Treatment Effects of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine Treatment Scheme on COVID-19: A Single-armed Clinical Trial

Backgroud:The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought unprecedented perils to human health and raised public health concerns in more than two hundred countries.Safe and effective treatment scheme is needed urgently.Objective:To evaluate the effects of integratedTCM and western medicine treatment scheme on COVID-19.Methods:A single-armed clinical trial was carried out in Hangzhou Xixi Hospital,an affiliated hospital with Zhejiang Chinese Medical University.102 confirmed cases were screened out from 725 suspected cases and 93 of them were treated with integrated TCM and western medicine treatment scheme.Results:83 cases were cured,5 cases deteriorated,and 5 cases withdrew from the study.No deaths were reported.The mean relief time of fever,cough,diarrhea,and fatigue were(4.78±4.61)days,(7.22±4.99)days,(5.28±3.39)days,and(5.28±3.39)days,respectively.It took(14.84±5.50)days for SARS-CoV-2 by nucleic acid amplification-based testing to turn negative.Multivariable cox regression analysis revealed that age,BMI,PISCT,BPC,AST,CK,BS,and UPRO were independent risk factors for COVID-19 treatment.Conclusion:Our study suggested that integrated TCM and western medicine treatment scheme was effective for COVID-19.

Optical conductivity-based ultrasensitive mid-infrared biosensing on a hybrid metasurface

Optical devices are highly attractive for biosensing as they can not only enable quantitative measurements of analytes but also provide information on molecular structures.Unfortunately,typical refractive index-based optical sensors do not have sufficient sensitivity to probe the binding of low-molecular-weight analytes.Non-optical devices such as field-effect transistors can be more sensitive but do not offer some of the significant features of optical devices,particularly molecular fingerprinting.We present optical conductivity-based mid-infrared(mid-IR)biosensors that allow for sensitive and quantitative measurements of low-molecular-weight analytes as well as the enhancement of spectral fingerprints.The sensors employ a hybrid metasurface consisting of monolayer graphene and metallic nano-antennas and combine individual advantages of plasmonic,electronic and spectroscopic approaches.First,the hybrid metasurface sensors can optically detect target molecule-induced carrier doping to graphene,allowing highly sensitive detection of low-molecular-weight analytes despite their small sizes.Second,the resonance shifts caused by changes in graphene optical conductivity is a well-defined function of graphene carrier density,thereby allowing for quantification of the binding of molecules.Third,the sensor performance is highly stable and consistent thanks to its insensitivity to graphene carrier mobility degradation.Finally,the sensors can also act as substrates for surfaceenhanced infrared spectroscopy.We demonstrated the measurement of monolayers of sub-nanometer-sized molecules or particles and affinity binding-based quantitative detection of glucose down to 200 pM(36 pg/mL).We also demonstrated enhanced fingerprinting of minute quantities of glucose and polymer molecules.

Automatic Generation of Graduation Thesis Comments Based on Multilevel Analysis

In the evaluation of graduation theses,teachers’evaluation criteria for graduation theses are inconsistent,subjective and not completely reasonable and fair.This paper proposes using the BERT model to analyze the existing graduation papers in colleges and universities and make quantitatively evaluate students’graduation projects according to the given relevant parameters.The purpose of this method is to use standards to make comprehensive,systematic and accurate evaluations and avoid the phenomenon of high repetition and similarity caused by a large number of teachers’comments.This can not only effectively improve the efficiency of graduation design evaluation but also improve the fairness of evaluation.In this paper,changing the review work of the graduation thesis from pure manual operation to machine review combined with manual operation can not only reduce manpower consumption but also make the review work more objective and fair,making it more objective on the basis of traditional subjective review.