A series of new metal-free organic dyes that contain donors with triphenylamine or its derivatives and tetrazole-based acceptors were synthesized and characterized by photophysical, electrochemical, and the- oretical ...A series of new metal-free organic dyes that contain donors with triphenylamine or its derivatives and tetrazole-based acceptors were synthesized and characterized by photophysical, electrochemical, and the- oretical computational methods. They were applied in nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells （DSSCs）. It is found that the introduction of diphenylamine units as antennas in the as-synthesized dyes could improve photo- voltaic performance compared with phenothiazine and carbazole units as antennas in DSSCs. The dye with （2H-tetrazol-5-yl） acrylonitrile electron acceptor also displayed the highest solar-to-electrical energy conver- sion efficiency.展开更多
The anchoring property of the substrate surface of liquid crystal cells plays an important role in display and nondisplay fields. This property directly affects the deformation of liquid crystal molecules to change th...The anchoring property of the substrate surface of liquid crystal cells plays an important role in display and nondisplay fields. This property directly affects the deformation of liquid crystal molecules to change the phase difference through liquid crystal cells. In this paper, a test method based on the alternating-current bridge is proposed to determine the capacitance of liquid crystal cells and thus measure the anchoring energy of the substrate surface. The anchoring energy can be obtained by comparing the capacitance-voltage curves of twisted nematic liquid crystal cells with different anchoring properties in experimental and theoretical results simulated on the basis of Frank elastic theory. Compared with the other methods to determine the anchoring energy, our proposed method requires a simple treatment of liquid crystal cells and allows easy and high-accuracy measurements, thereby expanding the test ideas on the performance parameters of liquid crystal devices.展开更多
The low objective response rates and severe side effects largely limit the clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint blockade(ICB)therapy.Here,a tumor“self-killing”therapy based on gene-guided OX40L anchoring to tumor ...The low objective response rates and severe side effects largely limit the clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint blockade(ICB)therapy.Here,a tumor“self-killing”therapy based on gene-guided OX40L anchoring to tumor cell membrane was reported to boost ICB therapy.We developed a highly efficient delivery system HA/PEI-KT(HKT)to co-deliver the OX40L plasmids and unmethylated CG-enriched oligodeoxynucleotide(CpG).On the one hand,CpG induced the expression of OX40 on T cells within tumors.On the other hand,OX40L plasmids achieved the OX40L anchoring on the tumor cell membrane to next promote T cells responses via OX40/OX40L axis.Such synergistic tumor“self-killing”strategy finally turned“cold”tumors to“hot”,to sensitize tumors to programmed cell death protein 1/programmed cell death ligand 1(PD-1/PD-L1)blockade therapy,and promoted an immune-mediated tumor regression in both B16F10 and 4T1 tumor models,with prevention of tumor recurrence and metastasis.To avoid the side effects,the gene-guided OX40L anchoring and PD-L1 silencing was proposed to replace the existing antibody therapy,which showed negligible toxicity in vivo.Our work provided a new possibility for tumor“self-killing”immunotherapy to treated various solid tumors.展开更多
目的:建立高糖诱导的肾小管上皮细胞转分化模型,检测肾小管上皮细胞转分化过程中Smad锚着蛋白(Smad anchor for receptor activation,SARA)的表达变化。方法:采用Western印迹和实时定量PCR检测细胞波形蛋白(vimentin)、紧密连接蛋白(Zon...目的:建立高糖诱导的肾小管上皮细胞转分化模型,检测肾小管上皮细胞转分化过程中Smad锚着蛋白(Smad anchor for receptor activation,SARA)的表达变化。方法:采用Western印迹和实时定量PCR检测细胞波形蛋白(vimentin)、紧密连接蛋白(Zona occludens-1,ZO-1)、SARA蛋白及其mRNA表达水平。结果:30mmol/LD-葡萄糖刺激后,HK-2细胞vimentin蛋白及其mRNA水平呈时间依赖性升高,而ZO-1蛋白及其mRNA水平呈时间依赖性下降,此变化在高糖刺激48h时最为显著。同时,SARA蛋白及其mRNA表达水平呈时间依赖性下降。结论:高糖可诱导HK-2细胞发生转分化,SARA可能作为保护因子参与了这一过程。展开更多
文摘A series of new metal-free organic dyes that contain donors with triphenylamine or its derivatives and tetrazole-based acceptors were synthesized and characterized by photophysical, electrochemical, and the- oretical computational methods. They were applied in nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells （DSSCs）. It is found that the introduction of diphenylamine units as antennas in the as-synthesized dyes could improve photo- voltaic performance compared with phenothiazine and carbazole units as antennas in DSSCs. The dye with （2H-tetrazol-5-yl） acrylonitrile electron acceptor also displayed the highest solar-to-electrical energy conver- sion efficiency.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11374087 and 11504080)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Grant Nos.A2014202123 and A2017202004)+2 种基金the Research Project of the Education Department of Hebei Province,China(Grant No.QN2014130)the Key Subject Construction Project of Hebei Provincial Universitythe Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program,China(Grant No.201610080016)
文摘The anchoring property of the substrate surface of liquid crystal cells plays an important role in display and nondisplay fields. This property directly affects the deformation of liquid crystal molecules to change the phase difference through liquid crystal cells. In this paper, a test method based on the alternating-current bridge is proposed to determine the capacitance of liquid crystal cells and thus measure the anchoring energy of the substrate surface. The anchoring energy can be obtained by comparing the capacitance-voltage curves of twisted nematic liquid crystal cells with different anchoring properties in experimental and theoretical results simulated on the basis of Frank elastic theory. Compared with the other methods to determine the anchoring energy, our proposed method requires a simple treatment of liquid crystal cells and allows easy and high-accuracy measurements, thereby expanding the test ideas on the performance parameters of liquid crystal devices.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFB3800900)National Natural Science Foundation of China(51925305,51873208,51833010,51803210,51973217)Jilin province science and technology development program(20200201075JC).
文摘The low objective response rates and severe side effects largely limit the clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint blockade(ICB)therapy.Here,a tumor“self-killing”therapy based on gene-guided OX40L anchoring to tumor cell membrane was reported to boost ICB therapy.We developed a highly efficient delivery system HA/PEI-KT(HKT)to co-deliver the OX40L plasmids and unmethylated CG-enriched oligodeoxynucleotide(CpG).On the one hand,CpG induced the expression of OX40 on T cells within tumors.On the other hand,OX40L plasmids achieved the OX40L anchoring on the tumor cell membrane to next promote T cells responses via OX40/OX40L axis.Such synergistic tumor“self-killing”strategy finally turned“cold”tumors to“hot”,to sensitize tumors to programmed cell death protein 1/programmed cell death ligand 1(PD-1/PD-L1)blockade therapy,and promoted an immune-mediated tumor regression in both B16F10 and 4T1 tumor models,with prevention of tumor recurrence and metastasis.To avoid the side effects,the gene-guided OX40L anchoring and PD-L1 silencing was proposed to replace the existing antibody therapy,which showed negligible toxicity in vivo.Our work provided a new possibility for tumor“self-killing”immunotherapy to treated various solid tumors.
