2020 / Food and Chemical Toxicology
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics (FQs), a new class of pollutants that seriously threaten human health through environmental and food residues, have aroused… Continue reading Profiling the interaction of Al(III)-GFLX complex, a potential pollution risk, with bovine serum albumin
2020 / Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry
The combined effects of succinic anhydride (SA) succinylation and linear dextrin (LD) glycation on whey protein hydrolysates (WPH) and their… Continue reading Exploration of the Stabilization Mechanism and Curcumin Bioaccessibility of Emulsions Stabilized by Whey Protein Hydrolysates after Succinylation and Glycation in Different Orders
2019 / Macromolecular Bioscience
Despite all the attempts to create advanced hemoglobin (Hb)‐based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) employing an encapsulation platform, major challenges including attaining… Continue reading Low‐Fouling Electrosprayed Hemoglobin Nanoparticles with Antioxidant Protection as Promising Oxygen Carriers
2020 / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
Several hereditary point mutations in human apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) have been associated with low HDL-cholesterol levels and/or increased coronary artery… Continue reading Structural and functional basis for increased HDL-cholesterol levels due to the naturally occurring V19L mutation in human apolipoprotein A-I
2020 / Environmental Science and Pollution Research
To reveal the characteristics of tetracycline (TC) photocatalytic degradation under Cu(II) coexistence, effects of Cu(II) on TC photocatalytic degradation by… Continue reading Effects of divalent copper on tetracycline degradation and the proposed transformation pathway
2019 / Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Nickel ions are crucial components for the catalysis of biological reactions in prokaryotic organisms. As an uncontrolled nickel trafficking is… Continue reading SrnR from Streptomyces griseus is a nickel-binding transcriptional activator
2020 / Food Hydrocolloids
Pomegranate seed oil is rich of conjugated fatty acids which are highly appealing for a variety of applications in food… Continue reading Pomegranate seed oil stabilized with ovalbumin glycated by inulin: Physicochemical stability and oxidative stability
2019 / RSC Advances
The significant application potential of the DNAzyme activity of G-quadruplex (G4)–hemin complexes has prompted considerable research efforts to amplify their… Continue reading Carbon dot mediated G quadruplex nano-network formation for enhanced DNAzyme activity and easy catalyst reclamation
2020 / Acta Neuropathologica
Neurodegenerative diseases are an enormous public health problem, affecting tens of millions of people worldwide. Nearly all of these diseases… Continue reading PrP is a central player in toxicity mediated by soluble aggregates of neurodegeneration-causing proteins
2019 / Advanced Optical Materials
Hybrid nanoparticles composed of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and carbon‐dots (C‐dots) have promising applications in chemistry, biology, and nanomedicine, owing to… Continue reading Chiral Carbon Dots Synthesized on Cellulose Nanocrystals
2020 / Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
Coiled-coils with defined assembly properties are attractive materials for the manufacture of peptide-based hybrid nanomaterials. In tailoring such peptide assemblies,… Continue reading Assessing the effect of aromatic residue placement on the α-helical peptide structure and nanofibril formation of 21-mer peptides
2020 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
The G-quadruplex-forming sequence within the KRAS proto-oncogene P1 promoter is a promising target for anticancer therapy. Porphyrin derivatives are among… Continue reading Selective binding of a bioactive porphyrin-based photosensitizer to the G-quadruplex from the KRAS oncogene promoter
2019 / Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Biocompatible and biodegradable thermoresponsive polymers are of great interest in “smart” biomedical applications. Herein, triblock copolymers (6a and 6b) comprised… Continue reading Synthesis and Thermoresponsive Properties of Biocompatible and Biodegradable Triblock Copolymers Bearing Linear or Y‐Shaped OEG Pendants
2020 / Food Chemistry
Biophysical insight into the binding interaction between the major whey protein, β-Lactoglobulin (βLG) and vitamin B12, was studied using different… Continue reading Biophysical study on complex formation between β-Lactoglobulin and vitamin B12
2020 / Genes
The FANCJ helicase unfolds G-quadruplexes (G4s) in human cells to support DNA replication. This action is coupled to the recruitment… Continue reading Assembly of a G-Quadruplex Repair Complex by the FANCJ DNA Helicase and the REV1 Polymerase
2020 / Research
Rational design of single-metal atom sites in carbon substrates by a flexible strategy is highly desired for the preparation of… Continue reading Nanowrinkled Carbon Aerogels Embedded with FeN Sites as Effective Oxygen Electrodes for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery
2020 / International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Heat shock proteins play roles in assisting other proteins to fold correctly and in preventing the aggregation and accumulation of… Continue reading Human Molecular Chaperone Hsp60 and Its Apical Domain Suppress Amyloid Fibril Formation of α-Synuclein
2019 / Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
In this research, we investigated the chiroptical properties of chiral–achiral polymer blends consisting of poly[(9,9-bis((S)-3,7-dimethyloctyl)-9H-fluoren-2,7-diyl)-alt-(4-phenylene)] and poly[(9,9-di-n-octylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-alt-(benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazol-4,8-diyl)] (PFPh-F8BT). The chirality… Continue reading Optical assessment of chiral–achiral polymer blends based on surface plasmon resonance effects of gold nanoparticles
2020 / Journal of Controlled Release
Metastatic triple-negative breast cancer is one of the most devastating cancer types. Systemic chemotherapy is necessary, but its clinical performance… Continue reading Self-assembling mertansine prodrug improves tolerability and efficacy of chemotherapy against metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
2019 / ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
A simple and label-free sensing platform with low background based on the chain-displacement triggered self-assembly of Ag NCs was developed… Continue reading Ratiometric Multicolor Analysis of Intracellular MicroRNA Using a Chain Hybrid Substitution-Triggered Self-Assembly of Silver Nanocluster-Based Label-Free Sensing Platform
