Disruption of bone homeostasis caused by metastatic osteolytic breast cancer cells increases inflammatory osteolysis and decreases bone formation,thereby predisposing patients to pathological fracture and cancer *** o...
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Disruption of bone homeostasis caused by metastatic osteolytic breast cancer cells increases inflammatory osteolysis and decreases bone formation,thereby predisposing patients to pathological fracture and cancer *** of osteoblast function induces skeletal diseases due to the disruption of bone *** observed increased activation of pERK1/2 in osteolytic breast cancer cells and osteoblasts in human pathological specimens with aggressive osteolytic breast cancer *** confirmed that osteolytic breast cancers with high expression of pERK1/2 disrupt bone homeostasis via osteoblastic ERK1/2 activation at the bone-breast cancer *** process of inflammatory osteolysis modulates ERK1/2 activation in osteoblasts and breast cancer cells through dominant-negative MEK1 expression and constitutively active MEK1 expression to promote cancer growth within ***,an FDA-approved MEK inhibitor,not only reduced breast cancer-induced bone destruction but also dramatically reduced cancer growth in bone by inhibiting the inflammatory skeletal *** together,these findings suggest that ERK1/2 activation in both breast cancer cells and osteoblasts is required for osteolytic breast cancer-induced inflammatory osteolysis and that ERK1/2 pathway inhibitors may represent a promising adjuvant therapy for patients with aggressive osteolytic breast cancers by altering the shared cancer and bone microenvironment.
It is know that Multi-walled Carbon Nano Tubes (MWCNTs) are an excellent conduction nanomaterial while Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT-PSS) is a conductive and transparent polymer. In th...
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It is know that Multi-walled Carbon Nano Tubes (MWCNTs) are an excellent conduction nanomaterial while Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT-PSS) is a conductive and transparent polymer. In this paper, we mix MWCNTs with PEDOT-PSS to create a new type of nanocomposite thin film which has both excellent conduction and transparency of each composition materials for applications in electronics and optoelectronics. The nanocomposite is synthesized by modifying MWCNTs in an acid solution then mix with PEDOT-PSS. The field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) images of the fabricated thin film with 0.3 Wt% of MWCNTs show that the diameter and length of the MWCNTs are ca.10-30 nm and 300-500 nm, respectively. Electrical and optical properties of thin film are also investigated: the sheet resistance reaches the minimum value of 36.5 ?/sq with the transparency of ca.76% at the wave length of 600 nm. Furthermore, I-V characteristics of organic light emission diodes (OLEDs) made by the synthesized nanocomposite thin films are analyzed. The ITO/PEDOT-PSS: CNTs/PVK: MEH-PPV/Al multilayer OLED exhibits well improving performance with the work function of 0.8 V corresponding with the current of 0.4 mA while the ITO/PVK: MEH-PPV/Al simple OLED has the work function of 3 V and the current of only 0.01 mA.
The most common reference electrode (RE) which is used in electrochemical measurements is the Ag/AgCl electrode. In this study, we present a novel solid-state Ag/AgCl planar electrode that was coated with a thin layer...
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The most common reference electrode (RE) which is used in electrochemical measurements is the Ag/AgCl electrode. In this study, we present a novel solid-state Ag/AgCl planar electrode that was coated with a thin layer of Graphite Oxide (GO) as a protective layer. The Ag/AgCl planar electrode was fabricated by using the photolithography and lift-off method combined with the Ag[NH3]2Cl complex. The GO was produced by Hummer’s method and was deposited on top of the Ag/AgCl layer by drop-casting method. The layers of the fabricated reference electrode were characterized by micro Raman spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The responding time of the planar electrode was short and the signal was more stable in comparison to the plainAg/AgCl electrode. The Open Circuit Potential (OCP) measurement with the fabricated electrode as the RE and the platinum electrode as the working electrode in electrolyte solutions which had various pH values was performed with a linear response in pH ranges from pH 5 to pH 8 and the linear correlation coefficient (R^2 = 0.9899). Moreover, the coating of the GO layers also enhanced the durability of the modified electrode. The results showed that the modified Ag/AgCl electrode with a thin layer GO as the protective layer could be used as plana REs for the potentiometric sensors.
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