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Effects of length alteration of OPE-containing mono- and dinuclear alkynylplatinum(II) terpyridine complexes on photophysical, structural and morphological properties

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Nano Research 2024年第10期17卷 8893-8903页

作者： Jason Koon-Lam Poon Sammual Yu-Lut leung Eric Ka-Ho Wong Vivian wing-Wah Yam Institute of Molecular Functional Materials State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Department of ChemistryThe University of Hong KongHong Kong 999077China

A series of mononuclear complexes and unsymmetric dinuclear alkynylplatinum(II)terpyridine complexes with oligo(paraphenylene ethynylene)(OPE)-derived backbone with a variation of the lengths of alkoxy chains and OPE backbones was *** morphological properties,packing lattice and gelation behaviors of the mononuclear complexes were systematically studied,and the thermodynamic parameters and packing lattices of the dinuclear complexes were also investigated,providing further insights into the roles of the non-covalent interactions and their delicate balance in constructing sophisticated supramolecular *** and nanotube formation have been observed upon a delicate control of the intermolecular interactions by altering the lengths and structural dimensions of the complexes.

关键词： supramolecular chemistry self-assembled nanostructures platinum(II)complexes metallogel

Chemical biology investigation of a triple-action,smart-decomposition antimicrobial booster based-combination therapy against“ESKAPE”pathogens

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Science China Chemistry 2024年第9期67卷 3071-3082页

作者： Min Wang Huangsheng Pu Yangfan Xu Chenxuan Wu Yuanxin Gu Qingyun Cai Guoxing Yin Peng Yin Chunhui Zhang wing-leung Wong Muyang Wan Yugang Bai Xinxin Feng State Key Laboratory of Chem-/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biologyand School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan UniversityChangsha 410082China College of Biology Hunan UniversityChangsha 410082China College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies&Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Nano Optoelectronic Information Materials and Devices National University of Defense TechnologyChangsha 410073China Nanhu Laser Laboratory National University of Defense TechnologyChangsha 410073China Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research(Ministry of Education) College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan Normal UniversityChangsha 410081China State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery Department of Applied Biology and Chemical TechnologyThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong SAR 999077China Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Anti-Resistance Microbial Drugs The Third Hospital of Changsha(The Affiliated Changsha Hospital of Hunan University)Changsha 410015China

The global antibiotic resistance crisis necessitates urgent *** innovative approach involves potentiating antibiotics and non-antibiotic drugs with adjuvants or boosters.A major drawback of these membrane-active boosters is their limited biocompatibility,as they struggle to differentiate between prokaryotic and eukaryotic *** study reports the chemical biology investigation of a dual-action oligoamidine(OA1)booster with a glutathione-triggered decomposition ***1,when combined with other antimicrobial molecules,exhibits a triple-targeting mechanism including cell membrane disruption,DNA targeting,and intracellular enzyme *** multi-targeting mechanism not only enhances the in vitro and in vivo eradication of antibiotic-resistant“ESKAPE”pathogens,but also suppresses the development of bacterial ***,OA1 maintains its activity in bacterial cells by creating an oxidative environment,while it quickly decomposes in mammalian cells due to high glutathione *** mechanistic insights and design principles may provide a feasible approach to develop novel antimicrobial agents and effective anti-resistance combination therapies.

关键词： antimicrobial booster oligoamidine membrane disruption DNA targeting triggered degradation anti-resistance

Prostate health index can stratify patients with Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 lesions on magnetic resonance imaging to reduce prostate biopsies

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Asian Journal of Andrology 2024年第1期26卷 20-24页

作者： John Shung-Lai leung Wai-Kit Ma Brian Sze-Ho Ho Stacia Tsun-Tsun Chun Rong Na Yongle Zhan Chi-Yuen Ng Chi-Ho Ip Ada Tsui-Lin Ng yiu-Chung Lam Division of Urology Department of SurgeryQueen Mary HospitalUniversity of Hong KongHong KongChina Division of Urology Department of SurgeryPrincess Margaret HospitalHongKongChina

We aim to evaluate prostate health index as an additional risk-stratification tool in patients with Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 lesions on multiparametric magnetic resonance *** with biochemical or clinical suspicion of having prostate cancer who underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in two tertiary centers(Queen Mary Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital,Hong Kong,China)between January 2017 and June 2022 were ***-magnetic resonance imaging fusion biopsies were performed after prostate health index *** who only had Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 lesions were further stratified into four prostate health index risk groups and the cancer detection rates were *** of the 747 patients,47.3%had Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 lesions *** detection rate of clinically significant prostate cancer in this group was 15.0%.The cancer detection rates of clinically significant prostate cancer had statistically significant differences:5.3%in prostate health index<25.0,7.4%in prostate health index 25.0-34.9,17.9%in prostate health index 35.0-54.9,and 52.6%in prostate health index≥55.0(P<0.01).Among the patients,26.9%could have avoided a biopsy with a prostate health index<25.0,at the expense of a 5.3%risk of missing clinically significant prostate *** health index could be used as an additional risk stratification tool for patients with Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3 *** could be avoided in patients with low prostate health index,with a small risk of missing clinically significant prostate cancer.

关键词： biopsy fusion biopsy magnetic resonance imaging prostate cancer prostate health index

A Registry-Based Observational Study on the Maternal and Fetal Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients in Hong Kong,China

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Maternal-Fetal Medicine 2024年第3期6卷 156-163页

作者： Hillary HY leung Teresa WL Ma Florrie NY Yu Meliza CW Kong Tsz Kin Lo Pauline PL So wing-Cheong leung Wendy Shu Ka Wang Cheung Sakita Moungmaithong Chi Chiu Wang Liona C.Poon Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology The Chinese University of HongKongHong Kong 999077China Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Queen Elizabeth HospitalHong Kong 999077China Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology United Christian HospitalHong Kong 999077China Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Princess Margaret HospitalHong Kong 999077China Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Tuen Mun HospitalHong Kong 999077China Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Kwong Wah HospitalHong Kong 999077China Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern HospitalHong Kong 999077China Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Queen Mary HospitalHong Kong 999077China

Objective:To report the clinical maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),along with any associated pregnancy complications,in Hong Kong,China,and to assess the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on these ***:This prospective registry-based observational study included pregnant women who were recruited through convenient sampling and had a laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection with a cycle threshold(Ct)value result available on admission to eight local hospitals in Hong Kong,*** on clinical symptoms,laboratory results,medical treatments,delivery timing and mode,and pregnancy complications were extracted from the Hospital Authority’s electronic medical record ***,fetal,and pregnancy outcomes were compared between unvaccinated pregnant women with COVID-19 and those who had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine before *** continuous variables and categorical variables were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Pearson’s chi-squared test respectively.A P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically ***:A total of 164 pregnant women were included,of whom 78(47.56%)were ***-19 was diagnosed before 28 weeks’gestation in 30(18.29%),while 134(81.71%)were diagnosed at or after 28 weeks’***-two(37.80%)women received at least one dose of COVID-19 *** were no significant differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated groups in the time interval between COVID-19 diagnosis and delivery,the Ct value,and the gestational age at infection onset or delivery(P>0.05).The majority of women were symptomatic at diagnosis regardless of vaccination status 55(88.71%)in vaccinated group vs.78(76.47%)in unvaccinated group(P=0.052).Symptoms did not significantly differ between groups except for cough(62.90%vs.47.06%,P=0.049).The overall rate of severe COVID-19 in pregnant women was *** t

关键词： COVID-19 Maternal outcomes Fetal outcomes Pregnancy complications Severe COVID-19

ENHANCED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE/SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES WITH SURFACE MODIFICATION OF NANO-SILICA VIA IN SITU COPOLYMERIZATION OF METHYL METHACRYLATE AND BUTYL ACRYLATE

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Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 2009年第5期27卷 685-694页

作者： yiu-wing Mai Center for Advanced Materials Technology School of AerospaceMechanical and Mechatronic EngineeringJ07University of Sydney

Nano-sized silica particles were modified with methacryloxy-propyltrimethoxysilane(MPS) followed by in situ copolymerization of methyl methacrylate(MMA) and butyl acrylate(BA).These modified nanoparticles were compounded with polypropylene(PP) to prepare PP/silica *** grafted on nano-silica enhances the dispersion of the nanoparticles and interfacial adhesion,decreases the size of PP spherulites in nanocomposites and leads to increasing the Young's modulus and toughness of PP/silica nanocomp...

关键词： Nano composites Interface Mechanical properties.

Genomics-driven derivatization of the bioactive fungal sesterterpenoid variecolin:Creation of an unnatural analogue with improved anticancer properties

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Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2024年第1期14卷 421-432页

作者： Dexiu Yan Jemma Arakelyan Teng Wan Ritvik Raina Tsz Ki Chan Dohyun Ahn Vladimir Kushnarev Tsz Kiu Cheung Ho Ching Chan Inseo Choi Pui Yi Ho Feijun Hu Yujeong Kim Hill Lam Lau Ying Lo Law Chi Seng leung Chun Yin Tong Kai Kap Wong wing Lam Yim Nikolay S.Karnaukhov Richard Y.C.Kong Maria V.Babak Yudai Matsuda Department of Chemistry City University of Hong KongHong Kong SARChina iGEM Team“VarieCure” City University of Hong KongHong Kong SARChina Department of Biomedical Engineering City University of Hong KongHong Kong SARChina Moscow Clinical Research Center Named After A.S.Loginov Moscow 111123Russian Federation

A biosynthetic gene cluster for the bioactive fungal sesterterpenoids variecolin(1)and variecolactone(2)was identified in Aspergillus aculeatus ATCC *** production of 1 and 2 was achieved in Aspergillus oryzae by expressing the sesterterpene synthase VrcA and the cytochrome P450 ***,the replacement of VrcB with homologous P450s from other fungal terpenoid pathways yielded three new variecolin analogues(5-7).Analysis of the compounds’anticancer activity in vitro and in vivo revealed that although 5 and 1 had comparable activities,5 was associated with significantly reduced toxic side effects in cancer-bearing mice,indicating its potentially broader therapeutic *** study describes the first tests of variecolin and its analogues in animals and demonstrates the utility of synthetic biology for creating molecules with improved biological activities.

关键词： Animal studies Anticancer properties Biosynthesis Natural products Sesterterpenoids Synthetic biology Terpene synthases Variecolin

An instrumental variable approach to unveiling the determinants of flatted factory rent in Hong Kong

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Economic and Political Studies 2020年第1期8卷 115-138页

作者： Alex wing Ho yiu Terence Tai leung Chong Department of Economics The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong SARChina Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong SARChina

The early period of industrialisation in the Hong Kong SAR occurred during the 1950s–*** were engaged in labour-intensive manufacturing processes with the assistance of machines in factory *** the 1980s,manufacturers in Hong Kong have faced keen competition from neighbouring economies,amidst the rising costs of land and ***,since the adoption of an opening-up policy by the Chinese mainland since 1978,more and more local manufacturers in Hong Kong have relocated their production processes to the mainland so as to take advantage of the lower factor *** a result,the contribution of the manufacturing sector to GDP declined from around 20%in 1986 to 2.7%in 2006 and further decreased to merely 1.1%in ***,there has been a general upward trend of real flatted factory1 rent in Hong Kong in the past *** study,via a threshold regression,demonstrates that not only demand from the retail property rental market has been a factor in the increase of factory rent,but demands from the office rental market and local households have also contributed to the recent rise in real factory rent since 2006 Q1.

关键词： Factory rent retail property rent office rent tourism instrumental variable

Crocodile blood supplementation protect svascular function in diabetic mice

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Food Production, Processing and Nutrition 2021年第1期3卷 283-295页

作者： Chui yiu Bamboo Chook Francis M.Chen Gary Tse Fung Ping leung wing Tak Wong School of Life Sciences Faculty of ScienceThe Chinese University of Hong KongShatinNTHong Kong SAR State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology The Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality in diabetic patients due to the heightened oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory state in vascular *** approaches targeting cardiovascular health for diabetic patients are urgently *** blood,an emerging dietary supplement,was suggested to have anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects in vitro,which have yet to be proven in animal *** study thereby aimed to evaluate whether crocodile blood can protect vascular function in diabetic mice against oxidation and *** db/db mice and their counterparts db/m+mice were treated daily with crocodile blood soluble fraction(CBSF)or vehicle via oral gavage for 4 weeks before their aortae were harvested for endothelium-dependent relaxation(EDR)quantification using wire myograph,which is a well-established functional study for vascular function *** culture experiments culturing mouse aortae from C57BL/6 J mice with or without IL-1βand CBSF were done to evaluate the direct effect of CBSF on endothelial *** oxygen species(ROS)levels in mouse aortae were assessed by dihydroethidium(DHE)staining with inflammatory markers in endothelial cells quantified by quantitative polymerase chain reaction(qPCR).CBSF significantly improved deteriorated EDR in db/db diabetic mice through both diet supplementation and direct culture,with suppression of ROS level in mouse *** also maintained EDR and reduced ROS levels in mouse aortae against the presence of pro-inflammatory IL-1β.Under the pro-inflammatory state induced by IL-1β,gene expressions of inflammatory cytokines were downregulated,while the protective transcripts UCP2 and SIRT6 were upregulated in endothelial *** study suggests a novel beneficial effect of crocodile blood on vascular function in diabetic mice and that supplementation of diet with crocodile blood may act as a complementary approach to protect against vascular diseases through anti

关键词： Crocodile blood Diabetes mellitus Vascular endothelial function Anti-oxidative Anti-inflammatory

Human Ebola virus infection in West Africa: a review of available therapeutic agents that target different steps of the life cycle of Ebola virus

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2014年第1期3卷 397-413页

作者： Kang yiu Lai wing yiu George Ng Fan Fanny Cheng Department of Intensive Care Queen Elizabeth HospitalHKSARB630 Gascoigne RdKowloonHong Kong SARChina Department of Medicine Queen Elizabeth HospitalHKSARKowloonHong Kong SAR China

The recent outbreak of the human Zaire ebolavirus(EBOV)epidemic is spiraling out of control in West *** EBOV hemorrhagic fever has a case fatality rate of up to 90%.The EBOV is classified as a biosafety level 4 pathogen and is considered a category A agent of bioterrorism by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,with no approved therapies and vaccines available for its treatment apart from supportive *** several promising therapeutic agents and vaccines against EBOV are undergoing the Phase I human trial,the current epidemic might be outpacing the speed at which drugs and vaccines can be *** all viruses,the EBOV largely relies on host cell factors and physiological processes for its entry,replication,and *** have reviewed currently available therapeutic agents that have been shown to be effective in suppressing the proliferation of the EBOV in cell cultures or animal *** of the therapeutic agents in this review are directed against non-mutable targets of the host,which is independent of viral *** medications are approved by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA)for the treatment of other *** are available and stockpileable for immediate *** may also have a complementary role to those therapeutic agents under development that are directed against the mutable targets of the EBOV.

关键词： Ebola virus Non-mutable host cell therapeutic targets for Ebola virus Cocktail therapeutic intervention for RNA virus