BACKGROUND Primary liver cancer is a prevalent and deadly cancer type.Despite treatment advances,prognosis remains poor,with high recurrence rates.Early detection is crucial but challenging due to the disease’s insid...BACKGROUND Primary liver cancer is a prevalent and deadly cancer type.Despite treatment advances,prognosis remains poor,with high recurrence rates.Early detection is crucial but challenging due to the disease’s insidious nature.Myosin proteins play significant roles in cancer development,influencing cell migration,invasion,and tumor suppression.MYL6B,a myosin light chain,is involved in various cellular processes and has been associated with poor prognosis in colorectal adenocarcinoma and potential as a biomarker in breast cancer.AIM To investigate the expression of MYL6B in liver hepatocellular carcinoma(LIHC)and its impact on prognosis and potential mechanisms of action using bioinformatics methods.METHODS The expression of MYL6B in pan-cancer and normal tissues was analyzed using the gene expression profiling interactive analysis 2 and tumor immune estimation resource databases.The expression level of MYL6B in LIHC tissues and its relationship with prognosis were analyzed,immunohistochemical analysis of MYL6B and its effect on immune cell infiltration,and the protein network were further studied.RESULTS MYL6B was highly expressed in diffuse large b-cell lymphoma,LIHC,pancreatic adenocarcinoma,skin cutaneous melanoma,thymoma,uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma,uterine carcinosarcoma,and lowly expressed in kidney chromophobe,acute myeloid leukemia,testicular germ cell tumors.The expression level of MYL6B was significantly different between cancer and normal tissues.It had a significant impact on both overall survival and disease-free survival.MYL6B is highly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and its expression level increases with cancer progression.High MYL6B expression is associated with poor prognosis in terms of overall survival and recurrence-free survival.The immunohistochemical level of MYL6B is high in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues,and MYL6B has a high level of immune infiltration inflammation.In protein network analysis,MYL6B is correlated with MYL2,MYL6,MYL9,MYLK4,MYLK2,MYL12A,MYL12B,MYH11,MYH9 and MYH10.CONCLUSION The expression level of MYL6B in LIHC was significantly higher than in normal liver tissues,and it was correlated with the degree of differentiation survival rate,and immune infiltration.MYL6B is a potential target for LIHC treatment.展开更多
In molten salt reactors(MSRs),the liquid fuel salt circulates through the primary loop and a part of the delayed neutron precursors(DNPs)decays outside the reactor core.To model and analyze the flow field effect of DN...In molten salt reactors(MSRs),the liquid fuel salt circulates through the primary loop and a part of the delayed neutron precursors(DNPs)decays outside the reactor core.To model and analyze the flow field effect of DNPs in channel-type liquid-fueled MSRs,a three-dimensional space-time dynamics code,named ThorCORE3D,that couples neutronics,core thermalhydraulics,and a molten salt loop system was developed and validated with the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment(MSRE)benchmarks.The effects of external loop recirculation time,fuel flow rate,and core flow field distribution on the delayed neutron fraction loss of MSRE at steadystate were modeled and simulated using the ThorCORE3D code.Then,the flow field effect of the DNPs on the system responses of the MSRE in the reactivity insertion transient under different initial conditions was analyzed systematically for the channel-type liquid-fueled MSRs.The results indicate that the flow field condition has a significant effect on the steady-state delayed neutron fractions and will further affect the transient power and temperature responses of the reactor system.The analysis results for the effect of the DNP flow field can provide important references for the design optimization and safety analysis of liquid-fueled MSRs.展开更多
Graphitic carbons with reasonable pore volume and appropriate graphitization degree can provide efficient Li+/electrolyte-transfer channels and ameliorate the sluggish dynamic behavior of battery-type carbon negative ...Graphitic carbons with reasonable pore volume and appropriate graphitization degree can provide efficient Li+/electrolyte-transfer channels and ameliorate the sluggish dynamic behavior of battery-type carbon negative electrode in lithium-ion capacitors(LICs).In this work,onion-like graphitic carbon materials are obtained by using carbon quantum dots as precursors after sintering,and the effects of alkali metal salts on the structure,morphology and performance of the samples are focused.The results show that alkali metal salts as activator can etch graphitic carbons,and the specific surface area and pore size distribution are intimately related to the description of the alkali metal salt.Moreover,it also affects the graphitization degree of the materials.The porous graphitic carbons(SGCs)obtained by NaCl activation exhibit high specific surface area(77.14 m^(2)·g^(-1))and appropriate graphitization degree.It is expectable that the electrochemical performance for lithium-ions storage can be largely promoted by the smart combination of catalytic graphitization and pores-creating strategy.High-performance LICs(S-GCs//AC LICs)are achieved with high energy density of 92 Wh·kg^(-1)and superior rate capability(66.3 Wh·kg^(-1)at10 A·g^(-1))together with the power density as high as10020.2 W·kg^(-1).展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Primary liver cancer is a prevalent and deadly cancer type.Despite treatment advances,prognosis remains poor,with high recurrence rates.Early detection is crucial but challenging due to the disease’s insidious nature.Myosin proteins play significant roles in cancer development,influencing cell migration,invasion,and tumor suppression.MYL6B,a myosin light chain,is involved in various cellular processes and has been associated with poor prognosis in colorectal adenocarcinoma and potential as a biomarker in breast cancer.AIM To investigate the expression of MYL6B in liver hepatocellular carcinoma(LIHC)and its impact on prognosis and potential mechanisms of action using bioinformatics methods.METHODS The expression of MYL6B in pan-cancer and normal tissues was analyzed using the gene expression profiling interactive analysis 2 and tumor immune estimation resource databases.The expression level of MYL6B in LIHC tissues and its relationship with prognosis were analyzed,immunohistochemical analysis of MYL6B and its effect on immune cell infiltration,and the protein network were further studied.RESULTS MYL6B was highly expressed in diffuse large b-cell lymphoma,LIHC,pancreatic adenocarcinoma,skin cutaneous melanoma,thymoma,uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma,uterine carcinosarcoma,and lowly expressed in kidney chromophobe,acute myeloid leukemia,testicular germ cell tumors.The expression level of MYL6B was significantly different between cancer and normal tissues.It had a significant impact on both overall survival and disease-free survival.MYL6B is highly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and its expression level increases with cancer progression.High MYL6B expression is associated with poor prognosis in terms of overall survival and recurrence-free survival.The immunohistochemical level of MYL6B is high in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues,and MYL6B has a high level of immune infiltration inflammation.In protein network analysis,MYL6B is correlated with MYL2,MYL6,MYL9,MYLK4,MYLK2,MYL12A,MYL12B,MYH11,MYH9 and MYH10.CONCLUSION The expression level of MYL6B in LIHC was significantly higher than in normal liver tissues,and it was correlated with the degree of differentiation survival rate,and immune infiltration.MYL6B is a potential target for LIHC treatment.
基金supported by Strategic Pilot Science and Technology Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XD02001005)
文摘In molten salt reactors(MSRs),the liquid fuel salt circulates through the primary loop and a part of the delayed neutron precursors(DNPs)decays outside the reactor core.To model and analyze the flow field effect of DNPs in channel-type liquid-fueled MSRs,a three-dimensional space-time dynamics code,named ThorCORE3D,that couples neutronics,core thermalhydraulics,and a molten salt loop system was developed and validated with the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment(MSRE)benchmarks.The effects of external loop recirculation time,fuel flow rate,and core flow field distribution on the delayed neutron fraction loss of MSRE at steadystate were modeled and simulated using the ThorCORE3D code.Then,the flow field effect of the DNPs on the system responses of the MSRE in the reactivity insertion transient under different initial conditions was analyzed systematically for the channel-type liquid-fueled MSRs.The results indicate that the flow field condition has a significant effect on the steady-state delayed neutron fractions and will further affect the transient power and temperature responses of the reactor system.The analysis results for the effect of the DNP flow field can provide important references for the design optimization and safety analysis of liquid-fueled MSRs.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51804344)the Program of Huxiang Young Talents(No.2019RS2002)+1 种基金the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Hunan Province,China(No.2018GK5026)the Innovation-Driven Project of Central South University(No.2020CX027)。
文摘Graphitic carbons with reasonable pore volume and appropriate graphitization degree can provide efficient Li+/electrolyte-transfer channels and ameliorate the sluggish dynamic behavior of battery-type carbon negative electrode in lithium-ion capacitors(LICs).In this work,onion-like graphitic carbon materials are obtained by using carbon quantum dots as precursors after sintering,and the effects of alkali metal salts on the structure,morphology and performance of the samples are focused.The results show that alkali metal salts as activator can etch graphitic carbons,and the specific surface area and pore size distribution are intimately related to the description of the alkali metal salt.Moreover,it also affects the graphitization degree of the materials.The porous graphitic carbons(SGCs)obtained by NaCl activation exhibit high specific surface area(77.14 m^(2)·g^(-1))and appropriate graphitization degree.It is expectable that the electrochemical performance for lithium-ions storage can be largely promoted by the smart combination of catalytic graphitization and pores-creating strategy.High-performance LICs(S-GCs//AC LICs)are achieved with high energy density of 92 Wh·kg^(-1)and superior rate capability(66.3 Wh·kg^(-1)at10 A·g^(-1))together with the power density as high as10020.2 W·kg^(-1).
