Background The neuroimaging mechanism of major depressive episodes with mixed features(MMF)is not clear.Aims This study aimed to investigate the functional connectivity of the default mode network(DMN)subsystems among...Background The neuroimaging mechanism of major depressive episodes with mixed features(MMF)is not clear.Aims This study aimed to investigate the functional connectivity of the default mode network(DMN)subsystems among patients with MMF and patients with major depressive disorder without mixed features(MDD_(noMF)).Methods This study recruited 47 patients with MDD_(noMF)and 27 patients with MMF from Beijing Anding Hospital,Capital Medical University,between April 2021 and June 2022.Forty-five healthy controls(HCs)were recruited.All subjects underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning and clinical assessments.Intranetwork and internetwork functional connectity were computed in the DMN core subsystem,dorsal medial prefrontal cortex(dMPFC)subsystem and medial temporal lobe(MTL)subsystem.Analysis of covariance method was performed to compare the intranetwork and internetwork functional connectivity in the DMN subsystems among the MDD_(noMP)MMF and HC groups.Results The functional connectivity within the DMN core(F=6.32,P_(FDR)=0.008)and MTL subsystems(F=4.45,P_(FDR)=0.021)showed significant differences among the MDD_(noMP) MMF and HC groups.Compared with the HC group,the patients with MDD_(noMF) and MMF had increased functional connectivity within the DMN MTL subsystem,and the patients with MMF also showed increased functional connectivity within the DMN core subsystem.Meanwhile,compared with the MDD_(noMP) the patients with MMF had increased functional connectivity within the DMN core subsystem(mean difference(MDD_(noMF)-MMF)=-0.08,SE=0.04,p=0.048).However,no significant differences were found within the DMN dMPFC subsystem and all the internetwork functional connectivity.Conclusions Our results indicated abnormal functional connectivity patterns of DMN subsystems in patients with MMF,findings potentially beneficial to deepen our understanding of MMF's neural basis.展开更多
The risk of infection following consumption of foodborne pathogens contaminated foods became a significant concern for human health and imposes great economic losses to food industry.Herein,Ag nanoparticles were integ...The risk of infection following consumption of foodborne pathogens contaminated foods became a significant concern for human health and imposes great economic losses to food industry.Herein,Ag nanoparticles were integrated to Cu-based metal-organic framework(Cu-MOF)for antibacterial activity.The crystal structure,morphology and composition of the prepared composite Ag@Cu-MOF were confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction,thermogravimetric analysis,scanning electron microscope,transmission electron microscope,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.Antibacterial assays revealed that Ag@Cu-MOF exhibited increased inhibitory activity against Escherichia coli O157:H7 in comparison to Cu-MOF.Ag@Cu-MOF treated bacterial cells displayed distinct morphological changes,a decreased ratio of live/dead cells,as well as a reduction of intracellular ATP.Antibiofilm studies demonstrated that Ag@CuMOF could dramatically inhibit biofilm formation and disrupt preformed biofilms by interfering the metabolic activity and decreasing the expression of biofilm-associated genes.Food contamination model illustrated that Ag@Cu-MOF significantly prevented the growth of E.coli O157:H7 in packed pork.This study sheds light on the potential of Ag@Cu-MOF as a promising antimicrobial material for preserving pork.展开更多
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81901368,82171526 and 82071531)the Capital's Funds for Health Improvement and Research(CFH2020-4-2125)+1 种基金the Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Incubating Programme(PX2018064 and PX2020072)Beijing Hospitals Authority Youth Programme(QMS20211901).
文摘Background The neuroimaging mechanism of major depressive episodes with mixed features(MMF)is not clear.Aims This study aimed to investigate the functional connectivity of the default mode network(DMN)subsystems among patients with MMF and patients with major depressive disorder without mixed features(MDD_(noMF)).Methods This study recruited 47 patients with MDD_(noMF)and 27 patients with MMF from Beijing Anding Hospital,Capital Medical University,between April 2021 and June 2022.Forty-five healthy controls(HCs)were recruited.All subjects underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning and clinical assessments.Intranetwork and internetwork functional connectity were computed in the DMN core subsystem,dorsal medial prefrontal cortex(dMPFC)subsystem and medial temporal lobe(MTL)subsystem.Analysis of covariance method was performed to compare the intranetwork and internetwork functional connectivity in the DMN subsystems among the MDD_(noMP)MMF and HC groups.Results The functional connectivity within the DMN core(F=6.32,P_(FDR)=0.008)and MTL subsystems(F=4.45,P_(FDR)=0.021)showed significant differences among the MDD_(noMP) MMF and HC groups.Compared with the HC group,the patients with MDD_(noMF) and MMF had increased functional connectivity within the DMN MTL subsystem,and the patients with MMF also showed increased functional connectivity within the DMN core subsystem.Meanwhile,compared with the MDD_(noMP) the patients with MMF had increased functional connectivity within the DMN core subsystem(mean difference(MDD_(noMF)-MMF)=-0.08,SE=0.04,p=0.048).However,no significant differences were found within the DMN dMPFC subsystem and all the internetwork functional connectivity.Conclusions Our results indicated abnormal functional connectivity patterns of DMN subsystems in patients with MMF,findings potentially beneficial to deepen our understanding of MMF's neural basis.
基金funded by the Key Research and Development Projects of Shaanxi Province(2023-YBNY-178)Shaanxi Fundamental Science Research Project for Chemistry&Biology(22JHQ029)+1 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M653766)National Natural Science Foundation of China(21901212)。
文摘The risk of infection following consumption of foodborne pathogens contaminated foods became a significant concern for human health and imposes great economic losses to food industry.Herein,Ag nanoparticles were integrated to Cu-based metal-organic framework(Cu-MOF)for antibacterial activity.The crystal structure,morphology and composition of the prepared composite Ag@Cu-MOF were confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction,thermogravimetric analysis,scanning electron microscope,transmission electron microscope,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.Antibacterial assays revealed that Ag@Cu-MOF exhibited increased inhibitory activity against Escherichia coli O157:H7 in comparison to Cu-MOF.Ag@Cu-MOF treated bacterial cells displayed distinct morphological changes,a decreased ratio of live/dead cells,as well as a reduction of intracellular ATP.Antibiofilm studies demonstrated that Ag@CuMOF could dramatically inhibit biofilm formation and disrupt preformed biofilms by interfering the metabolic activity and decreasing the expression of biofilm-associated genes.Food contamination model illustrated that Ag@Cu-MOF significantly prevented the growth of E.coli O157:H7 in packed pork.This study sheds light on the potential of Ag@Cu-MOF as a promising antimicrobial material for preserving pork.
