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To assess the incidence of new-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) for the first year post-transplantation and the predictive value of high-sensitivity C-reactive Protein (hs-CRP) before transplantation for NODAT prediction in kidney transplantation patients.A study of 251 consecutive adult end-stage kidney disease patients transplanted kidneys from living donors, follow-up during the first year to find NODAT. We diagnosed NODAT based on blood glucose or HbA1c following to the criteria of the American Diabetes Association.The ratio of NODAT was 12.4%. The mean age, mean BMI, the proportion of arteriosclerosis, and the median hs-CRP level in NODAT group were significantly higher than those of non-NODAT group with p 0.05. Age, BMI and serum hs-CRP had a predictive value for NODAT (Age: AUC = 0.62, p 0.05, BMI: AUC = 0.626, hs-CRP: AUC = 0.748, p 0.001).Serum hs-CRP level measured prior transplantation is a good predictor for NODAT in renal transplant recipients.

Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) and acute rejection (AR) are common complications in kidney transplant patients. Objectives: The study evaluated DGF and AR in highly sensitized patients and their effects on kidney function for six months post-transplantation. Methods: We enrolled 95 patients with kidney transplants from living donors who were divided into two groups. Group 1 included 47 highly sensitized patients with panel reactive antibody (PRA) < 20.0% and negative donor-specific antigen, and group 2 included 48 patients with negative PRA. All patients were followed for the state of DGF, AR, and kidney function for six months. Results: Group 1 showed a significantly higher proportion of DGF and AR than group 2 (27.7% versus 2.1%, P < 0.001 and 14.9% versus 2.1%, P = 0.031, respectively). The rates of positive PRA in DGF and AR patients were significantly higher than those in non-DGF and non-AR patients (92.9% versus 42.0%, P < 0.001 and 87.5% versus 46.0%, P = 0.031, respectively). Transplanted kidney function was significantly worse in patients with PRA and DGF and/or AR than in patients with negative PRA and non-DGF and non-AR only in the seventh-day post-transplantation. Conclusions: Kidney transplant in highly sensitized patients with positive PRA was related to the increased ratio of DGF and AR.

Numerous studies have examined the association between pharmacogenetic effects and the response to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in patients with asthma. In fact, several single nucleotide polymorphisms of a number of candidate genes have been identified that might influence the clinical response to ICS in children with asthma. Their direct or indirect effects depend on their role in the inflammatory process in asthma or the anti-inflammatory action of corticosteroids, respectively. Among the genes identified, variants in T-box 21 ( TBX21) and Fc fragment of IgE receptor II ( FCER2) contribute indirectly to the variability in the response to ICS by altering the inflammatory mechanisms in asthma, while other genes such as corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 1 ( CRHR1), nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 1 ( NR3C1), stress induced phosphoprotein 1 ( STIP1), dual specificity phosphatase 1 (DUSP1), glucocorticoid induced 1 (GLCCI1), histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC), ORMDL sphingolipid biosynthesis regulator 3 (ORMDL3), and vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF) directly affect this variability through the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of ICS. The results to date indicate various potential genetic factors associated with the response to ICS, which could be utilized to predict the individual therapeutic response of children with asthma to ICS. Clinical trials are underway and their results are greatly anticipated. Further pharmacogenetic studies are needed to fully understand the effects of genetic variation on the response to ICS in children with asthma.

The adsorption of carbon dioxide on the MOF-5 metal–organic framework and modifications of it obtained by replacing the hydrogen atoms in the organic ligands with electron donor (–CH3,–OCH3) or electron acceptor groups (–CN,–NO2) is investigated using the grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) method and density functional theory (DFT). It is shown that the adsorption of carbon dioxide molecules on the structures of metal–organic frameworks is most likely on Zn4O clusters, and that the adsorption of carbon dioxide is of a physical nature. The presence of substituents–CH3,–OCH3,–CN in metal–organic frameworks increases their capacity to adsorb carbon dioxide, while that of nitro groups (–NO2) has the opposite effect.

A series of nineteen nitrogen-containing lupane triterpenoids was obtained by modification of C2, C3, C20 and C28 positions of betulonic acid and their α-glucosidase inhibiting activity was investigated. Being a leader compound from our previous study, 2,3-indolo-betulinic acid was used as the main template for different modifications at C-(28)-carboxyl group to obtain cyano-, methylcyanoethoxy-, propargyloxy- and carboxamide derivatives. 20-Oxo- and 29-hydroxy-20-oxo-30-nor-analogues of 2,3-indolo-betulinic acid were synthesized by ozonolysis of betulonic acid followed by Fischer indolization reaction. To compare the influence of the fused indole or the seven-membered A-ring on the inhibitory activity, lupane A-azepanones with different substituents at C28 were synthesized. The structure-activity relationships revealed that the enzyme inhibition activity dramatically increased (up to 4730 times) when the carboxylic group of 2,3-indolo-betulinic acid was converted to the corresponding amide. Thus, the IC50 values for glycine amide and L-phenylalanine amides were 0.04 and 0.05 μM, respectively. This study also revealed that 2,3-indolo-platanic acid is 4.5 times more active than the parent triterpenoid with IC50 of 0.4 μM. Molecular modeling suggested that improved potency is due to additional polar interactions formed between C28 side chain and a sub-pocket of the α-glucosidase allosteric site.

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to investigate the adsorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) on metal-organic framework (MOF-5) and alkali-metal (Li, K, Na) doped MOF-5s. The adsorption energy calculation showed that metal atom adsorption is exothermic in MOF-5 system. Moreover, alkali-metal doping can significantly improve the adsorption ability of carbon dioxide on MOF-5. The best influence is observed for Li-doping.

A phytochemical investigation of the methanolic extract of Garcinia mackeaniana leaves led to the isolation, and determination of five secondary metabolites, including one benzophenone 4,3',4'-trihydroxy-2,6-dimethoxybenzophenone (1), two flavone C-glucosides vitexin (2) and its 2''-O-acetyl derivative (3), one biflavone amentoflavone (4), and one mono-phenol methyl protocatechuate (5). The chemical structures of these compounds were characterized by the NMR-spectroscopic method. These isolated compounds were isolated from G. mackeaniana species for the first time. Benzophenone derivative 1 has shown to be associated with a significant IC50 value of 14.97±0.8 µg/mL in the DPPH-antioxidant assay.

The task of researching and developing information retrieval systems is becoming important in the big data age. Current search methods try to mention to fast searching based on keyword matching or similar semantic between query and documents but have not got a really effective engine for semantic search . In this paper, we propose a method for information retrieval based on probability inference with the DLMC model to search by semantic equivalents and a topic word with score for fast searching. Results of the experimental with 952 Vietnamese documents show that our method is really effective for Vietnamese document retrieval system.