Sun Yat-sen University

About: Sun Yat-sen University is a education organization based out in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Cancer. The organization has 115149 authors who have published 113763 publications receiving 2286465 citations. The organization is also known as: Zhongshan University & SYSU.

A functional polymorphism in the miR-146a gene is associated with the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Abstract: A G > C polymorphism (rs2910164) is located in the stem region opposite to the mature miR-146a sequence, which results in a change from G:U pair to C:U mismatch in the stem structure of miR-146a precursor. Here, we elucidated the biological significance of this polymorphism, based on cancer association study and cell model system. The cancer association study included 479 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and 504 control subjects. We found that the genotype distribution of this polymorphism in HCC cases was significantly different from that in control subjects (P = 0.026). The association between the genotype and the risk of HCC was further analyzed using multivariate unconditional logistic regression, with adjustment for sex, age and hepatitis B virus status. The results revealed that male individuals with GG genotype were 2-fold more susceptible to HCC (odds ratio = 2.016, 95% confidence interval = 1.056-3.848, P = 0.034) compared with those with CC genotype. We next examined the influence of this polymorphism on the production of mature miR-146a and found that G-allelic miR-146a precursor displayed increased production of mature miR-146a compared with C-allelic one. Further investigations disclosed that miR-146a could obviously promote cell proliferation and colony formation in NIH/3T3, an immortalized but non-transformed cell line. These data suggest that the G > C polymorphism in miR-146a precursor may result in important phenotypic traits that have biomedical implications. Our findings warrant further investigations on the relation between microRNA polymorphism and human diseases.

Search for new high-mass phenomena in the dilepton final state using 36 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Abstract: A search is conducted for new resonant and non-resonant high-mass phenomena in dielectron and dimuon fi nal states. The search uses 36 : 1 fb(-1) of proton-proton collision data, collected at root ...

The Symbolic Power of Money Reminders of Money Alter Social Distress and Physical Pain

Abstract: People often get what they want from the social system, and that process is aided by social popularity or by having money. Money can thus possibly substitute for social acceptance in conferring the ability to obtain benefits from the social system. Moreover, past work has suggested that responses to physical pain and social distress share common underlying mechanisms. Six studies tested relationships among reminders of money, social exclusion, and physical pain. Interpersonal rejection and physical pain caused desire for money to increase. Handling money (compared with handling paper) reduced distress over social exclusion and diminished the physical pain of immersion in hot water. Being reminded of having spent money, however, intensified both social distress and physical pain.

α-Fe2O3@PANI Core–Shell Nanowire Arrays as Negative Electrodes for Asymmetric Supercapacitors

Abstract: Highly ordered three-dimensional α-Fe2O3@PANI core–shell nanowire arrays with enhanced specific areal capacity and rate performance are fabricated by a simple and cost-effective electrodeposition method. The α-Fe2O3@PANI core–shell nanowire arrays provide a large reaction surface area, fast ion and electron transfer, and good structure stability, which all are beneficial for improving the electrochemical performance. Here, high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors (ASCs) are designed using α-Fe2O3@PANI core–shell nanowire arrays as anode and PANI nanorods grown on carbon cloth as cathode, and they display a high volumetric capacitance of 2.02 mF/cm3 based on the volume of device, a high energy density of 0.35 mWh/cm3 at a power density of 120.51 mW/cm3, and very good cycling stability with capacitance retention of 95.77% after 10 000 cycles. These findings will promote the application of α-Fe2O3@PANI core–shell nanowire arrays as advanced negative electrodes for ASCs.