MnO
is one of the most widespread and cheapest materials in nature that can both adsorb arsenic and oxidize arsenite As(III) to arsenate As(V). In this study, column β-MnO
CM with the main facet of ...{110} and pincer β-MnO
PM with the facets of {110} and {101} are synthesized and used to remove arsenic in water under different conditions. For the adsorption process, the experimental data are fitted well with the pseudo second-order kinetic model; the Langmuir model is better than the Freundlich model to describe the adsorption equilibrium isotherms. Furthermore, the As(III) oxidation rate can be denoted by the pseudo zero-order kinetic model and is related to the O
concentration, the pH value, the light source and the initial concentration of As(III). Finally, the oxidation mechanism is investigated, and the oxidant should be related to O
. It is interesting to find that these two kinds of β-MnO
exhibit different pH effects for both adsorption and oxidation. For As(III), the adsorption and oxidation abilities of CM follow the order pH 9 > pH 7 > pH 4, whereas the adsorption and oxidation orders of PM are pH 4 > pH 7 > pH 9.
TiO
is one of the most cheap materials which can both adsorb arsenic and oxidize arsenite As(III) to arsenate As(V). In this study, anatase TiO
crystals with different main facets such as {101}, ...{001} and {100} are synthesized and used to investigate arsenic adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherms, photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) process and the pH effects. The adsorption kinetics of arsenic on TiO
crystals can be described by the pseudo second-order kinetic model. For the adsorption isotherms, the Langmuir model is better than the Freundlich model for arsenic on these TiO
crystals. For the PCO process, the rate of As(III) oxidation can be denoted by the pseudo first-order kinetic model. It should be noted that at neutral condition the adsorption and PCO rates of the three kinds of TiO
crystals follow the order of {101} > {001} > {100}. The pH effect is above all important for both the arsenic adsorption and its PCO. The highest PCO speed appears at high pH values such as at pH 11 or 12.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of microRNA-18a (miR-18a) on the invasiveness and metastasis of invasive meningiomas and the underlying mechanism. A total of 69 patients ...with meningiomas (30 patients in the invasive meningioma group and 39 patients in the non-invasive meningioma group) and 48 cases in the control group were enrolled. Samples of meningioma tissues, serum and cerebrospinal fluid were collected. Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction was performed to quantify the expression levels of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) mRNA and miR-18a. Western blot analysis was used to determine protein expression levels of HIF-1α. The expression levels of HIF-1α mRNA and protein in all three types of sample from the invasive meningioma group were significantly higher compared with those in the control and non-invasive meningioma groups (P<0.05), and the expression levels of HIF-1α mRNA in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of the non-invasive meningioma group were significantly higher compared with those in the control group (P<0.05). The expression levels of miR-18a in the invasive meningioma group were significantly reduced compared with those in the control and non-invasive meningioma groups (P<0.05), whereas the levels of miR-18a in the non-invasive meningioma group were significantly lower compared with those in the control group (P<0.05). The expression of HIF-1α is significantly upregulated in patients with invasive meningiomas, possibly due to the downregulation of miR-18a expression. Therefore, miR-18a may regulate invasive meningiomas via HIF-1α.
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