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Open AccessMetabolomic and Transcriptomic Changes Induced by Potassium Deficiency During Sarocladium oryzae Infection Reveal Insights into Rice Sheath Rot Disease Resistance
Rice sheath rot disease caused by Sarocladium oryzae (S. oryzae) infection is an emerging disease, and infection can cause yield losses of 20–85%. Adequate potassium (K) application is a feasible strategy for ric...
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Open AccessKinetics of plasma cfDNA predicts clinical response in non-small cell lung cancer patients
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), VEGF/VEGF receptor inhibitors (VEGFIs) and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment of advanced cancers including non-small-cell lung cancer (NSC...
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Open AccessRetraction Note to: Inhibition of ZEB1-AS1 confers cisplatin sensitivity in breast cancer by promoting microRNA-129-5p-dependent ZEB1 downregulation
This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-021-01759-5.
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Generative Adversarial Domain Generalization via Cross-Task Feature Attention Learning for Prostate Segmentation
In real-life clinical deployment, domain shift on multi-site datasets is a critical and crucial problem for the generalization of prostate segmentation deep neural networks. To tackle this challenging problem,...
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BCN-GCN: A Novel Brain Connectivity Network Classification Method via Graph Convolution Neural Network for Alzheimer’s Disease
Brain connectivity network (BCN) is a non-directed graph which represents the relationship between brain regions. Traditional feature extractor methods has been applied to identify diseases related to brains s...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Plasma activity of Thioredoxin Reductase as a Novel Biomarker in Gastric Cancer
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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LncRNA KTN1-AS1 promotes the progression of non-small cell lung cancer via sponging of miR-130a-5p and activation of PDPK1
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the major cause of cancer-associated death worldwide, but its underlying mechanisms remain to be fully elucidated. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are known to play an impor...
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Construction and characterization of versatile flexible composite nanofibrous aerogels based on thermoplastic polymeric nanofibers
Poly(vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene) (PVA-co-PE) nanofibers (flexible and effective bonding together) were combined with stiff and flame-resistant sepiolite nanorods (SEP) to fabricate composite nanofibrous aerogels (...
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Open AccessClinical application of the AUC-guided dosage adjustment of docetaxel-based chemotherapy for patients with solid tumours: a single centre, prospective and randomised control study
Docetaxel (DTX) is a widely used anti-tumour drug, and its dosage is solely determined by body surface area (BSA). Adverse events, such as neutropenia or unsatisfied efficacy, likely occur because of differenc...
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Open AccessSimultaneous bilateral femoral neck fractures in a dialysis-dependent patient: case report and literature review
Simultaneous bilateral femoral neck fractures are extremely rare without obvious injury. Herein, we report the case of a patient on dialysis presenting with bilateral femoral neck fractures, which is a conditi...
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Protective Effect of Purple Tomato Anthocyanidin on Chromium(VI)-Induced Autophagy in LMH Cells by Inhibiting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress
This study aimed to investigate the role of purple tomato anthocyanin (PTA) in autophagy induced by chromium(VI) in a chicken hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (LMH cells). LMH cells were exposed to Cr(VI), P...
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Autophagy of bovine mammary epithelial cell induced by intracellular Staphylococcus aureus
Bovine mastitis is a common disease in the dairy industry that causes great economic losses. As the primary pathogen of contagious mastitis, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) can invade bovine mammary epithelial ...
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Open AccessRETRACTED ARTICLE: Inhibition of ZEB1-AS1 confers cisplatin sensitivity in breast cancer by promoting microRNA-129-5p-dependent ZEB1 downregulation
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women worldwide. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are of critical importance in tumor drug resistance. Herein, this study aims to determine the r...
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Open AccessNitrogen fertilization compensation the weak photosynthesis of Oilseed rape (Brassca napus L.) under haze weather
Haze and cloudy weather reduce photo-synthetically active radiation (PAR), which affects the formation of crop yield and nitrogen (N) fertilizer utilization.. We conducted field trails in normal year and sever...
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Differential Responses of Seed Yield and Yield Components to Nutrient Deficiency Between Direct Sown and Transplanted Winter Oilseed Rape
Both transplanting and direct-sowing are the dominated methods for establishing winter oilseed rape in China. It is important to understand crop performances and responses to nutrient deficiency between transp...
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Open AccessDNLC: differential network local consistency analysis
The biological network is highly dynamic. Functional relations between genes can be activated or deactivated depending on the biological conditions. On the genome-scale network, subnetworks that gain or lose l...
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Open AccessPlasma activity of Thioredoxin Reductase as a Novel Biomarker in Gastric Cancer
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the leading malignancies around the world. Identification of novel and efficient biomarkers for GC diagnosis and evaluation of therapeutic efficiency could improve the therapeutic...
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Open AccessPlasmonic Au nanoparticles supported on both sides of TiO2 hollow spheres for maximising photocatalytic activity under visible light
A strategy of intensifying the visible light harvesting ability of anatase TiO2 hollow spheres (HSs) was developed, in which both sides of TiO2 HSs were utilised for stabilising Au nanoparticles (NPs) through the...
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The clinical and prognostic significance of paraoxonase-2 in gastric cancer patients: immunohistochemical analysis
Paraoxonase-2 (PON2) belongs to the paraoxonase (PON) protein family. Unlike paraoxonase-1 (PON1), the expression and significance of PON2 remained largely unknown in gastric cancer (GC). Thus, the purpose of ...
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Effects of Cr(VI) exposure on electrocardiogram, myocardial enzyme parameters, inflammatory factors, oxidative kinase, and ATPase of the heart in Chinese rural dogs
Heavily chromium-polluted areas, where people are prohibited from entering, are paradises for stray dogs. In this study, stray dogs were used to study the effects of chromium exposure on the heart of dogs in s...
