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Retraction Note: Mir20a/106a-WTX axis regulates RhoGDIa/CDC42 signaling and colon cancer progression

Gui-fang Zhu, Yang-wei Xu, Jian Li, Hui-lin Niu, Wen-xia Ma… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Stimuli-responsive rotaxane-branched dendronized polymers with tunable thermal and rheological properties

Aiming at the creation of polymers with attractive dynamic properties, herein, rotaxane-branched dendronized polymers (DPs) with rotaxane-branched dendrons attached onto the polymer chains are proposed. Starti...

Yu Zhu, Hanqiu Jiang, Weiwei Wu, **ao-Qin Xu, Xu-Qing Wang… in Nature Communications (2023)

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A single-cell transcriptional landscape of immune cells shows disease-specific changes of T cell and macrophage populations in human achalasia

Achalasia is a rare motility disorder of the esophagus caused by the gradual degeneration of myenteric neurons. Immune-mediated ganglionitis has been proposed to underlie the loss of myenteric neurons. Here, w...

Zu-Qiang Liu, Hao Dai, Lu Yao, Wei-Feng Chen, Yun Wang, Li-Yun Ma… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Genomic insight into domestication of rubber tree

Understanding the genetic basis of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) domestication is crucial for further improving natural rubber production to meet its increasing demand worldwide. Here we provide a high-quality...

**quan Chao, Shaohua Wu, Min**g Shi, **a Xu, Qiang Gao… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Diploid and tetraploid genomes of Acorus and the evolution of monocots

Monocots are a major taxon within flowering plants, have unique morphological traits, and show an extraordinary diversity in lifestyle. To improve our understanding of monocot origin and evolution, we generate...

Liang Ma, Ke-Wei Liu, Zhen Li, Yu-Yun Hsiao, Yiying Qi, Tao Fu… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Renal denervation reverses ventricular structural and functional remodeling in failing rabbit hearts

Renal denervation (RDN) suppresses the activity of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system and inflammatory cytokines, leading to the prevention of cardiac remodeling. Limited studies have reported the effect...

Ting-Chun Huang, Li-Wei Lo, Yu-Hui Chou, Wei-Lun Lin, Shih-Lin Chang… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Genome-wide association study of lung adenocarcinoma in East Asia and comparison with a European population

Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer. Known risk variants explain only a small fraction of lung adenocarcinoma heritability. Here, we conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study o...

Jianxin Shi, Kouya Shiraishi, Jiyeon Choi, Keitaro Matsuo… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Parasubthalamic calretinin neurons modulate wakefulness associated with exploration in male mice

The parasubthalamic nucleus (PSTN) is considered to be involved in motivation, feeding and hunting, all of which are highly depending on wakefulness. However, the roles and underlying neural circuits of the PS...

Han Guo, Jian-Bo Jiang, Wei Xu, Mu-Tian Zhang, Hui Chen… in Nature Communications (2023)

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CryoFIB milling large tissue samples for cryo-electron tomography

Cryo-electron tomography (cryoET) is a powerful tool for exploring the molecular structure of large organisms. However, technical challenges still limit cryoET applications on large samples. In particular, loc...

Sihan Wang, Heng Zhou, Wei Chen, Yifeng Jiang, Xuzhen Yan, Hong You… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Lamella-heterostructured nanoporous bimetallic iron-cobalt alloy/oxyhydroxide and cerium oxynitride electrodes as stable catalysts for oxygen evolution

Develo** robust nonprecious-metal electrocatalysts with high activity towards sluggish oxygen-evolution reaction is paramount for large-scale hydrogen production via electrochemical water splitting. Here we ...

Shu-Pei Zeng, Hang Shi, Tian-Yi Dai, Yang Liu, Zi Wen… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Verifying the accuracy of self-reported smoking behavior in female volunteer soldiers

Smoking rates in the military are evaluated through questionnaire surveying. Because the accurate identification of smokers facilitates the provision of smoking cessation services, this study conducted urine c...

Wei-Hung Chan, Ching-Huang Lai, Shu-Jia Huang, Chung-Chi Huang… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Establishment and validation of a plasma oncofetal chondroitin sulfated proteoglycan for pan-cancer detection

Various biomarkers targeting cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and circulating proteins have been tested for pan-cancer detection. Oncofetal chondroitin sulfate (ofCS), which distinctively modifies proteoglycans (PGs) of ...

Pei-Fen Zhang, Zi-Yi Wu, Wen-Bin Zhang, Yong-Qiao He, Kexin Chen… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Evolutionary route of nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis and its clinical significance

It is critical to understand factors associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) metastasis. To track the evolutionary route of metastasis, here we perform an integrative genomic analysis of 163 matched blo...

Mei Lin, **ao-Long Zhang, Rui You, You-** Liu, Hong-Min Cai… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Ni-catalyzed benzylic β-C(sp³)–H bond activation of formamides

The development of transition metal-catalyzed β-C–H bond activation via highly-strained 4-membered metallacycles has been a formidable task. So far, only scarce examples have been reported to undergo β-C–H bond a...

Rong-Hua Wang, Wei-Wei Xu, Hongli Wu, Yue Li, Jiang-Fei Li… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Tracking westerly wind directions over Europe since the middle Holocene

The variability of the northern westerlies has been considered as one of the key elements for modern and past climate evolution. Their multiscale behavior and underlying control mechanisms, however, are incomp...

Hsun-Ming Hu, Valerie Trouet, Christoph Spötl, Hsien-Chen Tsai… in Nature Communications (2022)

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An ionic vinylene-linked three-dimensional covalent organic framework for selective and efficient trap** of ReO₄⁻ or ⁹⁹TcO₄⁻

The synthesis of ionic olefin linked three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D COFs) is greatly challenging given the hardness of the formation of stable carbon-carbon double bonds (–C = C–). Herein, w...

Cheng-Rong Zhang, Wei-Rong Cui, Shun-Mo Yi, Cheng-Peng Niu… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Giant spin ensembles in waveguide magnonics

The dipole approximation is usually employed to describe light-matter interactions under ordinary conditions. With the development of artificial atomic systems, ‘giant atom’ physics is possible, where the scal...

Zi-Qi Wang, Yi-Pu Wang, Jiguang Yao, Rui-Chang Shen, Wei-Jiang Wu… in Nature Communications (2022)

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GABAergic neurons in the rostromedial tegmental nucleus are essential for rapid eye movement sleep suppression

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep disturbances are prevalent in various psychiatric disorders. However, the neural circuits that regulate REM sleep remain poorly understood. Here, we found that in male mice, opto...

Ya-Nan Zhao, Jian-Bo Jiang, Shi-Yuan Tao, Yang Zhang, Ze-Ka Chen… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Morphometric study of percutaneous A1 pulley of thumb release

Through anatomy, microscope, histopathology, and simulating needle knife operation on specimens, to accumulate the relevant parameters of the A1 pulley of thumb, and to provide an anatomical evidence for the n...

Wei-xing Zhong, Zu-jiang Chen, Wei-jie Peng, Rui-bin Gu, Jun-hua Li… in Scientific Reports (2022)

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A linear Di-coordinate boron radical cation

The pursuit of di-coordinate boron radical has been continued for more than a half century, and their stabilization and structural characterization remains a challenge. Here we report the isolation and structu...

Yu-Jiang Lin, Wei-Chun Liu, Yi-Hung Liu, Gene-Hsiang Lee… in Nature Communications (2022)