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Global genetic diversity, introgression, and evolutionary adaptation of indicine cattle revealed by whole genome sequencing

Indicine cattle, also referred to as zebu (Bos taurus indicus), play a central role in pastoral communities across a wide range of agro-ecosystems, from extremely hot semiarid regions to hot humid tropical region...

Ningbo Chen, **aoting **a, Quratulain Hanif, Fengwei Zhang… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Spatial transcriptomics uncover sucrose post-phloem transport during maize kernel development

Maize kernels are complex biological systems composed of three genetic sources, namely maternal tissues, progeny embryos, and progeny endosperms. The lack of gene expression profiles with spatial information h...

Yuxin Fu, Wenxin **ao, Lang Tian, Liangxing Guo, Guang** Ma… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Preservation versus resection of Denonvilliers’ fascia in total mesorectal excision for male rectal cancer: follow-up analysis of the randomized PUF-01 trial

Traditional total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer requires partial resection of Denonvilliers’ fascia (DVF), which leads to injury of pelvic autonomic nerve and postoperative urogenital dysfunction...

Jiafeng Fang, Bo Wei, Zongheng Zheng, Jian’an **ao, Fanghai Han… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Differential roles of highly expressed PFKFB4 in colon adenocarcinoma patients

Colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) is a common malignant tumor, and the role of the protein PFKFB4 in glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathways is crucial. Researchers investigated the clinical significance of PFKFB4...

**ao**g Gu, **ngchen Dai, Yongli Huang, Yuhuan Zhang, Lintao Dong… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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A FOCUS-PDCA quality improvement model for reducing the distribution defect rate of sterile packages

This study aimed to investigate the effect of the application of the FOCUS-PDCA quality improvement model in terms of reducing the distribution defect rate of the sterile packages processed by the CSSD. The FO...

Yongdeng Huang, Yan Huang, Liangying Yi, Wei Pan, Yanhua Chen in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Methylene blue accelerates liquid-to-gel transition of tau condensates impacting tau function and pathology

Preventing tau aggregation is a potential therapeutic strategy in Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies. Recently, liquid–liquid phase separation has been found to facilitate the formation of pathogenic ta...

Yongqi Huang, Jitao Wen, Lisa-Marie Ramirez, Eymen Gümüşdil… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Iberian Margin surface ocean cooling led freshening during Marine Isotope Stage 6 abrupt cooling events

The high-resolution paleoclimate records on the Iberian Margin provide an excellent archive to study the mechanism of abrupt climate events. Previous studies on the Iberian Margin proposed that the surface coo...

Hongrui Zhang, Yongsong Huang, Reto Wijker, Isabel Cacho… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Nrf2 inhibition increases sensitivity to chemotherapy of colorectal cancer by promoting ferroptosis and pyroptosis

Oxaliplatin is widely used in chemotherapy for colorectal cancer (CRC), but its sensitivity has become a major obstacle to limiting efficacy. Many literatures reported that Nrf2 activation promoted tumor chemo...

Yongzhou Huang, Wenchang Yang, Lei Yang, Tao Wang, Chengguo Li… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Differentially private knowledge transfer for federated learning

Extracting useful knowledge from big data is important for machine learning. When data is privacy-sensitive and cannot be directly collected, federated learning is a promising option that extracts knowledge fr...

Tao Qi, Fangzhao Wu, Chuhan Wu, Liang He, Yongfeng Huang, **ng **e in Nature Communications (2023)

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OsMADS17 simultaneously increases grain number and grain weight in rice

During the processes of rice domestication and improvement, a trade-off effect between grain number and grain weight was a major obstacle for increasing yield. Here, we identify a critical gene COG1, encoding the...

Yuanjie Li, Sheng Wu, Yongyu Huang, **n Ma, Lubin Tan, Fengxia Liu… in Nature Communications (2023)

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The effect of SARS-CoV-2 variant on respiratory features and mortality

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has caused over 80 million infections 973,000 deaths in the United States, and mutations are linked to increased transmissibility. This study aimed to determine the effect of SARS-CoV-2 v...

Thomas D. Hughes, Ajan Subramanian, Rana Chakraborty… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Subsurface nickel boosts the low-temperature performance of a boron oxide overlayer in propane oxidative dehydrogenation

Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane is a promising technology for the preparation of propene. Boron-based nonmetal catalysts exhibit remarkable selectivity toward propene and limit the generation of CO_x byproduc...

**aofeng Gao, Ling Zhu, Feng Yang, Lei Zhang, Wenhao Xu, **an Zhou… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Hierarchical graph learning for protein–protein interaction

Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs) are fundamental means of functions and signalings in biological systems. The massive growth in demand and cost associated with experimental PPI studies calls for computation...

Ziqi Gao, Chenran Jiang, Jiawen Zhang, **aosen Jiang, Lanqing Li… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Prognostic CT features in patients with untreated thymic epithelial tumors

To determine the prognostic CT features in patients with untreated thymic epithelial tumors (TETs). Clinical data and CT imaging features of 194 patients with pathologically confirmed TETs were retrospectively...

Haiyang Dai, Bowen Lan, Shengkai Li, Yong Huang, Guihua Jiang… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Unique DUOX2⁺ACE2⁺ small cholangiocytes are pathogenic targets for primary biliary cholangitis

Cholangiocytes play a crucial role in bile formation. Cholangiocyte injury causes cholestasis, including primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). However, the etiology of PBC remains unclear despite being characteri...

** Li, Yan Li, **tao **ao, Huiwen Wang, Yan Guo, **uru Mao… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Author Correction: PEAR1 regulates expansion of activated fibroblasts and deposition of extracellular matrix in pulmonary fibrosis

Yan Geng, Lin Li, Jie Yan, Kevin Liu, Aizhen Yang, Lin Zhang… in Nature Communications (2022)

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PEAR1 regulates expansion of activated fibroblasts and deposition of extracellular matrix in pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic interstitial lung disease that causes irreversible and progressive lung scarring and respiratory failure. Activation of fibroblasts plays a central role in the progression of pu...

Yan Geng, Lin Li, Jie Yan, Kevin Liu, Aizhen Yang, Lin Zhang… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Synthesis of I^(III)/S^(VI) reagents and their reactivity in photochemical cycloaddition reactions with unsaturated bonds

The development of novel methodologies for the introduction of the sulfoxonium group under mild conditions is appealing but remains underexplored. Herein we report the synthesis of a class of hypervalent iodin...

Li Li, Kun Deng, Yajie **ng, Cheng Ma, Shao-Fei Ni, Zhaofeng Wang… in Nature Communications (2022)

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High-speed, scanned laser structuring of multi-layered eco/bioresorbable materials for advanced electronic systems

Physically transient forms of electronics enable unique classes of technologies, ranging from biomedical implants that disappear through processes of bioresorption after serving a clinical need to internet-of-...

Quansan Yang, Ziying Hu, Min-Ho Seo, Yameng Xu, Ying Yan… in Nature Communications (2022)