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Open AccessBiosynthetic production of anticoagulant heparin polysaccharides through metabolic and sulfotransferases engineering strategies
Heparin is an important anticoagulant drug, and microbial heparin biosynthesis is a potential alternative to animal-derived heparin production. However, effectively using heparin synthesis enzymes faces challe...
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Open AccessHidden diversity and potential ecological function of phosphorus acquisition genes in widespread terrestrial bacteriophages
Phosphorus (P) limitation of ecosystem processes is widespread in terrestrial habitats. While a few auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) in bacteriophages from aquatic habitats are reported to have the potential t...
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Open AccessAn improved technology for monitoring groundwater flow velocity and direction in fractured rock system based on colloidal particles motion
The colloidal borescope, using colloidal particle motion, is used to monitor the flow velocities and directions of groundwater. It integrates advanced techniques such as microscopy, high-speed photography, and...
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Open AccessThe liver microenvironment orchestrates FGL1-mediated immune escape and progression of metastatic colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with liver metastases usually obtain less benefit from immunotherapy, and the underlying mechanisms remain understudied. Here, we identify that fibrinogen-like protein 1 (FGL1)...
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Open AccessHyodeoxycholic acid ameliorates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by inhibiting RAN-mediated PPARα nucleus-cytoplasm shuttling
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is usually characterized with disrupted bile acid (BA) homeostasis. However, the exact role of certain BA in NAFLD is poorly understood. Here we show levels of serum hy...
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Open AccessCamrelizumab combined with apatinib in patients with first-line platinum-resistant or PD-1 inhibitor resistant recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a single-arm, phase 2 trial
Immunotherapy combined with antiangiogenic targeted therapy has improved the treatment of certain solid tumors, but effective regimens remain elusive for refractory recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinom...
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Open AccessIdentification of autophagy-associated circRNAs in sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy of mice
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play a role in sepsis-related autophagy. However, the role of circRNAs in autophagy after sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SICM) is unknown, so we explored the circRNA expression profile...
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Open AccessGenome-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...
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Open AccessShort term outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants from a multicenter cohort study in Guangdong of China
With the increase in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants, their outcome attracted worldwide attention. However, in China, the related studies are rare. The hospitalized records of ELBW infants discharged...
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Open AccessPerirenal adipose afferent nerves sustain pathological high blood pressure in rats
Hypertension is a pathological condition of persistent high blood pressure (BP) of which the underlying neural mechanisms remain obscure. Here, we show that the afferent nerves in perirenal adipose tissue (PRA...
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Open AccessComprehensive profiling of 1015 patients’ exomes reveals genomic-clinical associations in colorectal cancer
The genetic basis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and its clinical associations remain poorly understood due to limited samples or targeted genes in current studies. Here, we perform ultradeep whole-exome sequencin...
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Open AccessMonovalent lanthanide(I) in borozene complexes
Lanthanide (Ln) elements are generally found in the oxidation state +II or +III, and a few examples of +IV and +V compounds have also been reported. In contrast, monovalent Ln(+I) complexes remain scarce. Here...
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Open AccessDissecting spatial heterogeneity and the immune-evasion mechanism of CTCs by single-cell RNA-seq in hepatocellular carcinoma
Little is known about the transcriptomic plasticity and adaptive mechanisms of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) during hematogeneous dissemination. Here we interrogate the transcriptome of 113 single CTCs from 4...
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Ultrahigh-energy photons up to 1.4 petaelectronvolts from 12 γ-ray Galactic sources
The extension of the cosmic-ray spectrum beyond 1 petaelectronvolt (PeV; 1015 electronvolts) indicates the existence of the so-called PeVatrons—cosmic-ray factories that accelerate particles to PeV energies. We n...
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Open AccessInvestigation of Proteus vulgaris and Elizabethkingia meningoseptica invasion on muscle oxidative stress and autophagy in Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)
Muscle is an important structural tissue in aquatic animals and it is susceptible to bacterial and fungal infection, which could affect flesh quality and health. In this study, Chinese soft-shelled turtles wer...
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Open AccessIdentification of 38 novel loci for systemic lupus erythematosus and genetic heterogeneity between ancestral groups
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a worldwide autoimmune disease with high heritability, shows differences in prevalence, severity and age of onset among different ancestral groups. Previous genetic studies ...
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Open AccessThe influence of distance weight on the inverse distance weighted method for ore-grade estimation
In order to study the influence of distance weight on ore-grade estimation, the inverse distance weighted (IDW) is used to estimate the Ni grade and MgO grade of serpentinite ore based on a three-dimensional o...
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Open AccessExternal beam radiotherapy with or without californium-252 neutron brachytherapy for treatment of recurrence after definitive chemoradiotherapy
We aimed to evaluate the application of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) combined with californium-252 (252Cf) neutron intraluminal brachytherapy (NBT) in patients with local recurrent esophageal cancer after de...
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Open AccessChromosome-level genome assembly of a parent species of widely cultivated azaleas
Azaleas (Ericaceae) comprise one of the most diverse ornamental plants, renowned for their cultural and economic importance. We present a chromosome-scale genome assembly for Rhododendron simsii, the primary ance...
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Open AccessAn optimal posttreatment surveillance strategy for cancer survivors based on an individualized risk-based approach
The optimal post-treatment surveillance strategy that can detect early recurrence of a cancer within limited visits remains unexplored. Here we adopt nasopharyngeal carcinoma as the study model to establish an...