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Open AccessSpatial-temporal variation of marginal land suitable for energy plants from 1990 to 2010 in China
Energy plants are the main source of bioenergy which will play an increasingly important role in future energy supplies. With limited cultivated land resources in China, the development of energy plants may pr...
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Open AccessTheory for electric dipole superconductivity with an application for bilayer excitons
Exciton superfluid is a macroscopic quantum phenomenon in which large quantities of excitons undergo the Bose-Einstein condensation. Recently, exciton superfluid has been widely studied in various bilayer syst...
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Open AccessTransforming berberine into its intestine-absorbable form by the gut microbiota
The gut microbiota is important in the pathogenesis of energy-metabolism related diseases. We focused on the interaction between intestinal bacteria and orally administered chemical drugs. Oral administration ...
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Open AccessTRB3 links insulin/IGF to tumour promotion by interacting with p62 and impeding autophagic/proteasomal degradations
High insulin/IGF is a biologic link between diabetes and cancers, but the underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear. Here we report a previously unrecognized tumour-promoting mechanism for stress protein ...
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Open AccessCD36 is a co-receptor for hepatitis C virus E1 protein attachment
The cluster of differentiation 36 (CD36) is a membrane protein related to lipid metabolism. We show that HCV infection in vitro increased CD36 expression in either surface or soluble form. HCV attachment was faci...
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Open AccessMineral resources prospecting by synthetic application of TM/ETM+, Quickbird and Hyperion data in the Hatu area, West Junggar, **njiang, China
The Hatu area, West Junggar, **njiang, China, is situated at a potential gold-copper mineralization zone in association with quartz veins and small granitic intrusions. In order to identify the alteration zone...
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Open AccessSoil warming enhances the hidden shift of elemental stoichiometry by elevated CO2 in wheat
Increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]) and associated soil warming along with global climate change are expected to have large impacts on grain mineral nutrition in wheat. The effects of CO2 elevation ...
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Open AccessVesicle Size Regulates Nanotube Formation in the Cell
Intracellular membrane nanotube formation and its dynamics play important roles for cargo transportation and organelle biogenesis. Regarding the regulation mechanisms, while much attention has been paid on the...
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Open AccessQuantum Router for Single Photons Carrying Spin and Orbital Angular Momentum
Quantum router is an essential element in the quantum network. Here, we present a fully quantum router based on interaction free measurement and quantum dots. The signal photonic qubit can be routed to differe...
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Open AccessChondrogenic Potential of Peripheral Blood Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Seeded on Demineralized Cancellous Bone Scaffolds
As a cell source with large quantity and easy access, peripheral blood mesenchymal stem cells (PBMSCs) were isolated and seeded in porcine demineralized cancellous bone (DCB) scaffolds, cultured in chondrogeni...
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Open AccessPolydatin protects the respiratory system from PM2.5 exposure
Atmospheric particle is one of the risk factors for respiratory disease; however, their injury mechanisms are poorly understood, and prevention methods are highly desirable. We constructed artificial PM2.5 (aPM2....
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Vesicle Size Regulates Nanotube Formation in the Cell
Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 24002; published online: 07 April 2016; updated: 09 February 2017 He Ren and Chuanmao Zhang were omitted from the author list in the original version of this Article. This...
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Open AccessDeterministic secure quantum communication using a single d-level system
Deterministic secure quantum communication (DSQC) can transmit secret messages between two parties without first generating a shared secret key. Compared with quantum key distribution (QKD), DSQC avoids the wa...
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Open AccessDual Roles of Two Isoforms of Autophagy-related Gene ATG10 in HCV-Subgenomic replicon Mediated Autophagy Flux and Innate Immunity
Autophagy and immune response are two defense systems that human-body uses against viral infection. Previous studies documented that some viral mechanisms circumvented host immunity mechanisms and hijacked aut...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Soil warming enhances the hidden shift of elemental stoichiometry by elevated CO2 in wheat
Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 23313; published online: 22 March 2016; updated: 22 December 2017. The authors neglected to cite two previous studies related to the effect of elevated CO2 on minerals. Th...
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Open AccessPhysiological and biochemical changes during drought and recovery periods at tillering and jointing stages in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Defining the metabolic strategies used by wheat to tolerate and recover from drought events will be important for ensuring yield stability in the future, but studies addressing this critical research topic are...
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Open AccessThe Radiated Deep-frozen Xenogenic Meniscal Tissue Regenerated the Total Meniscus with Chondroprotection
Meniscal allograft transplantation yields good and excellent results but is limited by donor availability. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of radiated deep-frozen xenogenic meniscal ...
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Open AccessMap** the Potential Global Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella L.) Distribution Based on a Machine Learning Method
The spread of invasive species may pose great threats to the economy and ecology of a region. The codling moth (Cydia pomonella L.) is one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world and is the most dest...
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Open AccessLiver-target nanotechnology facilitates berberine to ameliorate cardio-metabolic diseases
Cardiovascular and metabolic disease (CMD) remains a main cause of premature death worldwide. Berberine (BBR), a lipid-lowering botanic compound with diversified potency against metabolic disorders, is a promi...
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Open AccessBerberine inhibits adipocyte differentiation, proliferation and adiposity through down-regulating galectin-3
This study is designed to investigate the effects of berberine (BBR) on galectin-3 (Gal-3) and the relationships to its suppressive activities on adipocyte differentiation, proliferation and adiposity. Our res...
