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Open AccessChemokine receptor CXCR7 regulates the invasion, angiogenesis and tumor growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells
In spite of recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic measures, the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients remains poor. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what factors are involved in pr...
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Open AccessComparison of two approaches for measuring household wealth via an asset-based index in rural and peri-urban settings of Hunan province, China
There are growing concerns regarding inequities in health, with poverty being an important determinant of health as well as a product of health status. Within the People's Republic of China (P.R. China), dispa...
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Open AccessFormation polarity dependent improved resistive switching memory characteristics using nanoscale (1.3 nm) core-shell IrOx nano-dots
Improved resistive switching memory characteristics by controlling the formation polarity in an IrOx/Al2O3/IrOx-ND/Al2O3/WOx/W structure have been investigated. High density of 1 × 1013/cm2 and small size of 1.3 ...
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Open AccessDiscovery and study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Karamay of **njiang, West China
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) was discovered in the farms of the Karamay suburb, **njiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the 1990s. Between 1992 and 1994, a house-to-house survey revealed a prevalence of 1.0-1.6% i...
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Open AccessPredictors of failure of conservative treatment among patients with emphysematous pyelonephritis
Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe necrotizing infection of the renal parenchyma and perirenal tissues that is caused by gas-producing bacterial pathogens. Percutaneous drainage is now the gold sta...
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Open AccessTranscriptomic analysis of the phytopathogenic oomycete Phytophthora cactorum provides insights into infection-related effectors
Phytophthora cactorum, a hemibiotrophic oomycete pathogen, can cause destructive diseases on numerous crops worldwide, leading to essential economic losses every year. However, little has been known about its mol...
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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 AccessGenetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone
The genome sequences of 175 Ebola virus from five districts in Sierra Leone, collected during September–November 2014, show that the rate of virus evolution seems to be similar to that observed during previous...
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Erratum: Genetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone
Nature 524, 93–96 (2015); doi:10.1038/nature14490 This Letter should have contained an associated Creative Commons statement in the Author Information section. In addition, the Fig. 3c legend should have state...
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Open AccessAlcohol consumption and the risk of Barrett’s esophagus: a comprehensive meta-analysis
Several studies have been proposed to investigate the association between alcohol consumption and risk of Barrett’s esophagus (BE), but as of yet, no quantitative summary of the literature to clarify the relat...
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Open AccessXXIV World Allergy Congress 2015
A1 Pirfenidone inhibits TGF-b1-induced extracellular matrix production in nasal polyp-derived fibroblasts
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Open AccessAbstracts from the 8th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)
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Open AccessWorld Congress Integrative Medicine & Health 2017: part two
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Open AccessBaseline value of intrahepatic HBV DNA over cccDNA predicts patient’s response to interferon therapy
Methodology for accurate quantification of intra-hepatic cccDNA has long been a technical challenge, yet it is highly desired in the clinic. Here, we developed a sensitive method for quantification of intrahep...
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Open AccessMiR-30e inhibits tumor growth and chemoresistance via targeting IRS1 in Breast Cancer
MicroRNA-30e (miR-30e) is downregulated in various tumor types. However, its mechanism in inhibiting tumor growth of breast cancer remains to be elucidated. In this study, we found that miR-30e was significant...
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Open AccessThe distinct role of strand-specific miR-514b-3p and miR-514b-5p in colorectal cancer metastasis
The abnormal expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) in colorectal cancer (CRC) progression has been widely investigated. It was reported that the same hairpin RNA structure could generate mature products from each s...
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Open AccessAssociation between admission hypothermia and outcomes in very low birth weight infants in China: a multicentre prospective study
The objective of this prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study was to evaluate the association between admission hypothermia and neonatal outcomes in very low-birth weight (VLBW) infants in multipl...
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Open AccessReducing the consumption of personal protective equipment by setting up a multifunctional sampling station in the emergency department to screen for COVID-19 infection in Taiwan
In Taiwan, high-risk patients have been identified and tested for preventing community spread of COVID-19. Most sample collection was performed in emergency departments (EDs). Traditional sample collection req...
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Open AccessPsychological impact of COVID-19 on medical care workers in China
Medical care workers experienced unprecedented levels of workload and pressure since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Little is known about its exact impact on medical care workers and rela...
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Open AccessPRC2 and EHMT1 regulate H3K27me2 and H3K27me3 establishment across the zygote genome
The formation of zygote is the beginning of mammalian life, and dynamic epigenetic modifications are essential for mammalian normal development. H3K27 di-methylation (H3K27me2) and H3K27 tri-methylation (H3K27...
