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Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Pneumonitis: Incidence and Management
Despite immune checkpoint inhibitors’ (ICIs) many notable benefits, they carry the risk of immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP) is an irAE with significant morbidity an...
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Netrin-1 and RGMa: Novel Regulators of Atherosclerosis-Related Diseases
Neuronal guidance proteins (NGPs) have been demonstrated to guide the elongation of neuronal axonal growth cones in the develo** central nervous system. Non-neuronal functions of NGPs have also been describe...
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Intelligent infrared sensing enabled by tunable moiré quantum geometry
Quantum geometric properties of Bloch wave functions in solids, that is, Berry curvature and the quantum metric, are known to significantly influence the ground- and excited-state behaviour of electrons1–5. The b...
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Open AccessSerum glial fibrillary acidic protein and S100 calcium-binding protein B correlates cerebral vessel reactivity following carotid artery stenting
Using detection markers in serum has the advantages of simplicity, repeatability and the capability. This study combined the use of serum glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and S100B protein (S100B) with i...
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A wavelength-scale black phosphorus spectrometer
On-chip spectrometers with compact footprints are being extensively investigated owing to their promising future in critical applications such as sensing, surveillance and spectral imaging. Most existing minia...
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Strong mid-infrared photoresponse in small-twist-angle bilayer graphene
Small-twist-angle (<2°) bilayer graphene has received extraordinary attention recently due to its exciting physical properties1–11. Compared with monolayer graphene, the Brillouin zone folding in twisted bilayer ...
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Open AccessEnhancing infrared emission of mercury telluride (HgTe) quantum dots by plasmonic structures
The coupling of HgTe quantum dots to a gold nanobump plasmonic array can enhance the spontaneous infrared emission by a factor of five and reduce the influence of nonradiative decay channels.
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Author Correction: Efficient electrical detection of mid-infrared graphene plasmons at room temperature
In the version of this Article originally published, the units of the right-hand y axis of Fig. 2a were incorrectly labelled as mS; they should have been µS. Also, the x-axis tick marks of Fig. 3b should have ...
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Efficient electrical detection of mid-infrared graphene plasmons at room temperature
Optical excitation and subsequent decay of graphene plasmons can produce a significant increase in charge-carrier temperature. An efficient method to convert this temperature elevation into electrical signals ...
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Open AccessWidely tunable black phosphorus mid-infrared photodetector
Lately rediscovered orthorhombic black phosphorus (BP) exhibits promising properties for near- and mid-infrared optoelectronics. Although recent electrical measurements indicate that a vertical electric field ...
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Determination of oxygen transmission barrier of microcapsule wall by crocetin deterioration kinetics
Microencapsulation was a widely used technique for the unstable materials because the wall prevented the core from contacting with oxygen. To improve the stability of crocetin and maximize the protection affor...
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Improved cardenolide production in Calotropis gigantea hairy roots using mechanical wounding and elicitation
A hairy root culture system of Calotropis gigantea was established and effects of mechanical wounding (MW) and elicitors [methyl jasmonate (MJ), yeast extract (YE) and chitosan (CS)] on cardenolide production wer...
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Elicitor-enhanced syringin production in suspension cultures of Saussurea medusa
Syringin production and related secondary metabolism enzyme activities in suspension cultures of Saussurea medusa treated with different elicitors (yeast extract, chitosan and Ag+) were investigated. All elicitor...
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Cell Growth and Shikonin Production of Arnebia euchroma in a Periodically Submerged Airlift Bioreactor
Arnebia euchroma was grown in a 2-l periodically submerged, airlift bioreactor (PSAB) in which the non-submerged (immobilization culture) and submerged (suspension culture) operations were controlled automaticall...
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Promotion of the growth of Crocus sativus cells and the production of crocin by rare earth elements
La3+ and Ce3+, either singly or a mixture, promoted crocin production of Crocus sativus callus but Nd3+ had little effect and all metal ions were toxic above 100 μM. La3+ (60 μM) promoted growth of callus signifi...
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Production of crocin using Crocus sativus callus by two-stage culture system
Saffron callus was grown in a two-stage culture on B5 medium supplemented with casein hydrolysate (300 mg l−1) at 22 °C in dark with naphthalene acetic acid (2 mg l−1) and 6-benzyladenine (1 mg l−1) to give maxim...
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Optimization of cryopreservation of Artemisia annua L. callus
Cryopreservation of callus tissue of Artimisia annua L. was optimized. Two lines of calli were precultured on MS medium with 5% (v/v) dimethyl sulfoxide, and protected by a cryoprotectant containing 15% (v/v) eth...
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Improved cell growth and total flavonoids of Saussurea medusa on solid culture medium supplemented with rare earth elements
Callus cultures of Saussurea medusa were cultivated on solid culture medium supplemented with either Ce3+, La3+, Nd3+ or a mixture of rare earth elements. Ce3+, 0.05 mM, gave the highest biomass (0.53 g dry wt pe...
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Improved growth of Artemisia annua L hairy roots and artemisinin production under red light conditions
Hairy root cultures of Artemisia annua L were cultivated for 30 days under either white, red, blue, yellow or green light. Red light at 660 nm gave the highest biomass of hairy roots (5.73 g dry wt cells l−1 medi...
