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On penetration depth of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments into the Jovian atmosphere
The actual penetration depth of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments into the Jovian atmosphere is still an open question. From fundamental equations of meteoric physics with variable cross-section, a new analytic m...
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Experimental study on effect of Compound Biejia Ruangan prescription on high-resolution computerized tomographic images in bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis rats
Objective: To study the therapeutic effect of Compound Biejia Ruangan prescription (CBRP) on rat model with pulmonary fibrosis induced by bleomycin.Methods: Fifty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats we...
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Phylogeographic analysis of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup F2 in China reveals T12338C in the initiation codon of the ND5 gene not to be pathogenic
In this report, we studied on a homoplasmic T12338C change in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which substituted methionine in the translational initiation codon of the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 gene (ND5) with thre...
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RNA interference by expression of short hairpin RNAs suppresses bcl-xL gene expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells
To evaluate a new plasmid mediated RNA interference (RNAi) system and investigate whether knock-down of bcl-xL by short hairpin RNA (shRNA) can induce apoptosis of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell line C...
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Electrophysiological effect of fluoxetine on Xenopus oocytes heterologously expressing human serotonin transporter
To investigate the electrophysiological effect of fluoxetine on serotonin transporter.
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Development of a homogeneous calcium mobilization assay for high throughput screening of mas-related gene receptor agonists
To develop homogeneous calcium mobilization assay for high-throughput screening (HTS) of mas-related gene (Mrg) receptor agonists.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Numerical Study on the Effect of Grouting on Long-Term Settlement of Tunnels in Clay
The long-term settlements over tunnels can be rather significant, particularly when tunnels are embedded in soft and compressible soils. The influence of grouting on the evolution of long-term surface settleme...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Improved Chaos-Based Image Encryption Scheme
Chaos theory provides a new approach to image encryption technology. The key stream generator is the key design issue of an image encryption system, it directly determines the security and efficiency of the sy...
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In vitro and in vivo induction of bone formation based on adeno-associated virus-mediated BMP-7 gene therapy using human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells
To determine whether adeno-associated virus (AAV)-2-mediated, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-7-expressing human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMS) cells would induce bone formation in vitro and in vi...
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Enhanced efficacy of CTLA-4 fusion anti-caries DNA vaccines in gnotobiotic hamsters
To evaluate the comparative immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) fusion anti-caries DNA vaccines pGJA-P/VAX1, pGJA-P, and non-fusion anti-caries DN...
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Impaired Left Ventricular Systolic Synchronicity in Hypertensive Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias
Left ventricular (LV) systolic synchronicity is impaired in hypertensive patients. Ventricular arrhythmias often co-exist in hypertensive patients; hypertension and ventricular arrhythmias have an adverse impa...
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Open AccessNNAT and DIRAS3 genes are paternally expressed in pigs
Although expression and epigenetic differences of imprinted genes have been extensively characterised in man and the mouse, little is known on livestock species. In this study, the polymorphism-based approach ...
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Preoperative growth inhibition of human gastric adenocarcinoma treated with a combination of celecoxib and octreotide
To gain insight into the histopathological responses and molecular targets in the inhibition of growth of human gastric cancer treated with celecoxib (a cyclooxygenase [COX]-2 inhibitor) combined with octreotide.
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Rhodanine derivatives as novel peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ agonists
To characterize the in vitro bioactivities of rhodanine derivatives as novel peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) γ modulators, based on a hit (SH00012671) identified during high-throughput screening...
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Possible arrhythmiogenic mechanism produced by ibuprofen
The aim of the present study was to investigate the electrophysiological effect of ibuprofen on the cardiac action potentials (AP) and electrocardiograms (ECG), and to identify its arrhythmiogenic mechanism.
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Identification of antiviral mimetic peptides with interferon α-2b-like activity from a random peptide library using a novel functional biopanning method
To screen for interferon (IFN) α-2b mimetic peptides with antiviral activity.
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Adaptability of ESR dating of fault gouge in aseismic region: A case study on Hangzhou region, China
ESR dating has been widely used in seismic assessment. In this paper, we collected fault gouge samples system-atically for ESR (Electron Spin Resonance) dating, and sediment samples of overlying strata, and of...
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Open AccessFelodipine Reduces Cardiac Expression of IL-18 and Perivascular Fibrosis in Fructose-Fed Rats
Metabolic syndrome is associated with accelerated macrovascular and microvascular coronary disease, cardiomyopathy, and elevated inflammatory status. To determine whether metabolic syndrome-associated elevatio...
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Felodipine attenuates vascular inflammation in a fructose-induced rat model of metabolic syndrome via the inhibition of NF-κB activation
Metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased incidence of atherosclerosis. Clinical studies have shown that calcium channel blockers (CCB) inhibit the progression of atherosclerosis. However, the underly...
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Open AccessMap** QTLs for mineral accumulation and shoot dry biomass under different Zn nutritional conditions in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis)
Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis) is one of the most important vegetables in China. Genetic dissection of leaf mineral accumulation and tolerance to Zn stress is important for the improvement of ...
