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    Circadian regulation of developmental synaptogenesis via the hypocretinergic system

    The circadian clock orchestrates a wide variety of physiological and behavioral processes, enabling animals to adapt to daily environmental changes, particularly the day-night cycle. However, the circadian clo...

    Xu-Fei Du, Fu-Ning Li, **ao-Lan Peng, Bing Xu, Yu Zhang, Guang Li in Nature Communications (2023)

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    Early extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as bridge for central airway obstruction patients caused by neck and chest tumors to emergency surgery

    Central airway obstruction caused by neck and chest tumors is a very dangerous oncological emergency with high mortality. Unfortunately, there is few literature to discuss an effective way for this life-threat...

    Lian**g Liang, ShiTong Su, YaRong He, YaLan Peng, ShuYun Xu in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    APOA1 mRNA and protein in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma correlate with the disease outcome

    Renal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors with high mortality, and kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) is the most common type of renal cancer. We attempted to evaluate the clinical and prog...

    Wei Zeng, Guoguang **ong, Li Hua, Yugang Hu, Xufeng Guo, **ulan Peng in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Ultra-fast single-crystal polymerization of large-sized covalent organic frameworks

    In principle, polymerization tends to produce amorphous or poorly crystalline materials. Efficiently producing high-quality single crystals by polymerization in solvent remains as an unsolved issue in chemistr...

    Lan Peng, Qianying Guo, Chaoyu Song, Samrat Ghosh, Huoshu Xu in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Boosting photoelectrochemical efficiency by near-infrared-active lattice-matched morphological heterojunctions

    Photoelectrochemical catalysis is an attractive way to provide direct hydrogen production from solar energy. However, solar conversion efficiencies are hindered by the fact that light harvesting has so far bee...

    Guo-Qiang Liu, Yuan Yang, Yi Li, Taotao Zhuang, Xu-Feng Li in Nature Communications (2021)

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    An economic and disease transmission model of human papillomavirus and oropharyngeal cancer in Texas

    In 2017, 46,157 and 3,127 new oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) cases were reported in the U.S. and Texas, respectively. About 70% of OPC were attributed to human papillomavirus (HPV). However, only 51% of U.S. and 4...

    Chengxue Zhong, Li Xu, Ho-Lan Peng, Samantha Tam, Li Xu in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Age-Structured Population Modeling of HPV-related Cervical Cancer in Texas and US

    Human papillomavirus (HPV)–related cervical cancer is a major public health threat to women, with >10,000 new cases diagnosed annually in the United States between 2008 and 2012. Since HPV vaccines can protect...

    Ho-Lan Peng, Samantha Tam, Li Xu, Kristina R. Dahlstrom, Chi-Fang Wu in Scientific Reports (2018)

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    Raman enhancement on ultra-clean graphene quantum dots produced by quasi-equilibrium plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

    Graphene is regarded as a potential surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate. However, the application of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) has had limited success due to material quality. Here, we deve...

    Donghua Liu, **aosong Chen, Yibin Hu, Tai Sun, Zhibo Song in Nature Communications (2018)

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    Higher Plasma S100B Concentrations in Schizophrenia Patients and Dependently Associated with Inflammatory Markers

    Glial damage and immune dysfunction are involved in pathogenesis of schizophrenia. However, interaction between glial damage and immune dysfunction in schizophrenia is undefined. This study aims to compare pla...

    Wu Hong, Min Zhao, Haozhe Li, Fanglan Peng, Fan Wang, Ningning Li in Scientific Reports (2016)

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    Innate immune sensing of bacterial modifications of Rho GTPases by the Pyrin inflammasome

    The Pyrin inflammasome detects the presence of a pathogen not through recognition of a microbial molecule but by the activity of a bacterial toxin that modifies host Rho activity.

    Hao Xu, Jieling Yang, Wenqing Gao, Lin Li, Peng Li, Li Zhang, Yi-Nan Gong in Nature (2014)