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Biosafety assessments of hexafluoropropylene trimer derivative as a fluorinated cooling fluid for electronics
The Internet Data Center (IDC) is one of the most important infrastructures in the field of information technology. The cooling system for heat dissipation of IDC is indispensable due to it generates a large a...
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Enhancement of dissolution and oral bioavailability by adjusting microenvironment pH in crocetin ternary solid dispersions: Optimization, characterization, in vitro evaluation, and pharmacokinetics
The most promising active ingredient of Crocus sativus L., crocetin (CCT), has been demonstrated to possess many biological activities. However, only a few studies have been conducted on CCT formulation, especial...
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Discovery of a novel BTK inhibitor S-016 and identification of a new strategy for the treatment of lymphomas including BTK inhibitor-resistant lymphomas
Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) has emerged as a therapeutic target for B-cell malignancies, which is substantiated by the efficacy of various irreversible or reversible BTK inhibitors. However, on-target BTK m...
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Tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolites: new players in macrophage
Metabolic remodeling is a key feature of macrophage activation and polarization. Recent studies have demonstrated the role of tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle metabolites in the innate immune system. In the curr...
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Open AccessIdentification of miR-20b-5p as an inhibitory regulator in cardiac differentiation via TET2 and DNA hydroxymethylation
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a prevalent congenital cardiac malformation, which lacks effective early biological diagnosis and intervention. MicroRNAs, as epigenetic regulators of cardiac development, pro...
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Open AccessGut microbiome for predicting immune checkpoint blockade-associated adverse events
The impact of the gut microbiome on the initiation and intensity of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) prompted by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is widely acknowledged. Nevertheless, there is inconsis...
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Open AccessElevated expression of WSB2 degrades p53 and activates the IGFBP3-AKT-mTOR-dependent pathway to drive hepatocellular carcinoma
Dysregulation of wild-type p53 turnover is a key cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), yet its mechanism remains poorly understood. Here, we report that WD repeat and SOCS box containing protein 2 (WSB2), a...
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Open AccessPrognostic implications of alpha-fetoprotein and C-reactive protein elevation in hepatocellular carcinoma following resection (PACE): a large cohort study of 2770 patients
Routine clinical staging for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incorporates liver function, general health, and tumor morphology. Further refinement of prognostic assessments and treatment decisions may benefit f...
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Open AccessThe role of germanium in diseases: exploring its important biological effects
With the development of organic germanium and nanotechnology, germanium serves multiple biological functions, and its potential value in biochemistry and medicine has increasingly captured the attention of res...
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Capsaicin functions as a selective degrader of STAT3 to enhance host resistance to viral infection
Although STAT3 has been reported as a negative regulator of type I interferon (IFN) signaling, the effects of pharmacologically inhibiting STAT3 on innate antiviral immunity are not well known. Capsaicin, appr...
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Chronic β-adrenergic stress contributes to cardiomyopathy in rodents with collagen-induced arthritis
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a much higher incidence of cardiac dysfunction, which contributes to the high mortality rate of RA despite anti-arthritic drug therapy. In this study, we investigat...
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Intradermally delivered mRNA-encapsulating extracellular vesicles for collagen-replacement therapy
The success of messenger RNA therapeutics largely depends on the availability of delivery systems that enable the safe, effective and stable translation of genetic material into functional proteins. Here we sh...
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Open AccessAssociation between polygenic risk for Alzheimer’s disease and brain structure in children and adults
The correlations between genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with comprehensive brain regions at a regional scale are still not well understood. We aim to explore whether these associations vary across d...
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Open AccessUpregulation of galectin-3 in influenza A virus infection promotes viral RNA synthesis through its association with viral PA protein
Influenza is one of the most important viral infections globally. Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) consists of the PA, PB1, and PB2 subunits, and the amino acid residues of each subunit are highly con...
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Decreased Th1 Cells and Increased Th2 Cells in Peripheral Blood Are Associated with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a highly fatal manifestation of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). Th cells play important roles in the initiation of ILD. Here, we investigated the clinical signific...
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Open AccessClinical value and potential mechanisms of BUB1B up-regulation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has insidious onset, late clinical diagnosis and high recurrence rate, which leads to poor quality of patient life. Therefore, it is necessary to further explore the pathogenesis...
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Detection of the role of intestinal flora and tryptophan metabolism involved in antidepressant-like actions of crocetin based on a multi-omics approach
Depression is a serious mood disorder, and crocetin has a variety of pharmacological activities, including antidepressant effect. The alterations of intestinal flora have a significant correlation with depress...
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Open AccessAlternative ANKHD1 transcript promotes proliferation and inhibits migration in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma
Alternative splicing (AS) is common in gene expression, and abnormal splicing often results in several cancers. Overall survival-associated splicing events (OS-SEs) have been used to predict prognosis in cance...
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Open AccessFerroptosis participates in neuron damage in experimental cerebral malaria and is partially induced by activated CD8+ T cells
Cerebral malaria is the most serious complication of malaria infection, with 26% of surviving children having neurological sequelae, which may be caused by neuron damage, but the mechanism is not clear. Ferrop...
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Dezocine relieves the postoperative hyperalgesia in rats through suppressing the hyper-action of Akt1/GSK-3β pathway
The relieving role of dezocine in pain after surgery was previously reported, while the potential mechanism was not completely clear. Therefore, the current research probed into the regulatory mechanism of dez...