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    Predictive efficacy of the preoperative neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio in lymph node metastasis of cN0 hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

    Breast cancer, as the most common cancer, has surpassed lung cancer worldwide. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been linked to the onset of cancer and its prognosis in recent studies. However, quit...

    Miao-Feng Wang, Jia-Rui Cai, Heng **a, **u-feng Chu in Scientific Reports (2024)

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    Lactobacillus fermentum PS150 promotes non-rapid eye movement sleep in the first night effect of mice

    The first night effect (FNE) is a type of sleep disturbance caused by an unfamiliar environment, which leads to difficulty falling asleep and reduced sleep duration. Previously, we reported that Lactobacillus fer...

    Alexander Lin, Ching-Ting Shih, Hsu-Feng Chu, Chieh-Wen Chen in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Towards a reference genome that captures global genetic diversity

    The current human reference genome is predominantly derived from a single individual and it does not adequately reflect human genetic diversity. Here, we analyze 338 high-quality human assemblies of geneticall...

    Karen H. Y. Wong, Walfred Ma, Chun-Yu Wei, Erh-Chan Yeh in Nature Communications (2020)

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    Association between regional economic status and renal recovery of dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury among critically ill patients

    The association between regional economic status and the probability of renal recovery among patients with dialysis-requiring AKI (AKI-D) is unknown. The nationwide prospective multicenter study enrolled criti...

    Chih-Chung Shiao, Yu-Hsing Chang, Ya-Fei Yang, En-Tzu Lin in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Use of high frequency oscillatory ventilator in neonates with respiratory failure: the clinical practice in Taiwan and early multimodal outcome prediction

    High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) can be a rescue for neonates with refractory respiratory failure or an early elective therapy for preterm infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). ...

    Mei-Chin Yang, Jen-Fu Hsu, Hsiu-Feng Hsiao, Lan-Yan Yang, Yu-Bin Pan in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Evolutionary histories of coxsackievirus B5 and swine vesicular disease virus reconstructed by phylodynamic and sequence variation analyses

    Coxsackievirus (CV)-B5 is a common human enterovirus reported worldwide; swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV) is a porcine variant of CV-B5. To clarify the transmission dynamics and molecular basis of host swi...

    Hui-Wen Huang, Pei-Huan Chu, Chu-Hsiang Pan, Chu-Feng Wang in Scientific Reports (2018)

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    Losartan reduces ensuing chronic kidney disease and mortality after acute kidney injury

    Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an important risk factor for incident chronic kidney disease (CKD). Clinical studies disclose that ensuing CKD progresses after functional recovery from AKI, but the underlying mec...

    Shun-Yang Cheng, Yu-Hsiang Chou, Fang-Ling Liao, Chi-Chun Lin in Scientific Reports (2016)

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    Activation of Nrf2 by the dengue virus causes an increase in CLEC5A, which enhances TNF-α production by mononuclear phagocytes

    Infection by the dengue virus (DENV) threatens global public health due to its high prevalence and the lack of effective treatments. Host factors may contribute to the pathogenesis of DENV; herein, we investig...

    Yi-Lin Cheng, Yee-Shin Lin, Chia-Ling Chen, Tsung-Ting Tsai in Scientific Reports (2016)

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    An open science resource for establishing reliability and reproducibility in functional connectomics

    Efforts to identify meaningful functional imaging-based biomarkers are limited by the ability to reliably characterize inter-individual differences in human brain function. Although a growing number of connect...

    **-Nian Zuo, Jeffrey S Anderson, Pierre Bellec, Rasmus M Birn in Scientific Data (2014)