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Open AccessTransplanted human photoreceptors transfer cytoplasmic material but not to the recipient mouse retina
The discovery of material transfer between transplanted and host mouse photoreceptors has expanded the possibilities for utilizing transplanted photoreceptors as potential vehicles for delivering therapeutic c...
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Promotion prospects and policy choice: evidence from the land market in China
The career prospects of politicians are crucial determinants of their policy choices. This paper studies the impact of promotion incentives on policy choices by analyzing data on prefecture officials and local...
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Involvement of spleen is associated with shorter survival in patients with angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma
The prognosis of patients with angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma (AITL) remains dismal, with their 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) rates of 32–41% and 18–38%, respectively. Sp...
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Open AccessA review on cell damage, viability, and functionality during 3D bioprinting
Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting fabricates 3D functional tissues/organs by accurately depositing the bioink composed of the biological materials and living cells. Even though 3D bioprinting techniques have ...
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Open AccessSplit-Ring Structured All-Inorganic Perovskite Photodetector Arrays for Masterly Internet of Things
The split-ring topography is studied systematically from wettability, evaporation assembly to optoelectronic devices.
An eff...
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Open AccessMagnetoactive acoustic metamaterials based on nanoparticle-enhanced diaphragm
Magnetoactive membrane-type acoustic metamaterials are fabricated by coating a layer of magnetic nanoparticles on the polyethylene (PE) membranes and their vibration characters are investigated experimentally....
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Open AccessProgrammably tiling rigidified DNA brick on gold nanoparticle as multi-functional shell for cancer-targeted delivery of siRNAs
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) is an effective therapeutic to regulate the expression of target genes in vitro and in vivo. Constructing a siRNA delivery system with high serum stability, especially responsive ...
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Open AccessFMRP regulates STAT3 mRNA localization to cellular protrusions and local translation to promote hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis
Most hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-associated mortalities are related to the metastasis of cancer cells. The localization of mRNAs and their products to cell protrusions has been reported to play a crucial ro...
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Open AccessDexamethasone can attenuate the pulmonary inflammatory response via regulation of the lncH19/miR-324-3p cascade
To investigate lncRNAs and their roles in regulating the pulmonary inflammatory response under dexamethasone (Dex) treatment.
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Drug Development
Endemic fluorosis has a great impact on human body and so far, no effective drug has been successfully developed. More commonly used drugs to treat chronic fluorosis contain elements such as boron, magnesium, ...
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Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Coal-burning Type of Endemic Fluorosis
Coal-burning type of endemic fluorosis is an endemic fluorosis unique to China. In addition to the environmental factors, its prevalence and control are closely related to the social and economic development, ...
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Epidemic Status of Coal-burning Type of Endemic Fluorosis
Fluoride gains its access to human body through digestive and respiratory tracts and then is excreted from kidney and widely found in hard tissues like bones and teeth, which are rich in calcium and phosphorus...
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Analysis and application of the response characteristics of DLL and LWD resistivity in horizontal well
There exist different response characteristics in the resistivity measurements of dual laterolog (DLL) and logging while drilling (LWD) electromagnetic wave propagation logging in highly deviated and horizonta...
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Open AccessOral administration of trace element magnesium significantly improving the cognition and locomotion in hepatic encephalopathy rats
The therapeutic effects of iron, zinc and magnesium trace elements, as well as rifaximin were investigated and compared in HE rats. In this study, HE rats were treated with either ferrous sulfate (HE-Fe, 30 mg...
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Preventing Expression of the Nicotinic Receptor Subunit α7 in SH-SY5Y Cells with Interference RNA Indicates that this Receptor may Protect Against the Neurotoxicity of Aβ
The present aim was to characterize the influence of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) on BACE, the enzyme that cleaves the amyloid precursor protein (APP) at the β-site, as well as on the oxidat...
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Correlations Between Cholinesterase Activity and Cognitive Scores in Post-Ischemic Rats and Patients with Vascular Dementia
The biochemical changes such as the activities of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) were investigated in rats with global cerebral ischemia and in vascular dementia (VaD) subjects i...
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The effects of auxiliary ligands on the synthesis, crystal structures and properties of three complexes with a substituted pyridazine ligand
Three new complexes, [Co(L)2(SCN)2] (1), [Co2(L)4(μ-N3)2](ClO4)2(H2O)1.5 (2), and [Ni(L)3](ClO4)2(CH3OH)2 (3), have been synthesized and structurally characterized, where L is 3-(3′,5′-dimethyl-pyrazole)-6-Cl-pyr...
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Synthesis, crystal structures, and biological activities of silver(I) and cobalt(II) complexes with an azole derivative ligand
Two new complexes, [Ag(L)2](NO3) · (H2O) (1) and [Co(L)2Cl2] (2) [L = 1-(imidazol-1-yl-methyl)-benzotriazole], have been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction techniques. In complex (1),...
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In vitro and in vivo evaluation of a novel oral insulin formulation
To develop a stable self-emulsifying formulation for oral delivery of insulin.
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Digitizing uncertainty modeling for reverse engineering applications: regression versus neural networks
The coordinate measuring machine is one of the two types of digitizers most popularly used in reverse engineering. A number of factors affect the digitizing uncertainty, such as travel speeds of the probe, pit...
