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Research progress on rolling superlubricity in solid lubricants
Superlubricity is an ideal lubrication state where friction nearly vanishes between contact interfaces. It has become one of the most important research topics and approaches owing to its significance in reduc...
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Open AccessMicrobial metagenomic shifts in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia during induction therapy and predictive biomarkers for infection
Emerging evidence has indicated a link between the gut microbiota and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). However, the acute changes in gut microbiota during chemotherapy and the predictive value of baseline ...
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Open AccessMulti-omics analysis uncovered systemic lupus erythematosus and COVID-19 crosstalk
Studies have highlighted a possible crosstalk between the pathogeneses of COVID-19 and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); however, the interactive mechanisms remain unclear. We aimed to elucidate the impact o...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided thermal ablation of graves’ disease: a retrospective cohort study
Ultrasound-guided thermal ablation (TA) has emerged as a robust therapeutic approach for treating solid tumors in multiple organs, including the thyroid. Yet, its efficacy and safety profile in the management ...
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Chinese food self-provisioning: key sustainability policy lessons hidden in plain sight
Drawing on an exploratory study of urban food self-provisioning (FSP) in China, this article argues that progress in sustainability scholarship can be accelerated by embracing a greater diversity of framings o...
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Open AccessEffects of 15% Azelaic Acid Gel in the Management of Post-Inflammatory Erythema and Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation in Acne Vulgaris
The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of 15% azelaic acid (AzA) gel in treating acne-induced post-inflammatory erythema (PIE) and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH). The effects of...
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SLC15A3 plays a crucial role in pulmonary fibrosis by regulating macrophage oxidative stress
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal and irreversible disease with few effective treatments. Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are involved in the development of IPF from the initial stages due to direct ex...
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CCR: Facial Image Editing with Continuity, Consistency and Reversibility
Three problems exist in sequential facial image editing: discontinuous editing, inconsistent editing, and irreversible editing. Discontinuous editing is that the current editing can not retain the previously e...
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Genipin inhibits proliferation of gastric cancer cells by inducing ferroptosis: an integrated study of network pharmacology and bioinformatics study
Ferroptosis has been demonstrated to suppress cancer development and is targeted for cancer therapy. Genipin, an iridoid constituent in Gardeniae Fructus, has been reported to exert anti-cancer abilities. However...
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Artificial Intelligence for Text Generation: An Intellectual Property Perspective
Purpose: This paper aims at proposing relevant improvement measures for the intellectual property regulation on AI-generated text. Methods: This paper adopts qualitative research methods, collects and analyzes...
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Open AccessSuperlubricity of molybdenum disulfide film
Superlubricity is an ideal state with zero contact friction between two frictional interfaces. It has become a hot research topic for many scientists in the past 20 years, and the field spans the complex hot r...
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Oligopeptide/Histidine Transporter PHT1 and PHT2 — Function, Regulation, and Pathophysiological Implications Specifically in Immunoregulation
The oligopeptide/histidine transporters PHT1 and PHT2, two mammalian solute carrier family 15A proteins, mediate the transmembrane transport of histidine and some di/tripeptides via proton gradient. PHT1 and P...
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Open AccessFusobacterium nucleatum upregulates MMP7 to promote metastasis-related characteristics of colorectal cancer cell via activating MAPK(JNK)-AP1 axis
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignant tumor. Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) is overabundant in CRC and associated with metastasis, but the role of F. nucleatum in CRC cell migration a...
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Trigger-activated autonomous DNA machine for amplified liver cancer biomarker microRNA21 imaging
MicroRNA-21 (miRNA-21) is a kind of RNA that exists in biological fluids such as blood, urine and saliva. It has over expression in liver cancer and has different expression in different stages of cancer. Howe...
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CD146 deficiency promotes inflammatory type 2 responses in pulmonary cryptococcosis
Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) is an important opportunistic fungal pathogen for pulmonary cryptococcosis. Previously, we demonstrated that CD146 mediated the adhesion of C. neoformans to the airway epit...
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The paradox of political legitimacy: the political inclusion and entrepreneurs’ firm strategies
This paper examines the paradoxical impact of political legitimacy by exploring the relationship between legitimacy due to political inclusion by the state and subsequent strategic actions by entrepreneurs in...
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The Time Trend of Blood Lead and Cadmium Levels in Rural Chinese Children: China Nutrition and Health Survey 2002 and 2012
This study was to investigate blood lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) levels and time trend in rural Chinese children derived from the China Nutrition and Health Survey 2002 and 2012 (CNHS 2002, CNHS 2012). In total,...
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Open AccessGram-negative bacteria resist antimicrobial agents by a DzrR-mediated envelope stress response
Envelope stress responses (ESRs) are critical for adaptive resistance of Gram-negative bacteria to envelope-targeting antimicrobial agents. However, ESRs are poorly defined in a large number of well-known plan...
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Open AccessMagnetron sputtering NbSe2 film as lubricant for space current-carrying sliding contact
This study demonstrates that magnetron-sputtered NbSe2 film can be used as a lubricant for space current-carrying sliding contact, which accommodates both metal-like conductivity and MoS2-like lubricity. Depositi...
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A comparative study of IL-33 and its receptor ST2 in a C57BL/6 J mouse model of pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infection
It has been reported that IL-33 receptor ST2 deficiency mitigates Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) pulmonary infection in BALB/c mice. IL-33 may modulate immune responses in ST2-dependent and ST2-independe...
