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Ting-**ang Xu
Life Sciences
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Multikingdom and functional gut microbiota markers for autism spectrum disorder
Associations between the gut microbiome and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been investigated although most studies have focused on the bacterial component of the microbiome. Whether gut archaea, fungi and...
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Exogenous melatonin enhanced cadmium stress tolerance of cucumber seedlings (Cucumis sativus L.)
Cadmium (Cd) stress seriously affects cucumber growth, yield, and quality. Melatonin (MT) can enhance plant resistance to abiotic stresses. However, studies on the mechanism of MT in enhancing plant resistance...
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Open AccessA genome-wide association study reveals novel loci and candidate genes associated with plant height variation in Medicago sativa
Plant height (PH) is an important agronomic trait influenced by a complex genetic network. However, the genetic basis for the variation in PH in Medicago sativa remains largely unknown. In this study, a comprehen...
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Open AccessFast connectivity gradient approximation: maintaining spatially fine-grained connectivity gradients while reducing computational costs
Brain connectome analysis suffers from the high dimensionality of connectivity data, often forcing a reduced representation of the brain at a lower spatial resolution or parcellation. This is particularly true...
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Whole exome sequencing analyses reveal novel genes in telomere length and their biomedical implications
Telomere length is a putative biomarker of aging and is associated with multiple age-related diseases. There are limited data on the landscape of rare genetic variations in telomere length. Here, we systematic...
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Continuous ridge-furrow film mulching enhances maize root growth and crop yield by improving soil aggregates characteristics in a semiarid area of China: An eight-year field experiment
Film mulching has been widely used for increasing crop yields in semiarid areas, but its long-term impact on crop performance and soil quality remains poor. This study aims at investigating the long-term effec...
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Overexpression of Lias Gene Alleviates Cadmium-Induced Kidney Injury in Mice Involving Multiple Effects: Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation
Oxidative stress is an important mechanism underlying toxicity induced by cadmium (Cd) exposure. However, there are significant differences of the antioxidant baseline in different populations. This means that...
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Dynamic intrauterine crosstalk promotes porcine embryo implantation during early pregnancy
Dynamic crosstalk between the embryo and mother is crucial during implantation. Here, we comprehensively profile the single-cell transcriptome of pig peri-implantation embryos and corresponding maternal endome...
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Streptomyces camelliae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Camellia oleifera Abel
A novel actinobacterium strain, designated HUAS 2-6 T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Camellia oleifera Abel collected from Taoyuan County, Northwestern Hunan Province, South China. This strain was sub...
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Mining, screening, and validation of cold-resistance molecular markers in Vitis vinifera L.
To address one of the main challenges restricting the development of global viticulture, it is imperative to breed high-quality and cold-resistant grape varieties. In this study, intraspecific cross-breeding w...
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Community of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Rhizosphere Soils with Different Generations of Hybridized Progeny of Wild Erianthus arundinaceus and Sugarcane
This study aimed to explore the community of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the rhizosphere soil with different generations of the hybridized progeny of wild Erianthus arundinaceus and sugarcane. Rhizosphe...
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Isolation of Rhizobacteria from Crocus Sativus L. Rhizosphere and Their Effects on Host-Growth Promotion
Corms serve as the primary mode of reproduction for saffron, which growth state determines the yield and quality of saffron under field cultivation conditions. In this study, fourteen rhizobacteria were isolat...
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Biotransformation activities of fungal strain apiotrichum sp. IB-1 to ibuprofen and naproxen
Ibuprofen (IBU) and naproxen (NPX), as widely prescribed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), are largely produced and consumed globally, leading to frequent and ubiquitous detection in various aque...
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Therapeutic application of circular RNA aptamers in a mouse model of psoriasis
Efforts to advance RNA aptamers as a new therapeutic modality have been limited by their susceptibility to degradation and immunogenicity. In a previous study, we demonstrated synthesized short double-stranded...
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A neurofunctional signature of subjective disgust generalizes to oral distaste and socio-moral contexts
While disgust originates in the hard-wired mammalian distaste response, the conscious experience of disgust in humans strongly depends on subjective appraisal and may even extend to socio-moral contexts. Here,...
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Cadmium Exposure was Associated with Sex-Specific Thyroid Dysfunction: Consistent Evidence from Two Independent Cross-Sectional Studies Based on Urinary and Blood Cadmium Measurements
Population-based studies on the association between cadmium (Cd) exposure and thyroid function are limited and have shown conflicting results. Two independent cross-sectional studies using different Cd biomark...
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Open AccessAllantoate Amidohydrolase OsAAH is Essential for Preharvest Sprouting Resistance in Rice
Preharvest sprouting (PHS) is an undesirable trait that decreases yield and quality in rice production. Understanding the genes and regulatory mechanisms underlying PHS is of great significance for breeding PH...
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Open AccessMulti-modal molecular determinants of clinically relevant osteoporosis subtypes
Due to a rapidly aging global population, osteoporosis and the associated risk of bone fractures have become a wide-spread public health problem. However, osteoporosis is very heterogeneous, and the existing s...
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Open AccessSSBlazer: a genome-wide nucleotide-resolution model for predicting single-strand break sites
Single-strand breaks are the major DNA damage in the genome and serve a crucial role in various biological processes. To reveal the significance of single-strand breaks, multiple sequencing-based single-strand...
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Effects of thinning and understory removal on water use efficiency of Pinus massoniana: evidence from photosynthetic capacity and stable carbon isotope analyses
Understanding the relationship between forest management and water use efficiency (WUE) is important for evaluating forest adaptability to climate change. However, the effects of thinning and understory remova...
