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Breast cancer is a serious health problem worldwide. Inhibition of apoptosis plays a major role in breast cancer tumorigenesis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play crucial roles in the regulation of apoptosis. However, th...
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Open AccessTumor-recruited M2 macrophages promote gastric and breast cancer metastasis via M2 macrophage-secreted CHI3L1 protein
The macrophage, one of the several key immune cell types, is believed to be involved in tumorigenesis. However, the mechanism of macrophages promoting tumor progression is largely unknown.
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Open AccessPivotal regulators of tissue homeostasis and cancer: macrophages
Macrophages are an essential component of innate immunity and play a vital role in inflammation and host defense. Based on immunological responses, the macrophages are classified into “activated” macrophage (M...
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A novel location-based encryption model using fuzzy vault scheme
The secure storage of the sensitive data in mobile devices is an urgent issue. Most of the existed encryption algorithms are location independent, which means the encrypted data can be decrypted anywhere. In t...
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As the most abundant biological entities, viruses are major players in marine ecosystems. However, our knowledge about virus-host interactions and viral ecology in the deep sea remains very limited. In this st...
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Open AccessHomotypic CARD-CARD interaction is critical for the activation of NLRP1 inflammasome
Cytosolic inflammasomes are supramolecular complexes that are formed in response to intracellular pathogens and danger signals. However, as to date, the detailed description of a homotypic caspase recruitment ...
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Open AccessSimultaneous imaging of magnetic field and temperature using a wide-field quantum diamond microscope
Quantum sensing based on nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond has shown excellent properties. Combined with the imaging technique, it shows exciting practicability. Here, we demonstrate the simultaneously imagi...
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A secure three-factor-based authentication with key agreement protocol for e-Health clouds
The rapid development of electronic healthcare (e-Health) has brought great convenience to people’s life. In order to guarantee the security of users, a large number of identity authentication protocols have b...
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Anonymous and provably secure authentication protocol using self-certified cryptography for wireless sensor networks
The rapid development of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has brought great convenience to people’s lives, as well as huge security challenges. Recently, Kaur et al. proposed an improved user authentication pro...
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An efficient mutual authentication and key agreement scheme without password for wireless sensor networks
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are usually deployed in hostile or unattended areas, and users need to obtain real-time data from WSNs. The data collected by sensor nodes are usually relatively private and sen...
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An efficient and privacy-preserving mutual authentication with key agreement scheme for telecare medicine information system
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A biometrics-based mutual authentication and key agreement protocol for TMIS using elliptic curve cryptography
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