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Realization of monolayer ZrTe₅ topological insulators with wide band gaps

Two-dimensional topological insulators hosting the quantum spin Hall effect have application potential in dissipationless electronics. To observe the quantum spin Hall effect at elevated temperatures, a wide b...

Yong-Jie Xu, Guohua Cao, Qi-Yuan Li, Cheng-Long Xue, Wei-Min Zhao… in Nature Communications (2024)

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Nanosensitizer-mediated augmentation of sonodynamic therapy efficacy and antitumor immunity

The dense stroma of desmoplastic tumor limits nanotherapeutic penetration and hampers the antitumor immune response. Here, we report a denaturation-and-penetration strategy and the use of tin monosulfide nanop...

Yongjiang Li, Wei Chen, Yong Kang, Xueyan Zhen, Zhuoming Zhou… in Nature Communications (2023)

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A novel nomogram predicting overt hepatic encephalopathy after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in portal hypertension patients

We aim to develop a nomogram to predict overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in patients with portal hypertension, according to demographic/clinical ind...

Yong Liao, Lin Zhang, Ji-tao Wang, Zhen-dong Yue, Zhen-hua Fan… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Bile acid-dependent transcription factors and chromatin accessibility determine regional heterogeneity of intestinal antimicrobial peptides

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important mediators of intestinal immune surveillance. However, the regional heterogeneity of AMPs and its regulatory mechanisms remain obscure. Here, we clarified the regiona...

Yue Wang, Yanbo Yu, Lixiang Li, Mengqi Zheng, Jiawei Zhou… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Recent Advances in the Comprehension and Regulation of Lattice Oxygen Oxidation Mechanism in Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Water electrolysis, a process for producing green hydrogen from renewable energy, plays a crucial role in the transition toward a sustainable energy landscape and the realization of the hydrogen economy. Oxyge...

**aokang Liu, Zexing He, Muhammad Ajmal… in Transactions of Tian** University (2023)

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Spin selection in atomic-level chiral metal oxide for photocatalysis

The spin degree of freedom is an important and intrinsic parameter in boosting carrier dynamics and surface reaction kinetics of photocatalysis. Here we show that chiral structure in ZnO can induce spin select...

Minhua Ai, Lun Pan, Chengxiang Shi, Zhen-Feng Huang… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Reconstructed Ir‒O‒Mo species with strong Brønsted acidity for acidic water oxidation

Surface reconstruction generates real active species in electrochemical conditions; rational regulating reconstruction in a targeted manner is the key for constructing highly active catalyst. Herein, we use th...

Shiyi Chen, Shishi Zhang, Lei Guo, Lun Pan, Chengxiang Shi… in Nature Communications (2023)

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USP25 regulates KEAP1-NRF2 anti-oxidation axis and its inactivation protects acetaminophen-induced liver injury in male mice

Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) is a transcription factor responsible for mounting an anti-oxidation gene expression program to counter oxidative stress. Under unstressed conditions, Kelch-l...

Changzhou Cai, Huailu Ma, ** Peng, **ang Shen, **nghua Zhen… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Diploid and tetraploid genomes of Acorus and the evolution of monocots

Monocots are a major taxon within flowering plants, have unique morphological traits, and show an extraordinary diversity in lifestyle. To improve our understanding of monocot origin and evolution, we generate...

Liang Ma, Ke-Wei Liu, Zhen Li, Yu-Yun Hsiao, Yiying Qi, Tao Fu… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Systematic comparison of tools used for m⁶A map** from nanopore direct RNA sequencing

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) has been increasingly recognized as a new and important regulator of gene expression. To date, transcriptome-wide m6A detection primarily relies on well-established methods using next-...

Zhen-Dong Zhong, Ying-Yuan **e, Hong-Xuan Chen, Ye-Lin Lan… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Scalable synthesis of coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites for large-scale CO₂ electrolysis

Practical electrochemical CO₂-to-CO conversion requires a non-precious catalyst to react at high selectivity and high rate. Atomically dispersed, coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites have shown great p...

Ji Wei Sun, Xuefeng Wu, Peng Fei Liu, Jiacheng Chen, Yuanwei Liu… in Nature Communications (2023)

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Global changes in chromatin accessibility and transcription in growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma

Growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma (GHPA) is an insidious disease with persistent hypersecretion of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1, causing increased morbidity and mortality. Previous ...

Meng Wang, Chenxing Ji, Yichao Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Yu Zhang, Hui** Guo… in Endocrine (2022)

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Microglial debris is cleared by astrocytes via C4b-facilitated phagocytosis and degraded via RUBICON-dependent noncanonical autophagy in mice

Microglia are important immune cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that undergo turnover throughout the lifespan. If microglial debris is not removed in a timely manner, accumulated debris may influence ...

Tian Zhou, Yuxin Li, **aoyu Li, Fanzhuo Zeng, Yanxia Rao, Yang He… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Acceptor engineering for NIR-II dyes with high photochemical and biomedical performance

It is highly important and challenging to develop donor-acceptor-donor structured small-molecule second near-infrared window (NIR-II) dyes with excellent properties such as water-solubility and chem/photostabi...

Aiyan Ji, Hongyue Lou, Chunrong Qu, Wanglong Lu, Yifan Hao… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Manipulating Spin Polarization of Defected Co₃O₄ for Highly Efficient Electrocatalysis

Electrocatalytic water splitting is limited by kinetics-sluggish oxygen evolution, in which the activity of catalysts depends on their electronic structure. However, the influence of electron spin polarization...

Yue Li, Tianzuo Wang, Muhammad Asim, Lun Pan… in Transactions of Tian** University (2022)

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Achieving large thermal hysteresis in an anthracene-based manganese(II) complex via photo-induced electron transfer

Achieving magnetic bistability with large thermal hysteresis is still a formidable challenge in material science. Here we synthesize a series of isostructural chain complexes using 9,10-anthracene dicarboxylic...

Ji-**ang Hu, Qi Li, Hai-Lang Zhu, Zhen-Ni Gao, Qian Zhang, Tao Liu… in Nature Communications (2022)

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Publisher Correction: Efficacy of escitalopram for poststroke depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rong-fang Feng, Rui Ma, Peng Wang, Xu Ji, Zhen-xiang Zhang… in Scientific Reports (2022)

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Efficacy of escitalopram for poststroke depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Depression is very common after stroke, causing multiple sequelae. We aimed to explore the efficacy of escitalopram for poststroke depression (PSD). PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Control...

Rong-fang Feng, Rui Ma, Peng Wang, Xu Ji, Zhen-xiang Zhang… in Scientific Reports (2022)

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Spin map** of intralayer antiferromagnetism and field-induced spin reorientation in monolayer CrTe₂

Intrinsic antiferromagnetism in van der Waals (vdW) monolayer (ML) crystals enriches our understanding of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic orders and presents several advantages over ferromagnetism in spintronic ...

**g-**g **an, Cong Wang, **-Hua Nie, Rui Li, Mengjiao Han… in Nature Communications (2022)

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The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts

The gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis belongs to the ancient, enigmatic gnetophyte lineage. It is a unique desert plant with extreme longevity and two ever-elongating leaves. We present a chromosome-level assembly...

Tao Wan, Zhiming Liu, Ilia J. Leitch, … in Nature Communications (2021)