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Etiological Mechanisms and Genetic/Biological Modulation Related to PTH1R in Primary Failure of Tooth Eruption
Primary failure of eruption (PFE) is a rare disorder that is characterized by the inability of a molar tooth/teeth to erupt to the occlusal plane or to normally react to orthodontic force. This condition is re...
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Cone-beam computed tomography noise reduction method based on U-Net with convolutional block attention module in proton therapy
Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is mostly used for position verification during the treatment process. However, severe image artifacts in CBCT hinder its direct use in dose calculation and adaptive radiat...
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Clinical characteristics of membranous nephropathy after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A real-world multicenter study
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a rare complication that can occur after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). MN patients may develop nephrotic syndrome or even kidney failure, which ...
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Open AccessEpidemiological trends of subarachnoid hemorrhage at global, regional, and national level: a trend analysis study from 1990 to 2021
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a subtype of hemorrhagic stroke characterized by high mortality and low rates of full recovery. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of SAH betwe...
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Contact algorithm of the material point method and comparison with the finite element method
Being a fully Lagrangian particle method, the material point method (MPM) discretizes a material domain by using a collection of material points. The momentum equations in MPM are solved on a predefined regula...
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Open AccessLong-term survivals of immune checkpoint inhibitors as neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy in dMMR/MSI-H colorectal and gastric cancers
The long-term survival benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings is unclear for colorectal cancers (CRC) and gastric cancers (GC) with deficiency of mismatch repair (d...
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Open AccessArtificial sweeteners and risk of incident cardiovascular disease and mortality: evidence from UK Biobank
Artificial sweeteners are widely popular worldwide as substitutes for sugar or caloric sweeteners, but there are still several important unknowns and controversies regarding their associations with cardiovascu...
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Open AccessNotoginsenoside R1 promotes Lgr5+ stem cell and epithelium renovation in colitis mice via activating Wnt/β-Catenin signaling
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by persistent damage to the intestinal barrier and excessive inflammation, leading to increased intestinal permeability. Current treatments of IBD primarily ad...
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Oncoprotein LAMTOR5-mediated CHOP silence via DNA hypermethylation and miR-182/miR-769 in promotion of liver cancer growth
C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) triggers the death of multiple cancers via endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. However, the function and regulatory mechanism of CHOP in liver cancer remain elusive. We have reporte...
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Open AccessMRI radiomics enhances radiologists’ ability for characterizing intestinal fibrosis in patients with Crohn’s disease
We aimed to develop MRI-based radiomic models (RMs) to improve the diagnostic accuracy of radiologists in characterizing intestinal fibrosis in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD).
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Open AccessNicotinate-curcumin improves NASH by inhibiting the AKR1B10/ACCα-mediated triglyceride synthesis
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a prevalent chronic liver condition. However, the potential therapeutic benefits and underlying mechanism of nicotinate-curcumin (NC) in the treatment of NASH remain unce...
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Metabolic obesity phenotypes and all-cause mortality among the Chinese oldest-old population: a prospective cohort study
The obesity paradox has been reported among older adults. However, whether the favorable effect of obesity is dependent on metabolic status remains largely unknown. We aimed to explore the association of metab...
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Pressure-driven metallization with significant changes of structural and photoelectric properties in two-dimensional EuSbTe3
Two-dimensional materials are widely considered to be highly promising for the development of photodetectors. To improve the performance of these devices, researchers often employ techniques such as defect eng...
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Open AccessPrognostic significance of platelet‑to‑albumin ratio in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy: a retrospective study of 858 cases
Despite evidence supporting the high correlation of the novel platelet-to-albumin ratio (PAR) with survival in diverse malignancies, its prognostic relevance in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains underexpl...
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Cystathionine γ-lyase-derived H2S negatively regulates thymic egress via allosteric inhibition of sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase
Thymic egress is a crucial process for thymocyte maturation, strictly regulated by sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase (S1PL). Recently, cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE), one of the enzymes producing hydrogen sulfide (H2S),...
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Open AccessOptimization of Wet-Spun PEDOT:PSS Fibers for Thermoelectric Applications Through Innovative Triple Post-treatments
Owing to the high flexibility, low thermal conductivity, and tunable electrical transport property, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) exhibits promising potential for designin...
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Indoor air pollution by solid fuel usages for cooking is longitudinally associated with possible sarcopenia in middle-aged Chinese population
The Asia Working Group of Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 consensus proposed a new concept named “possible sarcopenia”. The present study was to estimate the association between indoor air pollution by solid fuel usage...
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Open AccessLandform and lithospheric development contribute to the assembly of mountain floras in China
Although it is well documented that mountains tend to exhibit high biodiversity, how geological processes affect the assemblage of montane floras is a matter of ongoing research. Here, we explore landform-spec...
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Mendelian randomization evidence for the causal effect of mental well-being on healthy aging
Mental well-being relates to multitudinous lifestyle behaviours and morbidities and underpins healthy aging. Thus far, causal evidence on whether and in what pattern mental well-being impacts healthy aging and...
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Numerical and Field Investigations of Dynamic Failure Caused by Mining-Induced Tremor Based on Focal Mechanism
The rupture mechanism of a seismic source governs the spatiotemporal distribution and intensity characteristics of the radiated stress-wave field and significantly affects the dynamic disasters of roadways tri...
