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Open AccessAdministration of zoledronic acid alleviates osteoporosis in HIV patients by suppressing osteoclastogenesis via regulating RANKL expression
Osteoporosis is a common phenomenon in HIV patients on tenofovir treatment, but its underlying mechanisms remain to be explored.
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Effectiveness of Lifestyle and Drug Intervention on Hypertensive Patients: a Randomized Community Intervention Trial in Rural China
Strict medication guidance and lifestyle interventions to manage blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive patients are typically difficult to follow.
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Open AccessAdipose-derived stromal cells modulating composite allotransplant survival is correlated with B cell regulation in a rodent hind-limb allotransplantation model
Our previous studies demonstrated that adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (ASCs) have immunomodulatory effects that prolong allograft survival in a rodent hind-limb allotransplant model. In this study, ...
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Effect of Ultrasonic Vibration Tensile on the Mechanical Properties of High-Volume Fraction SiCp/Al Composite
Silicon carbide particle-reinforced aluminum matrix composite has been widely used in the military and aerospace industry due to its special performance; however, there remain many problems in processing. The ...
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Open AccessLong-term anti-inflammatory diet in relation to improved breast cancer prognosis: a prospective cohort study
Inflammation-modulating nutrients and inflammatory markers are established cancer risk factors, however, evidence regarding the association between post-diagnosis diet-associated inflammation and breast cancer...
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Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in patients with COVID-19
We report acute antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in 285 patients with COVID-19. Within 19 days after symptom onset, 100% of patients tested positive for antiviral immunoglobulin-G (IgG). Seroconversion for IgG...
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Ascending Aortic Aneurysm After Repair of Aortico–Left Ventricular Tunnel
Ascending aortic aneurysm following aortico–left ventricular tunnel (ALVT) repair is an uncommon but life-threatening complication. A 27-year-old man had received patch closure for ALVT at infancy. Eighteen ye...
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Hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide are involved in programmed cell death induced by cryopreservation in Dendrobium protocorm-like bodies
Programmed cell death (PCD) plays a key role in animal tissue cell death following cryopreservation. However, there are few studies evaluating the plant PCD characteristics induced by cryopreservation and the ...
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FMNL1 mediates nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell aggressiveness by epigenetically upregulating MTA1
It has been suggested that formin-like protein 1 (FMNL1) plays an important role in the pathogenic process of several hematopoietic malignancies. In this study, we performed a series of in vivo and in vitro as...
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Open AccessA retrospective dosimetry study of intensity-modulated radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: radiation-induced brainstem injury and dose-volume analysis
Radiation therapy is the standard radical treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) but also causes transient as well as long-term complications. Patients who develop severe radiation-induced brainstem inju...
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The dark side of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer patients aged 75 years or older
The rate of postoperative morbidity and mortality is reportedly high in patients aged ≥ 75 years with colorectal cancer (CRC). In such patients, a comparison of the short-term outcome between open method and l...
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Oncoprotein Tudor-SN is a key determinant providing survival advantage under DNA damaging stress
Herein, Tudor-SN was identified as a DNA damage response (DDR)-related protein that plays important roles in the early stage of DDR. X-ray or laser irradiation could evoke the accumulation of Tudor-SN to DNA d...
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Open AccessEffect of eribulin on patients with metastatic breast cancer: multicenter retrospective observational study in Taiwan
The aim of this study was to confirm the therapeutic role of eribulin on Taiwanese women with metastatic breast cancer.
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IR Spectra of Different O2-Content Hemoglobin from Computational Study: Promising Detector of Hemoglobin Variant in Medical Diagnosis
IR spectra of heme and different O2-content hemoglobin were studied by the quantum computation method at the molecule level. IR spectra of heme and different O2-content hemoglobin were quantificationally characte...
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Open Access31st Annual Meeting and Associated Programs of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC 2016): part two
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Open AccessA lipasin/Angptl8 monoclonal antibody lowers mouse serum triglycerides involving increased postprandial activity of the cardiac lipoprotein lipase
Lipasin/Angptl8 is a feeding-induced hepatokine that regulates triglyceride (TAG) metabolism; its therapeutical potential, mechanism of action and relation to the lipoprotein lipase (LPL), however, remain elus...
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Open AccessPTEN deficiency reprogrammes human neural stem cells towards a glioblastoma stem cell-like phenotype
PTEN is a tumour suppressor frequently mutated in many types of cancers. Here we show that targeted disruption of PTEN leads to neoplastic transformation of human neural stem cells (NSCs), but not mesenchymal ...
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Open AccessUltralow threading dislocation density in GaN epilayer on near-strain-free GaN compliant buffer layer and its applications in hetero-epitaxial LEDs
High threading dislocation (TD) density in GaN-based devices is a long unresolved problem because of the large lattice mismatch between GaN and the substrate, which causes a major obstacle for the further impr...
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Myocardial protection of early extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock in pigs
The aim of this study was to explore myocardial protection of early extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock in pigs. 24 male pigs (34.6 ± 1.3 k...
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Open AccessThe effects of acupuncture treatment on the right frontoparietal network in migraine without aura patients
Functional and structural abnormalities in resting-state brain networks in migraine patients have been confirmed by previous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies. However, few studies focusing ...
