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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Association between weight loss agents and elevated liver enzymes: a population‑based cross‑sectional study
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Open AccessAssociation between weight loss agents and elevated liver enzymes: a population-based cross-sectional study
The widespread use of body weight control agents might be related to liver enzyme elevation, but this potential association has only been documented in a few case reports. This study aimed to investigate the a...
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Open AccessAnti-atopic dermatitis effect of fish collagen on house dust mite-induced mice and HaCaT keratinocytes
Collagen, a major structural protein in mammalian tissues, is effective against skin wounds and osteoarthritis. Although bovine and porcine collagens have mainly been used, several potential risks of mammalian...
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Open AccessAssociation of driving while intoxicated and suicide ideation and attempts in South Korea: a study in a nationally representative sample
Evidence indicating driving as a means for suicide has been consistently reported. However, there have been few reported studies examining the association between driving while intoxicated (DWI) and suicide. W...
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Open AccessInfluence of reconsolidation in maintenance of cocaine-associated contextual memories formed during adolescence or adulthood
Adolescents are at increased risk to develop substance use disorders and suffer from relapse throughout life. Targeted weakening of drug-associated memories has been shown to reduce relapse-like behavior in ad...
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Open AccessEffect of pterygium on corneal astigmatism, irregularity and higher-order aberrations: a comparative study with normal fellow eyes
Pterygium is an abnormal growth of fibrous conjunctival tissue that invades the cornea, resulting in corneal distortion, astigmatism, and increased higher-order aberrations (HOAs). However, few studies have co...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Gradient area-selective deposition for seamless gap-filling in 3D nanostructures through surface chemical reactivity control
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Open AccessEffect of weekend catch-up sleep on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels according to bedtime inconsistency: a population-based cross-sectional study
To investigate the associations of weekend catch-up sleep (WCS) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels according to bedtime inconsistency in the Korean population. In this cross-sectional stud...
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Open AccessGradient area-selective deposition for seamless gap-filling in 3D nanostructures through surface chemical reactivity control
The integration of bottom-up fabrication techniques and top-down methods can overcome current limits in nanofabrication. For such integration, we propose a gradient area-selective deposition using atomic layer...
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Open AccessComparison of the gut microbiome of sacbrood virus-resistant and -susceptible Apis cerana from South Korea
Honey bees are important pollinators for the conservation of the ecosystem and agricultural products and provide a variety of products important for human use, such as honey, pollen, and royal jelly. Sacbrood ...
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Open AccessClinical characteristics of Demodex-associated recurrent hordeola: an observational, comparative study
Our study evaluated the association between Demodex infestation and recurrent hordeola and examined the clinical features associated with these eyelid lesions. This was an observational, comparative study. We rev...
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Open AccessCompound heterozygous mutations in TGFBI cause a severe phenotype of granular corneal dystrophy type 2
We investigated the clinical and genetic features of patients with severe phenotype of granular corneal dystrophy type 2 (GCD2) associated with compound heterozygosity in the transforming growth factor-β-induc...
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Ligand-engineered bandgap stability in mixed-halide perovskite LEDs
Lead halide perovskites are promising semiconductors for light-emitting applications because they exhibit bright, bandgap-tunable luminescence with high colour purity1,2. Photoluminescence quantum yields close to...
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Open AccessSpatiotemporal characteristics of high-density gas jet and absolute determination of size and density of gas clusters
Properties of gas clusters such as the size and number density when expanding into the vacuum after passing through a conical nozzle are analyzed for argon at an average density of 1020/cm3. Temporally and spatia...
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Open AccessThe protein tyrosine kinase SYK regulates the alternative p38 activation in liver during acute liver inflammation
Two distinct p38 signaling pathways, classical and alternative, have been identified to regulate inflammatory responses in host defense and disease development. The role of alternative p38 activation in liver ...
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Open AccessPotential of recombinant Mycobacterium paragordonae expressing HIV-1 Gag as a prime vaccine for HIV-1 infection
Recombinant Mycobacterium strains such as recombinant BCG (rBCG) have received considerable attention for the HIV-1 vaccine development. Recently, we described a temperature-sensitive Mycobacterium paragordonae (...
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Open AccessThe capacity of wastewater treatment plants drives bacterial community structure and its assembly
Bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) affect plant functionality through their role in the removal of pollutants from wastewater. Bacterial communities vary extensively based on plant op...
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Small-molecule ion channels increase host defences in cystic fibrosis airway epithelia
Loss-of-function mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) compromise epithelial HCO3− and Cl− secretion, reduce airway surface liquid pH, and impair respiratory host defences in...
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Open AccessNear-Infrared Plasmonic Assemblies of Gold Nanoparticles with Multimodal Function for Targeted Cancer Theragnosis
Here we report a novel assembly structure of near-infrared plasmonic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), possessing both photoacoustic (PA) and photothermal (PT) properties. The template for the plasmonic AuNP assembl...
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Open AccessA temperature sensitive Mycobacterium paragordonae induces enhanced protective immune responses against mycobacterial infections in the mouse model
Recently, we introduced a temperature sensitive Mycobacterium spp., Mycobacterium paragordonae (Mpg). Here, we checked its potential as a candidate for live vaccination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Myco...
