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Open AccessHyperactivation and in situ recruitment of inflammatory Vδ2 T cells contributes to disease pathogenesis in systemic lupus erythematosus
In this study, we measured the proportion of peripheral Vδ2 T cells as well as the status and chemokine receptor expression profiles in SLE patients and healthy control (HC). In addition, Vδ2 T cell infiltrati...
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Open AccessSilicon-graphene conductive photodetector with ultra-high responsivity
Graphene is attractive for realizing optoelectronic devices, including photodetectors because of the unique advantages. It can easily co-work with other semiconductors to form a Schottky junction, in which the...
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Open AccessWhole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail
Biomphalaria snails are instrumental in transmission of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. With the World Health Organization's goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a global health problem by 2025, there ...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail
Nature Communications 8: Article number: 15451 (2017); Published 16 May 2017; Updated 23 August 2017 The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Leon Di Stefano, which...
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Open AccessTrends and Patterns of Cancer Mortality in North China (Hebei Province), 1973–2013
Little was known about the cancer burden for the last 40 years in middle-income province in China. This study aimed to assess the overall, cause-specific mortality cancer trend and disability-adjusted life yea...
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Open AccessEpidemiology and prognosis in young lung cancer patients aged under 45 years old in northern China
To explore the epidemiological characteristics and prognosis of lung cancer in patients aged under 45 years old in northern China. The population-based database about lung cancer cases aged under 45y selected ...
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Pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered immunity (ETI) in plants enable them to respond to pathogens by activating the production of defence metabolites that orchestrate immune responses1–4. How t...
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Open AccessAnalysis of rhodopsin G protein-coupled receptor orthologs reveals semiochemical peptides for parasite (Schistosoma mansoni) and host (Biomphalaria glabrata) interplay
Schistosomiasis is a medically significant disease caused by helminth parasites of the genus Schistosoma. The schistosome life cycle requires chemically mediated interactions with an intermediate (aquatic snail) ...
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness evaluation of risk-based breast cancer screening in Urban Hebei Province
To evaluate the implementations of Cancer Screening Program in Urban Hebei and to model the cost-effectiveness of a risk-based breast Cancer Screening Program. Women aged 40–74 years were invited to participat...
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Open AccessThe OsSGS3-tasiRNA-OsARF3 module orchestrates abiotic-biotic stress response trade-off in rice
Recurrent heat stress and pathogen invasion seriously threaten crop production, and abiotic stress often antagonizes biotic stress response against pathogens. However, the molecular mechanisms of trade-offs be...
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Open AccessEffect of activated carbon microstructure and adsorption mechanism on the efficient removal of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b from Andrographis paniculata extract
In order to reveal the effect of activated carbon (AC) properties on the adsorption of chlorophyll a (Chl a) and chlorophyll b (Chl b) in Andrographis paniculata extract, four commercial activated carbons were fi...
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Open AccessHigh-speed and energy-efficient non-volatile silicon photonic memory based on heterogeneously integrated memresonator
Recently, interest in programmable photonics integrated circuits has grown as a potential hardware framework for deep neural networks, quantum computing, and field programmable arrays (FPGAs). However, these c...
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Open AccessA 5 × 200 Gbps microring modulator silicon chip empowered by two-segment Z-shape junctions
Optical interconnects have been recognized as the most promising solution to accelerate data transmission in the artificial intelligence era. Benefiting from their cost-effectiveness, compact dimensions, and w...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Effect of activated carbon microstructure and adsorption mechanism on the efficient removal of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b from Andrographis paniculata extract