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Fluorescent Probes for Cysteine and Cysteine Oxidation Imaging
Cysteine is an important regulator of redox processes. Due to the nucleophilic and oxidative sensitivity, cysteine residues in proteins can be oxidized by intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can...
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Effect of Freeze-Dried Chitosan/Dicyandiamide on the Structure and Photocatalytic Performance of C-CS/g-C3N4
Chitosan (CS) was selected as the carbon source, and the Chitosan/dicyandiamide (CS/DCDA) precursors with hydrogen bonding interactions were prepared by freeze-drying and normal drying, and the carbon-Chitosan...
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Correction to: Ginkgo biloba Extract 50 (GBE50) Exerts Antifibrotic and Antioxidant Effects on Pulmonary Fibrosis in Mice by Regulating Nrf2 and TGF-β1/Smad Pathways
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Ginkgo biloba Extract 50 (GBE50) Exerts Antifibrotic and Antioxidant Effects on Pulmonary Fibrosis in Mice by Regulating Nrf2 and TGF-β1/Smad Pathways
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a progressive lung disorder with a poor prognosis. GBE50 is a new standardized Ginkgo biloba extract that has been widely used in cardiovascular diseases. However, the protective mechan...
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An aggregated understanding of the influence of aqueous ammonia pretreatment on the physical deconstruction of cell walls in sugar beet pulp
The underlying interplay between physicochemical property and enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose still remains unclear. The impacts of matrix glycan composition of sugar beet pulp (SBP) on physical structure an...
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Open AccessThe feasibility of sodium hydroxide pretreatment of rice straw for solid substrate preparation to enhance laccase production by solid state fermentation
Currently, broad industrial application of laccases is commonly restricted by the high-cost related production. Solid state fermentation (SSF) using agricultural waste is an attractively economic strategy for ...
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Imaging strategies for receptor tyrosine kinase dimers in living cells
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are the essential regulators of cell signal transduction pathways and play important roles in biological processes. RTK dimerization is generally considered the first step in r...
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Open AccessBionic design based on micro-nano structure of osteon and its low-velocity impact damage behavior
It is found that the osteon is composed of thin and thick lamellae which are periodic and approximately concentric, every 5 lamellae is a cycle, the periodic helix angle of mineralized collagen fibers in two a...
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Open AccessSwinOCSR: end-to-end optical chemical structure recognition using a Swin Transformer
Optical chemical structure recognition from scientific publications is essential for rediscovering a chemical structure. It is an extremely challenging problem, and current rule-based and deep-learning methods...
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Effect of Buffer Solution on the Detection of Cu(II) by Graphite Carbon Nitride Modified Electrode
The importance of buffer solution for voltammetric detection of heavy metal ions has been repeatedly introduced, however the influence mechanism has not been further studied. Herein, the effect of different bu...
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Open AccessOxidative stress facilitates infection of the unicellular alga Haematococcus pluvialis by the fungus Paraphysoderma sedebokerense
The green microalga Haematococcus pluvialis is used as a cell factory for producing astaxanthin, the high-value carotenoid with multiple biological functions. However, H. pluvialis is prone to the infection by a ...
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Open AccessPhysical–chemical properties of cell wall interface significantly correlated to the complex recalcitrance of corn straw
Tissue heterogeneity significantly influences the overall saccharification efficiency of plant biomass. However, the mechanisms of specific organ or tissue recalcitrance to enzymatic deconstruction are general...
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Physicochemical and Antibacterial Properties of Sodium Tripolyphosphate/ε-Polylysine Complexes and their Application in Cooked Sausage
The aim of this study are to investigate the physicochemical and antibacterial properties of sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP)/ε-Polylysine(ε-PL) complexes. Their physicochemical properties were studied as a funct...
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Open AccessAn in situ tissue engineering scaffold with growth factors combining angiogenesis and osteoimmunomodulatory functions for advanced periodontal bone regeneration
The regeneration of periodontal bone defect remains a vital clinical challenge. To date, numerous biomaterials have been applied in this field. However, the immune response and vascularity in defect areas may ...
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Open AccessDe novo biosynthesis of C-arabinosylated flavones by utilization of indica rice C-glycosyltransferases
Flavone C-arabinosides/xylosides are plant-originated glycoconjugates with various bioactivities. However, the potential utility of these molecules is hindered by their low abundance in nature. Engineering biosyn...
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Open AccessPhotodynamic immunotherapy of cancers based on nanotechnology: recent advances and future challenges
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive or minimally-invasive treatment which applies photosensitizers (PSs) to create reactive oxygen species (ROS) exposed to light trigger to destroy cancer cells. PDT c...
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A turn-on–type fluorescence resonance energy transfer aptasensor for vibrio detection using aptamer-modified polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-perovskite quantum dots/Ti3C2 MXenes composite probes
A pair of composite probes based on aptamer modified polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-perovskite quantum dots (POSS-PQDs-Apt) as signal probe and titanium carbide (Ti3C2) MXenes as quencher were prepared for ...
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Open AccessProtective effect of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC8014 on acrylamide-induced oxidative damage in rats
Acrylamide (AA), which is mainly found in fried foods, causes neurotoxicity, genetic toxicity, carcinogenic effects, and DNA damage. This study confirms that a strain of lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus planta...
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Au@MoS2@Au Hierarchical Nanostructures for High-Sensitivity and Recyclable SERS Device
The surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is widely used in chemical analysis and environmental monitoring. Herein, the Au@MoS2@Au three core–shell hierarchical architecture is designed and synthesized through...
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Open AccessDeciphering the transcriptional regulatory networks that control size, color, and oil content in Brassica rapa seeds
Brassica rapa is an important oilseed and vegetable crop species and is the A subgenome donor of two important oilseed Brassica crops, Brassica napus and Brassica juncea. Although seed size (SZ), seed color (SC),...