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Open AccessRisk factors for renal outcomes in children with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a nationwide retrospective study in China
Pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a life-threatening systemic vasculitis featured by liability to renal involvement. However, there are few studies on the risk factor...
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Baicalein sensitizes triple negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells to doxorubicin via autophagy-mediated down-regulation of CDK1
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a kind of refractory cancer with poor response to conventional chemotherapy. Recently, the combination of baicalein and doxorubicin was reported to exert a synergistic a...
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Open AccessThe clinical and prognostic factors for biliary neuroendocrine neoplasm: a study based on the SEER database
In this study, we aimed at elucidating the postoperative survival and prognostic factors in patients with biliary neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN).
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Superconducting multipole wiggler with large magnetic gap for HEPS-TF
A 16-pole superconducting multipole wiggler with a large gap of 68 mm was designed and fabricated to serve as a multipole wiggler for HEPS-TF. The wiggler consists of 16 pairs of NbTi superconducting coils wit...
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China’s Experiences in the Combat of Schistosomiasis
Schistosoma japonicum leading to intestinal schistosomiasis japonica, distributes in Indonesia, the Philippines, and China [1, 2].The only intermediate host of S. japonicum is the amphibious freshwater snail name...
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Lesion-Aware Dynamic Kernel for Polyp Segmentation
Automatic and accurate polyp segmentation plays an essential role in early colorectal cancer diagnosis. However, it has always been a challenging task due to 1) the diverse shape, size, brightness and other ap...
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Pain is one of the most common causes of suffering. The physiological function of pain is to alert the body of potentially noxious conditions encountered from the external or internal environment. Pain can be ...
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Multi-view Stereo Network with Attention Thin Volume
We propose an efficient multi-view stereo (MVS) network for inferring depth value from multiple RGB images. Recent studies use the cost volume to encode the matching correspondence between different views, but...
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Visible-light-induced NiCo2O4@Co3O4 core/shell heterojunction photocatalysts for efficient removal of organic dyes
Semiconductor photocatalysis has been considered as a potential technology for the removal of organic dyes from wastewater. The development of photocatalysts with high stability and strong catalytic activity i...
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Effect of hot extrusion on microstructure and tribological behavior of Al2O3p reinforced 7075 aluminum-matrix composites
The effects of hot extrusion and addition of Al2O3p on both microstructure and tribological behavior of 7075 composites were investigated via optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy di...
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MiR-137 regulates low-intensity shear stress–induced human aortic endothelial cell apoptosis via JNK/AP-1 signaling
The objective of this study is to evaluate the role of miR-137 in low-intensity shear stress–induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and cell apoptosis in human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs). HAECs were t...
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A non-monotonic blow-off limit of micro-jet methane diffusion flame at different tube-wall thicknesses
In order to provide guideline for choosing a suitable tube-wall thickness (δ) for the micro-jet methane diffusion flame, the effect of tube-wall thickness on the blow-off limit is investigated via numerical simul...
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Open AccessSevere clinical manifestation of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase deficiency associated with two novel mutations: a case report
Mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase (mHS) deficiency is an autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism, which will give rise to failure of ketogenesis in liver during illness or fasting. I...
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FcRγ deficiency improves survival in experimental sepsis by down-regulating TLR4 signaling pathway
Fc receptor common γ signaling chain (FcRγ), a common subunit shared by Fc receptors (FcγRI, III, IV, FcαRI, and FcεRI), is an important immune regulator both in innate and adaptive immunity. Previous studies ...
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Open AccessXyloglucan Fucosylation Modulates Arabidopsis Cell Wall Hemicellulose Aluminium binding Capacity
Although xyloglucan (XyG) is reported to bind Aluminium (Al), the influence of XyG fucosylation on the cell wall Al binding capacity and plant Al stress responses is unclear. We show that Arabidopsis T-DNA insert...
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Open AccessHepatoprotective properties of Penthorum chinense Pursh against carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver injury in mice
Penthorum chinense Pursh (Penthoraceae, PCP), a well-known Miao ethnomedicine, has been traditionally used to treat several liver-related diseases, such as jaundice and viral hepatitis...
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Open Access31st Annual Meeting and Associated Programs of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC 2016): part one
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Open AccessDietary α-linolenic acid-rich flaxseed oil prevents against alcoholic hepatic steatosis via ameliorating lipid homeostasis at adipose tissue-liver axis in mice
Low levels of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in serum and liver tissue biopsies are the common characteristics in patients with alcoholic liver disease. The α-linolenic acid (ALA) is a plant-derived n...
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Open AccessDiscriminating from species of Curcumae Radix (Yu**) by a UHPLC/Q-TOFMS-based metabolomics approach
Chinese medicinal herbs may use more than one species of Curcumae Radix (Yu**) is the tuberous roots of Curcumae wenyu**, C. kwangsiensis, C. phaeocaulis and C. longa. This study aimed to characterize the chemi...
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Open AccessXXIV World Allergy Congress 2015
A1 Pirfenidone inhibits TGF-b1-induced extracellular matrix production in nasal polyp-derived fibroblasts
