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Open AccessQuercetin promotes the proportion and maturation of NK cells by binding to MYH9 and improves cognitive functions in aged mice
Quercetin is a flavonol compound widely distributed in plants that possesses diverse biological properties, including antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, neuroprotective and senescent cell-clearing a...
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ROS-Induced Gingival Fibroblast Senescence: Implications in Exacerbating Inflammatory Responses in Periodontal Disease
Periodontal disease is the pathological outcome of the overwhelming inflammation in periodontal tissue. Cellular senescence has been associated with chronic inflammation in several diseases. However, the role ...
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Carbon Quantum Dots Decorated Bismuth Oxychloride Nanocomposites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Towards Pollutants Degradation and Mechanism Study
Utilization of visible light and the separation of electron–hole pairs is the forever theme of photocatalysis. In this work, a series of carbon quantum dots decorated bismuth oxychloride (CQDs/BiOCl) were prep...
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Effects of a novel plant growth regulator B2 on stalk quality and grain yield of winter wheat in North China
In this study, a novel plant growth regulator 2,4-dichloroformamide cyclopropane acid (B2) was used to explore its effects on wheat stalk morphology, chemical composition, anatomical structure, crushing streng...
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Open AccessTMPRSS6 as a Therapeutic Target for Disorders of Erythropoiesis and Iron Homeostasis
TMPRSS6 is a serine protease highly expressed in the liver. Its role in iron regulation was first reported in 2008 when mutations in TMPRSS6 were shown to be the cause of iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia...
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Open AccessAn overview on the nutritional and bioactive components of green seaweeds
Green seaweed, as the most abundant species of macroseaweeds, is an important marine biological resource. It is a rich source of several amino acids, fatty acids, and dietary fibers, as well as polysaccharides...
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Open AccessGlycyrrhizic acid inhibits myeloid differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells by binding S100 calcium binding protein A8 to improve cognition in aged mice
Glycyrrhizic acid (GA), a saponin compound often used as a flavoring agent, can elicit anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effects, and alleviate aging. However, the specific mechanism by which GA alters immune c...
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Open AccessBacterial PncA improves diet-induced NAFLD in mice by enabling the transition from nicotinamide to nicotinic acid
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is crucial for energy metabolism, oxidative stress, DNA damage repair, longevity regulation, and several signaling processes. To date, several NAD+ synthesis pathways have...
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Open AccessN-acetylcysteine regulates dental follicle stem cell osteogenesis and alveolar bone repair via ROS scavenging
Dental follicle stem cells (DFSCs) show mesenchymal stem cell properties with the potential for alveolar bone regeneration. Stem cell properties can be impaired by reactive oxygen species (ROS), prompting us t...
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Open AccessCFTR mRNAs with nonsense codons are degraded by the SMG6-mediated endonucleolytic decay pathway
Approximately 10% of cystic fibrosis patients harbor nonsense mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene which can generate nonsense codons in the CFTR mRNA and subsequently ...
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Microstructure evolution and dynamic recrystallization mechanism during thermal deformation of GH4698 superalloy
The microstructure evolution of GH4698 nickel-based superalloy was studied over a temperature range of 1000–1200 °C, a strain rate range of 0.01–1 s−1 and a strain range of 0.1–0.9 by uniaxial thermal compression...
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Ultra-thin CdS buffer layer for efficient Sb2S3-sensitized TiO2 nanorod array solar cells using Sb-thiourea complex solution
In this paper, the compact and ultra-thin CdS thin films with different spin cycles are deposited on the TiO2 nanorod arrays via spin-coated-assisted successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method using Cd...
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An hp-version Legendre spectral collocation method for multi-order fractional differential equations
In this paper, we consider the multi-order fractional differential equation and recast it into an integral equation. Based on the integral equation, we develop an hp-version Legendre spectral collocation method a...
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An hp-Version Jacobi Spectral Collocation Method for the Third-Kind VIEs
In this paper, we present an hp-version Jacobi spectral collocation method for the third-kind VIEs. We establish several new approximation results of the Jacobi polynomial interpolations. In addition, we also der...
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The low-temperature preparation for low-selenium Sb2SxSey thin film solar cells with efficiency of > 5%
The low pyrolysis-crystallization temperature of 200 °C was firstly reported to prepare crystalline low-selenium Sb2SxSey (x:y = 3.0:0.2) thin films using the mixture solution of Sb2O3, Se, CS2, and n-butylamine ...
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Sulfate-reducing bacterial community shifts in response to acid mine drainage in the sediment of the Hengshi watershed, South China
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are an attractive option for treating acid mine drainage (AMD) and are considered to be of great significance in the natural attenuation of AMD, but the available information re...
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Transcriptome Analysis of the Acid Stress Response of Desulfovibrio vulgaris ATCC 7757
The application of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) shows great potential in the anaerobic biological treatment of acid mine wastewater; therefore, it has attracted much attention. The low pH in acidic wastewat...
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The pyrolysis preparation of porous Sb2SxSe3-x thin films and photovoltaic performance of the corresponding solar cells
The porous Sb2SxSe3-x thin films with different pore sizes were successfully prepared on the TiO2 compact layer by the pyrolysis of the precursor solution containing N-butyldithiocarbamic acid, Se, and Sb2O3 in D...
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Open AccessA lncRNA-SWI/SNF complex crosstalk controls transcriptional activation at specific promoter regions
LncRNAs have been shown to be direct players in chromatin regulation, but little is known about their role at active genomic loci. We investigate the role of lncRNAs in gene activation by profiling the RNA int...
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Highly efficient Z-scheme g-C3N4/ZnO photocatalysts constructed by co-melting-recrystallizing mixed precursors for wastewater treatment
Due to the powerful functions of photocatalytic technology in degrading organic pollutants by using sunlight, the development of photocatalytic materials with visible light response has received great attentio...
