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Open AccessTargeting long non-coding RNA-TUG1 inhibits tumor growth and angiogenesis in hepatoblastoma
Hepatoblastoma is the most common liver tumor of early childhood, which is usually characterized by unusual hypervascularity. Recently, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) have emerged as gene regulators and prognos...
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Open AccessEicosapentaenoic acid attenuates dexamethasome-induced apoptosis by inducing adaptive autophagy via GPR120 in murine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Long-term use of glucocorticoids is a widespread clinical problem, which currently has no effective solution other than discontinuing the use. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated...
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Regulation of p21 by TWIST2 contributes to its tumor-suppressor function in human acute myeloid leukemia
TWIST2 has a dual function in tumors. Its implication in the initiation and metastasis of various solid tumors is well established, and its tumor-suppressor role in murine osteosarcoma cells has been reported ...
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Open AccessLocality and universality of quantum memory effects
The modeling and analysis of the dynamics of complex systems often requires to employ non-Markovian stochastic processes. While there is a clear and well-established mathematical definition for non-Markovianit...
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Reactivity of Ultra-Thin ZnO Films Supported by Ag(111) and Cu(111): A Comparison to ZnO/Pt(111)
We studied structure and reactivity of ZnO(0001) ultrathin films grown on Ag(111) and Cu(111) single crystal surfaces. Structural characterization was carried out by scanning tunneling microscopy, Auger electr...
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Responses of young ‘Pink lady’ apple to alternate deficit irrigation following long-term drought: growth, photosynthetic capacity, water-use efficiency, and sap flow
We studied photosynthetic capacity, growth, sap flow, and water-use efficiency in young trees of ‘Pink Lady’ apple (Malus domestica) that were exposed to 60 d of moisture stress. Three irrigation schemes were tes...
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Growth, gas exchange, water-use efficiency, and carbon isotope composition of ‘Gale Gala’ apple trees grafted onto 9 wild Chinese rootstocks in response to drought stress
To determine the effects of rootstock choice on the scion response to drought stress, we compared the vegetative growth, biomass accumulation, gas exchange, and water-use efficiency (WUE) of ‘Gale Gala’ apple (Ma...
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Automotive windshield — pedestrian head impact: Energy absorption capability of interlayer material
During accident, the interlayer of windshield plays an important role in the crash safety of automotive and protection of pedestrian or passenger. The understanding of its energy absorption capability is of fu...
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The use of macrocyclic compounds as electrocatalysts in fuel cells
Macrocyclic compounds such as metallophthalocyanines demonstrated good catalytic activities toward electrochemical reactions. The characteristics of the central cations in metallophthalocyanines significantly ...
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Analysis of local field enhancement including tip interaction for the application to nano-manipulation using FDTD calculations
Conventional optical tweezers rely on the field gradients near the focus of a laser beam which give rise to a trap** force towards the focus. However, the trap** volume of these tweezers is diffraction lim...
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Targeting central serotonergic neurons with lentiviral vectors based on a transcriptional amplification strategy
Numerous pathological processes have been linked to disorders of the central 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) system but the possibility of gene therapy through modulation of 5HT system remained unexplored due to the...
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A study of loop heat pipe with biporous wicks
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of various bimodal pore size distributions of biporous wicks for a loop heat pipe (LHP). The study was conducted following a statistical method using a t...
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Identification of unique and common low abundance tumour-specific transcripts by suppression subtractive hybridization and oligonucleotide probe array analysis
Most human cancers are characterized by genetic aberrations accompanied by altered expression and function of numerous genes. Applying genome-wide, microarray gene expression analysis to identify deregulated g...
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Chemical synthesis and characterization of boron/boron nitride core–shell nanostructures
A moderate chemical method [i.e., the reaction of diborane (B2H6) and a mixture gas of ammonia and nitrogen (NH3/N2) over nanoscale iron boride at 1100 °C] was developed to explore the boron nitride (BN) nanostru...
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Repeated intrathecal administration of plasmid DNA complexed with polyethylene glycol-grafted polyethylenimine led to prolonged transgene expression in the spinal cord
Gene delivery into the spinal cord provides a potential approach to the treatment of spinal cord traumatic injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and spinal muscular atrophy. These disorders progress over long...
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Fluorinated metal hydrides for the catalytic hydrolysis of metal-hydrogen complexes
This paper is related to the hydrogen storage (H-storage) system composed of an alkaline solution that contains metal-hydrogen complex ions. The BH 4 − -complex...
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Catalytic generation of hydrogen by applying fluorinated-metal hydrides as catalysts
Metal–hydrogen complexes such as NaAlH4, KBH4, and NaBH4 are known as high H-content materials. The highly reactive natures of these materials against moist air and water can be easily stabilized in aqueous KOH a...
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Genetic dissection of vegetative propagation traits in Eucalyptus tereticornis and E. globulus
We have detected quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting vegetative propagation traits in Eucalyptus tereticornis and Eucalyptus globulus. Using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) genetic linkage maps...
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Construction of an AFLP genetic map with nearly complete genome coverage in Pinus taeda
De novo construction of complete genetic linkage maps requires large map** populations, large numbers of genetic markers, and efficient algorithms for ordering markers and evaluating o...
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Molecular breeding for grain yield in barley: an evaluation of QTL effects in a spring barley cross
We report results from a breeding strategy designed to accumulate favorable QTL alleles for grain yield identified in the SteptoeבMorex’ (SM) barley germplasm. Two map lines (SM73 and SM145) from the origina...