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Open AccessPredicting epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in non-small cell lung cancer through dual-layer spectral CT: a prospective study
To determine whether quantitative parameters of detector-derived dual-layer spectral computed tomography (DLCT) can reliably identify epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in patients with no...
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Nitrate Reductase Drives Nutrition Control and Disease Resistance in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivars
Nitrate reductase plays an important role in preventing the occurrence of diseases and insect pests, which could rapidly reduce the accumulation of nitrate and induce the excess of soluble nitrogen compounds i...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a combined radiomics and CT feature-based model for differentiating malignant from benign subcentimeter solid pulmonary nodules
We aimed to develop a combined model based on radiomics and computed tomography (CT) imaging features for use in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant subcentimeter (≤ 10 mm) solid pulmonary nodules (...
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Open AccessLongitudinal assessment of cardiac parameters through MRI in breast cancer patients treated with anti-HER2 therapy
We evaluated the early changes in left ventricular (LV) volumetric, functional, and tissue characteristics in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer patients treated with trastu...
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Selenium Deficiency Leads to Changes in Renal Fibrosis Marker Proteins and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway Components
Renal fibrosis is the final result of the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Earlier studies confirmed that selenium (Se) displays a close association with kidney di...
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Open AccessPan-cancer analysis combined with experiments explores the oncogenic role of spindle apparatus coiled-coil protein 1 (SPDL1)
The function of spindle apparatus coiled-coil protein 1 (SPDL1) as a cancer-promoting gene has been reported in a number of studies. However, the pan-cancer analysis of SPDL1 is still lacking. Here, we perform...
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Advancing Psychology of China: A Call for Paradigm Shift
Psychology is a culture-based scientific discipline and clinical practice. In the past decades, Western theories and methods have played a dominant role in the psychological science and practice development in...
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Selenium Deficiency-Induced Damage and Altered Expression of Mitochondrial Biogenesis Markers in the Kidneys of Mice
Previous studies have raised concerns that kidney disease is often closely related to low serum Se levels in patients and that hyposelenemia may increase the vulnerability of patients to complications. However...
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Occurrence and light response of residual plastid genes in a Euglena gracilis bleached mutant strain OflB2
Euglena gracilis is a unicellular green eukaryotic microalga that features characteristics of both plants and animals. The photosynthetic function of its chloroplast is easily lost under stress resulting in bleac...
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Application of Xerophytophysiology and Signal Transduction in Plant Production: Partial Root-Zone Drying in Potato Crops
The irrigation method of partial root-zone drying (PRD) is based on drought stimulation without real water stress in order to induce xerophytophysiological signalling and regulations. In the present study, a s...
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Semaphorin 3A promotes osteogenic differentiation of BMSC from type 2 diabetes mellitus rats
Bone regeneration is impaired in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which leads to non-healing after bone loss. The decreased osteogenic capacity of bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) might be a m...
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Selenoprotein K Mediates the Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion of Human Choriocarcinoma Cells by Negatively Regulating Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Expression via ERK, p38 MAPK, and Akt Signaling Pathway
Selenoprotein K (SelK), a member of selenoprotein family, is identified as a single endoplasmic reticulum (ER) transmembrane protein. Although over-expression of SelK inhibits adherence and migration of human ...
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A signal-on ratiometric fluorometric heparin assay based on the direct interaction between amino-modified carbon dots and DNA
Amino-modified carbon dots (C-dots) with positively charged surface were prepared. They display strong blue fluorescence and are shown to act as quenchers of the green fluorescence of FAM-labeled ssDNA such as...
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Evaluation of aqueous chlorine dioxide for disinfecting plant explants
Sterilization of explants while maintaining viability is a major task for those working in plant tissue culture. This task is usually accomplished through the use of mercuric chloride or sodium hypochlorite. D...
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A Novel Method of Influence Ranking via Node Degree and H-index for Community Detection
Identifying influential nodes is critical to have a better understanding of the network function and the process of information diffusion. Traditional methods of evaluating influential nodes such as degree cen...
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Collaborative Partitioning for Multiple Social Networks with Anchor Nodes
Plenty of individuals are getting involved in more than one social networks, and maintaining multiple relationships of social networks. The value behind the integrated information of multiple social networks i...
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Soy 14-3-3 protein SGF14c, a new regulator of tolerance to salt–alkali stress
The salt–alkali soil is one of the most important factors affecting soy growth and yield. In studies on soy salt–alkali tolerance, since past few decades ago, the detailed mechanisms for salt–alkali tolerance...
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Factors restraining parasitism of the invasive vine Mikania micrantha by the holoparasitic plant Cuscuta campestris
Mikania micrantha (Asteraceae) is one of the 10 most invasive weeds in the world and has caused tremendous economic and environmental losses in southern China. The dodder Cuscuta campestris (Conv...
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Expression of chicken parvovirus VP2 in chicken embryo fibroblasts requires codon optimization for production of naked DNA and vectored meleagrid herpesvirus type 1 vaccines
Meleagrid herpesvirus type 1 (MeHV-1) is an ideal vector for the expression of antigens from pathogenic avian organisms in order to generate vaccines. Chicken parvovirus (ChPV) is a widespread infectious virus...
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Exon skip** of AGAMOUS homolog PrseAG in develo** double flowers of Prunus lannesiana (Rosaceae)
Two transcript isoforms of AGAMOUS homologs, from single and double flower Prunus lannesiana, respectively, showed differ...