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Improved BV-based quantum attack on block ciphers
Due to the powerful computing capability of quantum computers, cryptographic researchers have applied quantum algorithms to cryptanalysis and obtained many interesting results. Finding the linear structure of ...
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Shared and distinct reward neural mechanisms among patients with schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder: an effort-based functional imaging study
Unwillingness to exert effort for rewards has been found in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ), major depressive disorder (MDD), and bipolar disorder (BD), but the underlying shared and distinct reward neural m...
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Seismic Performance of a Full-Scale Precast Concrete L-Shaped Column Frame Structure with a Grouted Connection
Precast concrete frame structure with nonrectangular columns are becoming attractive to researchers and engineers owing to advantages such as avoiding column protrusion from walls and saving space. This paper ...
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Open AccessAccurate prediction of acute pancreatitis severity based on genome-wide cell free DNA methylation profiles
Patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) have a high mortality, thus early diagnosis and interventions are critical for improving survival. However, conventional tests are limited in acute pancreatitis (A...
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Impact of Microgravity on the Skin and the Process of Wound Healing
Microgravity is a component of the complex environment in space. Due to its adverse effects on the human body, it poses unknown obstacles to the implementation of space missions. In microgravity, the body ofte...
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Open AccessNear infrared light fluorescence imaging-guided biomimetic nanoparticles of extracellular vesicles deliver indocyanine green and paclitaxel for hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy against glioma
We investigated the therapeutic effect of targeting extracellular vesicles (EVs) loaded with indocyanine green (ICG) and paclitaxel (PTX) on glioma.
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Author Correction: BACH2 enforces the transcriptional and epigenetic programs of stem-like CD8+ T cells
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-021-00906-4.
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BACH2 enforces the transcriptional and epigenetic programs of stem-like CD8+ T cells
During chronic infection and cancer, a self-renewing CD8+ T cell subset maintains long-term immunity and is critical to the effectiveness of immunotherapy. These stem-like CD8+ T cells diverge from other CD8+ sub...
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Open AccessReprogramming immunosuppressive myeloid cells by activated T cells promotes the response to anti-PD-1 therapy in colorectal cancer
Overcoming local immunosuppression is critical for immunotherapy to produce robust anti-tumor responses. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are key regulators of immunosuppressive networks and promote tu...
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FoxO maintains a genuine muscle stem-cell quiescent state until geriatric age
Tissue regeneration declines with ageing but little is known about whether this arises from changes in stem-cell heterogeneity. Here, in homeostatic skeletal muscle, we identify two quiescent stem-cell states ...
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Open AccessGlioma exosomal microRNA-148a-3p promotes tumor angiogenesis through activating the EGFR/MAPK signaling pathway via inhibiting ERRFI1
Glioma is the most frequent and lethal primary brain malignancy. Amounting evidence has highlighted the importance of exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) in this malignancy. This study aimed to investigate the...
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Correction to: Simulated microgravity significantly altered metabolism in epidermal stem cells
The affiliation given for Yan Cui in this article is not correct. The following is the correction affiliation
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Open AccessSimulated microgravity significantly altered metabolism in epidermal stem cells
Simulated microgravity can significantly affect various cell types and multiple systems of the human body, such as cardiovascular system, skeletal muscle system, and immune system, and is known to cause anemia...
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Single-cell RNA-seq reveals TOX as a key regulator of CD8+ T cell persistence in chronic infection
Progenitor-like CD8+ T cells mediate long-term immunity to chronic infection and cancer and respond potently to immune checkpoint blockade. These cells share transcriptional regulators with memory precursor cells...
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A Controller-Independent Quantum Dialogue Protocol with Four-Particle States
Controller-independent quantum dialogue (CIQD) is a significant topic in the research of quantum secure direct communication (QSDC). In this paper, we propose a new CIQD protocol with a special kind of four-pa...
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Cryptanalysis and Improvement of Some Quantum Proxy Blind Signature Schemes
Recently, two novel quantum proxy blind signature schemes are proposed by Zeng et al. and Yang et al., respectively. Their schemes have made a great contribution to the development of quantum proxy blind signa...
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Human retinoic acid–regulated CD161+ regulatory T cells support wound repair in intestinal mucosa
Repair of tissue damaged during inflammatory processes is key to the return of local homeostasis and restoration of epithelial integrity. Here we describe CD161+ regulatory T (Treg) cells as a distinct, highly su...
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Offline Arbitrated Quantum Blind Dual-Signature Protocol with Better Performance in Resisting Existential Forgery Attack
In this paper, we present an offline arbitrated quantum blind dual-signature protocol by using four-particle entangled Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger(GHZ) states. By using the special relationship of four-particl...
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Security analysis with improved design of post-confirmation mechanism for quantum sealed-bid auction with single photons
Quantum sealed-bid auction (QSA) has been widely studied in quantum cryptography. For a successful auction, post-confirmation is regarded as an important mechanism to make every bidder verify the identity of t...
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The Security Problems in Some Novel Arbitrated Quantum Signature Protocols
With the development of quantum signature, two improved arbitrated quantum signature(AQS) protocols have been presented with different quantum encryptions. In this paper, some security loopholes during the two...
