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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Inhibition of acetylation of histones 3 and 4 attenuates aortic valve calcification
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Open AccessTIGIT reverses IFN-α-promoted Th1-like Tregs via in-sequence effects dependent on STAT4
The induction direction of interferon (IFN)-α in T-cell phenotype and function varies depending on the activation state of the cell and the time of stimulation. To assess the effects of elevated IFN-α on regul...
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Open AccessCorrelations between IL-36 family cytokines in peripheral blood and subjective and objective assessment results in patients with allergic rhinitis
Interleukin (IL)-36 family cytokines have received increasing attention, especially in the fields of inflammation and immunity research. However, whether IL-36 family cytokine levels are correlated with the re...
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Retinal vessel segmentation based on self-distillation and implicit neural representation
Segmenting retinal blood vessels from retinal images is a crucial step in ocular disease diagnosis. It is also one of the most important applications and research in ophthalmic image analysis. However, the con...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Amelioration of radiation‑induced liver damage by p-coumaric acid in mice
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Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Two Cd(II) Coordination Polymers Assembled by 4-Carboxymethoxy-3-phenylacrylic Acid Ligands
Two Cd(II) complexes, [Cd(CMOPAA)(Phen)(H2O)]n (1) and [Cd(CMOPAA)(Bipy)]n (2), (H2CMOPAA = 4-carboxymethoxy-3-phenylacrylic acid, Phen = 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2′-bipyridine = Bipy) were synthesized with 4-ca...
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Open AccessDetection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) by digital PCR in stool samples for the non-invasive diagnosis of CMV gastroenteritis
CMV gastroenteritis is common in patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and it is difficult to distinguish from acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD), which has very similar sy...
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A biochemiluminescent assay for rapid diagnosis of influenza
A biochemiluminescent assay of influenza diagnosis is presented. The assay diagnoses influenza based on detection of the influenza viral neuraminidase activity. An instrument designed for the assay is also rep...
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Cholesterol homeostasis and cancer: a new perspective on the low-density lipoprotein receptor
Disturbance of cholesterol homeostasis is considered as one of the manifestations of cancer. Cholesterol plays an essential role in the pleiotropic functions of cancer cells, including mediating membrane traff...
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Open AccessAmelioration of radiation-induced liver damage by p-coumaric acid in mice
Radiation-induced liver damage (RILD) is a spiny problem in radiotherapy or other circumstances that exposure to radiation. The need for radioprotective agent is increasing to protect liver tissue. This study ...
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Open AccessThe lipid rafts in cancer stem cell: a target to eradicate cancer
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of cancer cells with stem cell properties that sustain cancers, which may be responsible for cancer metastasis or recurrence. Lipid rafts are cholesterol- and sphin...
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Efficient activation of peroxymonosulfate by nanotubular Co3O4 for degradation of Acid Orange 7: performance and mechanism
Morphology optimization of catalysts has been considered as a viable strategy to improve the catalytic efficiency for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation by providing high surface area and abundant active sites...
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Open AccessPerirenal adipose afferent nerves sustain pathological high blood pressure in rats
Hypertension is a pathological condition of persistent high blood pressure (BP) of which the underlying neural mechanisms remain obscure. Here, we show that the afferent nerves in perirenal adipose tissue (PRA...
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Open AccessCircular RNA MTCL1 promotes advanced laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma progression by inhibiting C1QBP ubiquitin degradation and mediating beta-catenin activation
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are involved in regulatory processes of ubiquitination and deubiquitination in various tumors at post-transcriptional epigenetic modification level. However, the underlying mechanism a...
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Automatic coronary artery segmentation algorithm based on deep learning and digital image processing
The automatic segmentation of coronary artery in coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) image is of great significance for clinicians to evaluate patients with coronary heart disease. When a 3D image ...
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Open AccessInherited Genetic Susceptibility to Nonimmunosuppressed Epstein-Barr Virus-associated T/NK-cell Lymphoproliferative Diseases in Chinese Patients
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) T/NK-cell lymphoproliferative diseases are characterized by clonal expansion of EBV-infected T or NK cells, including chronic active EBV infection of T/NK-cell type (CAEBV+T/NK), EBV-asso...
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Open AccessGencore: an efficient tool to generate consensus reads for error suppressing and duplicate removing of NGS data
Removing duplicates might be considered as a well-resolved problem in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data processing domain. However, as NGS technology gains more recognition in clinical application, researc...
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Open AccessInhibition of acetylation of histones 3 and 4 attenuates aortic valve calcification
Aortic valve calcification develops in patients with chronic kidney disease who have calcium and phosphate metabolic disorders and poor prognoses. There is no effective treatment except valve replacement. Howe...
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Open AccessNovel mutations of STXBP2 and LYST associated with adult haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with Epstein-Barr virus infection: a case report
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a life-threatening disease resulting from primary or secondary hyper-inflammatory disorders. The typical symptoms include persistent fever, splenomegaly, cytopenia and si...
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Investigating the Determinants of Users’ Willingness to Pay for Answers on Q&A Platforms
Charging for answers on Q&A platforms is gaining popularity in Mainland China. For the purpose of making profit, understanding the determinants of users’ willingness to pay for answers is crucial for Q&A platf...
