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Open AccessMenstrual blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells combined with collagen I gel as a regenerative therapeutic strategy for degenerated disc after discectomy in rats
Annulus fibrosis (AF) defects have been identified as the primary cause of disc herniation relapse and subsequent disc degeneration following discectomy. Stem cell-based tissue engineering offers a promising a...
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Open AccessCircMAST1 inhibits cervical cancer progression by hindering the N4-acetylcytidine modification of YAP mRNA
Cervical cancer (CCa) is the fourth most common cancer among females, with high incidence and mortality rates. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are key regulators of various biological processes in cancer. However, th...
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Open AccessThe novel developed microsatellite markers revealed potential hybridization among Cymbidium species and the interspecies sub-division of C. goeringii and C. ensifolium
Orchids (Cymbidium spp.) exhibit significant variations in floral morphology, pollinator relations, and ecological habitats. Due to their exceptional economic and ornamental value, Cymbidium spp. have been commer...
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Open AccessComparative proteomic profiling of plasma exosomes in lung cancer cases of liver and brain metastasis
Metastases within liver or the brain are the most common causes of mortality from lung cancer (LC). Predicting liver or brain metastases before having evidence from imaging of the tumors is challenging but imp...
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Open AccessInhibition of ERK downregulates autophagy via mitigating mitochondrial fragmentation to protect SH-SY5Y cells from OGD/R injury
Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI) is the main cause leading to high mortality and neurological disability in patients with cardiac arrest/cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CA/CPR). Our previous study fo...
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Open AccessRetraction Note: Downregulation of RKIP promotes radioresistance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by activating NRF2/ NQO1 axis via downregulating miR-450b-5p
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Open AccessHuman menstrual blood-derived stem cells reverse sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma cells through the hyperactivation of mitophagy
Sorafenib is a first-line drug targeting the RTK-MAPK signalling pathway used to treat advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, tumour cells readily develop sorafenib resistance, limiting long-term th...
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Open AccessLegacy of Hongxi Su: Pioneer of Chinese Cardiosurgery
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Open AccessEBV infection-induced GPX4 promotes chemoresistance and tumor progression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) was the first oncogenic virus identified in humans. It is primarily associated with multiple lymphoid and epithelial cancers, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). However, its ass...
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Open AccessGenetic testing enables a precision medicine approach for nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis in pediatrics: a single-center cohort
Hereditary factors are the main cause of pediatric nephrolithiasis (NL)/nephrocalcinosis (NC). We summarized the genotype–phenotype correlation of hereditary NL/NC in our center, to evaluate the role of geneti...
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Open AccessThe circadian clock ticks in plant stress responses
The circadian clock, a time-kee** mechanism, drives nearly 24-h self-sustaining rhythms at the physiological, cellular, and molecular levels, kee** them synchronized with the cyclic changes of environmenta...
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Open AccessThe thiol-disulfide exchange activity of AtPDI1 is involved in the response to abiotic stresses
Arabidopsis protein disulfide isomerase 1 (AtPDI1) has been demonstrated to have disulfide isomerase activity and to be involved in the stress response. However, whether the anti-stress function is directly rela...
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Open AccessCircular RNA hsa_circ_0043280 inhibits cervical cancer tumor growth and metastasis via miR-203a-3p/PAQR3 axis
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are known to act as key regulators in a variety of malignancies. However, the role of circRNAs in cervical cancer (CCa) remains largely unknown. Herein, we demonstrated that a circRNA ...
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Open AccessGenome wide analysis of kinesin gene family in Citrullus lanatus reveals an essential role in early fruit development
Kinesin (KIN) as a motor protein is a versatile nano-machine and involved in diverse essential processes in plant growth and development. However, the kinesin gene family has not been identified in watermelon,...
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Open AccessCross-oncopanel study reveals high sensitivity and accuracy with overall analytical performance depending on genomic regions
Targeted sequencing using oncopanels requires comprehensive assessments of accuracy and detection sensitivity to ensure analytical validity. By employing reference materials characterized by the U.S. Food and ...
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Open AccessSIRT1 attenuates renal fibrosis by repressing HIF-2α
Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) is a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dependent deacetylase belonging to class III histone deacetylases. Previous studies have shown that SIRT1 is involved in kidney physiology regulatio...
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Open AccessHuman menstrual blood-derived stem cells mitigate bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis through anti-apoptosis and anti-inflammatory effects
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a kind of diffuse interstitial lung disease, the pathogenesis of which is unclear, and there is currently a lack of good treatment to improve the survival rate. Human menstrual...
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Open AccessMandarin fish (Sinipercidae) genomes provide insights into innate predatory feeding
Mandarin fishes (Sinipercidae) are piscivores that feed solely on live fry. Unlike higher vertebrates, teleosts exhibit feeding behavior driven mainly by genetic responses, with no modification by learning fro...
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Open AccessRETRACTED ARTICLE: Downregulation of RKIP promotes radioresistance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by activating NRF2/NQO1 axis via downregulating miR-450b-5p
Dysregulation of RKIP and NRF2 has been widely involved in the therapy resistance of multiple malignances, however, their relation and the corresponding mechanisms, especially in radiation response, have not b...
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Open AccessDynamics of fungal communities during Gastrodia elata growth
Gastrodia elata is a widely distributed achlorophyllous orchid and is highly valued as both medicine and food. Gastrodia elata produces dust-like seeds and relies on mycorrhizal fungi for its germination and grow...