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Open AccessEffect of cervical Bishop score on induction of labor at term in primiparas using Foley catheter balloon: a retrospective study
Previous studies had found that the mechanical methods were as effective as pharmacological methods in achieving vaginal delivery. However, whether balloon catheter induction is suitable for women with severe ...
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Open AccessThe application of the ICD-10 for antepartum stillbirth patients in a referral centre of Eastern China: a retrospective study from 2015 to 2022
The causes of some stillbirths are unclear, and additional work must be done to investigate the risk factors for stillbirths.
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Open AccessLineage-specific amplification and epigenetic regulation of LTR-retrotransposons contribute to the structure, evolution, and function of Fabaceae species
Long terminal repeat (LTR)-retrotransposons (LTR-RTs) are ubiquitous and make up the majority of nearly all sequenced plant genomes, whereas their pivotal roles in genome evolution, gene expression regulation ...
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Open AccessACE2-independent infection of T lymphocytes by SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 induced marked lymphopenia in severe patients with COVID-19. However, whether lymphocytes are targets of viral infection is yet to be determined, although SARS-CoV-2 RNA or antigen has been identifi...
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Open AccessRisk of chronic kidney disease in patients with kidney stones—a nationwide cohort study
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney stones are common in Taiwan; in particular, CKD has a high prevalence but low self-awareness rate. CKD-related risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, and nephrotox...
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Calcium channel blockers reduce severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) related fatality
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), an emerging tick-borne infectious disease caused by a novel phlebovirus (SFTS virus, SFTSV), was listed among the top 10 priority infectious diseases by the ...
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Open AccessCytogenetic and genomic organization analyses of chloroplast DNA invasions in the nuclear genome of Asparagus officinalis L. provides signatures of evolutionary complexity and informativity in sex chromosome evolution
The transfer of chloroplast DNA into nuclear genome is a common process in plants. These transfers form nuclear integrants of plastid DNAs (NUPTs), which are thought to be driving forces in genome evolution, i...
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Self-adaptive parameters in differential evolution based on fitness performance with a perturbation strategy
Differential evolution (DE) algorithms have been used widely to solve optimization problems and practical cases and have demonstrated high efficiency, performing favorably using only a few parameters. Compared...
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Open AccessThe landscape of transposable elements and satellite DNAs in the genome of a dioecious plant spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)
Repetitive sequences, including transposable elements (TEs) and satellite DNAs, occupy a considerable portion of plant genomes. Analysis of the repeat fraction benefits the understanding of genome structure an...
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Open AccessDownregulation of β1,4-galactosyltransferase 5 improves insulin resistance by promoting adipocyte commitment and reducing inflammation
Protein glycosylation is an important post-translational modification. Aberrant glycosylation has been implicated in many diseases because of associated changes in protein distribution and biological function....
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Open AccessComparative transcriptome analysis reveals differentially expressed genes associated with sex expression in garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
Garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) is a highly valuable vegetable crop of commercial and nutritional interest. It is also commonly used to investigate the mechanisms of sex determination and differentiation...
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Activating transcription factor 5 regulates lipid metabolism in adipocytes
Activating transcription factor 5 (ATF5) is a member of the activating transcription factor/cAMP response element binding protein (ATF/CREB) family, and is highly expressed in liver and adipose tissue. Previou...
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Genes encoding Δ8-sphingolipid desaturase from various plants: identification, biochemical functions, and evolution
∆8-sphingolipid desaturase catalyzes the C8 desaturation of a long chain base, which is the characteristic structure of various complex sphingolipids. The genes of 20 ∆8-sphingolipid desaturases from 12 plants we...
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Repetitive sequences and epigenetic modification: inseparable partners play important roles in the evolution of plant sex chromosomes
The present review discusses the roles of repetitive sequences played in plant sex chromosome evolution, and highlights epigenetic modification as potential mechanism of repetitive sequences in...
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Ox-LDL Upregulates IL-6 Expression by Enhancing NF-κB in an IGF2-Dependent Manner in THP-1 Macrophages
Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that is well established as a vital factor in determining the risk of coronary heart disease and pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Moreover, accumulating evid...
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Rapid cloning and bioinformatic analysis of spinach Y chromosome-specific EST sequences
The genome of spinach single chromosome complement is about 1000 Mbp, which is the model material to study the molecular mechanisms of plant sex differentiation. The cytological study showed that the biggest s...
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Open AccessMusculoskeletal pain in people with and without type 2 diabetes in Taiwan: a population-based, retrospective cohort study
Musculoskeletal pain in people with type 2 diabetes is a common issue even to this day. The study aimed to explore the 10-year cumulative incidence of musculoskeletal pain, the mean number of doctor visits for...
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The miR-573/apoM/Bcl2A1-dependent signal transduction pathway is essential for hepatocyte apoptosis and hepatocarcinogenesis
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors with an increasing incidence worldwide. Apolipoprotein M (apoM) is a novel apolipoprotein that is mainly expressed in liver and kidney ...
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Isolation of differentially expressed sex genes in garden asparagus using suppression subtractive hybridization
Garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is a dioecious species whose male and female flowers are found in separate unisexual individuals. A region called the M-locus, located on a pair of homomorphic sex chro...
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Propofol Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Production Through Enhancing apoM and foxa2 Expression in HepG2 Cells
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a cytokine that mediates the influx of cells to sites of inflammation. Our group recently reported that propofol exerted an anti-inflammatory effect and could inhi...
