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Open AccessThe impact of high-speed railway construction on regional economic development in Hubei Province
Based on the panel data of 16 cities in Hubei Province from 2009 to 2019 (excluding the data during Covid-19 pandemic period), we construct multi-temporal difference-in-differences model (DID) and Spatial Durb...
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Open AccessProhexadione-calcium improves grape quality by regulating endogenous hormones, sugar and acid metabolism and related enzyme activities in grape berries
Prohexadione-Calcium (Pro-Ca) plays key roles in improving fruit quality and yield by regulating various aspects of plant growth. However, the effects of how Pro-Ca regulates the regulation of sugar and acid b...
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Analysis of thermal cavitation in a viscoelastic composite sphere under a uniform temperature field
Cavity bifurcation is an important mechanism of damage and fracture failure of various materials. The thermal cavitation problem of a composite sphere composed of two kinds of viscoelastic materials subjected ...
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Oxidative Desulfurization Over Highly Dispersed α-SnWO4 Nanoparticles Anchored on Amine-Modified SiO2
α-SnWO4 nanoparticles were synthesized on SiO2 grafted with amino functional groups (NH2-SiO2) using a one-step solvothermal method to achieve the purpose of deep desulfurization (< 10 ppm). The characterization ...
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Combine use of glucocorticoid with other immunosuppressants is a risk factor for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in autoimmune inflammatory disease patients: a meta-analysis
To determine whether the combined use of glucocorticoid with other immunosuppressants increased the risk of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) in autoimmune inflammatory disease (AIID) patients.
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Open AccessIdentification of TIMELESS and RORA as key clock molecules of non-small cell lung cancer and the comprehensive analysis
The incidence rate of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been increasing worldwide, and the correlation of circadian rhythm disruption with a raised risk of cancer and worse prognosis has been shown by acc...
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Open AccessAn improved and efficient method of Agrobacterium syringe infiltration for transient transformation and its application in the elucidation of gene function in poplar
Forest trees have important economic and ecological value. As a model tree, poplar has played a significant role in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying tree biology. However, a lack of mutant libra...
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Effective reduction in chimeric mutants of poplar trees produced by CRISPR/Cas9 through a second round of shoot regeneration
The clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeat/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) system has been applied to edit the genomes of quite a few plant species, including perennial woody popla...
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Open AccessEvaluation of MiR-1908-3p as a novel serum biomarker for breast cancer and analysis its oncogenic function and target genes
Breast cancer is one of the most common tumors for women globally. Various miRNAs have been reported to play a crucial role in breast cancer, however the clinical significance of miR-1908-3p in breast cancer r...
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Open AccessEndoplasmic reticulum–localized UBC34 interaction with lignin repressors MYB221 and MYB156 regulates the transactivity of the transcription factors in Populus tomentosa
Regulation of lignin biosynthesis is known to occur at the level of transcription factors (TFs), of which R2R3-MYB family members have been proposed to play a central role via the AC cis-elements. Despite the imp...
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Open AccessAnti-tumor effects and mechanism of GA-13315, a novel gibberellin derivative, in human lung adenocarcinoma: an in vitro and in vivo study
To investigate the anti-tumor effects and the mechanism of the compound 13-chlorine-3, 15-dioxy-gibberellic acid methyl ester (GA-13315) in lung adenocarcinoma in vitro and in vivo.
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Open AccessThe effect of cinnamon on polycystic ovary syndrome in a mouse model
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent cause of anovulatory infertility and hyperandrogenism. Evidence favors insulin resistance and compensatory hyperinsulinemia as the predominant, perhaps pr...
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Open AccessCirculating cell-free DNA and circulating tumor cells, the “liquid biopsies” in ovarian cancer
Limited understanding of ovarian cancer (OC) genome portrait has hindered the therapeutic advances. The serial monitoring of tumor genotypes is becoming increasingly attainable with circulating cell-free DNA (...
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Effect of Phospholipid Transfer Protein on Cigarette Smoke Extract-Induced IL-8 Production in Human Pulmonary Epithelial Cells
To investigate the effect of phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) on the cigarette smoke extract (CSE)-induced production of interleukin-8 (IL-8) in human pulmonary epithelial cells, male Wistar rats were expo...
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A New Triterpeniod from Aglaia perviridis
A new 2,3-seco-12-oleanene-2,3-dioic acid (1), along with ten known ones, was isolated from the bark of Aglaia perviridis. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. Compound 1 was evalu...
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Expression and initial characterization of a Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C from Populus tomentosa
Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) is a critical enzyme family, participating in various signal-transduction pathways in eukaryotic cells. However, little information on PI-PLC in plants is ava...
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Isolation, structural analysis, and expression characteristics of the maize (Zea mays L.) hexokinase gene family
Hexokinases (HXKs, EC 2.7.1.1) play important roles in metabolism, glucose (Glc) signaling, and phosphorylation of Glc and fructose and are ubiquitous in all organisms. Despite their physiological importance, ...
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X1-homologous genes family as central components in biotic and abiotic stresses response in maize (Zea mays L.)
X1-homologous genes (XHS) encode plant specific proteins containing three basic domains (XH, XS, zf-XS). In spite of their physiological importance, systematic analyses of ZmXHS genes hav...
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Genome-wide analysis and identification of HAK potassium transporter gene family in maize (Zea mays L.)
The high-affinity K+ (HAK) transporter gene family constitutes the largest family that functions as potassium transporter in plant and is important for various cellular processes of plant life. In spite of their ...
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Isolation and Characterization of an ERF Transcription Factor Gene from Cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.)
A pathogen-inducible ethylene-responsive factor gene, EREB1, was isolated and characterized in cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.). The deduced amino acid sequence of EREB1 had some typical features of transcription...
