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Cementing mechanism of algal crusts from desert area
34-, 17-, 4-, 1.5-year old natural algal crusts were collected from Shapotou Scientific Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 40-day old field and greenhouse artificial algal crusts were in situ developed i...
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The vertical microdistribution of cyanobacteria and green algae within desert crusts and the development of the algal crusts
Substantial amounts of algal crusts were collected from five different desert experimental sites aged 42, 34, 17, 8 and 4 years, respectively, at Shapotou (China) and analyzed at a 0.1 mm microscale of depth. ...
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Polyproline II structure is critical for the enzyme protective function of soybean Em (LEA1) conserved domains
Group 1 late embryogenesis-abundant (LEA1) proteins protect enzyme activity from dehydration and are structurally conserved with three different 20 amino acid motifs in the N-terminal, middle and C-terminal domai...
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miR-135a/b Modulate Cisplatin Resistance of Human Lung Cancer Cell Line by Targeting MCL1
microRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNA molecules, which post-transcriptionally regulate genes expression and play crucial roles in diverse biological processes, such as development, differentiation, apopt...
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The role of D-dimers in the diagnosis of acute aortic dissection
Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a life threatening cardiovascular medical emergency with a poor prognosis. To explore the utility of D-dimers (DD) in the diagnosis of AAD, we performed a prospective study and...
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The preoperative lymphocyte to monocyte ratio predicts clinical outcomes in patients with stage II/III gastric cancer
Recently, lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR) has been reported to be associated with clinical outcomes in some types of cancer but has not been explored in gastric cancer. In this study, we analyzed the associ...
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Open AccessAn ER-associated miRNA signature predicts prognosis in ER-positive breast cancer
Breast cancer patients with positive estrogen receptor (ER) have a better prognosis. However, no prognostic miRNA signature was reported in the ER-positive breast cancer. The aim of the study was to identify a...
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Involvement of miR-143 in cisplatin resistance of gastric cancer cells via targeting IGF1R and BCL2
We investigated the possible role of miR-143 in the development of cisplatin resistance in human gastric cancer cell line. miR-143 was detected by quantitative real-time PCR. Cisplatin resistance changes of ce...
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Two Blast-independent tools, CyPerl and CyExcel, for harvesting hundreds of novel cyclotides and analogues from plant genomes and protein databases
Two high-throughput tools harvest hundreds of novel cyclotides and analogues in plants.
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Open AccessDiagnostic value of a plasma microRNA signature in gastric cancer: a microRNA expression analysis
The differential expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) in plasma of gastric cancer (GC) patients may serve as a diagnostic biomarker. A total of 33 miRNAs were identified through the initial screening phase (3 GC p...
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miR-20a enhances cisplatin resistance of human gastric cancer cell line by targeting NFKBIB
Drug resistance of cancer cells can be regulated by the dysregulated miRNAs, and sustained NFκB activation also plays an important role in tumor resistance to chemotherapy. Here, we sought to investigate wheth...
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Open AccessmiR-1296-5p decreases ERBB2 expression to inhibit the cell proliferation in ERBB2-positive breast cancer
The tumor suppressive role of miR-1296 is observed in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, the effect of miR-1296-5p in ERBB2-positive breast cancers remains obscure.
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Open AccessCirculating microRNAs from the miR-106a–363 cluster on chromosome X as novel diagnostic biomarkers for breast cancer
Novel noninvasive biomarkers with high sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of breast cancer (BC) are urgently needed in clinics. The aim of this study was to explore whether miRNAs from the miR-106a–...
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Serum miR-16 as a potential biomarker for human cancer diagnosis: results from a large-scale population
Cancer is a serious public health problem worldwide, and difficulty in early diagnosis has been the chief obstacle to improve the prognosis of patients. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) were widely studied to be p...
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Physicochemical and geroprotective comparison of Nostoc sphaeroides polysaccharides across colony growth stages and with derived oligosaccharides
Nostoc sphaeroides is a cyanobacterium traditionally used as food and medicine in the form of macrocolonies, the main supporting matrix of which is polysaccharides. Despite recent success in industrial-scale cult...
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Flow field design and performance analysis of vanadium redox flow battery
Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are one of the emerging energy storage techniques that have been developed with the purpose of effectively storing renewable energy. Due to the lower energy density, it li...
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Modulation of Redox and Aging-Related Signaling Pathways and Biomarkers by Naturally Derived Peptides
Nature has provided not only naturally occurring “free” peptides but also cryptic peptides (“cryptides”)—bioactive peptide fragments encrypted in the structures of natural proteins. These peptide fragments can...
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Attributes and performance analysis of all-vanadium redox flow battery based on a novel flow field design
Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are the best choice for large-scale stationary energy storage because of its unique energy storage advantages. However, low energy density and high cost are the main obsta...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel SVM-Based Transient Protection Algorithm for Transmission Lines
Based on the support vector machine (SVM), this paper presents an innovative transient protection algorithm for ultra-high voltage lines. Busbar’s distributed capacitance to the ground has significant effects ...
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A novel phasor-based adaptive single-phase auto-reclosing scheme for transmission lines with shunt reactors
A novel adaptive single-phase auto-reclosing method is proposed, which utilizes the internal product ratio of mode voltage to accurately determine the fault natures and the secondary arc extinction time of hig...