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Targeting histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) in the bone marrow stromal cells revers imatinib resistance by modulating IL-6 in Ph + acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) can promote the growth of Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play essential roles in the proliferation and...
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Open AccessEffects of perineal massage at different stages on perineal and postpartum pelvic floor function in primiparous women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Perineal massage, as a preventive intervention, has been shown to reduce the risk of perineal injuries and may have a positive impact on pelvic floor function in the early postpartum period. However, there is ...
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Immediate breast reconstruction with laparoscopically harvested omental flap: A retrospective analysis with a maximum 12-year follow-up
To evaluate the clinical efficacy of immediate breast reconstruction with free or pedicled laparoscopically harvested omental flaps (LHOFs).
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Open AccessBroad host tropism of ACE2-using MERS-related coronaviruses and determinants restricting viral recognition
Recently, two Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) closely related to bat merbecoviruses, NeoCoV and PDF-2180, were discovered to use angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) for entry. The tw...
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An Improved Probabilistic Routing Algorithm Based on Moving Direction Prediction in DTNs
In a delay-tolerant network (DTN), nodes use a store-and-forward mechanism to forward messages from a source node to an encounter node until the message reaches the destination node. The traditional probabilis...
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Open AccessClose relatives of MERS-CoV in bats use ACE2 as their functional receptors
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and several bat coronaviruses use dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) as an entry receptor1–4. However, the receptor for NeoCoV—the closest known MERS-CoV relativ...
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Open AccessPerformance of HR-pQCT, DXA, and FRAX in the discrimination of asymptomatic vertebral fracture in postmenopausal Chinese women
Volumetric bone density (vBMD) and trabecular microarchitecture measured by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) can discriminate the patients with high risk of asymptomatic ve...
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Open AccessA novel Longshi Scale measured activity of daily living disability in elderly patients affected by neurological diseases: a multi-center cross-sectional study in China
Ability in the activities of daily life is often impaired in the older adults with a neurological disease. The Barthel Index is an instrument used worldwide to assess such ability. The Longshi Scale is a pictu...
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Open AccessNurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards palliative care and death: a learning intervention
In many countries, nurses are ill-prepared to provide care to patients with terminal illnesses. Limited education and training affect their ability to deliver proper palliative care. Only a few studies have ex...
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Quadruple negative breast cancer
Quadruple negative breast cancer (QNBC), lacking the expression of ER (estrogen receptor), PR (progesterone receptor), HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor-2) and AR (androgen receptor), was regarded a...
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Asiatic Acid Attenuates Bone Loss by Regulating Osteoclastic Differentiation
Anti-resorptive agents like bisphosphonates have been widely used for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. However, their long-term safety and efficacy are still controversial. This study is to examin...
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Open AccessRelevance and clinicopathologic relationship of BRAF V600E, TERT and NRAS mutations for papillary thyroid carcinoma patients in Northwest China
To determine the relevance of the single or combination mutations of BRAF V600E, TERT, and NRAS genes and the clinicopathologic relationship in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).
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Determining the optimal parameters of 420-nm intense pulsed light on Trichophyton rubrum growth in vitro
The effect of and the optimal parameters for intense pulsed light (IPL) with a 420-nm filter on an isolate of the fungus Trichophyton rubrum (T. rubrum) were examined in vitro. Colonies of T. rubrum were irradiat...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Detection of Double Compression for HEVC Videos Based on the Co-occurrence Matrix of DCT Coefficients
Detection of double video compression can reveal partly the video processing history, which is considered to be an important auxiliary means used in video forensics. In this paper, by analyzing the distributio...
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Meta-analysis of the effects of exercise intervention on quality of life in breast cancer survivors
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women worldwide. Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer pose an array of physical and psychological threats to the survivors. Exercise interventions may...
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Is the Hypoglycemic Action of Vanadium Compounds Related to the Suppression of Feeding?
Vanadium compounds exhibit effective hypoglycemic activity in both type I and type II diabetes mellitus. However, there was one argument that the hypoglycemic action of vanadium compounds could be attributable...
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Vanadyl acetylacetonate upregulates PPARγ and adiponectin expression in differentiated rat adipocytes
Vanadium compounds are promising agents in the therapeutic treatment of diabetes mellitus, but their mechanism of action has not been fully elucidated. The current work investigated the effects of vanadyl acet...
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Effect of sodium benzoate on zinc electrodeposition in chloride solution
The effect of sodium benzoate on the electrodeposition of zinc on carbon steel electrode from acidic chloride solution was studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV), differential capacitance (DC), chronoamperometry (...
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The enthalpies of formation and evolved gas detection
The standard molar enthalpies of formation of H4SiW12O40·6H2O (I), H4SiW12O40·6DMF·H2O (II), H4SiW12O40·8DMSO·H2O (III) have been determined. Thermodynamic cycles were designed, and the heat of reactions in the t...