Atorvastatin Improves Inflammatory Response in Atherosclerosis by Upregulating the Expression of GARP by Xiaoqi Zhao, Yuzhou Liu, Yucheng Zhong, Bo Liu, Kunwu Yu, Huairui Shi, Ruirui Zhu, Kai Meng, Wei Zhang, Bangwei Wu, Qiutang Zeng

“…The antiatherosclerosis effects of statins partly depend on their multiple immune modulatory potencies. In this paper, we present that atorvastatin could upregulate the expression of GARP and TGF-β in CD4+ T cells and increase the numbers of CD4+LAP+ and CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in ApoE−/− mice. …”
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Prognostic Value of Metastatic No.8p LNs in Patients with Gastric Cancer by Dong-Jiao Guo, Kun Yang, Wei-Han Zhang, Xiao-Long Chen, Xin-Zu Chen, Bo Zhang, Zong-Guang Zhou, Jian-Kun Hu

“…Patients were divided into two groups according to the status of No.8p LNs. …”
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A UV to X-Ray View of Soft Excess in Type 1 Active Galactic Nuclei. I. Sample Selection and Spectral Profile by Shi-Jiang Chen, Jun-Xian Wang, Jia-Lai Kang, Wen-Yong Kang, Hao Sou, Teng Liu, Zhen-Yi Cai, Zhen-Bo Su

“…We show that a cutoff power law could uniformly characterize both types of soft excesses, with a median E _cut of 1.40 keV for po-like and 0.14 keV for bb-like. …”
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3D Culture of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (BMSCs) Could Improve Bone Regeneration in 3D-Printed Porous Ti6Al4V Scaffolds by Lingjia Yu, Yuanhao Wu, Jieying Liu, Bo Li, Bupeng Ma, Yaqian Li, Zhenfei Huang, Yu He, Hai Wang, Zhihong Wu, Guixing Qiu

“…We suggest that this approach provides an opportunity to further improve the efficiency of stem cell therapy for the treatment of mandibular bone defects.…”
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First Molecular Identification of <i>Entamoeba</i> spp. in Sheep, Beef Cattle, and Dairy Cattle in Shanxi Province, North China by Ze-Xuan Wu, Han-Dan Xiao, Yuan-Hui He, Shi-Bo Huang, Jing Li, Yu Kang, Wen-Bin Zheng, Xing-Quan Zhu

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Nicotine promotes M2 macrophage polarization through α5-nAChR/SOX2/CSF-1 axis in lung adenocarcinoma by Guiyu Kang, Hui Song, Lei Bo, Qi Liu, Qiang Li, Jingtan Li, Pan Pan, Jingting Wang, Yanfei Jia, Haiji Sun, Xiaoli Ma

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Arthroscopic-assisted uniportal spinal surgery for treatment of lumbar burst fractures complicated with neurological symptoms: a case report by Hai-Wei Chen, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Peng-Ju Jing, Dong-Hong Ma, Wen-Bo Wang, En Song, Pei-Wu Li, Peng Cheng

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Evolution of Helium with Temperature in Neutron-Irradiated 10B-Doped Aluminum by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering by Chaoqiang Huang, Guanyun Yan, Qiang Tian, Guangai Sun, Bo Chen, Liusi Sheng, Yaoguang Liu, Xinggui Long, Xiao Liu, Luhui Han, Zhonghua Wu

“…Helium status is the primary effect of material properties under radiation. 10B-doped aluminum samples were prepared via arc melting technique and rapidly cooled with liquid nitrogen to increase the boron concentration during the formation of compounds. …”
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Research Progress on Nutritional Characteristics, Taste Quality Improvement and Functional Evaluation of Germinated Brown Rice by REN Chuanying, HONG Bin, ZHANG Shan, YUAN Di, FENG Junran, SHAN Shan, ZHANG Jingyi, GUAN Lijun, LI Bo, HUANG Wengong, LU Shuwen

“…Germinated brown rice (GBR) is a whole grain containing the intact bran and embryo, concentrating most nutrients and functional active compounds. …”
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Exosomal circPOLQ promotes macrophage M2 polarization via activating IL-10/STAT3 axis in a colorectal cancer model by Yang Liu, Chen Chen, Jinbo Liu, Zhenqiang Sun, Bo Shao, Yanxin Xu, Pengyuan Dang, Shengyun Hu, Haifeng Sun, Chaoguan Wang, Junhong Hu

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Tomato Stem and Leaf Segmentation and Phenotype Parameter Extraction Based on Improved Red Billed Blue Magpie Optimization Algorithm by Lina Zhang, Ziyi Huang, Zhiyin Yang, Bo Yang, Shengpeng Yu, Shuai Zhao, Xingrui Zhang, Xinying Li, Han Yang, Yixing Lin, Helong Yu

“…Therefore, this paper proposes a tomato point cloud stem and leaf segmentation framework based on Elite Strategy-based Improved Red-billed Blue Magpie Optimization (ES-RBMO) Algorithm. The framework uses a four-layer Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for stem and leaf segmentation by incorporating an improved swarm intelligence algorithm with an accuracy of 0.965. …”
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Electrophysiological and Structural Changes in Chinese Patients with LHON by Min Wang, Hong Guo, Shiying Li, Gang Wang, Yanling Long, Xiaohong Meng, Bo Liu, Yong Liu, Anthony G. Robson, Zheng Qin Yin

“…Methods. 26 eyes of 13 patients with a genetically confirmed diagnosis of LHON were categorized into two groups according to the duration of the disease: group 1 (duration less than 3 months) and group 2 (duration between 3 months and 18 years). …”
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Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Coronary Catheterization through Distal Transradial Access: A Single-Center Data by Huanhuan Wang, Dan Liu, Jidong Guo, Nuerbahati Heisha, Lei Wang, Qiang Zhang, Yihui Han, Xiping Wang, Bo Zhang, Jinqing Yuan, Lijian Gao

“…A total of 263 consecutive patients who underwent catheterization through the dTRA were enrolled. …”
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Source Apportionment and Analysis of Potentially Toxic Element Sources in Agricultural Soils Based on the Positive Matrix Factorization and Geo-Detector Models by Xu Liu, Zhongfang Yang, Bo Li, Zhiliang Wu, Lei Wang, Tao Yu, Cheng Li, Zexin He, Minghui Xie, Chenning Deng, Huading Shi

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Association between advanced lung cancer inflammation index and all-cause and cause-specific mortality among asthma patients: a cohort study by Tu-Lei Tian, Xiang-Kun Qu, Hong-Bo Zhang, Cun-Cun Wang, Qing-Qing Yuan, Jing Xia, Li-Fang Cao, Kui Liu

“…This study aimed to evaluate the association between ALI and mortality from all causes, as well as specific causes including cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer-related mortality, among individuals with asthma.MethodsWe analyzed data from 4,829 asthma patients who participated in the U.S. …”
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Gastric Cancer Mesenchymal Stem Cells Inhibit NK Cell Function through mTOR Signalling to Promote Tumour Growth by Shuwei Guo, Chao Huang, Fengfeng Han, Bin Chen, Ying Ding, Yuanyuan Zhao, Zhihong Chen, Shaodi Wen, Mei Wang, Bo Shen, Wei Zhu

“…However, the association of MSCs derived from gastric cancer (gastric cancer mesenchymal stem cells: GCMSCs) with the dysfunction of NK cells remains poorly understood. In this study, we demonstrated that GCMSCs effectively contributed to the exhaustion of NK cells through the release of soluble factors. …”
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Machine Learning-Based predictive model for adolescent metabolic syndrome: Utilizing data from NHANES 2007–2016 by Yu-zhen Zhang, Hai-ying Wu, Run-wei Ma, Bo Feng, Rui Yang, Xiao-gang Chen, Min-xiao Li, Li-ming Cheng

“…Finally, we deployed it online for broader accessibility. …”
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The Usability and Effect of a Novel Intelligent Rehabilitation Exergame System on Quality of Life in Frail Older Adults: Prospective Cohort Study by Chien-Hsiang Chang, Chun-Chun Wei, Wei-Chih Lien, Tai-Hua Yang, Bo Liu, Yimo Lin, Poh Thong Tan, Yang-Cheng Lin

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A Laboratory Approach Considering Salinity to Investigate Archie’s Parameters in Deep Shale: A Case Study in Longmaxi Formation, Southern Sichuan by Yanran Li, Xiangui Liu, Changhong Cai, Zhiming Hu, Bo Wu, Ying Mu, Xianggang Duan, Qingxiu Zhang, Shuti Zeng, Jingshu Guo, Zhijin Pu

“…The results indicate that Archie’s parameters of “a,” “b,” “m,” and “n” under actual brine salinity are assigned to 1.47, 1, 1.26, and 1.6, respectively. …”
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MicroRNA-147a Targets SLC40A1 to Induce Ferroptosis in Human Glioblastoma by Peng Xu, Fei-Hang Ge, Wen-Xin Li, Zhen Xu, Xue-Li Wang, Jing-Lan Shen, Ai-Bo Xu, Rong-Rong Hao

“…Furthermore, miR-147a mimic-treated human glioblastoma cells exhibited higher sensitivity to TMZ chemotherapy than those treated with the mimic control in vitro. Conclusion. We for the first time determine that miR-147a targets SLC40A1 to induce ferroptosis in human glioblastoma in vitro.…”
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