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EBioMedicine, 2019 Background: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the leading cause of urinary tract infections (UTIs), and fimbrial tip adhesins, play important roles in UPEC colonization.
Xiao Li +10 more
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Connexin: a potential novel target for protecting the central nervous system?
Neural Regeneration Research, 2015 Connexin subunits are proteins that form gap junction channels, and play an important role in communication between adjacent cells. This review article discusses the function of connexins/hemichannels/gap junctions under physiological conditions, and ...
Hong-yan Xie +3 more
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A New Approach to Constrain Black Hole Spins in Active Galaxies Using Optical Reverberation Mapping [PDF]
, 2014 A tight relation between the size of the broad-line region (BLR) and optical luminosity has been established in about 50 active galactic nuclei studied through reverberation mapping of the broad Hbeta emission line.
Bai, Jin-Ming +5 more
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Phosphorylated Rasal2 facilitates breast cancer progression
EBioMedicine, 2019 Background: Rasal2 has diametric effects on progression of oestrogen receptor-positive (ER+) and -negative (ER–) breast cancers. The relevant causes are unknown.
Xuan Wang +5 more
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Neural Regeneration Research, 2015 In this study, rats were put into traumatic brain injury-induced coma and treated with median nerve electrical stimulation. We explored the wake-promoting effect, and possible mechanisms, of median nerve electrical stimulation.
Zhen Feng +3 more
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Optimal Cache Allocation for Content-Centric Networking [PDF]
, 2015 This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China with Grant 2012CB315801, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) with Grants 61133015 and 61272473, the National High-tech R&D Program of China with Grant ...
21st IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) +5 more
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The importance of quality in austere times: University competitiveness and grant income [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 After 2009 many governments implemented austerity measures, often restricting science funding. Did such restrictions further skew grant income towards elite scientists and universities? And did increased competition for funding undermine participation?
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Neural Regeneration Research, 2015 The phytoestrogen puerarin has been shown to protect neurons and astrocytes in the brain, and is therefore an attractive drug in the treatment of Alzheimer′s disease, Parkinson′s disease and cerebral ischemia.
Shu-Yong Wei +7 more
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Did Private Election Administration Funding Advantage Democrats in 2020? [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Private donors contributed more than $350 million to local election officials to support the administration of the 2020 election. Supporters argue these grants were neutral and necessary to maintain normal election operations during the pandemic, while critics worry these grants mostly went to Democratic strongholds and tilted election outcomes.
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