Engineered small extracellular vesicles for targeted delivery of perlecan to stabilise the blood–spinal cord barrier after spinal cord injury by Wei Peng, Wentao Zhang, Wei Cui, Wenjin Chen, Yin Zhuang, Rupeng Chu, Jinghua Tan, Jingbo Xue, Yiguo Yan, Guoyong Yin, Shujun Zhang, Yong Xie

“…Perlecan is a crucial component of basement membranes, playing a vital role in stabilising BSCB homeostasis and functions through its interactions with other matrix components, growth factors, and receptors. …”
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Cyber-Physical Systems Enabled Transport Networks in Smart Cities: Challenges and Enabling Technologies of the New Mobility Era by Amit Pundir, Sanjeev Singh, Manish Kumar, Anil Bafila, Geetika J. Saxena

“…The development of urban structures, functionality, and prosperity are intricately connected to how the city designs its mobility infrastructure. …”
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Nonmuscle Myosin-2B Regulates Apical Cortical Mechanics, ZO-1 Dynamics and Cell Size in MDCK Epithelial Cells by Marine Maupérin, Niklas Klatt, Thomas Glandorf, Thomas Di Mattia, Isabelle Méan, Andreas Janshoff, Sandra Citi

“…These results extend our understanding of the functions of NM2B by describing its role in the regulation of the mechanical properties of the apical membrane cortex and cell size and validate our model about the role of cingulin–NM2B interaction in the regulation of ZO-1 dynamics.…”
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Association between multimorbidity and capacity impairment in the adult population of Chile: findings of the National Health Survey 2016–2017 by Pamela Serón, Maria J Oliveros, Raúl Valenzuela-Suazo, Camilo Morales, Constanza Ulloa, Álvaro Sanhueza, Ximena Neculhueque

“…For capacity impairment, the survey included 24 items in eight dimensions that represent functioning as a reflection of the overall health experience perceived by an individual with a health condition and interacting with the environment.Results The 2016–2017 ENS (Encuesta Nacional de Salud) included 6233 participants (mean age 48.9±19.3, and 62% women). …”
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Contemporary Coping Patterns Among Violence-Impacted Adolescent Black Males: An Interpretive Descriptive Study by Chuka Emezue, Andrew Paul Froilan, Aaron Dunlap, Abigail Shipman, Debbin Feliciano, Santiago Ortega-Chavez, Dale Dan-Irabor

“…Integrating the Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST) and the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping (TMSC), we examined how structural and interpersonal factors shape YBM agency and coping responses. …”
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Deciphering cross-species reactivity of LAMP-1 antibodies using deep mutational epitope mapping and AlphaFold by Tiphanie Pruvost, Magali Mathieu, Steven Dubois, Bernard Maillère, Emmanuelle Vigne, Hervé Nozach

“…Finally, we used AlphaFold models of non-human LAMP-1 to understand the lack of mAb cross-reactivity. …”
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A Lightweight Transformer-Based Spatiotemporal Analysis Prediction Algorithm for High-Dimensional Meteorological Data by Yinghao Tan, Junfeng Wu, Yihang Liu, Shiyu Shen, Xia Xu, Bin Pan

“…SA-Fit shortens training time and significantly reduces model parameters while using the Transformer structure to ensure prediction accuracy.…”
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Sustainable optimization of high specific surface area Spartina alterniflora biochar for Rhodamine B removal and mechanism by Weiling Yu, Zhouyun Xie, Ni Zhang, Li Tang, Jingfen Xia, Jien Ye, Xuran Liu, Dongbo Wang, Guojing Yang

“…Microscopic analysis validated the presence of an appealing porous structure and surface functionalities that are key for the adsorption of RhB. …”
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Galectin-9: diverse roles in skin disease by Lin Wang, Lin Wang, Chuqiao Zhang, Jiang Ji, Qingqing Jiao, Qingqing Jiao

“…Galectin-9 mediates its physiological functions through interactions with multiple membrane receptors, including T-cell immunoglobulin mucin-domain containing-3 (Tim-3), immunoglobulin E, and the hyaluronan receptor CD44. …”
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Acaricide Resistance Monitoring and Structural Insights for Precision <i>Tetranychus urticae</i> Management by Said Kewedar, Qi-Ren Chen, Timothy W. Moural, Carah Lo, Elsie Umbel, Peter J. Forrence, Douglas B. Walsh, Fang Zhu

“…Structural analysis revealed key interactions between acaricides and target proteins in both wild-type and mutant variants, providing novel insights into the functional impacts of these mutations. …”
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Innovative optical imaging strategies for monitoring immunotherapy in the tumor microenvironments by Um‐e‐Kalsoom, Shiqi Wang, Junle Qu, Liwei Liu

“…Technologies like FLI and BLI are pivotal in tracking immune responses in preclinical models, while PAI provides functional imaging with deeper tissue penetration. …”
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IL-17 A expression negatively correlates with γδ T-Cell density in human psoriasis lesions: a novel implication for disease pathogenesis by Kubra Sevgin, Seyma Ozkanli, Gulam Hekimoglu, Gamze Yesilay, Nurullah Yucel, Halime Tuba Canbaz, Muzaffer Seker

“…Abstract Background Psoriasis, an inflammatory autoimmune disease, arises from intricate interactions between the immune system and epithelium. …”
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Investigating adhesion mechanisms in warm-mix recycled asphalt: a multiscale atomic force microscopy and molecular dynamics approach by Xiaolin Wang, Shenyang Cao, Shenyang Cao, Xu Wu, Qianqian Mu

“…AFM and MD have a good univariate linear functional relationship, the decidability coefficient R2 &gt; 0.9. …”
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Identifying disease progression biomarkers in metabolic associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) through weighted gene co-expression network analysis and machine learning by Weiliang Zhang, Weirong Lu, Yaqi Jiao, Tianhao Li, Haining Wang, Chunhua Wan

“…Additionally, Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) networks, functional enrichment, and immune infiltration analyses were performed. …”
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BMP6, a potential biomarker of inflammatory fibrosis and promising protective factor for dilated cardiomyopathy by Feng Jiang, Jiayang Tang, Xiaoqi Wei, Hai Pan, Xinyi Fan, Peng Zhang, Shuzhen Guo

“…Conclusion BMP6 emerges as a promising biomarker for DCM, and its functional role in exerting an antifibrotic effect underscores its potential as a therapeutic target.…”
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Factors influencing the combined performance of hot-rolled bimetallic composite plates prepared via hot compression by QIN Qin, DENG Jun-chao, ZANG Yong, XIE Lu, ZHU Xue-hui

“…The hot-compression process of the 316L/Q345R system was simulated on its atom structure model. The potential functions of the embedded-atom method were employed to describe the interaction between Fe, Cr, and Ni. …”
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High-Performance Identification and Control of MIMO (Multiple Input—Multiple Output) Experimental Module with Fractional-Order Approach Application by Alexandre Marques de Almeida, Alisson Luan Daga, Rafael Palma Setti Penteado Lanzarini, Ervin Kaminski Lenzi, Marcelo Kaminski Lenzi

“…Moreover, comparisons with integer order models and controllers (IOPID-IMC) were performed. …”
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Trigger thresholds and propagation mechanism of meteorological drought to agricultural drought in an inland river basin by Lin Wang, Wei Wei, Lixin Wang, Shengnan Chen, Weili Duan, Qiang Zhang, Bing Tong, Zhiming Han, Zhi Li, Liding Chen

“…In this study, based on Copula functions, we quantified the thresholds and process of meteorological drought to agricultural drought in an alpine-oasis-desert inland river basin of China for the period of 1980–2020. …”
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Exploration of the mechanism of 5-Methylcytosine promoting the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by Qiyao Zhang, Zhen Cao, Yuting He, Ziwen Liu, Wenzhi Guo

“…5-Methylcytosine (m5C) is a ubiquitous RNA modification that is closely related to various cellular functions. However, no studies have comprehensively demonstrated the role of m5C in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression. …”
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Synthesis of Zn/Al layered double hydroxides magnetic-nanoparticle for removal of humic acid by Yuan Bai, Rui Ma, Zongxian Jing, Xinwen Wan, Jingyan Tong, Weiting Huang, Jie Liu

“…A novel adsorbent of Zn/Al-LDH functionalized magnetic composite nanomaterial was successfully synthesis using a hydrothermal co-precipitation approach with NaOH as precipitating agent, and applied for the removal of humic acid (HA) from aqueous solution. …”
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