A potential hazard to Beijing was revealed due to the accumulation trend of heavy metals in
agricultural soils with sewage irrigation, which results in metal contamination and human …

Background COVID-19 is highly contagious, and the crude mortality rate could reach 49% in
critical patients. Inflammation concerns on disease progression. This study analyzed blood …

Metformin was proposed to be a candidate for host-directed therapy for COVID-19. However,
its efficacy remains to be validated. In this study, we compared the outcome of metformin …

In order to overcome difficulties that hampered widespread application of antiangiogenesis
in cancer therapy, a highly specific delivery system may be engaged in vivo to deliver and …

Anhedonia is associated with reward-processing deficits of the dopamine system, which
may increase the risk of depression. Nevertheless, few previous studies have examined the …

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can suppress dendritic cells (DCs) maturation and function,
mediated by soluble factors, such as indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO), prostaglandin E2 …

Giardia duodenum (G. duodenalis) can cause giardiasis and infect a variety of hosts. So far,
there have been no detailed data regarding the positive rate of G. duodenalis in sheep and …

Background Impairment in facial emotion perception is an important domain of social
cognition deficits in schizophrenia. Although impaired facial emotion perception has been …

Abstract Background The Snaith-Hamilton-Pleasure-Scale (SHAPS) is a self-reported scale
evaluating anhedonia for neuropsychiatric disorders. It has demonstrated with impressive …

To overcome difficulties that hampered widespread application of a specific delivery system
in cancer gene therapy and to inhibit the growth of solid liver cancer, we utilized a strain of …