Traditional plastics, such as polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl
chloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyurethane (PUR), and other plastic …

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease manifested by hyperglycemia. For patients with
type 1 and advanced type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin therapy is essential. Subcutaneous …

Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance across
many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 avian …

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women globally.
Immunotherapy has emerged as a major milestone in contemporary oncology. This study aims to …

The relationships between the levels of transcripts and the levels of the proteins they encode
have not been examined comprehensively in mammals, although previous work in plants …

Currently, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been attracting great interest as a new
kind of electrode material for energy storage devices, because their porous skeleton would …

Background Ant societies comprise individuals belonging to different castes characterized
by specialized morphologies and behaviors. Because ant embryos can follow different …

Most chronic kidney injuries inevitably progress to irreversible renal fibrosis. Tubular
epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is recognized to play pivotal roles in the process of …

Since their discovery in 1960 1 , metallic glasses based on a wide range of elements have
been developed 2 . However, the theoretical prediction of glass-forming compositions is …

Despite the recent attention focused on the important role of autophagy in maintaining
podocyte homeostasis, little is known about the changes and mechanisms of autophagy in …