In human-made malleable materials, microdamage such as cracking usually limits material
lifetime. Some biological composites, such as bone, have hierarchical microstructures that …

Although the serum-abundant metal-binding protein transferrin (encoded by the Trf gene) is
synthesized primarily in the liver, its function in the liver is largely unknown. Here, we …

Scattering forces in focused light beams push away metallic particles. Thus, trapping metallic
particles with conventional optical tweezers, especially those of Mie particle size, is difficult. …

Corporate credit risk can be reduced through implicit government guarantees. State-owned
enterprises (SOEs) in China provide a distinctive setting to investigate government roles in …

AIM: To investigate the relationship between the gutliver axis and nonalcoholic fatty liver
disease (NAFLD), we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of probiotic therapy in …

One-pot approach to couple the crystallization of CaCO 3 nanoparticles and the in situ
symmetry-breaking assembly of these crystallites into hollow spherical shells was developed …

Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (IR) is a complex pathological process. Although autophagy
can be evoked by ischemia, its involvement in the reperfusion phase after ischemia and its …

Tobacco smoking is positively correlated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) 1 , 2
, 3 , 4 – 5 , but the underlying mechanism for this association is unclear. Here we report that …

High strength of materials usually comes with low ductility due to the lost or short-lived strain
hardening. Here, we uncover a sequentially-activated multistage strain hardening (SMSH) …

Transient cerebral ischemia leads to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. However, the
contributions of ER stress to cerebral ischemia are not clear. To address this issue, the ER stress …