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Hair Metabolomic Profiling of Diseased Forest Musk Deer (<i>Moschus berezovskii</i>) Using Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS)
Published 2025-07-01Get full textHair, as a non-invasive biospecimen, retains metabolic deposits from sebaceous glands and capillaries, reflecting substances from the peripheral circulation, and provides valuable biochemical information linked to phenotypes, yet its application in animal disease research remains limited. This work...
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Histological and histochemical characterization of the musk gland in forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii): a preliminary study
Published 2025-07-01Get full textMusk is a biologically valuable secretion from the musk gland of male musk deer, with significant economic and medicinal importance. Due to severe decline and depletion of wild musk deer population, captive breeding of musk deer has become the primary approach for sustainable musk production. So fa...
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Genetic Erosion in Captive Alpine Musk Deer Highlights the Challenges of Conserving Endangered Species in Closed Populations
Published 2025-06-01Get full textThe alpine musk deer (<i>Moschus chrysogaster</i>) is a critically endangered species in China whose wild populations have precipitously declined due to habitat degradation and poaching. In response, China established the world’s first captive breeding facility for this species in 1990....
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Association of bioelectrical impedance phase angle and nutritional status in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy
Published 2025-07-01Get full textBackgroundVarious tools for nutritional assessment are used in individuals undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), causing varying prevalence rates of malnutrition. This may explain the causal link between nutrition status and clinical outcomes. Phase angle (PhA), a derived metric obtained from bio...
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Survival and pathological response in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma after preoperative therapy with PD-1 blockade plus chemoradiotherapy followed by surgical resection
Published 2025-12-01Get full textBackground Neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade plus chemoradiotherapy has resulted in improved clinical response in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC); however, the effects on pathological response (PR) and survival remain unknown. This study was to identify the survival and PR of patients with PDAC unde...
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