Human development II: We Need an Integrated Theory for Matter, Life and Consciousness to Understand Life and Healing by Sören Ventegodt, Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Maj Lyck Nielsen, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…To understand and describe what happens at a biological level, we have suggested naming the process adult human metamorphosis, a possibility that is opened by the human genome showing full generic equipment for metamorphosis. …”
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Genetic insight into dissecting the immunophenotypes and inflammatory profiles in the pathogenesis of Sjogren syndrome by Jingyi Xu, Shucheng Si, Yijun Han, Lin Zeng, Jinxia Zhao

“…Methods Our study leveraged the genetic variants of multi-omics statistics extracted from genome-wide association study (GWAS), the University of Bristol and the FinnGen study. …”
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Enhancing salinity tolerance in cultivated rice through introgression of African rice genes and application of moringa leaf extract by Heba A. Saleh, Shaimaa M. N. Tourky, Farag Ibraheem, Samy A. Abo-Hamed, Wafaa M. Shukry, Walid H. Elgamal, Eman M. Elghareeb

“…It demonstrates the potential of African rice-derived genomic fragments and MLE priming in mitigating salinity stress, highlighting their use as a sustainable strategy for increasing rice production in salt-affected soils.…”
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Promising markers of CIMP+ colon tumors identified on the basis of TCGA data analysis by G. S. Krasnov, A. D. Beniaminov, R. A. Tychko, G. A. Puzanov, R. O. Novakovskiy, A. V. Kudryavtseva, A. A. Dmitriev

“…For the identification of CpG sites, the methylation level of which could be used to detect CIMP+ tumors, an analysis of expression and methylation profiles of 297 primary colon tumors and 38 histologically normal tissues paired to them, which are presented in the TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas) project database, was performed by us using the CrossHub tool created previously. …”
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Identification and Immunological Characterization of Cuproptosis Related Genes in Preeclampsia Using Bioinformatics Analysis and Machine Learning by Tiantian Yu, Guiying Wang, Xia Xu, Jianying Yan

“…We identified 10 DECRGs conducted Gene Ontology (GO) function, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses, and a protein–protein interaction (PPI) network. …”
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Insights from Dysregulated mRNA Expression Profile of β-Cells in Response to Proinflammatory Cytokines by Zhen Wang, Kunlin Huang, Jing Xu, Jia Liu, Ying Zheng

“…Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) biological pathway analyses were performed to predict the functions of dysregulated genes. …”
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Comparative analysis of NR and NiR gene families reveals nitrite formation mechanisms in two Toona species by Yi Wei, Jianhua Dai, Yanru Fan, Hengfu Yin, Jun Liu, Xiaojiao Han

“…Through comprehensive genome-wide analysis, we identified two TsNRs and two TsNiRs in T. sinensis, compared to one TcNiR and two TcNiRs in T. ciliata, suggesting an expansion of NR members in T. sinensis relative to T. ciliata. …”
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THE BIOSYNTHESIS REGULATION OF POTATO STEROIDAL GLYCOALKALOIDS by K. A. Ivanova, S. V. Gerasimova, E. K. Khlestkina

“…At the third stage (the synthesis of glycoalkaloids from cholesterol), about 20 enzymes participate. In the potato genome, 14 corresponding genes were identified, 8 of which were studied in detail using reverse genetics approaches. …”
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Genetic and Plasma Proteomic Approaches to Identify Therapeutic Targets for Graves’ Disease and Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Ke C, Yu Y, Li J, Yu Y, Sun Y, Wang Y, Wang B, Lu Y, Tang M, Wang N, Chen Y

“…We aimed to identify the causal proteins and potential targets for Graves’ disease (GD) and Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) via systematic genetic analyses.Methods: Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) on the UK Biobank- Pharma Proteomics Project (UKB-PPP) collected 2923 Olink proteins from 54,219 participants. …”
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Passive infusion of an S2-Stem broadly neutralizing antibody protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection and lower airway inflammation in rhesus macaques. by Christopher T Edwards, Kirti A Karunakaran, Elijah Garcia, Nathan Beutler, Matthew Gagne, Nadia Golden, Hadj Aoued, Kathryn L Pellegrini, Matthew R Burnett, Christopher Cole Honeycutt, Stacey A Lapp, Thang Ton, Mark C Lin, Amanda Metz, Andrei Bombin, Kelly Goff, Sarah E Scheuermann, Amelia Wilkes, Jennifer S Wood, Stephanie Ehnert, Stacey Weissman, Elizabeth H Curran, Melissa Roy, Evan Dessasau, Mirko Paiardini, Amit A Upadhyay, Ian N Moore, Nicholas J Maness, Daniel C Douek, Anne Piantadosi, Raiees Andrabi, Thomas R Rogers, Dennis R Burton, Steven E Bosinger

“…We observed a significant reduction in inflammatory cytokines and macrophages within the lower airway of animals infused with 10mg/kg and 1mg/kg doses of CC40.8. Viral genome sequencing demonstrated a lack of escape mutations in the CC40.8 epitope. …”
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Characterization of the Cannabis sativa glandular trichome epigenome by Lee J. Conneely, Bhavna Hurgobin, Sophia Ng, Muluneh Tamiru-Oli, Mathew G. Lewsey

“…Conclusion We report the first genome-wide histone post-translational modification maps for C. sativa glandular trichomes, and more broadly for glandular trichomes in plants. …”
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Long Noncoding RNA HCG9 Promotes Osteosarcoma Progression through RAD51 by Acting as a ceRNA of miR-34b-3p by Lu Wang, ShuangQing Li, Lin Qi, Lin Ling

“…The candidate lncRNA was further verified by qRT-PCR, and the association of gene expression with clinicopathological features was evaluated by Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis. The targeting miRNA was identified using starBase analysis, and the competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network was established by STRING. …”
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Clinical Value and Potential Mechanism of miRNA-33a-5p in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Xiang-Ming Wang, Shang-Wei Chen, Gang Chen, Hua-Fu Zhou, Ting-Qing Gan, Jing-Jing Zeng, Zu-Yun Li

“…The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of LUSC and the candidate target genes of miRNA-33a-5p were overlapped to acquire a set of specific genes for further analyses of the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), Gene Ontology (GO), and protein–protein interaction (PPI) network. miRNA-33a-5p overexpressed in LUSC was supported by 706 LUSC and 261 non-LUSC samples gathering from RT-qPCR, miRNA-seq, and public miRNA microarrays. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of the Mechanism of Anoikis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Dongqian Li, Qian Bao, Shiqi Ren, Haoxiang Ding, Chengfeng Guo, Kai Gao, Jian Wan, Yao Wang, MingYan Zhu, Yicheng Xiong

“…This paper’s data (TCGA-HCC) were retrieved from the database of the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Differential gene expression with prognostic implications for anoikis was identified by performing both the univariate Cox and differential expression analyses. …”
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The frequency of mutations in advanced thyroid cancer in Japan: a single-center study by Soji Toda, Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Yoichiro Okubo, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Mei Kadoya, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tomoyuki Yokose, Yukihiko Hiroshima, Katsuhiko Masudo

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Mediating Mendelian randomization in the proteome identified potential drug targets for obesity-related allergic asthma by Jiannan Lin, Shuwen Lu, Xiaoyu Zhao

“…We further explored the functions and enriched pathways of the mediating proteins using Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses. Finally, we conducted drug-targeted MR analysis to evaluate the potential of each mediator plasma proteins as a drug target gene. …”
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DNA barcoding of terrestrial invasive plant species in Southwest Michigan by Sneha Nath, Joshua T. VanSlambrouck, Janelle W. Yao, Ashika Gullapalli, Fayyaz Razi, Yan Lu

“…We extracted DNA from the leaf samples, amplified four genomic loci (ITS, rbcL, matK, and trnH‐psbA) with PCR, and then purified and sequenced the PCR products. …”
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Diversity Assessment of Some Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Genotypes Cultivated in Northern Ghana Using Morphological and Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers by Raphael Adu-Gyamfi, Ruth Prempeh, Issahaku Zakaria

“…Molecular genetic diversity was assessed by using thirty eight SSR markers widely distributed across sesame genome to characterize the materials. Twenty-one out of the 38 primers were polymorphic. …”
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The optimal treatment of invasive ductal and lobular carcinoma occurring at the same time needs to be established by Supriya Peshin, Rafi Iftekher, Rabia Iqbal, Shagun Singh, Moka Nagaishwarya

“…Multidisciplinary tumour board discussions emphasised the integration of genetic testing, including BRCA1/2 evaluation, and Oncotype DX genomic profiling to assess recurrence risk and guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions. …”
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Detection of Delafloxacin Resistance Mechanisms in Multidrug-Resistant <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> by András Kubicskó, János Juhász, Katalin Kamotsay, Dora Szabo, Béla Kocsis

“…Four delafloxacin-resistant <i>K. pneumoniae</i> strains were selected for whole-genome sequencing (WGS). <b>Results:</b> The MIC50 values for the 43 <i>K. pneumoniae</i> strains were as follows: ciprofloxacin 0.5 mg/L, levofloxacin 0.25 mg/L, moxifloxacin 0.5 mg/L, and delafloxacin 0.25 mg/L. …”
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