Cross-sectional associations between physical activity and sedentary time with cardiovascular health in children from the ALSPAC study using compositional data analysis by K. M. Sansum, B. Bond, R. M. Pulsford, A. McManus, A. O. Agbaje, A. M. Skinner, A. R. Barker

“…Abstract This study adopted a compositional framework to cross-sectionally examine the associations between physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) with vascular structure and function and clustered cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in 4277 children (2,226 girls), aged 10.6±0.2 years. …”
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Mitochondrial dysfunction and impaired DNA damage repair through PICT1 dysregulation in alveolar type II cells in emphysema by Hannah Simborio, Hassan Hayek, Beata Kosmider, John W. Elrod, Sudhir Bolla, Nathaniel Marchetti, Gerard J. Criner, Karim Bahmed

“…Also, a cigarette smoke-induced murine model of emphysema was applied to define its function in disease progression further. Results Decreased PICT1 expression was observed in human and murine ATII cells in emphysema. …”
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Lanosterol Synthase Pathway Alleviates Lens Opacity in Age-Related Cortical Cataract by Xinyue Shen, Manhui Zhu, Lihua Kang, Yuanyuan Tu, Lele Li, Rutan Zhang, Bai Qin, Mei Yang, Huaijin Guan

“…To further examine the function of LSS, we used U18666A, an LSS inhibitor in rat lens culture system. …”
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Comparative analysis of actinorhizal nodule and associated soil microorganism diversity and structure in three Alnus species by Aizi Tong, Wei Liu, Xiaoliang Liu, Junyi Zhu, You Zhou, Jianhua Li

“…The most significant taxon in the nodules of all the three alders was Frankia genus, which was negatively correlated with other six genera of microbes. …”
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Prognostic Value of TBC1D1 and Its Relationship With the Tumor Microenvironment in Pancreatic Cancer: A Study Based on Single‐Cell Sequencing by Linfeng Yang, Duan Yan, Jun Yu, Dawei Deng, Lin Ma, Ruixin Yu, Song Wei, Jiahui Yu, Chuan Lan, Pengsheng Yi

“…However, its specific function in pancreatic cancer (PC) remains poorly understood. …”
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Tetranectin and Paraoxonase 1 in Patients with Varying Stages of Heart Failure: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Paula Alexandra Vulciu, Luminita Pilat, Maria-Daniela Mot, Voicu Dascau, Calin Daniel Popa, Norberth-Istvan Varga, Maria Puschita

“…Furthermore, both TETRA and PON1 were positively associated with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and negatively associated with diastolic dysfunction, indicating their potential involvement in both systolic and diastolic cardiac function. …”
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Time-resolved dual transcriptome profiling of interactions between tea plants (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) and its anthracnose pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides by Jing-Jing Ye, Han-Qing Gao, Yun-Long Shi, Xin-Yi Lin, Yue-Rong Liang, Jian-Liang Lu, Jian-Hui Ye, Xin-Qiang Zheng

“…Conversely, the DEGs related to the cell wall components, phytohormones, signal transduction, transcription factors, secondary metabolites, and pathogenesis-related proteins (PRs) may function in the disease resistance of tea plants. Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) revealed modules of positively/negatively correlated genes that may contribute to defense in resistant variety. …”
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Intercomparison and Validation of MIRS, MSPPS, and IMS Snow Cover Products by Jessica Chiu, Stephany Paredes-Mesa, Tarendra Lakhankar, Peter Romanov, Nir Krakauer, Reza Khanbilvardi, Ralph Ferraro

“…We analyze this disagreement rate as a function of terrain and land cover type, finding that, relative to IMS, MIRS shows fewer false positives but more false negatives than MSPPS over high elevation and grassland areas.…”
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A Reexamination of CO2 Reduction with Fe2S2 Hydrogenase Mimics: Lessons in Using a Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyst for CO2 to Formate Catalysis by Christopher J. Miller, Byunghoon Lee, Jacob A. Barrett, Joseph M. Palasz, Thomas Chan, Anoushka Shandilya, Clifford P. Kubiak

“…Product formation is potential dependent: more negative potentials increases selectivity for HCOO− over CO. …”
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Integrative metabolomics and transcriptomics analysis of hippocampus reveals taurine metabolism and sphingolipid metabolism dysregulation associated with sleep deprivation-induced... by Ting Chen, Junke Jia, Chenyi Gao, Qi Zhong, Lijuan Tang, Xiaokai Sui, Shuang Li, Chang Chen, Zongze Zhang

“…Sleep deprivation is known to impair cognitive functions. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying memory impairment induced by sleep deprivation through a combined metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis of hippocampus. …”
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Corticolimbic Structural Deficits in Violent Patients with Schizophrenia by Maria Athanassiou, Alexandre Dumais, Inès Zouaoui, Alexandra Fortier, Luigi de Benedictis, Olivier Lipp, Andràs Tikàsz, Stéphane Potvin

“…Right amygdalar volume also demonstrated a negative correlational trend with hostility scores in patients with Sch+V. …”
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Dietary supplement of veratric acid alleviates liver steatosis and reduces abdominal fat deposition in broilers by Tingli Pan, Siqi Liu, Qichao Liao, Yu Li, Yang Xiao, Yu Sun, Lei Zhou, Yixing Li

“…Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and obesity are nutritional metabolic diseases that are prevalent in the poultry industry, and have a negative impact on its functioning. Veratric acid (VA) is a phenolic acid compound extracted from the Chinese herbal medicine Trollius chinensis Bunge, known for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. …”
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The International Trauma Interview (ITI): development of a semi-structured diagnostic interview and evaluation in a UK sample by Neil P. Roberts, Philip Hyland, Robert Fox, Alice Roberts, Catrin Lewis, Marylene Cloitre, Chris R. Brewin, Thanos Karatzias, Mark Shevlin, Odeta Gelezelyte, Kristina Bondjers, Andrés Fresno, Alistair Souch, Jonathan I. Bisson

“…A range of self-report measures evaluating depression, panic, insomnia, dissociation, emotion dysregulation, negative cognitions about self, interpersonal functioning and general wellbeing were completed.Results: Confirmatory factor analysis supported an adjusted second-order two-factor model of PTSD and disturbances in self-organisation (DSO) symptoms, allowing affect dysregulation to also load onto the PTSD factor, over alternative models. …”
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Oral fungal dysbiosis and systemic immune dysfunction in Chinese patients with schizophrenia by Xia Liu, Zongxin Ling, Yiwen Cheng, Lingbin Wu, Li Shao, Jie Gao, Wenhui Lei, Zhangcheng Zhu, Wenwen Ding, Qinghai Song, Longyou Zhao, Guolin Jin

“…Within the oral fungal communities, we identified two distinct fungal clusters (mycotypes): Candida and Malassezia, with SZ patients showing increased Malassezia and decreased Candida levels. These key functional oral fungi may serve as potential diagnostic biomarkers for SZ. …”
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The impact of microplastics on the adsorption of 2,4,6-tribromophenol in soils: Competitive adsorption by Guoyu Ding, Yuxin Wei, Yuqiao Fan, Mengmeng Dou, Miao Li, Xiang Liu, Jin Wang, Yanmei Zhou

“…Moreover, the inhibitory effect of APE was weaker than PE, because APE carried more negative charge, resulting from the oxygen-containing functional groups generated during aging, which reduced its affinity towards soil, consequently more vacant sites on soil were left for TBP adsorption.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Conjunctivitis in the Adult and Pediatric Inpatient vs. Outpatient Population by Adela Voinescu, Corina Musuroi, Monica Licker, Delia Muntean, Silvia-Ioana Musuroi, Luminita Mirela Baditoiu, Dorina Dugaesescu, Romanita Jumanca, Mihnea Munteanu, Andrei Cosnita

“…In critically ill adult patients assisted in the intensive care or burn functional units, bacterial conjunctivitis followed the pattern of infections and antimicrobial resistance specific to these categories of patients. …”
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Discovery of Novel Thanatin-like Antimicrobial Peptides from Bean Bug <i>Riptortus pedestris</i> by Pavel V. Panteleev, Julia S. Teplovodskaya, Anastasia D. Utkina, Anastasia A. Smolina, Roman N. Kruglikov, Victoria N. Safronova, Ilia A. Bolosov, Olga V. Korobova, Alexander I. Borzilov, Tatiana V. Ovchinnikova

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> This study extends the knowledge of the structure and functions of insect host defense AMPs. Each of the novel β-hairpin peptides has a potential to be a template for the development of selective antibiotic drugs.…”
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Primary hyperaldosteronism in a patient with autonomous cortisol secretion and bilateral adrenal adenomas by Z. R. Shafigullina, N. V. Vorokhobina, L. I. Velikanova, S. B. Shustov, Sh. M. Asadulaev, K. A. Balandina, R. K. Galakhova

“…However, due to the fact that cortisol-associated diseases and conditions (arterial hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance, weight gain) showed negative dynamics, a comparative selective blood sampling from the adrenal veins was carried out to determine the functionally dominant side of the lesion, which could subsequently become the object of surgical intervention. …”
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Multifunctional Z‐scheme NaGdF4:Yb,Tm@ZnO/Ag3PO4 nanoheterojunction photocatalysts for water purification and antibacterial wound healing by Ran Yi, Changyuan Zhang, Dan Shan, Mengyu Di, Chen Li, Yu Wang, Yang Wu, Jing Zheng, Wenqi Liu, Baiqi Wang

“…Abstract Photocatalysts with dual functionalities of decomposing organic pollutants in water and combating bacterial infections are increasingly important. …”
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Uncovering potential biomarkers of endometriosis: transcriptomic and single-cell analysis by Yuqiu Liu, Guanwen Gao, Guanwen Gao, Guanwen Gao, Wei Tian, Qingfeng Lv, Degao Liu, Degao Liu, Changzhong Li, Changzhong Li

“…This study aims to identify potential biomarkers in EMS associated with both PCD and mitochondrial functions.MethodsThis analysis incorporates datasets related to EMS, PCD-related genes (PCD-RGs), and mitochondria-related genes (MRGs) sourced from public repositories. …”
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