Multiomics integration analysis identifies tumor cell-derived MIF as a therapeutic target and potentiates anti-PD-1 therapy in osteosarcoma by Yan Liao, Hao Yao, Weidong Chen, Yutong Zou, Ji Fang, Jiongfeng Zhang, Zehao Guo, Jian Tu, Junkai Chen, Zijun Huo, Lili Wen, Xianbiao Xie

“…In vitro coculture functional assays were performed to validate the role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in macrophage polarization and chemotaxis. …”
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Phenome-wide association studies between SERINC2 and neuropsychiatric disorders by Ping Liu, Xinqun Luo, Liping Cao, Yong Zhang, Jiawu Ji, Xiaoping Wang, Kesheng Wang, Xinghua Pan, Ruilan Yang, Zewen Tan, Yunlong Tan, Chiang-shan Li, Xiaoyun Guo, Zhiren Wang, Xingguang Luo, Xingguang Luo

“…SNP-disease associations were tested and then meta-analyzed, followed by FDR correction, to identify significant disease-risk SNPs. Finally, functional studies on the differential SERINC2 mRNA expression in brains and the potential regulatory effects of disease-risk alleles on SERINC2 mRNA expression, gray matter volumes (GMVs) of subcortical structures, cortical surface area (SA) and average thickness (TH) were conducted.ResultsIn European descent, alcoholism was most significantly associated with SERINC2 variants (245 SNPs with 5.5×10-8≤p ≤ 0.049 and 4.9×10-5≤q ≤ 0.034) that were largely shared across cocaine dependence, marijuana dependence, nicotine dependence, polysubstance dependence, schizophrenia, OCD, and autism (8.2×10-8≤p ≤ 0.050 and 1.9×10-5≤q ≤ 0.049); in Chinese population, bipolar disorder was also significantly associated with SERINC2 variants (10 SNPs: 1.3×10-4≤p ≤ 4.7×10-4 and 0.025≤q ≤ 0.031). …”
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Vestibular Atelectasis: A Narrative Review and Our Experience by Andrea Tozzi, Andrea Castellucci, Salvatore Martellucci, Pasquale Malara, Michael Eliezer, Giuseppe Ferrulli, Rosanna Rita Ruberto, Pasquale Brizzi, Enrico Armato, Alessio Marchetti, Daniele Marchioni, Angelo Ghidini, Claudio Moratti

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Altered Expression of Cell Cycle Regulators and Factors Released by Aged Cells in Skeletal Muscle of Patients with Bone Fragility: A Pilot Study on the Potential Role of SIRT1 in M... by Angela Falvino, Roberto Bonanni, Beatrice Gasperini, Ida Cariati, Angela Chiavoghilefu, Amarildo Smakaj, Virginia Veronica Visconti, Annalisa Botta, Riccardo Iundusi, Elena Gasbarra, Virginia Tancredi, Umberto Tarantino

“…However, knowledge about expression patterns of factors potentially involved in aging and senescence at the tissue level remains limited. …”
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Proteomic profiling of human plasma and intervertebral disc tissue reveals matrisomal, but not plasma, biomarkers of disc degeneration by Christabel Thembela Dube, Hamish T. J. Gilbert, Niamh Rabbitte, Pauline Baird, Sonal Patel, Jeremy A. Herrera, Ivona Baricevic-Jones, Richard D. Unwin, Danny Chan, Kanna Gnanalingham, Judith A. Hoyland, Stephen M. Richardson

“…Given that systemic plasma changes are complex, a larger sample cohort may be required to identify patterns in blood relating to IVD degeneration progression. …”
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Impact of Climate and Soil on Plant Dynamics and Ecosystem Stability in Argan Orchards by Maryem Telmoudi, Chaima Afi, Naima Chabbi, Said Labbassi, Assma Oumasst, Mohamed Ouknin, Rachid Bouharroud, Abdelaziz Mimouni, Mimoun El Kaoua, Driss Hsissou, Abdelghani Tahiri, Naima Ait Aabd

“…We utilized alpha diversity indices (Shannon, Simpson, Pielou’s, and Margalef’s) and beta diversity indices (Jaccard and Sorenson Similarity) to examine these patterns. Seasonal changes were predominantly influenced by temperature and precipitation, while diverse soil types shaped by relief, climate, and water balance contributed to different ecological functions. …”
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Integrin beta‐like 1 is regulated by DNA methylation and increased in heart failure patients by Lauren Kerrigan, Kevin Edgar, Adam Russell‐Hallinan, Oisin Cappa, Nadezhda Glezeva, Carlos Galan‐Arriola, Eduardo Oliver, Borja Ibanez, John Baugh, Patrick Collier, Mark Ledwidge, Ken McDonald, David Simpson, Sudipto Das, David J. Grieve, Chris J. Watson

“…Subsequent in vitro analyses were conducted to elucidate a role for ITGBL1 in human cardiac fibroblasts. …”
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Genome-wide identification and gene expression analysis of the malate dehydrogenase (MDH) gene family in Eucalyptus grandis by Yifan Xing, Yifan Xing, Huiming Xu, Deming Yang, Lichuan Deng, Guolong Li, Guolong Li, Zhixin Zhao, Zhixin Zhao, Zhaohua Lu, Liuyin Ma, Guangyou Li

“…Malate dehydrogenases are pivotal in plant metabolism and stress responses, yet their evolutionary dynamics and functional diversification in woody angiosperms remain underexplored. …”
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Exploring Mortality and Prognostic Factors of Heart Failure with In-Hospital and Emergency Patients by Electronic Medical Records: A Machine Learning Approach by Yu CS, Wu JL, Shih CM, Chiu KL, Chen YD, Chang TH

“…To improve the explainability of the AI models, Shapley Additive Explanations methods were also conducted.Conclusion: Exploring HF mortality and its patterns related to clinical risk factors by machine learning models can help physicians make appropriate decisions when monitoring HF patients’ health quality in the hospital.Keywords: mortality, risk factor, cardiovascular disease, multivariate statistical analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence…”
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Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with heat stress and milk production traits in Chinese holstein cows by Jingyi Xu, Lirong Hu, Jingyang Ning, Fan Zhang, Qing Xu, Yachun Wang

“…Results In this study, we further validated the gene expression patterns and genetic effects of the three candidate genes on HS response and milk production in Chinese Holstein cows. …”
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A novel stemness-related lncRNA signature predicts prognosis, immune infiltration and drug sensitivity of clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Jia Liu, Lin Yao, Yong Yang, Jinchao Ma, Ruijian You, Ziyi Yu, Peng Du

“…Abstract Background Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a prevalent urogenital malignancy characterized by heterogeneous patterns. Stemness is a pivotal factor in tumor progression, recurrence, and metastasis. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq reveals the non-cardiomyocytes heterogeneity and novel cell populations in dilated cardiomyopathy by Siyu He, Chunyu Li, Mingxin Lu, Fang Lin, Sangyu Hu, Junfang Zhang, Luying Peng, Li Li

“…Further analysis revealed high heterogeneity in tissue preference, gene expression, functional enrichment, immunodynamics, transcriptional regulatory factors, metabolic changes, and communication patterns in fibroblasts and myeloid cells. …”
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Understanding the influence of precipitation and nitrogen depositions on the soil health and growth indices of invasive (Solidago canadensis L.) and native (Wedelia chinesis) assoc... by Ismail Khan, Muhammad Tariq, Faisal Nadeem, Muhammad Sadiq Khan, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Saleh Alfarraj, Sezai Ercisli, Ayse Usanmaz Bozhuyuk, Ping Zhuang

“…These factors have important implications for ecosystem functioning and biodiversity in the face of climate change. …”
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CD79A and GADD45A as novel immune-related biomarkers for respiratory syncytial virus severity in children: an integrated machine learning analysis and clinical validation by Juan Juan Chen, Zhang Ze Lu, Yu Xin Jing, Xing Mei Nong, Yi Qin, Jin Yang Huang, Na Lin, Jie Wei

“…Immune cell profiling highlighted distinct infiltration patterns, with severe cases showing elevated naïve B cells and M0 macrophages versus activated NK cells and M1 macrophages in mild cases. …”
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Development and Validation of a Brain Aging Biomarker in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Deep Learning Approach by Zihan Li, Jun Li, Jiahui Li, Mengying Wang, Andi Xu, Yushu Huang, Qi Yu, Lingzhi Zhang, Yingjun Li, Zilin Li, Xifeng Wu, Jiajun Bu, Wenyuan Li

“…Brain age gap exhibited clinical feasibility combined with Functional Activities Questionnaire, with improved discriminative capacity in models achieving lower MAEs (AUC of 0.945 vs 0.923 and 0.911; AUC of 0.935 vs 0.900 and 0.881). …”
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Structural Brain Changes in Patients with Congenital Anosmia: MRI-Based Analysis of Gray- and White-Matter Volumes by Shun-Hung Lin, Hsian-Min Chen, Rong-San Jiang

“…A separate analysis of the left and right hemispheres revealed similar patterns of reduced GM and increased WM volumes in patients with CA across both sides. …”
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FNDC5 and ACOX1 as Biomarkers of Peroxisomal Activity with Contrast Outcomes in Colon Adenocarcinoma by Yuan Hepei, Zeng Jun, Khan Muhammad, Wang Baiyao, Hu Xiaoshan, Wei Hao, Wang Zhaotong, Yuan Yawei

“…The high-risk group was linked to advanced stage, higher MSI, CMS4 subtype enrichment, distinct mutation patterns, and increased genome integrity pathway mutations (79% vs. 66%). …”
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Three different methods for ZnO-RGO nanocomposite synthesis and its adsorption capacity for methylene blue dye removal in a comparative study by Safaa A. Hussein, Gharib M. Taha, F. A. Adam, Marwa A. Moghazy

“…FTIR analysis approves that combining ZnO with RGO affects the functional groups of the three nanocomposite surfaces. …”
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Characterizing Patient-Reported Fatigue Using Electronic Diaries in Neurodegenerative and Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases: Observational Study by Adrien Bennetot, Rana Zia Ur Rehman, Robbin Romijnders, Zhi Li, Victoria Macrae, Kristen Davies, Wan-Fai Ng, Walter Maetzler, Jennifer Kudelka, Hanna Hildesheim, Kirsten Emmert, Emma Paulides, C Janneke van der Woude, Ralf Reilmann, Svenja Aufenberg, Meenakshi Chatterjee, Nikolay V Manyakov, Clémence Pinaud, Stefan Avey

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of using a high-frequency eDiary to capture intraday variability in fatigue and to compare eDiary data with scores obtained from the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F), a validated weekly recall PRO. …”
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Histopathologic Progression and Metastatic Relapse Outcomes in Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of the Urinary Tract by Mohammad Jad Moussa, Georges C. Tabet, Arlene O. Siefker‐Radtke, Lianchun Xiao, Nathaniel R. Wilson, Jianjun Gao, Christopher J. Logothetis, Petros Grivas, Byron Lee, Amishi Y. Shah, Pavlos Msaouel, Roger Li, Leticia Campos Clemente, Jianping Zhao, Nizar M. Tannir, Ashish M. Kamat, Donna E. Hansel, Charles C. Guo, Matthew T. Campbell, Omar Alhalabi

“…Histopathologic review was conducted by independent pathologists. Relapse event was the time‐to‐event outcome, and relapse probabilities were estimated using a competing risk method with cumulative incidence functions (CIFs). …”
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