Genome-wide identification of VOZ gene family in ten cotton species and the function analysis of GhVOZ2 involved in heat stress response by Xiangxiang Hu, Kailu Chen, Shuangquan Xie, Quanliang Xie, Xifeng Chen, Zhuang Meng, Asigul Ismayil, Xiang Jin, Shandang Shi, Fei Wang, Hongbin Li

“…Chromosome location and collinearity analysis revealed that this gene family had experienced segment duplication events. The exon-intron structure and conserved motif analysis showed high conservations in each branch of the cotton VOZ genes. …”
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Self-monitoring of blood pressure following a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TASMIN5S): a randomised controlled trial by R. J. McManus, A. Smith, E. Temple, L. M. Yu, J. Allen, R. Doogue, G. A. Ford, L. Glynn, B. Guthrie, P. Hall, L. Hinton, F. D. R. Hobbs, J. Mant, B. McKinstry, G. Mead, K. Morton, T. Rai, C. Rice, C. Roman, A. Stoddart, L. Tarassenko, C. Velardo, M. Williams, L. Yardley, on behalf of the TASMIN5S investigators

“…Results From 650 postal invitations, 129 (20%) responded, of whom 95 people had been screened for eligibility prior to the pandemic (November 2019-March 2020) and 55 (58%) were randomised. …”
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Magnitudes, patterns, controls and mitigation potentials of net ecosystem carbon balances across wetlands in China by Lei Ma, Dezhao Gan, Zheng Li, Dongyou Wu, Wei Pu, Xiangyue Chen, Gaofeng Zhu, Shuli Niu, Jinsong Wang, Ruijun Long, Hongchao Zuo

“…Here, using the annual measurement of NECB from 148 sites across different wetlands in China, we found that the annual NECB varied widely from –9413 to + 8760 kg C ha−1 yr−1; these fluxes were collectively influenced by wetland status, wetland location, and wetland type. …”
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Motor developmental delay in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders in China and its association with core symptoms and maternal risk factors: a multi-center survey by Dan Long, Ting Yang, Jie Chen, Jie Zhang, Ying Dai, Li Chen, Feiyong Jia, Lijie Wu, Yan Hao, Ling Li, Xiaoyan Ke, Mingji Yi, Qi Hong, Jinjin Chen, Shuanfeng Fang, Yichao Wang, Qi Wang, Chunhua Jin, Tingyu Li

“…We aimed to investigate the different degrees of motor developmental delay and influencing factors in Chinese preschool children with ASD, in order to enhance people’s awareness of motor developmental delay in ASD children. …”
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Optimizing irrigation and nitrogen levels to achieve sustainable rice productivity and profitability by Mohd Salim Mir, Waseem Raja, Raihana Habib Kanth, Eajaz Ahmad Dar, Zahoor Ahmad Shah, Mohammad Anwar Bhat, Aamir Hassan Mir, Fehim Jeelani Wani, Tauseef A. Bhat, Javid Ahmad Bhat, Baby Summuna, Umer Fayaz, Suhail Fayaz, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Nadhir Al‑Ansari, Mohamed A. Mattar, Ali Salem

“…Due to improved plant growth and yield-attributing characteristics, the I1 treatment recorded the highest grain yield of 8.58 t ha−1 and 8.4 t ha−1, although it was comparable to the I2 treatment, which had grain yields of 8.27 t ha−1 and 8.15 t ha−1 in 2021 and 2022. …”
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The diagnostic value and validation of IL-22 combined with sCD40L in tuberculosis pleural effusion by Yuzhen Xu, Jing Wu, Qiuju Yao, Qianqian Liu, Huaxin Chen, Bingyan Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu, Sen Wang, Lingyun Shao, Wenhong Zhang, Qinfang Ou, Yan Gao

“…Conclusion We demonstrated that the levels of IL-1β, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17 A, IL-17 F, IL-21, IL-22, IL-25, IL-31, IL-33, IFN-γ, sCD40L and TNF-α in pleural effusion had significant difference between tuberculosis pleurisy and malignant pleurisy. …”
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Genetic Polymorphisms on TNFA, TNFRSF1A, and TNFRSF1B Genes Predict the Effectiveness of Anti-TNF-α Treatment in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients by Michelangelo Rottura, Igor Pirrotta, Domenico Antonio Giorgi, Natasha Irrera, Vincenzo Arcoraci, Federica Mannino, Rosario Campisi, Chiara Bivacqua, Laura Patanè, Giuseppe Costantino, Socrate Pallio, Walter Fries, Anna Viola, Giovanni Pallio

“…Anti-TNF-α therapy has been successfully used for IBD treatment, although the therapeutic response differs among patients due to the genetic background. …”
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Superior 125-month outcome through cetuximab in the larynx organ preservation trial DeLOS-II: a single study center’s experience by Gunnar Wichmann, Gunnar Wichmann, Gunnar Wichmann, Theresa Wald, Theresa Wald, Veit Zebralla, Veit Zebralla, Matthaeus Stoehr, Matthaeus Stoehr, Markus Pirlich, Markus Pirlich, Markus Pirlich, Susanne Wiegand, Viktor Kunz, Viktor Kunz, Andreas Dietz, Andreas Dietz, Andreas Dietz

“…At 125 months, 22 (eight and 14) patients were alive: 17 (six and 11) with a functioning larynx and five (two and three) without a larynx. Arm B had superior OS (p = 0.023). Disease-specific survival (DSS) and tumor-specific survival were not different, whereas non-cancer-related survival (NCRS) was impaired in arm A (p = 0.018). …”
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<i>Achnatherum inebrians</i> Bacterial Communities Associated with <i>Epichloë gansuensis</i> Endophyte Infection Under Low-Concentration Urea Treatment: Links to Plant Growth and... by Yuanyuan Jin, Zhenjiang Chen, Kamran Malik, Chunjie Li

“…Overall, our results suggest that the E+ plants had more root forks and greater average root diameter compared to E− plants under the UN treatment. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of oral nutrition in older patients with moderate dysphagia: a real-world cohort study in geriatric inpatients by Mohan Li, Shan Jiang, Jiaojiao Li, Xiling Chen, Lan Ma, Qihao Guo, Yuehui Wang, Lan Luo, Liping An, Yonghua Wu, Wei Huang, Ludan Yuan, Lin Wang, Xiping Ding, Xujing Zhao, Zhongyuan Zhang, Hongyu Zhang, Yin Wu, Rong Yang, Yang Liu, Jian Cao, Xiaohong Liu

“…No statistically significant difference was observed between nutrition treatment pathways. …”
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Drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with surgical treatment: clinical forms, histological and macroscopic aspects by L.M. Zahaba, M.S. Opanasenko, I.V. Liskina, O.V. Tereshkovych, O.O. Melnyk, B.M. Konik, M.I. Kalenychenko, A.O. Kozykina, V.I. Lysenko, L.I. Levanda

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS. The study had a cohort retrospective character. The two groups of patients were studied – with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (n=27) and pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (n=25). …”
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Evaluating methods for identifying and quantifying Streptococcus pneumoniae co-colonization using next-generation sequencing data by Jada Hackman, Martin L. Hibberd, Todd D. Swarthout, Jason Hinds, James Ashall, Carmen Sheppard, Gerry Tonkin-Hill, Kate Gould, Comfort Brown, Jacquline Msefula, Andrew A. Mataya, Michiko Toizumi, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Neil French, Robert S. Heyderman, Stefan Flasche, Brenda Kwambana, Stéphane Hué

“…Six samples were resequenced, and the pooled runs had an average fourfold increase in sequencing depth. …”
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Globo H-KLH vaccine adagloxad simolenin (OBI-822)/OBI-821 in patients with metastatic breast cancer: phase II randomized, placebo-controlled study by Sung-Bae Kim, Hope S Rugo, Sara A Hurvitz, Hong-Tai Chang, Chiun-Sheng Huang, Su-Hua Lee, Jung-Tung Hung, Shir-Hwa Ueng, Shin-Cheh Chen, Alice L Yu, Ling-Ming Tseng, Louis W C Chow, Ming-Feng Hou, Richard B Schwab, James L Murray, Hsien-Kun Chang, Chwen-Cheng Chen

“…Median PFS was 7.6 months (95% CI: 6.5–10.9) with AS/OBI-821 (n=224) and 9.2 months (95% CI: 7.3–11.3) with placebo (n=124) (HR=0.96; 95% CI: 0.74–1.25; p=0.77), with no difference by breast cancer subtype. AS/OBI-821 recipients with anti-Globo H IgG titer ≥1:160 had significantly longer median PFS (11.1 months (95% CI: 9.3–17.6)) versus those with titers &lt;1:160 (5.5 months (95% CI: 3.7–5.6); HR=0.52; p&lt;0.0001) and placebo recipients (HR=0.71; p=0.03). …”
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Clinical, immunophenotypic, and genomic findings of acute myeloid leukemia with RAM immunophenotype: Comparison with other CD56‐positive acute leukemias by Hanan Hamdan, Yen‐Chun Liu, Sa A. Wang, Jacob Bledsoe, Karen M. Chisholm, Alexa Siddon, Robert Ohgami, Tracy I. George, Jason Kurzer, Robert P. Hasserjian, Daniel A. Arber, Adam Bagg, Kathryn Foucar, Elizabeth Margolskee, Dorottya Laczko, Weina Chen, Franklin Fuda, Nidhi Aggarwal, Olga K. Weinberg

“…Results AML‐RAM patients were significantly younger and presented with significantly higher platelet and white blood cell counts and bone marrow (BM) blast percentages when compared to AUL (p > 0.05) and had higher median BM blast percentages than T‐ALL and CD56+ AML groups (both p < 0.05). …”
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Circulating short-chain fatty acids and Mediterranean food patterns. A potential role for the prediction of type 2 diabetes risk: The Di@bet.es Study by Gemma Llauradó, Lídia Cedó, Elisenda Climent, Joan Badia, Gemma Rojo-Martínez, Juana Flores-Le Roux, Oscar Yanes, Maria Vinaixa, Minerva Granado-Casas, Didac Mauricio, Sonia Fernández-Veledo, Joan Vendrell

“…Results Subjects who developed T2D after a median follow-up of seven years had higher baseline circulating concentrations of butyrate and isobutyrate. …”
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Multi-Trait Genomic Prediction of Meat Yield in Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp (<i>Penaeus vannamei</i>) by Shiwei Zhang, Jie Kong, Jian Tan, Xianhong Meng, Ping Dai, Jiawang Cao, Kun Luo, Mianyu Liu, Qun Xing, Yi Tian, Juan Sui, Sheng Luan

“…Heritability estimates indicated that MY had low heritability (STGM: 0.160; MTGMs: 0.145–0.156), whereas MW, BW, BL, and AL showed low-to-moderate heritability (0.099–0.204). …”
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To reveal biomarkers related to macrophage and lactic acid metabolism in renal fibrosis and explore their mechanisms by Chen Yong, Chen Yong, Yongfei Yu, Yongfei Yu, Yuan Wei, Yuan Wei, Guoshun Huang, Guoshun Huang, Lianghui Shu, Lianghui Shu, Kun Gao, Kun Gao, Kun Gao, Enchao Zhou, Enchao Zhou, Enchao Zhou, Enchao Zhou

“…Next, AGR3, CD74, and SYT11 were identified as biomarkers for this study because they had consistent expression trends in GSE76882 and GSE135327 datasets and were significantly different between RF and control samples. …”
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Validation of the Automatic Real-Time Monitoring of Airborne Pollens in China Against the Reference Hirst-Type Trap Method by Yiwei Liu, Wen Shao, Xiaolan Lei, Wenpu Shao, Zhongshan Gao, Jin Sun, Sixu Yang, Yunfei Cai, Zhen Ding, Na Sun, Songqiang Gu, Li Peng, Zhuohui Zhao

“…More validation studies are needed in places with different ecological and climate characteristics to promote the volumetric real-time monitoring of pollens in China.…”
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Does Body Mass Index and Height Influence the Incident Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Subjects? by Donghui Duan, Hui Li, Jiaying Xu, Liping Wong, Guodong Xu, Fanqian Kong, Sixuan Li, Qinghai Gong, Xiaohong Zhang, Jinshun Zhao, Lina Zhang, Guozhang Xu, Wenhua Xing, Liyuan Han

“…To estimate the incident risk of ischemic stroke (IS) in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D) subjects according to different body mass index (BMI) and height categories. …”
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6-year treatment follow-up with an extended-release alkaline formulation (Sibnayal®) in primary distal renal tubular acidosis by Aurélia Bertholet-Thomas, Aurélie De Mul, Julie Bernardor, Gwenaëlle Roussey-Kesler, Ludmila Podracka, Robert Novo, François Nobili, Bertrand Knebelmann, Jérôme Harambat, Emilija Golubovic, Olivia Boyer, Massimo Di Maio, Mathilde Cailliez, Véronique Baudouin, Laure Chidler, Véronique Leblanc, Justine Bacchetta

“…At inclusion, most patients had adequate metabolic control, normal kidney function and height. …”
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