Lymphocyte Subpopulations in the Healthy Human Lacrimal Gland and Their Variations With Age and Sex, Systematic Review 1960–2023 by Claudia M. Trujillo‐Vargas, Luisa María Rendón‐Macías, Ronald Yamil Paredes Guerrero, Cinta S. dePaiva, Jaiberth Antonio Cardona‐Arias

“…The methodological quality was evaluated with the STROBE guidelines. A meta‐analysis of three selected articles dichotomizing lymphocytic infiltrates according to age group was also performed. …”
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Utility of the prostest to predict and monitor response to chemotherapy in metastatic Castration-Resistant prostate cancer: A prospective pilot study by Kambiz Rahbar, Katrin Schlack, Martin Bögemann

“…Associations between biomarker changes, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) were evaluated using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and hazard ratios (HRs). …”
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Identification of TMEM100’s role in immune infiltration regulation and construction of an endogenous RNA network in prostate cancer through pan-cancer analysis by Yinfeng Jiang, Tingan Pan, Zhenglin Zhang

“…Methods Utilizing data from the TCGA database, we analyzed mRNA sequences, clinical information, and methylation data. …”
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Combination regimens as potential treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer patients with HER2 mutation in the real world: a multicenter study by Yue Hao, Qian Wang, Ke Wang, Chengyu Chen, Chunwei Xu, Dong Wang, Yong Song, Zhengbo Song, Tangfeng Lv

“…Designs: Survival analyses were conducted on patients who underwent different treatment regimens, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), and combination therapies, to evaluate their effectiveness. Methods: This retrospective study included 118 patients diagnosed with HER2 mutations through next-generation sequencing at Zhejiang Cancer Hospital and Jinling Hospital affiliated with Nanjing University Medical School from September 2017 to December 2024. …”
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Autochthonous lactic acid bacteria from Kaddid as functional starter culture to improve quality and safety by Kamel Boubakri, Tayeb Idoui, María Cecilia Aristimuño Ficoseco, Franco Segli, Patricia Castellano, Lucila Saavedra, Graciela Vignolo

“…Abstract Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from meat dry-salted Kaddid were evaluated using spoilage and safety criteria as a first step of multivariable selection. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure in Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun) revealed by high-density DArTSeq SNP genotyping by Yirssaw Demeke Ambaw, Andargachew Gedebo Abitea, Temesgen Magule Olango

“…Despite the presence of diverse germplasms in Ethiopia, their genetic diversity remains largely unexplored. This study evaluated the genetic diversity and population structure of 188 B. carinata genotypes using high-density Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers generated though DArTseq™ Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS). …”
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Blocking Tim-3 enhances CD8+ T cell activity to inhibit hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence post-radiofrequency ablation by Na Wu, Xinru Pei, Weiguo Cai, Xiaodie Ye, Wei Lu

“…Treat residual tumors with anti-αTim-3 and evaluate its efficacy. Transcriptomic sequencing was conducted on the residual tumors to explore the underlying mechanisms. …”
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Research on the construction of corneal endothelium transplantation with acellular amniotic membrane as a scaffold by Ya-Nan Chen, Rui-Qin Guo, Bo-Yu Liang, Hong-Qin Ke, Meng-Jie Dong, Ming-Fang He, Ji Yang, Hai Liu

“…Biocompatibility was assessed by evaluating cell adhesion using microscopy, cell viability using CCK-8 and EdU assays, and cell proliferation. …”
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Association of radiomic features with genomic signatures in thyroid cancer: a systematic review by Neila Luciano, Francesca Maria Orlandella, Mariantonia Braile, Carlo Cavaliere, Marco Aiello, Monica Franzese, Giuliana Salvatore

“…Regarding genomic techniques, sequencing and polymerase chain reaction were the most commonly employed methods to validate genetic alterations. …”
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A multi-strain, biofilm-forming cocktail of Bacillus spp. and Pediococcus spp. alters the microbial composition on polyethylene calf housing surfaces by C. A. Reynolds, R. A. Scuderi, A. L. Skidmore, L. Duniere, S. Y. Morrison

“…Total aerobic plate counts and culture-independent approaches RT-qPCR and 16S amplicon sequencing were used to detect and identify the composition of the bacterial community in situ. …”
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Traffic State Estimation With Spatio-Temporal Autoencoding Transformer (STAT Model) by Ali Reza Sattarzadeh, Pubudu N. Pathirana, van Thanh Huynh

“…However, a more complex and robust model is required to extract long-range correlations with large-scale traffic data sequences. In order to overcome the weaknesses of deep learning models, the superior performance of transformers is expected to address this effectively in time-series forecasting with transport data. …”
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A double blinded randomized placebo trial of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BLa80 on sleep quality and gut microbiota in healthy adults by Yinhua Liu, Yanyan Chen, Qingya Zhang, Yanyan Zhang, Fei Xu

“…This randomized, placebo-controlled study evaluated the impact of BLa80 supplementation on sleep quality and gut microbiota in healthy individuals. …”
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Characterizing the secret diets of siphonophores (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) using DNA metabarcoding. by Alejandro Damian-Serrano, Elizabeth D Hetherington, C Anela Choy, Steven H D Haddock, Alexandra Lapides, Casey W Dunn

“…We (1) further characterized the diets of open-ocean siphonophores using DNA metabarcoding, (2) compared the prey detected by visual and molecular methods to evaluate their technical biases, and (3) evaluated tentacle-based predictions of diet. …”
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Amelioration of liver fibrosis with autologous macrophages induced by IL-34-based condition by Yuichi Igarashi, Haruka Wada, Masato Muto, Ryohei Sone, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Ken-ichiro Seino

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Causal role of the pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside degradation superpathway mediation in Guillain-Barré Syndrome via the HVEM on CD4 + and CD8 + T cells by Xianghua Liu, Lingling Liu, Jiuchang Zhang

“…Inverse variance weighting method (IVW) were used as the main method to evaluate the causal relationship between GM and GBS. …”
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Probiotics as Renal Guardians: Modulating Gut Microbiota to Combat Diabetes-Induced Kidney Damage by Saleh Bakheet Al-Ghamdi

“…The microbiome was analyzed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing to evaluate changes in diversity and composition. …”
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Investigating the Antioxidant Capacity of Lunasin Expressed in Aspergillus oryzae by Elif Karaman, Cem Albayrak, Serdar Uysal

“…The study uses sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), western blot analyses, and size-exclusion chromatography to evaluate the composition and purity of the protein, a linoleic acid assay to demonstrate the inhibitory effect on lipid peroxidation, and the 2,2’-azinobis-[3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid] ABTS) assay to evaluate the radical scavenging activity.Results: SDS-PAGE and western blot analyses confirmed sustained lunasin expression in A. oryzae, appearing in both fusion and non-fusion forms. …”
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Centre-based landscape of muscular dystrophies in Gujarat: insight into genetic diagnosis and management by Gaurang Sindhav, Pooja Trivedi, Krishnakumari Patel, Dhruv Prajapati, Anil Shah, Sharad Gupta

“…This study was conducted at the Indian Muscular Dystrophy Society (IMDS) and Research Center in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, in a cohort of 511 participants. Clinical evaluations and advanced genetic testing, including multiplex polymerase chain reaction (MPCR), multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA), and next-generation sequencing (NGS), were employed to identify and classify genetic variants. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of combinations of serological biomarkers for identifying clinical tuberculosis by Zaida Araujo, Noe Macias-Segura, Juan Ernesto Lopez-Ramos, Jacobus Henry de Waard, Magnolia Vanegas, Manuel Alfonso Patarroyo, Antonio Salgado, Jose Antonio Enciso-Moreno

“…Methodology: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were used on 70 Venezuelan Creole individuals for evaluating host biomarkers (i.e. CXCL9, sCD14, MMP9 and uPAR proteins) and anti-synthetic peptides covering certain Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) ESAT-6 (P-12033, P-12034 and P-12037) and Ag85A (P-29878) antigen sequences. …”
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The regular effects of concurrent aerobic and resistance exercise on global cognition in healthy elderly populations: A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized trials by Liang Ding, Lijie Lou, Mingyang Zhang, Xing Zhang

“…This systematic review sought to evaluate the regular effects of concurrent aerobic and resistance training on global cognition in healthy older adults. …”
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