Advancing Understanding and Therapeutic Strategies for NUT Sarcomas: Comprehensive Review of the Literature and Two Cases by Carlos Torrado, Elise Nassif Haddad, Neeta Somaiah, Pavlos Msaouel, Alexander J. Lazar, Sarina A. Piha-Paul

“…The median survival of the 21 patients evaluable for survival was 14 months. Finally, among 21 patients who received systemic therapy, only three patients receiving chemotherapy showed disease control, as defined by response or stability of the disease. …”
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy response in androgen receptor-positive triple-negative breast cancer: potential predictive biomarkers and genetic alterations by Ming Li, Shuling Zhou, Hong Lv, Mengyuan Cai, Ruohong Shui, Wentao Yang

“…Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was utilized to further investigate the molecular characteristics of 44 AR-positive TNBC patients. …”
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A Proposed Genetic Risk Score for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Susceptibility in the Chinese Han Population by Jianjun Lan, MD, Lin Wang, MD, Guoyuan Qiu, MD, Shihai Wang, MD, Chao Yang, MD, Mengnian Ran, MD, Hongyu Li, MD, Shiyang Li, MD

“…The predictive power of the genetic risk score and a composite variable for DCM risk were evaluated using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. …”
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Geospatial assessment of heavy metal contamination and metal-resistant bacteria in Qarun Lake, Egypt by Ahmed M. Khalifa, Khaled Z. ElBaghdady, Sayed Abdel-Karim, Sameh B. El Kafrawy, Elsayed M. Nafea, Ahmed M. El-Zeiny

“…These techniques can predict metal levels following biological treatment, thus offering a method to evaluate the effectiveness of bioremediation.…”
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of IL-33 Gene Correlated with Renal Allograft Fibrosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients by Xuzhong Liu, Kun Liu, Zeping Gui, Dengyuan Feng, Zijie Wang, Ming Zheng, Shuang Fei, Hao Chen, Li Sun, Zhijian Han, Xiaobing Ju, Hengcheng Zhang, Ruoyun Tan, Min Gu

“…Thirty-nine IL-33-related SNPs were identified in targeted sequencing, in which 26 tagger SNPs were found by linkage disequilibrium analysis for further analysis. …”
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Cyclic Peptide MV6, an Aminoglycoside Efficacy Enhancer Against <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> by Natalia Roson-Calero, Jimmy Lucas, María A. Gomis-Font, Roger de Pedro-Jové, Antonio Oliver, Clara Ballesté-Delpierre, Jordi Vila

“…Whole-genome sequencing and variant calling analysis were then performed. …”
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The maintenance of competence of rural district hospital medical practitioners by M.R. de Villiers, P.J.T. de Villiers, A. Kent

“…Expert opinion was sought to evaluate the topics requiring updating and the validity of the learning methods to maintain competence in practice. …”
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Genome-wide association study reveals the QTLs and candidate genes associated with seed longevity in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) by Naflath Thenveettil, R. L. Ravikumar, S. Rajendra Prasad

“…GWAS using 29,955 Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS)-single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers identified 71 significant SNPs linked to seed longevity traits. …”
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Impact of Low-dose Imaging on PET Quantitative Accuracy and Image Quality by SU Xuesong, GENG Jianhua, ZHENG Rong, WANG Xuejuan

“…Additionally, the influence of different acquisition durations on scatter fraction was evaluated, with a fixed imaging dose, and vice versa. …”

Stress-relieving plant growth-promoting bacterial co-inoculation enhances nodulation and nitrogen uptake in black gram under nitrogen-free saline conditions by Praveen Kumar Tiwari, Praveen Kumar Tiwari, Anchal Kumar Srivastava, Rachana Singh, Alok Kumar Srivastava

“…This study aimed to identify and evaluate native microbial communities from salt-affected regions to boost black gram (Vigna mungo) resilience against salinity, while improving plant growth, nitrogen uptake, and nodulation in saline environments. …”
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Therapy Companion Mobile App for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Exercises (ACTaide): Therapist and Client Co-Design Study by Serena Thapar, Daniela Quesada, Bärbel Knäuper

“…Future research will focus on testing high-fidelity prototypes to evaluate acceptability, usability, and engagement.…”
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Methylation of the UNC5C gene and its protein expression in colorectal cancer by Jie Wu, Guangchuan Wang, Baojun He, Xuejun Chen, Yuzhi An

“…The methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction results were confirmed by bisulfite sequencing of UNC5C promoter region. UNC5C methylation was significantly higher in early tumor, node, metastasis stage (I + II) of colorectal cancers. …”
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ALDH18A1 has carcinogenic functions and regulates alternative splicing events of DNA repair-related genes in esophageal carcinoma cells by Wang Yongkang, Maimaiti Yisireyili, Kelimu Abudureyimu, Atsushi Enomoto

“…In this study, we silenced ALDH18A1 in KYSE150 cells using small interfering RNA (siALDH18A1), and evaluated its effect on cell characteristics. Finally, we conducted whole transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) and RNA immunoprecipitation (iRIP-seq) experiments to explore the downstream targets of ALDH18A1, and verified their change patterns using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. …”
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Microglia in the aged brain develop a hypoactive molecular phenotype after surgery by Zhuoran Yin, Anna K. Leonard, Carl M. Porto, Zhongcong Xie, Sebastian Silveira, Deborah J. Culley, Oleg Butovsky, Gregory Crosby

“…Cytokine concentrations in plasma and brain tissue were evaluated using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). …”
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Quantitative Ultrashort Echo Time Magnetization Transfer Imaging of the Osteochondral Junction: An In Vivo Knee Osteoarthritis Study by Dina Moazamian, Mahyar Daskareh, Jiyo S. Athertya, Arya A. Suprana, Saeed Jerban, Yajun Ma

“…This study aimed to evaluate the utility of ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI biomarkers, including macromolecular fraction (MMF), magnetization transfer ratio (MTR), and T2*, for in vivo quantification of OCJ changes in knee OA for the first time. …”
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Selection of Probiotics for Honey Bees: The In Vitro Inhibition of <i>Paenibacillus larvae</i>, <i>Melissococcus plutonius</i>, and <i>Serratia marcescens</i> Strain Sicaria by Hos... by Buse Dengiz, Jiří Killer, Jaroslav Havlík, Pavel Dobeš, Pavel Hyršl

“…Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the isolates were classified and tested in vitro against four <i>P. larvae</i> isolates, one <i>M. plutonius</i> isolate, and the <i>S. marcescens</i> strain sicaria in modified BHI medium. …”
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Lactobacillus plantarum SAL delays aging-associated oxidative stress and gut microbiota dysbiosis in mice by Wen Dong, Yongzhi Lun, Jie Sun, Ben Liu

“…After the intervention, serum and liver tissues were collected to detect aging biomarkers (β-galactosidase) and oxidative stress markers.Colon tissue histopathological examination was performed, and fresh fecal samples were subjected to metagenomic sequencing and analysis. Additionally, Spearman correlation analysis was conducted to evaluate the relationships between genuslevel differential gut microbiota and oxidative stress markers in serum and liver tissues.ResultsCompared with the MOD group, the SAL group exhibited significantly reduced MDA levels in serum and liver tissues (all p &lt; 0.05), elevated activities of SOD and T-AOC (all p &lt; 0.05), and increased serum GSH-Px and CAT activities (all p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Utilizing Multi-omics analysis to elucidate the role of mitochondrial gene defects in Gastric cancer progression. by Jie Chu, Hanying Song, Kemin Fu, Wei Xiao, Jiudong Jiang, Qixin Gan, Bo Deng

“…Additionally, both the ssGSEA algorithm and the CIBERSORT algorithm were utilized to evaluate changes and effects in immunological characteristics during gastric cancer pathogenesis.…”
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Microbiome and Resistome in Poultry Litter-Fertilized and Unfertilized Agricultural Soils by Eliene dos Santos Lopes, Larissa Coutinho Araujo de Souza, Karen Caroline Ferreira Santaren, Cláudio Ernesto Taveira Parente, Lucy Seldin

“…This study aimed to evaluate the impact of poultry litter use on the microbiome and resistome of agricultural soils. …”
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Prognostic value of immuno-inflammatory biomarkers in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients receiving immunotherapy combined with chemoradiotherapy and its association with i... by Xingyuan Cheng, Fanjun Meng, Ruixi Wang, Shiliang Liu, Qiaoqiao Li, Baoqing Chen, Mian Xi

“…Pre-treatment tumor samples from 47 patients were collected for RNA sequencing to investigate the immune-related tumor microenvironment. …”
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