Quantitative trait loci for grain mineral element accumulation in Vietnamese rice landraces. by Hien Linh Tran, Giang Thi Hoang, Nhung Thi Phuong Phung, Ham Huy Le, Alexandre Grondin, Pascal Gantet

“…LOC_Os05g04330, present in qRP5-1 and associated with phosphorus content in brown rice, encodes a CHH methylation maintenance protein, and its expression is downregulated in roots in the presence of the phosphorus uptake 1 (Pup1), suggesting a role for epigenetics in the regulation of phosphorus uptake and accumulation in grain. …”
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Decoding vascular aging: implications for atherosclerosis progression and clinical intervention by Silumbwe Ceaser Wankumbu, Xiao-Man Ji, Ming Xu

“…In the review, we highlighted five altered vascular mechanisms in cardiovascular models: genomic instability, neurohormonal deregulation, epigenetics, protein regulation, and the gut microbiome. …”
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Novel Pathogenic Variant in TGFBR2 Confirmed by Molecular Modeling Is a Rare Cause of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome by Michael T. Zimmermann, Raul A. Urrutia, Patrick R. Blackburn, Margot A. Cousin, Nicole J. Boczek, Eric W. Klee, Colleen Macmurdo, Paldeep S. Atwal

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miR-449a/miR-340 reprogram cell identity and metabolism in fusion-negative rhabdomyosarcoma by Enrico Pozzo, Laura Yedigaryan, Nefele Giarratana, Chao-chi Wang, Gabriel Miró Garrido, Ewoud Degreef, Vittoria Marini, Gianmarco Rinaldi, Bernard K. van der Veer, Gabriele Sassi, Guy Eelen, Mélanie Planque, Alessandro Fanzani, Kian Peng Koh, Peter Carmeliet, Jason T. Yustein, Sarah-Maria Fendt, Anne Uyttebroeck, Maurilio Sampaolesi

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Changes in RNA Splicing: A New Paradigm of Transcriptional Responses to Probiotic Action in the Mammalian Brain by Xiaojie Yue, Lei Zhu, Zhigang Zhang

“…Most studies have primarily investigated how gut bacteria modulate host epigenetics and gene expression; their impact on host alternative splicing, particularly in the brain, remains largely unexplored. …”
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The importance of fungi and of mycology for a global development of the bioeconomy by L. Lange, L. Bech, P.K. Busk, M.N. Grell, Y. Huang, M. Lange, T. Linde, B. Pilgaard, D. Roth, X. Tong

“…This knowledge can be obtained by studying the fungal proteome and metabolome; the biology of fungal RNA and epigenetics; protein expression, homologous as well as heterologous; fungal host/substrate relations; physiology, especially of extremophiles; and, not the least, the extent of global fungal biodiversity. …”
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Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects by Xianzhong Wang, Jieyu Kang, Huizhong Wang, Shigui Wang, Bin Tang, Jiangjie Lu

“…Throughout this process, phenotypic plasticity has continuously helped both groups adapt to new environments and niches. Epigenetic changes play an important role in the formation of plastic phenotype. …”
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Osteoprotegerin as an Emerging Biomarker of Carotid Artery Stenosis? A Scoping Review with Meta-Analysis by Jerzy Chudek, Marta Pośpiech, Anna Chudek, Michał Holecki, Monika Puzianowska-Kuźnicka

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Methylation Status of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Promoter in Benign and Malignant Adrenal Tumors by Catia Pilon, Andrea Rebellato, Riccardo Urbanet, Vincenza Guzzardo, Rocco Cappellesso, Hironobu Sasano, Ambrogio Fassina, Francesco Fallo

“…Downregulation of VDR gene expression may result from epigenetics events, that is, methylation of cytosine nucleotide of CpG islands in VDR gene promoter. …”
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Emerging roles of circular RNAs on the regulation of production traits in chicken by Guishuang You, Hong Long, Xiaoxu Shen, Huadong Yin, Shibin Zhang

“…This performance is determined by various production traits that are primarily influenced by multiple factors, including epigenetics—a critical aspect of gene regulation. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a unique class of non-coding RNAs, have emerged as key epigenetic regulators. …”
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Prediction of Insulin Resistance and Impaired Fasting Glucose Based on Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin (SHBG) Levels in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Aleksandra Biernacka-Bartnik, Piotr Kocełak, Aleksander Jerzy Owczarek, Piotr Choręza, Monika Puzianowska-Kuźnicka, Leszek Markuszewski, Paweł Madej, Jerzy Chudek, Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz

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An Open‐Label Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab, an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Alone or in Combination With Oral Azacitidine as Second‐Line Therapy for Advanced Head and Neck Squamo... by Vinod K. Ramani, Srimonta Gayen, Radheshyam Naik

“…ABSTRACT Background and Aims Sensitivity to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy depends in part on the genetic and epigenetic makeup of cancer cells, and CD8 T‐lymphocytes that mediate immune responses. …”
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Exploring the utility of snRNA-seq in profiling human bladder tissue: A comprehensive comparison with scRNA-seq by Briana Santo, Emily E. Fink, Alexandra E. Krylova, Yi-Chia Lin, Mohamed Eltemamy, Alvin Wee, Oliver Wessely, Byron H. Lee, Angela H. Ting

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Computational biology and artificial intelligence in mRNA vaccine design for cancer immunotherapy by Saber Imani, Xiaoyan Li, Keyi Chen, Mazaher Maghsoudloo, Parham Jabbarzadeh Kaboli, Mehrdad Hashemi, Mehrdad Hashemi, Saloomeh Khoushab, Saloomeh Khoushab, Xiaoping Li

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Deciphering sepsis: transforming diagnosis and treatment through systems immunology by Robert E. W. Hancock, Andy An, Claudia C. dos Santos, Amy H. Y. Lee

“…Longitudinal within-patient analyses can also reveal mechanisms (including epigenetics) that drive differential sepsis trajectories over time, enabling the prospect of disease stage-specific therapy during and after hospitalization, including for post-sepsis and long COVID syndromes. …”
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Protocol for transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses of tip-like endothelial cells using scRNA-seq and ChIP-seq by Shintaro Funasaki, Yuri Miyamura, Shunsuke Kamei, Akhinur Rahman, Masaya Yamazaki, Shingo Usuki, Keiichiro Yasunaga, Yorifumi Satou, Hiroto Ohguchi, Takashi Minami

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Noncanonical IFN Signaling, Steroids, and STATs: A Probable Role of V-ATPase by Howard M. Johnson, Ezra Noon-Song, Chulbul M. Ahmed

“…Activated JAKs such as JAK2 and TYK2 are also involved in the epigenetics of nucleosome unwrapping for exposure of DNA to transcription. …”
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Improved ChIP Sequencing for H3K27ac Profiling and Super-Enhancer Analysis Assisted by Fluorescence-Activated Sorting of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissues by Nenggang Jiang, Zhihao Wen, Huan Tao, Hongyan Liao

“…Abstract Archived clinical formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue (FFPE) is valuable for the study of tumor epigenetics. Although protocol of chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with next generation sequencing (NGS) (ChIP-seq) using FFPE samples has been established, removal of interference signals from non-target cell components in the samples is still needed. …”
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Protocol for investigating astrocytic mitochondria in neurons of adult mice using two-photon microscopy by Jian Zhou, Fengling Du, Fan Zhang, Xianhui Zhang, Yuanyuan Wu, Lifang Zhang, Ping Liao, Tianqi Tu, Jianhua Peng, Tao Li, Yong Jiang

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BRAIN CHANGER. Felice Jacka, 321 pages, Macmillan, 2019 (ISBN: 978-1-76055-651-8) by Cécil J.W. Meulenberg

“…Consecutive chapters illustrate recent understandings of the effects of diets on the immune system, their influence on brain plasticity (which also occurs in older humans), epigenetics, food sensitivities, inflammation, and centrally, the importance of food to the gut microbiota (including the consumption of fermented foods). …”
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