The expression profile of genes associated with behavior, stress, and adult neurogenesis along the hippocampal dorsoventral axis in tame and aggressive foxes by Yu. V. Alexandrovich, E. V. Antonov, S. G. Shikhevich, A. V. Kharlamova, L. V. Meister, Y. V. Makovka, D. V. Shepeleva, R. G. Gulevich, Yu. E. Herbeck

“…It is presumed that these genes constitute an important part of the mechanism reducing stress induced by contacts with humans and contribute to linking stress regulation with adult neurogenesis in tame foxes and domesticated animals in general.…”
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Soil warming increases the active antibiotic resistome in the gut of invasive giant African snails by Yiyue Zhang, Hong-Zhe Li, Martin Breed, Zhonghui Tang, Li Cui, Yong-Guan Zhu, Xin Sun

“…Furthermore, we identified elevated biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) within these ARG-carrying MAGs, with a third encoding at least one BGC. This suggests a link between active ARBs and secondary metabolism, enhancing the environmental adaptability and competitive advantage of these organisms in warmer environments. …”
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Incidence and Clinical Outcomes of Hip Fractures Involving Both the Subcapital Area and the Trochanteric or Subtrochanteric Area by Takayuki Tani, Hiroaki Kijima, Natsuo Konishi, Hitoshi Kubota, Shin Yamada, Hiroshi Tazawa, Norio Suzuki, Keiji Kamo, Yoshihiko Okudera, Masashi Fujii, Ken Sasaki, Tetsuya Kawano, Yosuke Iwamoto, Itsuki Nagahata, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yoichi Shimada

“…In area classification, the proximal femur is divided into 4 areas by 3 boundary planes: the first plane is the center of femoral neck; the second plane is the border between femoral neck and femoral trochanter; and the third plane links the inferior borders of greater and lesser trochanters. …”
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Entomological Investigations, Seasonal Fluctuations and Impact of Bioclimate Factors of Phlebotomines Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of an Emerging Focus of Cutaneous Leishmania... by Fatima Zahra Talbi, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami, Mouhcine Fadil, Mohamed Najy, Hassan Ech-Chafay, Mohamed Lachhab, Said Lotfi, Nordine Nouayti, Khadija Lahouiti, Chafika Faraj, Abdellatif Janati Idrissi

“…The study of the effects of climatic factors in the study area showed a link between the dynamics of sand flies and the variation of these parameters (temperature and relative humidity). …”
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Multi-omics mechanical analysis of gut microbiota, carboxylic acids, and cardiac gene expression interaction triggering diabetic cardiomyopathy by Meixin Shi, Bingbing Zhao, Wenjie Cai, Hui Yuan, Xiao Liang, Zhitao Li, Xinyu Liu, Ye Jin, Xi Liu, Can Wei

“…To sum up, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can upregulate the expression of partial cardiac genes through the levels of serum short-chain CAs affected by gut microbiota, thus playing a role in the occurrence and development of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM).IMPORTANCEOur research results clearly link the changes in heart genes of T2DM and normal mice with changes in serum metabolites and gut microbiota, indicating that some genes in biological processes are closely related to the reduction of protective microbiota in the gut microbiota. …”
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Role of Astrocytic Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease Animal Models from a Molecular Signaling Perspective by Lucas Udovin, Cecilia Quarracino, María I. Herrera, Francisco Capani, Matilde Otero-Losada, Santiago Perez-Lloret

“…Indeed, ongoing experimental evidence suggests the importance of astrocytes and dopaminergic neurons’ cross-linking signaling pathways. The Wnt-1 (wingless-type MMTV integration site family, member 1) pathway regulates several processes including neuron survival, synapse plasticity, and neurogenesis. …”
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Protocol of the Nurses’ Mental Health Study (NMHS): a nationwide hospital multicentre prospective cohort study by Jiaxin Yang, Chongmei Huang, Shuiyuan Xiao, Xuting Li, Meng Ning, Zengyu Chen, Yusheng Tian, Qiang Yu, Yamin Chen, Ya-Min Li

“…Annual follow-up will be conducted via a questionnaire link to monitor subsequent changes in nurses’ mental health and related factors.Patient and public involvement statement No patient and public involvement in the study design.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Institute Review Board from the ethical committee of The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (E20230048) and NMHS will be performed in line with Helsinki Declarations. …”
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Branched-chain amino acids levels associated with risk of erectile dysfunction: A Mendelian randomization analysis by Yijian Deng, Liying Zeng, Yigui Lai, Shuai Ji, Baizhao Peng, Hanqi Lu, Ming Wang, Hiu Yee Kwan, Qi Wang, Xiaoshan Zhao

“…Previous studies have underscored the association between BCAAs and CVD, but the causal link between BCAAs and ED remains uncertain. Methods: The bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) study used the genetic data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with total BCAAs, leucine, isoleucine, and valine. …”
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Clofarabine induces tumor cell apoptosis, GSDME-related pyroptosis, and CD8+ T-cell antitumor activity via the non-canonical P53/STING pathway by Jing Chen, Jie Wu, Xiang Chen, Qian Tao, Nian Liu, Cong Peng, Can Lu, Qiuqiu Li

“…The non-canonical STING-NF-κB pathway is the crucial signaling pathway that initiates and links apoptosis, pyroptosis, and immunogenic cell death.Conclusions Our study is the first to show that Clo, an FDA-approved drug, induces tumor cell apoptosis, GSDME-related pyroptosis, and CD8+ T-cell antitumor activity via the non-canonical P53-STING-NF-κB signaling pathway, providing a novel strategy for the clinical therapy of melanoma and lung cancer.…”
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Utilisation of alcohol-related treatment after a first alcohol use disorder diagnosis in Hamburg, Germany by Jakob Manthey, Kilian Huß, Sven Buth, Ludwig Kraus, Anna Schranz, Carolin Kilian, Jürgen Gallinat, Ingo Schäfer, Bernd Schulte

“…This data-linkage study seeks to characterise treatment utilisation patterns to identify gaps in treatment access and delivery in Germany. Methods Linking individual-level data from three sources (statutory health insurance, pension funds, outpatient addiction care services) identified seven alcohol-related treatment types delivered in outpatient (brief psychiatric consultation; formal psychotherapy; pharmacotherapy; low-threshold counselling), inpatient (standard, somatic inpatient treatment; intensive inpatient treatment with somatic and psychosocial care), or either of the two settings (long-term rehabilitation treatment) during 2016–2021. …”
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Theoretical Organization of Motivations to Attend First Aid Education: Scoping Review

“…Public health educators can also link first aid education to other public health topics or vice versa to weave in community motivations for competencies to build resilience in personal or public emergencies.    …”
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SNORA37/CMTR1/ELAVL1 feedback loop drives gastric cancer progression via facilitating CD44 alternative splicing by Banghe Bao, Minxiu Tian, Xiaojing Wang, Chunhui Yang, Jiaying Qu, Shunchen Zhou, Yang Cheng, Qiangsong Tong, Liduan Zheng

“…Biotin-labeled RNA pull-down, mass spectrometry, cross-linking RNA immunoprecipitation, and in vitro binding assays were applied to explore interaction of snoRNAs with protein partners. …”
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Biologically targeted discovery-replication scan identifies G×G interaction in relation to risk of Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma by Li Yan, Qianchuan He, Shiv P. Verma, Xu Zhang, Ann-Sophie Giel, Carlo Maj, Kathryn Graz, Elnaz Naderi, Jianhong Chen, Mourad Wagdy Ali, Puya Gharahkhani, Xiang Shu, Kenneth Offit, Pari M. Shah, Hans Gerdes, Daniela Molena, Amitabh Srivastava, Stuart MacGregor, Claire Palles, René Thieme, Michael Vieth, Ines Gockel, Thomas L. Vaughan, Johannes Schumacher, Matthew F. Buas

“…To address challenges in large-scale G×G scans, we combined knowledge-guided filtering and machine learning approaches, focusing on genes with (1) known/plausible links to BE/EAC pathogenesis (n = 493) or (2) prior evidence of biological interactions (n = 4,196). …”
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MRTX1133 attenuates KRASG12D mutated-colorectal cancer progression through activating ferroptosis activity via METTL14/LINC02159/FOXC2 axis by Junwei Zou, Xiuhua Shi, Zhaoying Wu, Siyuan Zuo, Xiaolei Tang, Hailang Zhou, Yong Huang

“…Emerging evidence indicates that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are crucial in the carcinogenesis and progression of various cancers, regulating multiple biological processes but the link between KRASG12D mutations and lncRNAs in CRC remains unclear. …”
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Human_SNP_TATAdb: a database of SNPs that statistically significantly change the affinity of the TATA-binding protein to human gene promoters: genome-wide analysis and use cases by S. V. Filonov, N. L. Podkolodnyy, O. A. Podkolodnaya, N. N. Tverdokhleb, P. M. Ponomarenko, D. A. Rasskazov, A. G. Bogomolov, M. P. Ponomarenko

“…The results of a genome-wide data analysis are presented, including the distribution of genes with respect to the number of transcripts, the distribution of SNPs affecting TBP-DNA affinity with respect to positions within promoters, as well as patterns linking TBP affinity for the promoter, the specificity of the TBP binding site for the promoter and other characteristics of promoters. …”
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Exploratory study of patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring using survey and interviews by Keith Wilson, Nigel Westwood, Catherine Wloch, Pauline Harrington, Luke J Rogers, Judith Tanner, Gavin Murphy, Colin S Brown, Jeremy Dearling, Ricky Vaja, Melissa Rochon, Lyn Brierley Jones

“…Participants were invited to share the survey link with other patients and carers. Interviewees were recruited through the survey.Participants Seventy participants completed the survey: 74% patients and 26% carers. …”
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Equine piroplasmosis in different geographical areas in France: Prevalence heterogeneity of asymptomatic carriers and low genetic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi by Maggy Jouglin, Claire Bonsergent, Nathalie de la Cotte, Mickaël Mège, Céline Bizon, Anne Couroucé, Élodie-Anne Lallemand, Agnès Leblond, Louise C Lemonnier, Aurélia Leroux, Ilaria Marano, Alexandre Muzard, Émilie Quéré, Marion Toussaint, Albert Agoulon, Laurence Malandrin

“…All 19 B. caballi isolates belonged to the genotype A.The discussion section explores the link between these results, the tick distribution and abundance, and the frequency of detection of T. equi and B. caballi in febrile cases attributed to piroplasmosis.…”
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Recent trends in research on the role of cholesterol in leukemia: a bibliometric and visualization study by Huijuan Lv, Ke Lu, Ximing Wang, Yanfang Zhang, Mengqi Zhuang, Jing Li, Keli Su, Wen Gao

“…Major research areas encompassed molecular biology, immunology, and medicine, focusing on the cholesterol-leukemia link. Keyword co-occurrence and co-citation analyses reveal increasing interest in topics like STAT3, multidrug resistance, and treatment interactions. …”
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Spartina alterniflora invasion significantly alters the assembly and structure of soil bacterial communities in the Yellow River Delta by Pengyuan Sun, Yuxin Wu, Pengcheng Zhu, Jingfeng Wang, Jingfeng Wang, Xiaona Yu, Weihua Guo

“…The S. alterniflora-associated bacterial community also showed stronger interactions and more extensive connections among bacterial taxa; a co-occurrence network for this community had the greatest average clustering coefficient, average degree, modularity, and number of links and nodes, but the lowest average path length. …”
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Transcription factor RUNX1 regulates coagulation factor XIII-A (F13A1): decreased platelet-megakaryocyte F13A1 expression and clot contraction in RUNX1 haplodeficiency by Fabiola Del Carpio-Cano, Natthapol Songdej, Liying Guan, Guangfen Mao, Lawrence E. Goldfinger, Jeremy G.T. Wurtzel, Kiwon Lee, Michele P. Lambert, Mortimer Poncz, A. Koneti Rao

“…Platelet expression profiling of an RHD patient showed decreased F13A1, encoding for the A subunit of factor (F)XIII, a transglutaminase that cross-links fibrin and induces clot stabilization. FXIII-A is synthesized by hematopoietic cells, megakaryocytes, and monocytes. …”
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