Identification and validation of immune and diagnostic biomarkers for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome by integrating bioinformatics and machine-learning by Tao Zhou, Can Zhu, Wei Zhang, Qiongfang Wu, Mingqiang Deng, Zhiwei Jiang, Longfei Peng, Hao Geng, Zhouting Tuo, Zhouting Tuo, Ci Zou

“…To address these challenges, we employed a comprehensive approach aimed at identifying diagnostic biomarkers that could facilitate the assessment of immune status in individuals with IC/BPS.MethodsTranscriptome data from IC/BPS patients were sourced from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. We identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) crucial for gene set enrichment analysis. …”
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Identification of Adulterated Deer Blood Crystals in Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on MALDI-TOF MS Peptide Fingerprints Technique by Shen-xing WANG, Ling CAO, Qing HUANG, Cong-yu MA, Jian-bin PAN, Hao-dong ZHAO, Hai-wei SHI, Bin DI, Hong-yuan CHEN

“…Then, the mass spectrometry data were combined with UNIFI software and Uniprot database to accurately select a set of characteristic peptides that can reflect the differences between the target proteins, which was achieved by examining the presence of candidate characteristic peptides in the samples, as well as considering parameters such as the response, missed cut rate, and detection rate. …”
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Integrated physiological and transcriptomic analysis uncovers the mechanism of moderate nitrogen application on promoting the growth and (-)-borneol accumulation of Blumea balsamif... by Yuan Yuan, Wei-Jie Tang, Wei-Jie Tang, Jia-Yuan Cao, Ke Zhong, Ke Zhong, Ze-Jun Mo, Ying Zhou, Yu-Xin Pang, Yu-Xin Pang

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The association between the interval from biopsy to radical prostatectomy and biochemical recurrence in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer by Carolin Siech, Mike Wenzel, Georgina Knoblich, Cristina Cano Garcia, Clara Humke, Felix Preisser, Miriam Traumann, Luis A. Kluth, Felix K. H. Chun, Philipp Mandel, Philipp Mandel

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the association between the interval from biopsy to radical prostatectomy (RP) and biochemical recurrence (BCR) in prostate cancer patients.MethodsWithin a tertiary-care database (01/2014 to 06/2023), D’Amico intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer patients were stratified according to interval from biopsy to RP (≤3 vs. …”
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Porto Alegre Line predicts lenticulostriate arteries encasement and extent of resection in insular gliomas. A preliminary study by Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Samir Ale Bark, Samir Ale Bark, Jander Moreira Monteiro, Jander Moreira Monteiro, Tobias A. Mattei, Kaan Yağmurlu, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Osvaldo Malafaia, Rafael Roesler, Rafael Roesler, Rafael Roesler, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas Filho

“…We compare it with direct intraoperative encased LSTa visualization.MethodsA retrospective review of our database of 52 patients of insular glioma was performed. …”
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Effect of periodontal therapy on endothelial function and serum biomarkers in patients with periodontitis and established cardiovascular disease: a pilot study by Ana Molina, Nagore Ambrosio, María Molina, Eduardo Montero, Leire Virto, David Herrera, Elena Figuero, Mariano Sanz

“…Clinical Trial Registrationclinicaltrials.gov, Identifier, database (NCT02716259).…”
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Experimental study and gyrokinetic simulations of isotope effects on core heat transport in JET tokamak deuterium and tritium plasmas by D. Brioschi, P. Mantica, A. Mariani, N. Bonanomi, E. Delabie, J. Garcia, N. Hawkes, I. Jepu, D. Keeling, E. Lerche, E. Litherland-Smith, C.F. Maggi, S. Menmuir, G. Szepesi, D. Taylor, D. Van Eester, JET Contributors

“…This paper presents a study on the dependence of the ion temperature stiffness on the plasma main ion isotope mass in JET ITER-like wall and C wall discharges. To this aim, a database of H, D and T shots is analyzed, including new dedicated shots, comparing experiments with lower and higher power injected by the NBI system. …”
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Incidence of shoulder dislocations in the UK, 1995–2015: a population-based cohort study by Gary S Collins, Sarah E Lamb, Sally Hopewell, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Andrew Judge, Amar Rangan, Andrew J Carr, Jonathan L Rees, Nigel K Arden, Katherine Edwards, Tim A Holt, Anjali Shah, Antonella Delmestri, Rafael A Pinedo-Villanueva

“…Incidence in women increased with age to a peak of 28.6 per 100 000 person-years among those aged 61–70 years.Conclusions This is the first time the incidence of shoulder dislocations has been studied using primary care data from a national database, and the first time the results for the UK have been produced. …”
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Identification of Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers of Carotid Atherosclerosis in Obese Populations by Wu X, Pan J, Pan X, Kang J, Ren J, Huang Y, Gong L, Li Y

“…Xize Wu,1,* Jiaxiang Pan,2,* Xue Pan,1,3,* Jian Kang,1 Jiaqi Ren,1 Yuxi Huang,1 Lihong Gong,2,4 Yue Li2,4 1Graduate School, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110847, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110032, People’s Republic of China; 3College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dazhou Vocational College of Chinese Medicine, Dazhou, Sichuan, 635000, People’s Republic of China; 4Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM Geriatric Cardio-Cerebrovascular Diseases, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110032, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lihong Gong; Yue Li, Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 33, Beiling Street, Huanggu District, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110032, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 024-82961105, Email Linda1795@sina.com; med_liyue@163.comObjective: This study aimed to investigate the potential mechanisms and biomarkers between Obesity (OB) and carotid atherosclerosis (CAS).Methods: The GSE12828, GSE125771, GSE43292, and GSE100927 datasets were combined and normalized to obtain CAS-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs), and OB-related DEGs were obtained from the GSE151839 dataset and the GeneCards database. Unsupervised cluster analysis was conducted on CAS samples based on the DEGs of CAS and OB. …”
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A new signature associated with anoikis predicts the outcome and immune infiltration in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Yonglin Luo, Wenyang Wei, Yaxuan Huang, Jun Li, Weiling Qin, Quanxiang Hao, Jiemei Ye, Zhe Zhang, Yushan Liang, Xue Xiao, Yonglin Cai

“…Methods By using data from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, we employed machine learning methods to discover prognostic ARGs and create a risk score. …”
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Meta Analysis of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and its association with folate and colorectal cancer by Meng Ye, Guojie Xu, Liming Zhang, Zhihui Kong, Zhenhua Qiu

“…Methods We searched PubMed,Embase, Web of Science, and CNKI database to identify relevant studies up to January 2024. …”
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Associations between neutrophil-percentage-to-albumin ratio level and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease-cause mortality in diabetes population by Geng Shen, Yuting Liu, Can Zhou, Wei Luo, Yun-xiao Yang, Shuai Guo, Jiayi Yi, Lin Wang, Wei Li, Zhao-gong Zhi, Xiu-huan Chen, Chen Li, Yanyan Jin, Hai Gao

“…Methods This prospective cohort study included 3602 adults aged 20 or above who were diagnosed with diabetes by the American Diabetes Association criteria in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database from 1999 to 2016, and followed up until 2019. …”
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Benchmarking the identification of a single degraded protein to explore optimal search strategies for ancient proteins by Rodriguez Palomo, Ismael, Nair, Bharath, Chiang, Yun, Dekker, Joannes, Dartigues, Benjamin, Mackie, Meaghan, Evans, Miranda, Macleod, Ruairidh, Olsen, Jesper V., Collins, Matthew J.

“…We tested different reference database choices, a targeted dairy protein one, and the whole bovine proteome and the three digestion options (tryptic-, semi-tryptic- and non-specific searches), in order to evaluate the effects of search space and the identification of peptides. …”
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Does the transfer of knowledge from the pioneer generation to the second‐generation speed‐up the learning curve of robot‐assisted partial nephrectomies? TRANSFER trial (UroCCR n°83... by Louis Vignot, Zine‐Eddine Khene, Adil Mellouki, Arnoult Morrone, Jean‐Christophe Bernhard, Karim Bensalah, Daniel Chevallier, Nicolas Doumerc, Morgan Roupret, Francois‐Xavier Nouhaud, Cédric Lebacle, Jean‐Alexandre Long, Pierre Pillot, Xavier Tillou, Brannwel Tibi, Matthieu Durand, Younes Ahallal, Imad Bentellis

“…Materials and methods The charts of consecutive RAPNs of three centres were reviewed from the UroCCR prospective database. The experience was assessed by a regression model for each group. …”
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Economic Evaluation of Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Tanan Bejrananda, Win Khaing, Sajesh K. Veettil, Therdpong Thongseiratch, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk

“…Methods: Relevant CEA studies of RARP were identified by searching the PubMed, Embase, Scopus, International Health Technology Assessment database, Tufts CEA Registry, and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination databases from January 2005 to October 2023. …”
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Incidence and risk of endocrine and metabolic abnormalities linked to PARP inhibitors in solid tumors: a meta-analysis by Shunlian Fu, Pingjin Zou, Zengyi Fang, Xinxiang Zhou, Junyang Chen, Cuicui Gong, Li Quan, Bing Lin, Qiu Chen, Jinyi Lang, Meihua Chen

“…Data sources We conducted a comprehensive search across the Medline, EMBASE, PubMed, and Web of Science databases, along with the ClinicalTrials.gov registry. …”
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Log odds of positive lymph nodes compared to positive lymph node ratio and number of positive lymph nodes in prognostic modeling for patients with NSCLC undergoing lobectomy or tot... by Qiming Huang, Shai Chen, Zhenjie Li, Longren Wu, Dongliang Yu, Linmin Xiong

“…SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis was applied to assess feature importance and provide interpretable insights into the model's predictions.ResultsThe study analyzed 3,132 eligible NSCLC patients from the SEER database, predominantly male (53.07%) with adenocarcinoma (43.65%) or squamous cell carcinoma (29.76%). …”
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Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa by Meike Piepenbring, Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Jean Evans I. Codjia, Carola Glatthorn, Paul Kirk, Yalemwork Meswaet, David Minter, Boris Armel Olou, Kai Reschke, Marco Schmidt, Nourou Soulemane Yorou

“…Records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) database (2395 species), and that of the former International Mycological Institute fungal reference collection (IMI) (2526 species) were also considered. …”
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Detecting Genetic Associations between ATG5 and Lupus Nephritis by trans-eQTL by Yue-miao Zhang, Fa-juan Cheng, Xu-jie Zhou, Yuan-yuan Qi, Ping Hou, Ming-hui Zhao, Hong Zhang

“…The online expression quantitative trait loci database was searched for trans-expression single nucleotide polymorphisms (trans-eSNPs) of ATG5. …”
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Association of preoperative blood biomarkers with postoperative major adverse cardiac events and mortality in major orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lin Lu, Yi Ren, Zhen Hua, Yanxia Sun, Zhenghao Wen, Suzhen Zhou

“…This study aimed to assess the association between preoperative blood biomarkers and postoperative MACEs as well as all-cause mortality in patients undergoing major orthopaedic surgery.Design A systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from inception to 20 October 2024 were searched.Eligibility criteria Observational or experimental studies reporting the correlation between preoperative blood biomarkers and postoperative MACEs—categorised as short-term (within 3 months) or long-term (beyond 3 months)—and all-cause mortality in patients undergoing major orthopaedic surgery.Data extraction and synthesis Data from studies reporting OR or HR and its 95% CI were pooled for analysis using random-effects model.Results 21 preoperative blood-based biomarkers from 80 studies with 226 468 patients were analysed. …”
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