AlphaFold-based AI docking reveals AMPK/SIRT1-TFEB pathway modulation by traditional Chinese medicine in metabolic-associated fatty liver disease by Lulu Zhang, Yi Zheng, Mingyan Shao, Aiping Chen, Meiyi Liu, Wenlong Sun, Tianxing Li, Yini Fang, Yang Dong, Shipeng Zhao, Hui Luo, Juan Feng, Qi Wang, Lingru Li, Yanfei Zheng

“…This study investigated QGJZF’s effects in high-fat diet-induced zebrafish and golden hamsters, and in palmitate (PA) and oleic acid (OA) - induced HepG2 cells, using the SymMap database to identify potential targets and pathways of QGJZF in MAFLD and AlphaFold algorithms to predict protein structures. …”
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Prediction of Causative Genes in Inherited Retinal Disorders from Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Utilizing Deep Learning Techniques by Yu Fujinami-Yokokawa, Nikolas Pontikos, Lizhu Yang, Kazushige Tsunoda, Kazutoshi Yoshitake, Takeshi Iwata, Hiroaki Miyata, Kaoru Fujinami, on behalf of Japan Eye Genetics Consortium

“…Seventy-five subjects with IRD or no ocular diseases have been ascertained from the database of Japan Eye Genetics Consortium; 10 ABCA4 retinopathy, 20 RP1L1 retinopathy, 28 EYS retinopathy, and 17 normal patients/subjects. …”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Designing and Modeling Digital Transformation in the Automotive Industry: Leveraging the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Mohammad Saeed Mozafari Mehr, Mohammad Taghi Taghavifard

“…In the process of theorizing the database, after collecting, analyzing, and interpreting the data, the next step is to present the model, draw conclusions, and summarize the research. …”
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Critical raw material-free multi-principal alloy design for a net-zero future by Swati Singh, Mingwen Bai, Allan Matthews, Saurav Goel, Shrikrishna N. Joshi

“…A robust machine learning (ML) model was developed using a computational database of 3,608 entries, covering unary and binary materials from the Thermo-Calc 2024a software. …”
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miR-149-3p Is a Potential Prognosis Biomarker and Correlated with Immune Infiltrates in Uterine Corpus Endometrial Carcinoma by Xiaoyuan Lu, Li Jing, Sicong Liu, Haihong Wang, Buze Chen

“…The clinical and genomic data and prognostic information on UCEC were obtained for patients from the TCGA database. The Kruskal–Wallis test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and logistic regression were used to analyze the relationship between clinical characteristics and miR-149-3p expression. …”
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Associations between age, red cell distribution width and 180-day and 1-year mortality in giant cell arteritis patients: mediation analyses and machine learning in a cohort study by Si Chen, Rui Nie, Xiaoran Shen, Yan Wang, Haixia Luan, Xiaoli Zeng, Yanhua Chen, Hui Yuan

“…Methods Clinical data from GCA patients were extracted from the MIMIC-IV (3.0) database. Logistic and Cox regression analyses, Kaplan–Meier (KM) survival analysis, restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis, and mediation effect analysis were employed to investigate the association between age, RDW levels, and 180-day and 1-year mortality in GCA patients hospitalized or admitted to the ICU. …”
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Unveiling prognostic value of JAK/STAT signaling pathway related genes in colorectal cancer: a study of Mendelian randomization analysis by Nan Zhang, Wenli Yue, Bihang Jiao, Duo Cheng, Jingjing Wang, Fang Liang, Yingnan Wang, Xiyue Liang, Kunkun Li, Junwei Liu, Yadong Li

“…Methods The data set used in this study is from a public database. JAK-STAT-differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified through differential expression analysis and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). …”
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Finding RB/Rpi-blb1/Rpi-sto1-like sequences in conventionally bred potato varieties by O. Y. Antonova, N. S. Klimenko, Z. Z. Evdokimova, L. I. Kostina, T. A. Gavrilenko

“…The sequences of the Rpi-sto1- and BLB1 F/R-amplicons were identical in all the genotypes of group ‘C’ and showed respective 99 % and 100 % similarity to the corresponding fragments of the Rpi-sto1 and Rpi-blb1 genes from the GenBank database. Among the genotypes of group ‘C’ various mt-types were detected, and some of them were male fertile.…”
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An Update of the Appropriate Treatment Strategies in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Based Study of 735 Patients by Nai-si Huang, Xiao Shi, Bo-wen Lei, Wen-jun Wei, Zhong-wu Lu, Peng-cheng Yu, Yu Wang, Qing-hai Ji, Yu-long Wang

“…Patients diagnosed with ATC from 2004 to 2014 were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database and included in our study. Results. A total of 735 ATC patients were identified. …”
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Involvement of Cholesterol Metabolic Pathways in Recovery from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss by Na Sai, Xi Shi, Yan Zhang, Qing-qing Jiang, Fei Ji, Shuo-long Yuan, Wei Sun, Wei-Wei Guo, Shi-Ming Yang, Wei-Ju Han

“…Both gene ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database analyses showed that immune and metabolic pathways were prominently involved during the impairment stage of acute hearing loss. …”
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The impact of same‐day and rapid ART initiation under the Universal Health Coverage programme on HIV outcomes in Thailand: a retrospective real‐life cohort study by Sirinya Teeraananchai, David C. Boettiger, Cheewanan Lertpiriyasuwat, Rattaphon Triamwichanon, Patchara Benjarattanaporn, Nittaya Phanuphak

“…Methods PLHIV aged ≥15 years initiating ART between 2014 and 2022 were included from the UHC database. We categorized participants into four groups using the duration from HIV diagnosis to ART initiation: (1) ≤ 7 days (same‐day ART); (2) 8 days to <1 month; (3) 1–3 months; and (4) >3 months. …”
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A longitudinal cohort study on dispensed analgesic and psychotropic medications in older adults before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: the HUNT study by Tanja Louise Ibsen, Ekaterina Zotcheva, Sverre Bergh, Debby Gerritsen, Gill Livingston, Hilde Lurås, Svenn-Erik Mamelund, Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, Bjørn Heine Strand, Richard C. Oude Voshaar, Geir Selbæk

“…Methods A prospective cohort study using baseline data from 10,464 participants (54% females, mean age 76 years [SD 5.8]) from the Norwegian Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT4 70+) linked with the Norwegian Prescription Database. Age- and education-adjusted Poisson regression was applied to examine changes in prescription fills, and multilevel mixed-effects linear regression was used to estimate the mean sum of defined daily dose (DDD) per person per period during the lockdown (March–September 2020) compared to that during the corresponding months (March–September) in 2019, 2021, and 2022. …”
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