Transcriptome-wide dynamics of m6A methylation in ISKNV and Siniperca chuatsi cells infected with ISKNV by Qijin Miao, Jing Jiang, Siyou Huang, Jie Gao, Qingqing Liu, Rui Zheng, Yiling Kang, Changjun Guo, Jianguo He, Junfeng Xie

“…Gene enrichment analysis revealed that m6A-related genes were enriched in biological processes and pathways such as gene expression, cellular structure, immune responses, and cell death. Co-expression analysis revealed that the genes differentially expressed at both the mRNA and m6A modification levels were enriched in pathways such as the hippo, ErbB, and JAK-STAT pathways. …”
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Evaluation of a peer support group programme for vulnerable host population and refugees living with diabetes and/or hypertension in Lebanon: a before-after study by Leah Anku Sanga, Carla Njeim, Éimhín Ansbro, Rima Kighsro Naimi, Ali Ibrahim, Benjamin Schmid, Jasmin Lilian Diab, Jytte Roswall, Tim Clayton, Lars Bruun Larsen, Pablo Perel

“…Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally, and many humanitarian crises occur in countries with high NCD burdens. …”
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Heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction: retrospective study of ejection fraction trajectory risk by Robert J.H. Miller, Majid Nabipoor, Erik Youngson, Gynter Kotrri, Nowell M. Fine, Jonathan G. Howlett, Ian D. Paterson, Justin Ezekowitz, Finlay A. McAlister

“…Patients with HFmrEF‐Decreasing were more likely to experience the composite outcome in unadjusted analyses (unadjusted HR 1.19, 95% CI 1.01–1.40, P = 0.040) but not adjusted analyses (adjusted HR 1.16, 95% CI 0.98–1.37, P = 0.092). Associations with death or HF hospitalizations were similar (HFmrEF‐Increasing: adjusted HR 0.72, 95% CI 0.59–0.88, P = 0.005; HFmrEF‐Decreasing: adjusted HR 1.20, 95% CI 1.01–1.44, P = 0.044). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of esophageal cancer: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Weiqiu Jin, Kaichen Huang, Ziyin Ding, Mengwei Zhang, Chongwu Li, Zheng Yuan, Ke Ma, Xiaodan Ye

“…Methods Data about age-standardized rates (ASRs) of incidence (ASIR), mortality (ASDR), probability of death (ASPoD) and DALYs (ASDALYRs) of EC were obtained from the 2021 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. …”
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Association between interpregnancy interval and adverse perinatal outcomes according to maternal age in the context of China’s two-child policy by SiQin Xiu, Li Tang, Chengjie Qin, Di Tian, Yuhong Chen, Lingling Gu, Liu Yang, Yuhao Sun, Xinghui Liu, Yonghong Lin, Yumei Wang

“…Logistic regression modeling, incorporating restricted cubic spline (RCS), was used to assess association between IPI and adverse perinatal outcomes, including full-term low birthweight (LBW), preterm birth (PTB), small-for-gestational age (SGA) and adverse neonatal composite (very low birthweight, very preterm birth, severe neonatal asphyxia or death). Results Women with longer IPIs (≥ 120 months) were more likely to be older (≥ 35 years) and had higher rates of gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (p < 0.05). …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen-175 gene dimorphism in Ghana by Abraham Y. Kpirikai, Belinda A. Ofosu, Josie N. A. Okai, Victor Kornu, Abdul Rashid Kassim, Esther Donkor, Frederica Malm, Osumanu Ahmed, Mona-Liza E. Sakyi, Samirah Saiid, Albert Yao Kudakpo, Charles Mensah, Francis Dzabeng, Collins Morang’a, Gordon A. Awandare, Yaw Aniweh, Lucas N. Amenga-Etego

“…Abstract Background Malaria remains a leading cause of death worldwide, claiming over 600,000 lives each year. …”
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Palmitic Acid Accelerates Endothelial Cell Injury and Cardiovascular Dysfunction via Palmitoylation of PKM2 by Yu He, Senlin Li, Lujing Jiang, Kejue Wu, Shanshan Chen, Linjie Su, Cui Liu, Peiqing Liu, Wenwei Luo, Shilong Zhong, Zhuoming Li

“…Here, in clinical cohort studies of 1040 patients with coronary heart disease, high level of PA is associated with risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and death. In ApoE−/−mice, 10 mg/kg−1 PA treatment induces blood pressure elevation, cardiac contractile dysfunction, endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerotic plaqueformation. …”
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Effects of Mat Pilates online on the depressive symptoms and quality of life of older people during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Valéria Pires, Camila Miranda, Bruna Sacchi, Jonas Casagranda Zanella, Mariana de Souza Strehl, Amanda Sgarioni, Cláudia Gomes Bracht, Thaís Reichert, Ana Carolina Kanitz

“…Regarding WHOQOL-OLD, there was an improvement in the Death and Dying domain (p = 0.042) for both groups (Pre: 70.31 ± 21.67 and 71.88 ± 20.04; Post: 79.69 ± 15.34 and 74.38 ± 23.65; PTG and CG respectively), with no interactions for overall quality of life (p = 0.820) or for the other domains. …”
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Contribution of flood early warning response measures in reducing flood effects in Kilosa District, Tanzania by Japhet Ringo, Shadrack Sabai, Anesi Mahenge

“…These key outcomes include (i) human lives at risk of death and injury, and (ii) property damage or total loss. …”
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Inhibition of platelet activation alleviates diabetes-associated cognitive dysfunction via attenuating blood-brain barrier injury by Fuxing Xu, Juan Hu, Xuying Li, Lan Yang, Shiqiu Jiang, Tao Jiang, Bo Cheng, Hailiang Du, Ruiduo Wang, Yingying Deng, Wei Gao, Yansong Li, Yaomin Zhu

“…Cognitive dysfunction has become the second leading cause of death among the diabetic patients. In pre-diabetic stage, blood-brain barrier (BBB) injury occurs and induced the microvascular complications of diabetes, especially, diabetes-associated cognitive dysfunction (DACD). …”
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Type I IFN induces long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 1 to generate a phosphatidic acid reservoir for lipotoxic saturated fatty acids by Shelley Barnhart, Masami Shimizu-Albergine, Eyal Kedar, Vishal Kothari, Baohai Shao, Melissa Krueger, Cheng-Chieh Hsu, Jingjing Tang, Jenny E. Kanter, Farah Kramer, Danijel Djukovic, Vadim Pascua, Yueh-Ming Loo, Lucrezia Colonna, Sadie J. Van den Bogaerde, Jie An, Michael Gale, Jr., Karen Reue, Edward A. Fisher, Sina A. Gharib, Keith B. Elkon, Karin E. Bornfeldt

“…We propose that ACSL1 induction is a mechanism used by IFN-I to increase phosphatidic acid saturation while protecting the cells from saturated fatty acid-induced cell death.…”
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PreS1 deletions in genotype C HBV leads to severe hepatic inflammation and hepatocarcinogenesis via the IRE1-JNK axis by Yu-Min Choi, Junghwa Jang, Dong Hyun Kim, Ziyun Kim, Eunseo Kim, Won Hyeok Choe, Bum-Joon Kim

“…Methods: The effects of HBV replicative capacity, ER stress signaling, inflammation, cell death, and tumorigenesis resulting from PreS1 deletions were investigated through in vitro and in vivo experiments. …”
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Impact of remnant cholesterol on short-term and long-term prognosis in patients with prediabetes or diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a large-scale cohort study by Zhongchen Li, Chunyu Yu, Heng Zhang, Runze Chen, Yan Zhao, Zhe Zheng

“…Each 1-SD increase in remnant-C was associated with a 6.6% higher risk of MACCEs (HR: 1.066, 95% CI 1.012–1.124), a 7.1% higher risk of all-cause death (HR: 1.071, 95% CI 1.008–1.209), and an 11.2% higher risk of myocardial infarction (HR: 1.112, 95% CI 1.011–1.222). …”
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GH inhibits ALV-J replication and restricts cell cycle by activating PI3K/Akt signaling pathway by Junliang Xia, Ling Lin, Rongyang Ju, Chengxun Xu, Guodong Mo, Xiquan Zhang

“…Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) is an exogenous tumorigenic retrovirus that primarily induces immunosuppression, growth retardation, decreased egg production, tumors formation, and even death in chickens. Previous studies have suggested that GH is involved in the regulation of innate immunity and inflammation. …”
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Previous treatment decreases efficacy of pralsetinib in RET fusion-positive non-small-cell lung cancer by Lei Wang, Yafei You, Wenzhuo He, Yu Hou, Lan Li, Li Wang, Chang Jiang, Jiahong Yi, Yaoxiong Xia, Liangping Xia

“…Furthermore, patients previously treated with anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) antibody or multikinase inhibitors (MKIs) showed worse median OS compared with those without previous anti-PD-1 antibody (5.0 vs. 22.0 months, P = 0.002) or MKIs (6.2 vs. 28.4 months, P = 0.015). …”
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Aflatoxin B1 impairs the growth and development of chicken PGCs through oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction by Ying-Jie Niu, Jun Wu, Wenjie Ren, Guangzheng Liu, Gaoyuan Wu, Yixiu Peng, Dan Zheng, Kai Jin, Qisheng Zuo, Guohui Li, Wei Han, Xiang-Shun Cui, Guohong Chen, Bichun Li

“…Inhibiting NRF2 exacerbated oxidative stress and cell death in PGCs, suggesting NRF2 upregulation plays a protective role under AFB1 regulation. …”
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Effect of radiotherapy exposure on fruquintinib plus sintilimab treatment in refractory microsatellite stable metastatic colorectal cancer: a prospective observation study by Jing Wang, Tao Zhang, Lei Zhao, Min Jin, Pindong Li, Shengli Yang, Hong Ma, Zhenyu Lin, Junli Liu, Hongli Liu, Kunyu Yang, Dandan Yu, Jianli Hu, Jun Xue, Mingxia Cheng, Chuying Huang

“…This study aimed to investigate the association between RT exposure and clinical responses to fruquintinib (a highly selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor) plus sintilimab (an anti-programmed death 1 antibody; F&amp;S) in previously treated patients with MSS-mCRC and to explore predictive biomarkers.Methods In this prospective observational study, patients with mCRC receiving F&amp;S as third-line or subsequent treatment were enrolled. …”
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The involvement of CgCaspase-3 in regulating the expressions of proinflammatory cytokines through NF-κB/Rel signaling pathway in oysters by Zihan Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Jiejie Sun, Shuyi Mu, Wei Wu, Renle Chang, Lingling Wang, Linsheng Song

“…Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3 (Caspase-3) is a prominent mediator of apoptosis and participates in the cell death signaling cascade. In our previous study, CgCaspase-3 identified from Crassostrea gigas was involved in CgGSDME-dependent pyroptosis. …”
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PD-1-expressing macrophages and CD8 T cells are independent predictors of clinical benefit from PD-1 inhibition in advanced mesothelioma by Solange Peters, Urania Dafni, Panagiota Zygoura, Sanjay Popat, Mary O'Brien, Rolf A Stahel, Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro, Georges Coukos, Amy Roy, Riyaz Shah, Krisztian Homicsko, James Spicer, Stephen P Finn, David Gilligan, Maxim Norkin, Stephanie Tissot, Nicholas Shakarishvili, Anthony Pope, Patricia Fisher, Sylvie Rusakiewicz, Ekaterina Fortis, Nesa Marti, Roswitha Kammler

“…Background Few tissue biomarkers exist to date that could enrich patient with cancer populations to benefit from immune checkpoint blockade by programmed cell death protein 1/ligand-1 (PD-/L-1) inhibitors. PD-L1 expression has value in this context in some tumor types but is an imperfect predictor of clinical benefit. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of post-neonatal mortality in East Africa: a multilevel analysis of the recent demographic and health survey by Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw, Wubshet D. Negash, Wubshet D. Negash, Tadele Biresaw Belachew, Elsa Awoke Fentie, Atitegeb Abera Kidie, Tsegaw Amare Baykeda, Samrawit Mihret Fetene, Banchlay Addis, Sisay Maru Wubante, Abel Endawkie, Tadesse Tarik Tamir

“…While there are about 18 neonatal deaths worldwide for every 1,000 live births during the first month of life, less is known about neonatal mortality in developing countries, especially in East Africa. …”
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