Low & Anaplastic Grade Glioma Umbrella Study of MOlecular Guided TherapieS (LUMOS-2): study protocol for a phase 2, prospective, multicentre, open-label, multiarm, biomarker-direct... by Marshall Pitz, Eng-Siew Koh, Elizabeth H Barnes, Lucille Sebastian, Mandy L Ballinger, David M Thomas, Christopher O'Callaghan, John Simes, Hui K Gan, Sonia Yip, Hao-Wen Sim, Desma Spyridopoulos, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Cynthia Hawkins, Kristen McParland, Benjamin Kong, Subotheni Thavaneswaran, Patrick J Wheeler

“…The primary endpoint is progression-free survival at 6 months. Secondary objectives include assessment of overall survival, response rate, safety and quality of life measures. …”
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Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Visceral Adipose Tissue in Morbidly Obese and Normal Weight Chinese Women by Chen Shang, Wei Sun, Chunlin Wang, Xiangqing Wang, Huijuan Zhu, Linjie Wang, Hongbo Yang, Xue Wang, Fengying Gong, Hui Pan

“…Abdominal VAT was excised and analyzed by label-free one-dimensional liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (1D-LC-MS/MS). …”
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Prognostic utility of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) levels for cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary artery disease treated with percutaneous c... by Ting-Yu Lin, Hsin-Bang Leu, Yen-Wen Wu, Wei-Kung Tseng, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Hung-I Yeh, Kuan-Cheng Chang, Ji-Hung Wang, Wei-Hsian Yin, Chau-Chung Wu, Chun-Yao Huang, Shing-Jong Lin, Chien-Yi Hsu, Jaw-Wen Chen

“…Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that event-free survival was significantly different between the first and third tertile groups (log-rank test, p < 0.001) in subjects categorized by NGAL levels. …”
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Anticancer effects of ABTL0812, a clinical stage drug inducer of autophagy-mediated cancer cell death, in glioblastoma models by Andrea Mancini, Alessandro Colapietro, Loredana Cristiano, Alessandra Rossetti, Vincenzo Mattei, Giovanni Luca Gravina, Giovanni Luca Gravina, Héctor Perez-Montoyo, Marc Yeste-Velasco, Jose Alfon, Carles Domenech, Claudio Festuccia

“…We demonstrated that ABTL0812 impairs tumor growth and increases disease-free survival and overall survival of mice. Furthermore, the histological analysis of tumors indicated that ABTL0812 decreases angiogenesis. …”
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Therapeutic efficacy and prognostic indicators in re-resection for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: Insights from a retrospective study by Qi Fan, MM, Pengcheng Wei, MM, Delin Ma, MD, Qian Cheng, MD, Jie Gao, MD, Jiye Zhu, MD, Zhao Li, MD

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 130 rHCC patients undergoing re-resection and 60 primary HCC patients undergoing initial hepatectomy at Peking University People's Hospital (2014–2022). Disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were compared. …”
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Integrating multi‐omics features enables non‐invasive early diagnosis and treatment response prediction of diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma by Weilong Zhang, Bangquan Ye, Yang Song, Ping Yang, Wenzhe Si, Hairong Jing, Fan Yang, Dan Yuan, Zhihong Wu, Jiahao Lyu, Kang Peng, Xu Zhang, Lingli Wang, Yan Li, Yan Liu, Chaoling Wu, Xiaoyu Hao, Yuqi Zhang, Wenxin Qi, Jing Wang, Fei Dong, Zijian Zhao, Hongmei Jing, Yanzhao Li

“…Abstract Background Multi‐omics features of cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) can effectively improve the performance of non‐invasive early diagnosis and prognosis of cancer. …”
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Titin gene mutations enhance radiotherapy efficacy via modulation of tumour immune microenvironment in rectum adenocarcinoma by Hengchang Liu, Jialiang Liu, Xu Guan, Zhixun Zhao, Pu Cheng, Haipeng Chen, Zheng Jiang, Xishan Wang

“…Patients with TTN mutations, low ANKRD1 expression, and high densities of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells had longer 3‐year disease‐free survival in READ. Conclusion Our findings reveal that TTN mutations can serve as biomarkers for enhanced radiotherapy sensitivity in READ. …”
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Sporadic Burkitt Lymphoma First Presenting as Painful Gingival Swellings and Tooth Hypermobility: A Life-Saving Referral by Erofili Papadopoulou, Maria Kouri, Dimitrios Velonis, Anastasia Andreou, Maria Georgaki, Spyridon Damaskos, Evangelia Piperi, Konstantina Delli, Ioannis K. Karoussis, Antonia Vlachou, Georgia Avgerinou, Antonis Kattamis, Nikolaos G. Nikitakis

“…A multi-chemotherapy regimen was initiated with the regression of oral lesions and symptoms within a few weeks and complete disease remission after nine chemotherapy cycles. The patient remains free of disease 11 years later. <b>Conclusions:</b> This case underscores the critical importance of the timely diagnosis and life-saving referral of rapidly growing jaw lesions, which may represent the first sign of an underlying lymphoreticular malignancy with aggressive course, such as BL.…”
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Cardiomyopathy and kidney function in agalsidase beta‐treated female Fabry patients: a pre‐treatment vs. post‐treatment analysis by Christoph Wanner, Ulla Feldt‐Rasmussen, Ana Jovanovic, Aleš Linhart, Meng Yang, Elvira Ponce, Eva Brand, Dominique P. Germain, Derralynn A. Hughes, John L. Jefferies, Ana Maria Martins, Albina Nowak, Bojan Vujkovac, Frank Weidemann, Michael L. West, Alberto Ortiz

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Association between joint exposure to ambient air pollutants and carotid plaque: The mediating role of cardiometabolic risk factors by Yunfei Li, Ze Han, Xiaoyu Zhao, Yueruijing Liu, Zhiyuan Wu, Jinqi Wang, Xia Li, Xiuhua Guo, Lixin Tao

“…All participants underwent carotid ultrasound and were free of carotid plaque at baseline. A satellite-based land-use regression (LUR) model was applied to estimate air pollution exposure. …”
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DFT and molecular docking analyses of the effects of solvent polarity and temperature on the structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of p-coumaric acid: Insights for a... by Umer Sherefedin, Abebe Belay, Kusse Gudishe, Alemu Kebede, Alemayehu Getahun Kumela, Tadesse Lemma Wakjira, Dereje Gelanu, Tesfaye Feyise, Jebel Haji Mahamud, Abdulkerim Abdela, Kebede Shankute Gizew

“…The thermal analysis also revealed that increasing the temperature from 100 K to 1000 K led to higher enthalpy, heat capacity, and entropy, along with a decrease in Gibbs free energy values due to enhanced molecular vibrations, contributing to the degradation and instability of p-CA. …”
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The CYP4/20-HETE/GPR75 axis in the progression metabolic dysfunction-associated steatosis liver disease (MASLD) to chronic liver disease by James P. Hardwick, Byoung-Joon Song, Paul Rote, Charles Leahy, Yoon Kwang Lee, Alexandra Rudi Wolf, Danielle Diegisser, Victor Garcia

“…Both secreted levels of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) are elevated in patients with liver cirrhosis.MethodsCLD samples were evaluated for changes in free fatty acids (FFA), cholesterol, bilirubin, bile acid, reactive oxygen species (ROD), lipid peroxidation, myeloperoxidase activity and hydroxyproline levels to evaluate the degrees of liver damage and fibrosis. …”
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Dietary Cinnamaldehyde Enhances Growth Performance, Digestion, Immunity, and Lipid Metabolism in Juvenile Fat Greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) by Yixin Gu, Jian Han, Wenjie Wang, Yu Zhan, Huijie Wang, Wenyuan Hua, Yue Liu, Yafeng Guo, Zhuang Xue, Wei Wang

“…The juvenile H. otakii-fed dietary CNE had lower triglycerides (TG) and total cholesterol (TCHO) levels in the serum than fish-fed CNE-free diets (P<0.05). The gene expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α), hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL), and carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1) in the liver was significantly increased by including CNE in fish diets regardless of the inclusion level (P<0.05). …”
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Phytochemical Analysis, Antioxidant Activity, Antimicrobial Activity, and Cytotoxicity of Chaptalia nutans Leaves by Letiele Bruck de Souza, Amanda Leitão Gindri, Thainara de Andrade Fortes, Thais Felli Kubiça, Jefferson Enderle, Rafael Roehrs, Sidnei Moura e Silva, Vanusa Manfredini, Elton Luís Gasparotto Denardin

“…The phytochemical screening test of methanolic leaves extract revealed the presence of alkaloids, coumarins, quaternary bases, phenolics, flavonoids, tannins, and free steroids. A quantitative phytochemical study indicated the total phenol (30.17 ± 1.44 mg/g), flavonoid (21.64 ± 0.66 mg/g), and condensed tannins (9.58 ± 0.99 mg/g). …”
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Characterizing local forest structural complexity based on multi-platform and -sensor derived indicators by Patrick Kacic, Ursula Gessner, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Stefanie Holzwarth, Jörg Müller, Kerstin Pierick, Dominik Seidel, Frank Thonfeld, Michele Torresani, Claudia Kuenzer

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Genomic changes during the evolution of the Coxiella genus along the parasitism-mutualism continuum by Santos-Garcia, Diego, Morel, Olivier, Henri, Hélène, El Filali, Adil, Buysse, Marie, Noël, Valérie, McCoy, Karen D., Gottlieb, Yuval, Klasson, Lisa, Zenner, Lionel, Duron, Olivier, Vavre, Fabrice

“…The Coxiellaceae family is composed of five genera showing lifestyles ranging from free-living to symbiosis. Among them, Coxiella burnetii is a well-known pathogen causing Q fever in humans. …”
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液体脂肪酶催化制备甘油二酯油连续化工艺研究 Continuous preparation process of diacylglycerol oil catalyzed by liquid lipase by 王建芳1，李昕2，张蕊1 WANG Jianfang1，LI Xin2，ZHANG Rui1

“…After amplification experiments, there was no significant change in the mass fraction of components (free fatty acid, monoacylglycerol, diacylglycerol, triacylglycerol) in the crude product, with the mass fraction of diacylglycerol 42%, and the reaction could proceed continuously in the microchannel reactor. …”
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Magnetocaloric Effect for a <i>Q</i>-Clock-Type System by Michel Aguilera, Sergio Pino-Alarcón, Francisco J. Peña, Eugenio E. Vogel, Natalia Cortés, Patricio Vargas

“…We use lattices of different sizes with <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>L</mi><mo>×</mo><mi>L</mi><mo>=</mo><msup><mn>8</mn><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><msup><mn>16</mn><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><msup><mn>32</mn><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><msup><mn>64</mn><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><mi>and</mi><mspace width="4pt"></mspace><msup><mn>128</mn><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> sites, considering free boundary conditions and an external magnetic field varying between <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1.0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> in natural units of the system. …”
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Ginsenoside F1 administration promotes UCP1-dependent fat browning and ameliorates obesity-associated insulin resistance by Yuhan Meng, Weili Li, Chenxing Hu, Si Chen, Haiyang Li, Feifei Bai, Lujuan Zheng, Ye Yuan, Yuying Fan, Yifa Zhou

“…Obesity-induced type 2 diabetes is mainly due to excessive free fatty acids leading to insulin resistance. Increasing thermogenesis is regarded as an effective strategy for hypolipidemia and hypoglycemia. …”
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Bioenergetic Modeling of the Relationship Between Voltage and Electroactive Microbial Biomass Yield for Bioelectrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Methane by Vafa Ahmadi, Nabin Aryal

“…Through integrating theoretical Gibbs free energy calculations, the model predicts electron and proton transfers for autotrophic methanogen and anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) growth, accounting for varying applied voltages and substrate concentrations. …”
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