RETRACTED ARTICLE: Association between cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) gene polymorphisms and the risk of renal cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis by Fan-dong Meng, Ping Ma, Cheng-guang Sui, Xin Tian, You-hong Jiang

“…No significant associations were found for the Ile462Val polymorphism for all genetic models. When stratified by smoking status, smokers carrying the variant Vt and Val allele were more susceptible to RCC (Vt allele: OR = 3.37, 95%CI = 2.24–5.06; Val allele: OR = 2.07, 95%CI = 1.34–3.19). …”
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Incorporation of recombinant proteins into extracellular vesicles by Lactococcus cremoris by Tina Vida Plavec, Kristina Žagar Soderžnik, Giulia Della Pelle, Špela Zupančič, Robert Vidmar, Aleš Berlec

“…However, our data suggests that L. cremoris NZ9000 genetically engineered to express recombinant proteins can produce EVs containing these proteins in scalable manner. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Metabolic and Skeletal Response of C57BL/6J and C57BL/6N Mice in a Diet-Induced Model of Type 2 Diabetes by Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy, Kelsey D. Hembree, Angela Sasaki, McKale R. Davis, Stan A. Lightfoot, Stephen L. Clarke, Edralin A. Lucas, Brenda J. Smith

“…The C57BL/6 mouse model of diet-induced obesity has been used to study the mechanisms by which altered glucose homeostasis affects bone mass and quality, but genetic variations in substrains of C57BL/6 may have confounded data interpretation. …”
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Emergence and polyclonal dissemination of NDM-5/OXA-181 carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli in the French Indian Ocean territories by Thibaut Vedani, Matthieu Pot, Thomas Garrigos, Loïk Sababadichetty, Marion Daniel, David Wilkinson, Thierry Benoit-Cattin, Olivier Belmonte, Patrick Mavingui, Laurent Dortet, Guillaume Miltgen

“…Genotypic analysis of the isolates was carried out using WGS to determine the clonality relationship between the isolates and the genetic support of the carbapenemase-encoding genes. …”
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A Five-Year Retrospective Study of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Southern Africa, 2014 to 2018 by Elliot Mpolokang Fana, Sununguko Wata Mpoloka, Melvin Leteane, LaToya Seoke, Kelebogile Masoba, Mokganedi Mokopasetso, Aobakwe Rapharing, Tshephang Kabelo, Patricia Made, Joseph Hyera

“…A total of 453 bovine epithelial tissue samples from 33 FMD outbreaks that occurred in these countries from 2014 to 2018 were investigated for the presence of FMDv. The genetic diversity of the identified Southern African Type (SAT)-FMD viruses was determined by comparing sequences from outbreaks and historical prototype sequences. …”
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Thrombogenic Markers in Patients with Hereditary Thrombophilia by Karima Maricel Gondres Legró, Jorge Calá Fernández, Yusmairy Matos Lores, Vivian Robert Tamayo, Lázaro Ibrahim Romero García, Yordanys Páez Candelaria

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> hereditary thrombophilia is defined as the genetically determined tendency to venous thromboembolism, an entity with a significant incidence worldwide. …”
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Preservation of cfRNA in cytological supernatants for cfDNA & cfRNA double detection in non‐small cell lung cancer patients by Yidan Ma, Yifei Wang, Lei He, Jun Du, Lin Li, Zhixin Bie, Yuanming Li, Xiaomao Xu, Wei Zhou, Xiaonan Wu, Li Yang, Jing Di, Chenyang Li, Xiaoguang Li, Dongge Liu, Zheng Wang

“…Abstract Backgroud Supernatants from various cytological samples, including body cavity effusion, sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and needle aspiration, have been validated for detecting genetic alterations using cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) in patients with non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). …”
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Neuroimaging stratification reveals the striatal vulnerability to stress as a risk for schizophrenia by Xiaoqian Ma, Nana Feng, Lena Palaniyappan, Luolong Cao, Zixin Gu, Jujiao Kang, Liu Yuan, Lijun Ouyang, Yujue Wang, Chunwang Li, Ke Jin, Xiaogang Chen, Jianfeng Feng, Ying He, Qiang Luo

“…Using the putamen (a subnucleus of the striatum) as an indicator for convergent genetic risk of schizophrenia, 63 unaffected first-degree relatives of patients (22.08 ± 4.80 years) with schizophrenia (UFR-SZ) were stratified into two groups. …”
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A Missense Mutation in OPA1 Causes Dominant Optic Atrophy in a Chinese Family by Shaoyi Mei, Xiaosheng Huang, Lin Cheng, Shiming Peng, Tianhui Zhu, Liang Chen, Yan Wang, Jun Zhao

“…Background. To investigate the genetic causes and clinical characteristics of dominant optic atrophy (DOA) in a Chinese family. …”
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Novel Compound Heterozygous BBS2 and Homozygous MKKS Variants Detected in Chinese Families with Bardet–Biedl Syndrome by Li Huang, Limei Sun, Zhirong Wang, Songshan Li, Chonglin Chen, Xiaoling Luo, Xiaoyan Ding

“…In this study, we report the genetic causes and clinical manifestations in two Chinese families with BBS. …”
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Deployment of next-generation sequencing approach for variant detection in myocardial infarction: A concise investigation by Desaraju Suresh Bhargav, Nadeem Siddiqui, Bhadra Murthy V, Vijaya Tartte, Vanaja V

“…The purpose of this work was to aid in the identification of biomarkers for the genetic diagnosis of MI leading to better understanding of the relation between genes involved in coronary heart diseases and their molecular mechanism. …”
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Cortisol regulates neonatal lung development via Smoothened by Shanshan Lu, Yifei Chen, Jiawen Song, Liangliang Ren, Jun Du, Donglai Shen, Jiayin Peng, Yao Yin, Xia Li, Yuqing Wang, Yan Gao, Siman Han, Yichang Jia, Yun Zhao, Yizheng Wang

“…To explore the effect of cortisol action on the SHH pathway on neonatal lung development, we generated a genetic mouse, in which leucine 116 (L112 in human) of SMO was mutated to alanine 116 (L116A, Smo a/a ) by the CRISPR-Cas9, based on sequence differences between human and mice. …”
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Presentating a multi-objective optimization model for resource-constrained project scheduling regarding financial costs, time delays and the reliability function by Saeideh Naderi, Mohsen Vaez-Ghasemi, Farzad Movahedi Sobhani

“…The results of using these algorithms and the statistical analysis (with 95% reliability) indicated that the performance was suitable for the Genetic Algorithm (GA). The calculation error between the Exact method and the meta-heuristic method for the three target categories of total cost, time delay, and reliability was calculated based on the obtained results. …”
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A Nodulation-Proficient Nonrhizobial Inhabitant of Pueraria phaseoloides by W. M. M. Wedage, A. H. M. N. R. Aberathne, I. N. Harischandra, D. Gunawardana

“…Sub1 too possesses the basic genetic foundation (nifH and nifD) to produce a molybdenum-dependent nitrogenase enzyme. …”
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PDIA3 rs2788: An Independent Risk Factor for Hypertension and Its Interaction With Antihypertensive Medications by Hongtao Lan, Yingbin Xi, Baoxu Kang, Zhoujie Tong, Jie Peng, Wei Zhang, Ming Zhong, Huiping Gong, Zhihao Wang

“…ABSTRACT Hypertension is a multifactorial condition influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Protein disulfide isomerase family A member 3 (PDIA3) is a key endoplasmic reticulum protein which may contribute to increased blood pressure. …”
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Difference in Antibody Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens in Japanese Tuberculosis Patients Infected with the Beijing/Non-Beijing Genotype by Jingge Zhao, Beata Shiratori, Masao Okumura, Hideki Yanai, Makoto Matsumoto, Chie Nakajima, Kazue Mizuno, Kenji Ono, Tetsuya Oda, Haorile Chagan-Yasutan, Yugo Ashino, Takashi Matsuba, Takashi Yoshiyama, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Toshio Hattori

“…The Beijing genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), notorious for its virulence and predisposition to relapse, could be identified by spoligotyping based on genetic heterogeneity. The plasma samples from 20 cases of Beijing and 16 cases of non-Beijing MTB infected individuals and 24 healthy controls (HCs) were collected, and antibodies against 11 antigens (Rv0679c142Asn, Rv0679c142Lys, Ag85B, Ag85A, ARC, TDM-M, TDM-K, HBHA, MDP-1, LAM, and TBGL) were measured by ELISA. …”
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GENOTYPIC DIVERSITY OF DENGUE VIRUS IN AEDES MOSQUITOES COLLECTED FROM DENGUE HOTSPOT AREAS IN KUALA LUMPUR AND SELANGOR, MALAYSIA by Wan Najdah Wan Mohamad Ali, Zurainee Mohamed Nor, Rafidah Ali, Rohani Ahmad, Yvonne Ai-Lian Lim

“…The findings from this study can be utilized to the search for novel genotypes, to the observation of potential genetic alterations in dengue viruses, and to the development of vaccines.…”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Commensal <i>Staphylococcus</i> spp. Isolates from Chickens in Hungarian Poultry Farms Between 2022 and 2023 by Ábel Szabó, Ákos Jerzsele, László Kovács, Ádám Kerek

“…To uncover the underlying causes of multidrug resistance, next-generation sequencing can be employed to elucidate the genetic basis of phenotypic resistance.…”
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Adiponectin Expression Is Modulated by Long-Term Physical Activity in Adult Patients Affected by Cystic Fibrosis by Rita Polito, Ersilia Nigro, Ausilia Elce, Maria Ludovica Monaco, Paola Iacotucci, Vincenzo Carnovale, Marika Comegna, Monica Gelzo, Federica Zarrilli, Gaetano Corso, Giuseppe Castaldo, Aurora Daniele

“…Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease characterized by progressive decline of lung function and chronic airway inflammation. …”
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Direct and Indirect Methods for Studying Human Gut Microbiota by V. T. Ivashkin, O. S. Medvedev, E. A. Poluektova, A. V. Kudryavtseva, I. R. Bakhtogarimov, A. E. Karchevskaya

“…Currently, molecular genetic methods are used mainly for basic research and do not have a unified protocol for data analysis, which makes it difficult to implement them in clinical practice. …”
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