Longitudinal genetic studies of cognitive characteristics by R. N. Mustafin, A. V. Kazantseva, R. F. Enikeeva, S. B. Malykh, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…The content, quantity and arrangement of transposable elements in human genome, which do not affect changes in nucleotide sequences of protein encoding genes, but affect their expression, can be transmitted to the next generation.…”
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Upregulated SAE1 Drives Tumorigenesis and Is Associated with Poor Clinical Outcomes in Breast Cancer by Hong Liu, Jing Wang, Yunhai Li, Feng Luo, Lei Xing

“…Bioinformatics analysis was applied to analyze SAE1 expression in BC and normal breast tissues, its relationship with clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis in BC patients, and data from the Cancer Genome Atlas database and Gene Expression Omnibus dataset. …”
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Genotype-driven sensitivity of mice to tick-borne encephalitis virus correlates with differential host responses in peripheral macrophages and brain by Michaela Berankova, Jiri Holoubek, Vaclav Hönig, Zuzana Matusova, Martin Palus, Jiri Salat, Imtissal Krayem, Jarmila Vojtiskova, Pavel Svoboda, Veronika Pranclova, Lukas Valihrach, Peter Demant, Marie Lipoldova, Daniel Ruzek

“…BALB/c mice have intermediate susceptibility to TBE virus (TBEV) and STS mice are highly resistant, whereas the recombinant congenic strain CcS-11, which carries 12.5% of the STS genome on the BALB/c background, is more susceptible than BALB/c mice. …”
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Identification of a 5-Gene-Based Scoring System by WGCNA and LASSO to Predict Prognosis for Rectal Cancer Patients by He Huang, Shilei Xu, Aidong Chen, Fen Li, Jiezhong Wu, Xusheng Tu, Kunpeng Hu

“…Sequencing (or microarray) data and clinicopathological details of patients with RC were retrieved from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA-READ) or the Gene Expression Omnibus (GSE123390, GSE56699) database. …”
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Genetic counselling in the era of next generation sequencing by Diego Espada-Musitu, África Manero-Azua, Yerai Vado, Guiomar Perez de Nanclares

“…While exome sequencing and genome sequencing were until recently only available for research, they are now used in health care practice. …”
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An assessment of circulating biomarkers and germline genetic variants in predicting chemotherapy associated mucositis in Ewing sarcoma by Pawan Gulati, Vickyanne Carruthers, Claire Hutton, Chloe Cassidy, Edward B. Amankwatia, Séréna Pascual, Electra Florence, Tsegay G. Gebru, Andrea L. Jorgensen, Alastair Greystoke, Guy Makin, Martin G. McCabe, Daniel B. Hawcutt, Gareth J. Veal, David Jamieson

“…Discussion: Early increases in circulating CK18 levels correlated with grade 3 mucositis. Genome-wide association analysis highlighted genes that may be associated with mucositis pathology, offering insights into biological mechanisms underlying susceptibility.…”
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Host–virus interactions during infection with a wild-type ILTV strain or a glycoprotein G deletion mutant ILTV vaccine strain in an ex vivo system by Gayathri Gopakumar, Mauricio J.C. Coppo, Andrés Diaz-Méndez, Carol A. Hartley, Joanne M. Devlin

“…This study extends our understanding of the early and localized host–ILTV interactions using genome-wide transcriptome analysis of ILTV-infected chicken tracheal organ cultures, and the role of gG during the process. …”
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Transfer of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility to the Female Parents of Heat- and Drought-Resilient Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) Hybrids by Ayyanagouda Patil, Kushal Gowda, Shivananda T. Lakshman, Prakash H. Kuchanur, Gajanan Saykhedkar, Sudha Krishnan Nair, Kisan B. Jadhav, Sharanabasappa Yeri, Gururaj Sunkad, Jayaprakash M. Nidagundi, Vinayan Madhumal Thayil, Pervez H. Zaidi

“…The present research used Diversity Array Technology (DArTag) and Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP)-based single-nucleotide polymorphic markers for background selection in backcross populations. Genome recovery percentage ranged from 64.25 to 72.70, 78.94 to 87.69 and 82.28 to 90.77 percent in the BC₁F₁, BC₂F₁ and BC₃F₁ population, respectively, in the CAL1514 population, while it was 63.47 to 73.55, 78.16 to 88.76 and 83.96 to 91.81 percent in the BC₁F₁, BC₂F₁ and BC₃F₁ population, respectively, in the ZL153493 population. …”
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Glioma Image-Level and Slide-Level Gene Predictor (GLISP) for Molecular Diagnosis and Predicting Genetic Events of Adult Diffuse Glioma by Minh-Khang Le, Masataka Kawai, Kenta Masui, Takashi Komori, Takakazu Kawamata, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Tomohiro Inoue, Ippei Tahara, Kazunari Kasai, Tetsuo Kondo

“…In this study, the Cancer Genome Atlas whole-slide images (WSIs) were used to train the model. …”
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Associations and potential epigenetic changes between air pollution and osteoarthritis risk and survival: Insights from a prospective cohort study by Jing Qian, Jiahao Zhu, Yifan Wang, Ruoqi Dai, Jingyou Miao, Ye Yang, Wenxia Zhao, Jing Wang, Lilu Ding, Dan Zhou, Min Yu, Yingjun Li

“…Cox models assessed associations between air pollution exposure and OA incidence, joint replacement, and survival. Additionally, using genome-wide association statistics, we examined the potential causal associations between air pollution-related DNA methylation (DNAm) and OA risk. …”
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Recombinant expression systems for production of stabilised virus-like particles as next-generation polio vaccines by Lee Sherry, Mohammad W. Bahar, Claudine Porta, Helen Fox, Keith Grehan, Veronica Nasta, Helen M. E. Duyvesteyn, Luigi De Colibus, Johanna Marsian, Inga Murdoch, Daniel Ponndorf, Seong-Ryong Kim, Sachin Shah, Sarah Carlyle, Jessica J. Swanson, Sue Matthews, Clare Nicol, George P. Lomonossoff, Andrew J. Macadam, Elizabeth E. Fry, David I. Stuart, Nicola J. Stonehouse, David J. Rowlands

“…Virus-like particles (VLPs) that lack a viral genome represent a safer potential vaccine, although they require particle stabilization. …”
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A compendium of Amplification-Related Gain Of Sensitivity genes in human cancer by Veronica Rendo, Michael Schubert, Nicholas Khuu, Maria F. Suarez Peredo Rodriguez, Declan Whyte, Xiao Ling, Anouk van den Brink, Kaimeng Huang, Michelle Swift, Yizhou He, Johanna Zerbib, Ross Smith, Jonne Raaijmakers, Pratiti Bandopadhayay, Lillian M. Guenther, Justin H. Hwang, Amanda Iniguez, Susan Moody, Ji-Heui Seo, Elizabeth H. Stover, Levi Garraway, William C. Hahn, Kimberly Stegmaier, René H. Medema, Dipanjan Chowdhury, Maria Colomé-Tatché, Uri Ben-David, Rameen Beroukhim, Floris Foijer

“…We create a comprehensive map of dosage compensation in cancer by integrating expression and copy number profiles from over 8000 tumors in The Cancer Genome Atlas and cell lines from the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia. …”
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Autophagy activation in response to cigarette smoke: Exploring the disparity in laryngeal cancer incidence and outcomes between sexes in South Korea by Min Ji Kim, Jisu Hong, Hyo Won Chang, Yun-Hee Lee, Jun-Pyo Myong, Ah Ra Jung, Yoon Se Lee, Minsu Kwon

“…In addition, to explore the relationship between the level of autophagy-related gene expression and clinical features, female LC patients were compared with male patients through an analysis of data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Results: In the NHIS data analyses, male LC patients had an 11 times higher incidence than female patients, even after adjusting for smoking and age. …”
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Description of a new Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) (Ixodida: Argasidae) tick species from Pakistan by Abid Ali, Mehran Khan, Muhammad Numan, Abdulaziz Alouffi, Mashal M. Almutairi, Ronel Pienaar, Minique H. de Castro, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Ben J. Mans, Ala Tabor

“…Phylogenetic analyses of the full-length mitochondrial genome and the 18S and 28S ribosomal RNA genes, combined with pairwise nucleotide comparisons of cox1, cox2, atp8, atp6, cox3, nad3, nad5, nad4, nad4L, nad6, cytb, nad1, nad2, 12S rDNA, 16S rDNA, 18S rDNA and 28S rDNA further support that the new species belongs to the Pavlovskyella subgenus, clustering with O. tholozani, Ornithodoros verrucosus and Ornithodoros tartakovskyi.…”
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Quantification of Pregenomic RNA and Covalently Closed Circular DNA in Hepatitis B Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Fugui Bai, Yoshihiko Yano, Takumi Fukumoto, Atsushi Takebe, Motofumi Tanaka, Kaori Kuramitsu, Nungki Anggorowati, Hanggoro Tri Rinonce, Dewiyani Indah Widasari, Masaya Saito, Hirotaka Hirano, Takanobu Hayakumo, Yasushi Seo, Takeshi Azuma, Yonson Ku, Yoshitake Hayashi

“…Pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) is generated from covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) and plays important roles in viral genome amplification and replication. Hepatic pgRNA and cccDNA expression levels indicate viral persistence and replication activity. …”
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Minimally invasive determination of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) subtype by means of circulating cell‐free RNA by Martin Metzenmacher, Gregor Zaun, Marija Trajkovic‐Arsic, Phyllis Cheung, Timm M. Reissig, Hendrik Schürmann, Nils vonNeuhoff, Grainne O'Kane, Stephanie Ramotar, Anna Dodd, Steven Gallinger, Alexander Muckenhuber, Jennifer J. Knox, Volker Kunzmann, Peter A. Horn, Jörg D. Hoheisel, Jens T. Siveke, Smiths S. Lueong

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Identification of EARS2 as a Potential Biomarker with Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Implications in Colorectal Cancer by Wang L, Deng X, Tang J, Gong Y, Bu S, Li Z, Liao B, Ding Y, Dai T, Liao Y, Li Y

“…This study identifies key genes associated with lactic acid metabolism and explore their impact on CRC.Patients and Methods: This study utilized data from The Cancer Genome Atlas, Gene Expression Omnibus, other public databases, and our institutional resources. …”
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Metagenomic insights into the development of microbial communities of straw and leaf composts by Anastasiia K. Kimeklis, Anastasiia K. Kimeklis, Grigory V. Gladkov, Olga V. Orlova, Tatiana O. Lisina, Alexey M. Afonin, Alexey M. Afonin, Tatiana S. Aksenova, Arina A. Kichko, Alla L. Lapidus, Evgeny V. Abakumov, Evgeny V. Abakumov, Evgeny E. Andronov

“…We identified nine metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) as the most promising prokaryotic decomposers due to their abnormally high quantity of PULs for their genome sizes, which were confirmed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to constitute the bulk of the community at all stages of substrate degradation. …”
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Profiling the response of individual gut microbes to free fatty acids (FFAs) found in human milk by Megan E. Waller, Alyssa Gutierrez, Taylor D. Ticer, Janiece S. Glover, John E. Baatz, Carol L. Wagner, Melinda A. Engevik, Katherine E. Chetta

“…., suppressed at 1 % but enhanced at 0.01 %. Our genome analyses suggest that pathobiont survival may be related to the number of gene copies for fatty acid transporters. …”
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Cis‐Regulation of an m6A Eraser by an Insertion Variant Associated with Survival of Patients With Non‐Small Cell Lung Carcinoma by Lei Cheng, Qiangsheng Hu, Yanan Wang, Wei Nie, Haijiao Lu, Bo Zhang, Genming Zhao, Shiyun Ding, Feng Pan, Yinchen Shen, Runbo Zhong, Ruoxin Zhang

“…Here, 7273 expression quantitative trait loci potentially regulating 30 m6A pathway genes are identified from the GTEx database, with 69 single nucleotide polymorphisms significantly associated with survival of non‐small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients (n = 1523) from the ongoing genome‐wide association study after false positive probability tests. …”
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