The impact of social complexity on the efficacy of natural selection in termites by Roux, Camille, Ha, Alice, Weyna, Arthur, Lode, Morgan, Romiguier, Jonathan

“…In this study, we investigate the genomic consequences of eusociality in termites (Isoptera) on two different timescales. …”
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Gene expression signatures between Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae) populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats, with comparisons to other teleosts. by Elizabeth J Wilson, Nick Barts, John L Coffin, James B Johnson, Carlos M Rodríguez Peña, Joanna L Kelley, Michael Tobler, Ryan Greenway

“…We used RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) to investigate genome-wide variation in gene expression between a hypersaline population and a freshwater population of the livebearing fish species Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae). …”
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XGBoost-enhanced ensemble model using discriminative hybrid features for the prediction of sumoylation sites by Salman Khan, Sumaiya Noor, Tahir Javed, Afshan Naseem, Fahad Aslam, Salman A. AlQahtani, Nijad Ahmad

“…Abstract Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) are essential for regulating protein localization and stability, significantly affecting gene expression, biological functions, and genome replication. Among these, sumoylation a PTM that attaches a chemical group to protein sequences—plays a critical role in protein function. …”
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AMEND 2.0: module identification and multi-omic data integration with multiplex-heterogeneous graphs by Samuel S. Boyd, Chad Slawson, Jeffrey A. Thompson

“…AMEND was applied to two real-world multi-omic datasets: renal cell carcinoma data from The cancer genome atlas and an O-GlcNAc Transferase knockout study. …”
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An evaluation of the severe acute respiratory infection surveillance system in Ireland by Louise Marron, Roisin Duffy, Joan O’Donnell, Lisa Domegan

“…Time to receipt of whole genome sequencing (WGS) results was 40 days (IQR 30–61). …”
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Novel risk loci encompassing genes influencing STAT3, GPCR, and oxidative stress signaling are associated with co-morbid GERD and COPD. by Ava C Wilson, Alison Rocco, Joe Chiles, Vinodh Srinivasasainagendra, Wassim Labaki, Deborah Meyers, Bertha Hidalgo, Marguerite R Irvin, Surya P Bhatt, Hemant Tiwari, Merry-Lynn McDonald

“…We performed the first whole-genome sequence association analysis of comorbid GERD and COPD in 12,438 multi-ancestry participants. …”
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Differences in phenotypes of normal and malignant cells concerning chromosomal fragility and ganglioside expression by Iskra Sainova, Vera Kolyovska, Desislava Drenska, Dimitar Maslarov, Dimitrina Dimitrova-Dikanarova, Tzvetanka Markova

“…Additionally, the presence and expression of the tumor-suppressor gene HACE-1 in the genome of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) and malignant human cervical carcinoma HeLa cells, both containing an additional copy of this gene, inserted by transfection with appropriate recombinant DNA vectors containing a copy of the tumor-suppressor gene, were tested. …”
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Replication-IDentifier links epigenetic and metabolic pathways to the replication stress response by Sophie C. van der Horst, Leonie Kollenstart, Amandine Batté, Sander Keizer, Kees Vreeken, Praveen Pandey, Andrei Chabes, Haico van Attikum

“…Here, we develop Replication-IDentifier (Repli-ID), which allows for genome-wide identification of regulators of DNA replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. …”
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Solid Predominant Histology and High Podoplanin Expression in Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Predict Primary Resistance to Osimertinib in EGFR-Mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma by Yuji Uehara, MD, Hiroki Izumi, MD, PhD, Tetsuro Taki, MD, PhD, Tetsuya Sakai, MD, PhD, Hibiki Udagawa, MD, PhD, Eri Sugiyama, MD, PhD, Shigeki Umemura, MD, PhD, Yoshitaka Zenke, MD, PhD, Shingo Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Kiyotaka Yoh, MD, PhD, Shoko Kubota, MD, PhD, Keiju Aokage, MD, PhD, Naoya Sakamoto, MD, PhD, Shingo Sakashita, MD, PhD, Motohiro Kojima, MD, PhD, Michiko Nagamine, MD, PhD, Yukio Hosomi, MD, PhD, Masahiro Tsuboi, MD, PhD, Koichi Goto, MD, PhD, Genichiro Ishii, MD, PhD

“…We also investigated HGF mRNA expression levels, using The Cancer Genome Atlas Program and Singapore Oncology Data Portal cohorts. …”
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Efficient k-mer based curation of raw sequence data: application in Drosophila suzukii by Gautier, Mathieu

“…We applied it to high-throughput whole-genome raw sequence data for 236 Ind-Seq and 22 Pool-Seq samples of the invasive species Drosophila suzukii. …”
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ENTPD8 overexpression enhances anti-PD-L1 therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma via miR-214-5p inhibition by Si-qi Zhao, Min-jie Chen, Fei Chen, Zhao-feng Gao, Xiao-ping Li, Ling-yu Hu, Hai-ying Cheng, Jin-yan Xuan, Jian-guo Fei, Zheng-wei Song

“…Immunohistochemistry, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data, and single-cell expression analysis revealed reduced ENTPD8 levels in liver cancer compared to adjacent tissues, with ENTPD8 primarily expressed in tumor cells within the tumor tissue. …”
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Serum Matrix Metalloproteinases and Risk of Urologic Cancers: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by BoWen Yang, XiaoYu Zeng, HanYu Wang, JiuHuan Feng, ShuFang Hou

“…Using data from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we employed two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) methods to assess the causal relationship between serum MMPs and urologic cancers. …”
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The impact of genetic polymorphisms of IL28B gene on the efficacy of antiviral therapy of the chronic hepatitis C by using the standard Interferon-<i>α</i> by A. V. Lapshin, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin, P. O. Bogomolov, I. G. Nikitin, O. O. Znoyko

“…The studies of genetic polymorphisms of the regions of human genome demonstrates that the positive predictive value of IL28B polymorphisms among the patients with 1-st HCV genotype is higher than among the patients with 2nd and 3d genotypes. …”
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Low-density SNP marker sets for genetic variation analysis and variety identification in cultivated citrus by Phuong Linh Nguyen, Jin-Kee Jung, Jee-Soo Park, Sung-Chur Sim

“…Of these, a core set of 481 SNPs was filtered based on polymorphism information content and genome distribution. Both principal component analysis (PCA) and model-based clustering showed genetic differentiation between C. unshiu and C. sinensis. …”
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Genotype B of deformed wing virus and related recombinant viruses become dominant in European honey bee colonies by Fabrice Sircoulomb, Eric Dubois, Frank Schurr, Pierrick Lucas, Marina Meixner, Alicia Bertolotti, Yannick Blanchard, Richard Thiéry

“…Chimeric sequencing reads were used to locate the recombinant junctions along the DWV genome. These were not randomly distributed, but mainly clustered in three genomic areas: the 5’UTR, leader peptide and helicase coding sequences. …”
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Sulfatase modifying factor 2 as a predictive biomarker for urothelial carcinoma by Wei-Ting Kuo, Yi-Chen Lee, Jia-Bin Liao, Ching-Jiunn Tseng, Yi-Fang Yang

“…High SUMF2 mRNA levels were associated with poor overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in bladder UC (BLCA) from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset. High SUMF2 protein levels were associated with grade (P < 0.001), T status (P = 0.01), and stage (P = 0.006) in patients with BLCA. …”
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Removing limitations surrounding terpenoid biosynthesis by biotechnological techniques in Ferula sp.: A review by Zahra Aghaali, Jun-Li Yang, Mohammad Reza Naghavi, Meisam Zargar

“…Recently, via functional genomics, omics technologies, and high-throughput analytical techniques, our understanding about terpenoid biosynthesis and regulation has been deepened, paving the way for the overproduction of target terpenoids. …”
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Characterization of gene expression profiles in Alzheimer's disease and osteoarthritis: A bioinformatics study. by Nian Liu, Qian Deng, Zining Peng, Danning Mao, Yuanbo Huang, Fanyu Meng, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jiayan Shen, Zhaofu Li, Weitian Yan, Jiangyun Peng

“…In addition, the core genes were analyzed using gene set enrichment analysis and single-gene genome variation analysis.<h4>Results</h4>Analysis of DEGs on gene chips from OA and AD patients revealed significant changes in gene expression patterns. …”
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Bidirectional causal associations between frailty measures and sleep disturbances: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Che L, Zang H, Bi Y, Wen B, Xu L

“…We aimed to investigate the bidirectional causal relationships between frailty measures and sleep disturbances employing a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.Methods: Two-sample MR analyses were performed based on large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of the European population for frailty index (FI) (N = 175,226), Fried Frailty Score (FFS) (N = 386,565), insomnia (N = 283,595), sleep duration (N = 445,966) and sleep apnea (N = 523,366). …”
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Mendelian randomization study of serum uric acid levels and urate-lowering drugs on pulmonary arterial hypertension outcomes by Xiaoling Yao, Xin Cai, Shaoqin Zhang, Yuzheng Yang, Xiangyan Yang, Wukai Ma, Zong Jiang

“…Abstract This study aims to explore the causal relationships between serum uric acid level and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) using the Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, and to assess the therapeutic impacts of urate-lowering drugs on PAH. Utilizing published genome-wide association study (GWAS) data, we applied MR and colocalization analysis to assess the link between serum uric acid levesl and PAH across four GWAS datasets from two distinct European populations. …”
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