RETRACTED ARTICLE: Single-cell omics and machine learning integration to develop a polyamine metabolism-based risk score model in breast cancer patients by Xiliang Zhang, Hanjie Guo, Xiaolong Li, Wei Tao, Xiaoqing Ma, Yuxing Zhang, Weidong Xiao

“…Data from The Cancer Genome Atlas, Gene Expression Omnibus, and Genotype-Tissue Expression identified 286 differentially expressed genes linked to polyamine pathways in breast cancer. …”
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Surveillance of tick-borne encephalitis virus foci in Slovakia: A seroprevalence study in ruminants combined with virus detection in ticks by Martina Ličková, Bronislava Víchová, Markéta Derdáková, Monika Sláviková, Sabína Fumačová Havlíková, Dana Zubriková, Diana Selyemová, Michal Chvostáč, Lucia Blaňarová, Viktória Čabanová, Veronika Vaňová, Lucia Šulejová, Jana Kerlik, Tomáš Szemes, Katarína Šoltys, Boris Klempa

“…Obtained full-length genome sequences revealed high genetic diversity and phylogenetic clustering with virus strains found across Europe. …”
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Physical activities and breast cancer: a Mendelian randomization study by Lishan Ding, Qingliang Chen, Hao Liang, Meng Shen, Ming Zheng, Zhaojun Li

“…Material and methods Genome-wide association studies utilizing data from the UK Biobank baseline were employed to analyze PA phenotypes, encompassing 460,376 participants. …”
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Revealing the core suppression effects of various Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate exposure on early meiosis progression in postnatal male mice via single-cell RNA sequencing by Baoquan Han, Lei Hua, Shuai Yu, Wei Ge, Cong Huang, Yu Tian, Chunxiao Li, Jiamao Yan, Tian Qiao, Jiachen Guo, Dongliang Lu, Bin Wang, Diya Cai, Yunqi Zhang, Shaolin Liang, Jianjuan Zhao, Qi Hou, Wei Shen, Zhongyi Sun

“…The transcriptomic changes in testicular cells of postnatal male rodents following DEHP exposure were meticulously analyzed using 10X Genomics single-cell RNA sequencing in this study. …”
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Analysis of marker substitutions in A/chicken/Astrakhan/2171-1/2020 H5N8 isolate of avian influenza virus recovered in the Astrakhan Oblast by N. G. Zinyakov, A. V. Andriyasov, Ye. V. Ovchinnikova, A. A. Kozlov, P. D. Zhestkov, D. B. Andreychuk, I. A. Chvala

“…Comparative analysis of genome segments using available databases showed that A/chicken/Astrakhan/2171-1/2020 H5N8 virus related to А/Н5 avian influenza virus isolates detected in the Russian Federation in 2016–2020. …”
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Effect of Acetyl tributyl citrate on bone metabolism based on network toxicology and molecular docking technology by Xuan Lin, Kun Lin, Yue Lai, Qingping Peng, Miao Xu, Yiting Xu, Jialin Yang, Huan Liu, Jianlin Shen

“…In-depth Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses, conducted within the Metascape database, revealed that the core targets of ATBC’s influence on bone metabolism are predominantly concentrated within vital signaling cascades, including thyroid hormone signaling, FOXO signaling, glucagon signaling, AMPK signaling, insulin signaling, adipocytokine signaling, and Notch signaling pathways. …”
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Construction and Investigation of MicroRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network of Gastric Cancer with Helicobacter pylori Infection by Ping Yang, Junjie Liu, Tianci Yang, Lei Zhang, Peiyou Gong, Boqing Li, Xiuzhi Zhou

“…We identified differentially expressed microRNAs (DEMs) and genes (DEGs) from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset, constructed microRNA-(miRNA-)mRNA expression networks, analyzed the function and signal pathway of cross-genes, analyzed the relations between cross-genes and GC prognosis with the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data, and verified the expression of cross-genes in patients with H. pylori infection. …”
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The cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene family is involved in the response to Fusarium oxysporum in resistant and susceptible flax genotypes by R. O. Novakovskiy, L. V. Povkhova, G. S. Krasnov, T. A. Rozhmina, A. A. Zhuchenko, L. P. Kudryavtseva, E. N. Pushkova, P. Kezimana, A. V. Kudryavtseva, A. A. Dmitriev, N. V. Melnikova

“…After filtering to exclude the F. oxysporum transcriptome, the remaining reads were mapped to the L. usitatissimum genome and quantified. Then, the expression levels of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) family genes, which are known to be involved in the response to F. oxysporum, were evaluated in resistant and susceptible flax genotypes. …”
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Exploring the multi-targeted mechanism of Saikosaponin A in prostate cancer treatment: a network pharmacology and molecular docking approach by Genbao Zhu, Genbao Zhu, Genbao Zhu, Zhiming Jiang, Niuping Zhu, Niuping Zhu, Donghui Wang, Donghui Wang, Tianpeng Guo, Tianpeng Guo, Yiqing Meng, Yiqing Meng, Yi Zhu, Yi Zhu, Kemeng Tan, Mengxue Hu, Heng Tang, Xuannian Wang, Xuannian Wang

“…Next, Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analyses were performed to elucidate associated biological functions and signaling pathways. …”
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Exploring genetic associations and drug targets for mitochondrial proteins and schizophrenia risk by Wenxi Sun, Ping Sun, Jin Li, Qun Yang, Qing Tian, Shiting Yuan, Xueying Zhang, Peng Chen, Chuanwei Li, Xiaobin Zhang

“…We used summary data from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 66 mitochondria-associated proteins in 3,301 individuals from Europe, as well as a GWAS on the large, multi-ethnic ancestry of SCZ, involving 76,755 cases and 243,649 controls. …”
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PlantReg: the reconstruction of links between transcription factor regulatory networks and biological processes under their control by V. V. Lavrekha, N. A. Omelyanchuk, A. G. Bogomolov, E. V. Zemlyanskaya

“…The pleiotropic effect of a gene is due to its participation in numerous biological processes involved in different traits. A widespread use of genome-wide sequencing of transcripts and transcription factor (TF) binding regions has made the following tasks relevant: unveiling pleiotropic effects of TFs based on the functions of their target genes; compiling the lists of TFs that regulate biological processes of interest; and describing the ways of TF functioning (their primary and secondary targets, higher order targets, TF interactions in the process under study). …”
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Identification of Critical Signature in Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder Using Bioinformatics Analysis and in Vitro Analyses by Lifen Liu, Yang Liu, Rui Li, Yue Teng, Shuyang Zhao, Jinhong Chen, Changjiang Li, Xinyu Hu, Lin Sun

“…Gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses were performed for functional annotation and enrichment analysis, respectively. …”
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Genetic evidence for the causal effect of clonal hematopoiesis on pulmonary arterial hypertension by Jia-Yong Qiu, Shen-Shen Huang, Chao Liu, Dong Ding, Yan-Hong Xu, Yi-Min Mao, Ya-Dong Yuan

“…Methods We utilized genetic variants associated with CH as instrumental variables, identified from two large genome-wide association studies (GWAS) involving 359,088 participants in the discovery cohort and 184,121 participants in the validation cohort, all of European descent. …”
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Urinary Uromodulin Levels and UMOD Variants in Black South Africans with Hypertension-Attributed Chronic Kidney Disease by Nolubabalo Unati Nqebelele, Caroline Dickens, Therese Dix-Peek, Raquel Duarte, Saraladevi Naicker

“…Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have reduced urinary uromodulin levels secondary to tubular damage. Genome wide association studies identified significant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) associations with CKD at the uromodulin (UMOD) locus. …”
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Generation and propagation of high fecundity gene edited fine wool sheep by CRISPR/Cas9 by Xuemei Zhang, Meiyu Qiu, Bing Han, Li Liao, Xinrong Peng, Jiapeng Lin, Ning Zhang, Lati Hai, Long Liang, Yila Ma, Wenrong Li, Mingjun Liu

“…Our results also indicated that the parity signification, our data demonstrate that highly efficient introduction of the intended base mutation into the sheep genome can be achieved by combining the CRISPR/Cas9 system with ssODN and SCR7. …”
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Production of β-lactoglobulin (BLG) gene knock- out blastocyst stage embryos of Indian water buffalo using CRISPR and SCNT technology by Aseem Tara, Priyanka Singh, Devika Gautam, Gaurav Tripathi, Shreya Malhotra, Sacchinandan De, Manoj K. Singh, Naresh L. Selokar

“…With the development of biotechnology, especially genome editing tools (CRISPRs), it is possible to generate new value-added products such as designer hypoallergenic milk for human health benefits. …”
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Genetic basis of depressive disorders by Yu. D. Davydova, R. F. Enikeeva, A. V. Kazantseva, R. N. Mustafin, A. R. Romanova, S. B. Malykh, E. K. Khusnutdinov

“…The present review is focused on the studies based on a candidate gene approach, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and whole exome sequencing (WES), which previously demonstrated associations between gene polymorphisms and DDs. …”
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Utilizing sc-linker to integrate single-cell RNA sequencing and human genetics to identify cell types and driver genes associated with non-small cell lung cancer by Yangfan Zhou, Liang Zhao, Meimei Cai, Doudou Luo, Yizhen Pang, Jianhao Chen, Qicong Luo, Qin Lin

“…Abstract Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide a powerful method for identifying the loci and genes that contribute to disease. …”
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BPZ inhibits early mouse embryonic development by disrupting maternal-to-zygotic transition and mitochondrial function by Zhiming Ding, Huilei Chen, Huiru Cheng, Caiyun Wu, Hongzhen Ruan, Bingjing Zhu, Ping Zhou, Zuying Xu, Huifen Xiang

“…Mechanistically, BPZ exposure inhibits the activation of the zygotic genome and impedes maternal mRNA degradation, thereby interfering with maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT). …”
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Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes and Signaling Pathways in Acute Myocardial Infarction Based on Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis by Da-Qiu Chen, Xiang-Sheng Kong, Xue-Bin Shen, Mao-Zhi Huang, Jian-Ping Zheng, Jing Sun, Shang-Hua Xu

“…These DEGs were performed through Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses by using Clusterprofiler package. …”
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