Advances in physiological and clinical relevance of hiPSC-derived brain models for precision medicine pipelines by Negin Imani Farahani, Negin Imani Farahani, Negin Imani Farahani, Lisa Lin, Lisa Lin, Lisa Lin, Shama Nazir, Shama Nazir, Shama Nazir, Alireza Naderi, Alireza Naderi, Alireza Naderi, Leanne Rokos, Leanne Rokos, Leanne Rokos, Anthony Randal McIntosh, Anthony Randal McIntosh, Lisa M. Julian, Lisa M. Julian, Lisa M. Julian, Lisa M. Julian

“…Continued advances in tissue engineering combined with innovations in genomics, high-throughput screening and imaging strengthen the physiological relevance of hiPSC models and thus their ability to uncover disease mechanisms, therapeutic vulnerabilities, and tissue and fluid-based biomarkers that will have real impact on neurological disease treatment. …”
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Bioinformatics Based Drug Repurposing Approach for Breast and Gynecological Cancers: RECQL4/FAM13C Genes Address Common Hub Genes and Drugs by Gizem Ayna Duran

“…Materials and Methods: Gene intensity values of breast cancer, gynaecological cancers such as cervical, ovarian and endometrial cancers were used from the Gene Expression Omnibus database Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array project. Using the linear modelling method included in the R LIMMA package, genes that differ between healthy individuals and cancer patients were identified. …”
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Causal relationship between lipid profile and muscle atrophy: A bi‐directional Mendelian randomization study by Kun Chen, Peng Gao, Xiaoxiang Fang, Kexing Tang, Pan Ouyang, Zongchao Li, Liangjun Li, Zhenhan Deng

“…Methods The appendicular lean mass (ALM), whole body fat‐free mass (WBFFM) and trunk fat‐free mass (TFFM) were used as genome‐wide association study (GWAS) data for evaluating muscle mass; the usual walking pace (UWP) and low grip strength (LGS) were used as GWAS data for evaluating muscle strength; and the triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), apolipoprotein A‐1 (Apo A‐1), and apolipoprotein B (Apo B) were used as GWAS data for evaluating lipid profile. …”
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Pathogenicity of avian reovirus variant in the immune organs of broiler chicks by Haiyang Yu, Yudong Zhu, Qiong Wu, Wanjun Zhao, You Wang, Dong Wang, Huaguang Lu, Youxiang Diao, Yijing Li, Yi Tang

“…In this study, an ARV strain (Chicken/XJ/China/2022/01/16) was isolated from arthritic broiler chicks in Xinjiang province and whole genome sequencing of the ARV strain was performed using next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, and sequence analysis showed that the strain was a type V variant of the ARV gene. …”
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Cell-free fat extract improves embryo development and clinical outcomes in older women with previous in-vitro fertilization failure by Xiaowei Zhou, Hanfei Zhu, Jingru Duan, Lan Xia, Shen Zhao, Huihui Xu, Xian Wu, Xiaoling Wang, Bufang Xu, Yi Cao, Aijun Zhang

“…In addition, we performed immunofluorescence staining, multiplex immunoassay, whole-genome amplification and DNA sequencing, time-lapse embryo monitoring, and in vitro experiments. …”
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Genetic Insights Into the Role of Cathepsins in Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Evidence From Mendelian Randomization Study by Yanhong Jiang, Wenhui Fan, Yaxin Li, Hua Xue

“…Methods We conducted a two‐sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) study using publicly available data from genome‐wide association study (GWAS) to assess the causal associations between 10 cathepsins and three neurodegenerative diseases, including AD, PD, and ALS. …”
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Comparative miRNAome combined with transcriptome and degradome analysis reveals a novel miRNA-mRNA regulatory network associated with starch metabolism affecting pre-harvest sprout... by Longqing Sun, Ting Zhao, Dandan Qin, Jing Dong, Daorong Zhang, Xifeng Ren

“…Combined with degradome data, the miRNA-mRNA networks analysis was performed after genome-wide screening of target genes, and then KEGG enrichment highlighted that the starch and sucrose metabolism pathway related to PHS was specifically enriched in an especial target-gene dataset derived from R12R18-HE miRNAs. …”
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Identification of mitophagy-related biomarkers and immune infiltration in polycystic ovarian syndrome by bioinformatic study by Hongjuan Ye, Xicheng Wang, Zhiying He

“…Gene ontology annotations and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes signaling pathway enrichment analysis were performed. …”
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Development of the novel gene chip and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) methods for rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in broth culture by Wen-Hung Wang, Chun-Yu Lin, Shu-Huei Jain, Po-Liang Lu, Yen-Hsu Chen

“…RFLP analysis identified the AfeI restriction site within the M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) genome. Discrepancies were investigated through extensive sequencing and Cobas TaqMan PCR analysis, along with reviewing patient profiles. …”
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Genetics of aging and longevity by A. A. Moskalev, E. N. Proshkina, A. A. Belyi, I. A. Solovyev

“…Genes and signaling pathways that regulate stress response, metabolism, growth of cells and organism, maintaining of genome and proteome integrity, qualitative and quantitative mitochondria composition, inflammatory response, apoptosis and selection of viable cells, as well as circadian rhythms were considered. …”
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Testing the Purity of <i>Limnospira fusiformis</i> Cultures After Axenicity Treatments by Michael Schagerl, Alexander Kaptejna, Fabian Polz, Sameh S. Ali, Shuhao Huo, Joana Seneca, Petra Pjevac, Vera Hechtl

“…Contamination was also verified by cultivation-independent methods like flow cytometry and 16S rRNA genome amplicon sequencing. We detected taxa of the phyla Proteobacteria, Bacteriodota, Firmicutes and to a lesser extent Verrucomicrobiota. …”
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PYROSEQUENCING: ITS POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS IN DIAGNOSIS OF INHERITED DISEASES IN CATTLE by Н. A. Kirsanova, A. V. Sukhoedova, M. A. Pleskacheva, I. V. Soltynskaya, I. A. Timofeeva, О. V. Prasolova, E. V. Krylova

“…DNA pyrosequencing, being the most convenient technique for the rapid diagnosis of single nucleotide mutations in the bovine genome that are located in the regions with known nucleotide sequence, has a potential for meeting this need. …”
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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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Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Patients of Erbil Province, Kurdistan Region-Iraq by Dlshad Abdullah Hassan, Sazan Qadir Maulud, Rzgar Farooq Rashid, Jivan Qasim Ahmed, Rezhna Khider Ali

“…Variants-specific real-time reverse transcription (rRT)-PCR method can be used as an alternative to genome sequencing, which is expensive and labored for identifying these variants, especially in settings with limited resources. …”
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Identification of an ethylene-responsive and cell wall-secreting β-1,3-glucanase, VvGLU1, in the early cell regrowth of grape winter buds triggered by exogenous dormancy releasers by Zhaowan Shi, Jiamin Wu, Hairuo Mo, Weiwen Xue, Zhaoqi Zhang, Xuequn Pang

“…Forty-eight VvGLUs distributed in clades α, β, and γ were identified and nominated based on the genome data of V. vinifera. Three γ-clade VvGLUs (VvGLU1, VvGLU16, and VvGLU32) were upregulated by dormancy-releasing stimuli, including HC, sodium azide (AZ), ethylene and hypoxia. …”
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DNA methylation of ACADS promotes immunogenic cell death in hepatocellular carcinoma by Ze Qian, Yifan Jiang, Yacong Wang, Yu Li, Lin Zhang, Xiaofeng Xu, Diyu Chen

“…Methods and results Using RNA sequencing data from different tumours in The Cancer Genome Atlas database, we observed that ACADS was downregulated and hypermethylated in HCC. …”
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Phenotypic insights into genetic risk factors for immune-related adverse events in cancer immunotherapy by Haochuan Ma, Dili Song, Haibo Zhang, Taidong Li, Xing Jin

“…Methods Utilizing publicly accessible genome-wide association study (GWAS) data, this investigation evaluated the impact of over 5000 exposure variables on susceptibility to irAEs using univariate Mendelian randomization (MR). …”
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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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Integrated Analysis of mRNA and lncRNA Expression Profiles Reveals Regulatory Networks Associated with Decompensated Cirrhosis by Li Zhang, Xiaoyu Fang, Suhua Wang, Shasha Ma, Jinyan Zhang, Xiang Dong, Jing Dai, Chuanmiao Liu, Yu Gao

“…The functions of differentially expressed mRNAs were revealed by Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses, and a regulatory network was also constructed. …”
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Identification of a cryptic unbalanced translocation Der(22)t(12;22)(q24.33;q13.33) in a large Chinese family with Phelan-McDermid syndrome by nanopore sequencing by Xingwu Wu, Qiang Xu, Ge Chen, Jialyv Huang, Yanying Zhong, Lifeng Tian, Qiongfang Wu, Jia Chen

“…According to the guidelines of the American Society for Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), the 22q13.33 microdeletion was classified as pathogenic, whereas the 12q24.33 microduplication was classified as a variant of uncertain significance (VUS). …”
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