Wnt/ β-catenin and CTNNB1 gene mutation in hepatocellular carcinoma, a case study in Egyptian patients by Ramy A. Abdelsalam, Ibrahim M. El-Shawaf, Azza Abdel-Aziz, Tarek A. Bismar, Shaimaa M. Yussif

“…Patients and methods This study was conducted on 121 HCC cases that were obtained from liver explants from pathology laboratory at Mansoura Gastroenterology center retrospectively in the period between 2006-2017. Tissue Microarray (TMAs) were prepared. β-Catenin and Wnt immunohistochemical (IHC) staining was performed on these blocks. …”
Get full text

Identification of the Transcriptional Networks and the Involvement in Angiotensin II-Induced Injury after CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Knockdown of Cyr61 in HEK293T Cells by Junjie Wang, Dongdong Fu, Soulixay Senouthai, Yan Jiang, Rentong Hu, Yanwu You

“…HEK293T cells were cultured, and Cyr61 knockdown was achieved by transfection of the CRISPR/Cas9 KO plasmid. lncRNA and mRNA microarrays were used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs). …”
Get full text

Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components Predict the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Mainland Chinese: A 3-Year Cohort Study by Kun Wang, Qun-Fang Yang, Xing-Lin Chen, Yu-Wei Liu, Sheng-Shuai Shan, Hua-Bo Zheng, Xiao-Fang Zhao, Chang-Zhong Chen, Cheng-Yun Liu

Get full text

Construction of a circRNA-miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network for Coronary Artery Disease by Bioinformatics Analysis by Zebo Zhang, Haiyan Qian, Li Wang, Zhenbo Tao, Keai Cheng, Kaiyue Wang, Yanqing Xie, Lina Zhang

“…A total of 115 DEcircRNAs (differentially expressed circRNAs), 17 DEmiRNAs (differentially expressed microRNAs), and 790 DEmRNAs (differentially expressed mRNAs) were identified between CAD and control groups from microarray datasets. Functional enrichment analysis showed that DEmRNAs were significantly involved in inflammation-related pathways and ubiquitin-protein ligase binding. …”
Get full text

Analysis of gene expression difference and biological process in chorionic villi of unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion by Linling Shi, Lun Wei, Meiqiu Lu, Hongmei Ding, Le Bo

“…Abstract Objective To explore the biological relationship between the regulatory signal pathways involved in differentially expressed genes and recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) by analyzing the gene expression microarray data of unexplained RSA. Methods The gene expression profile data of chorionic villi from unexplained recurrent abortion with normal karyotype and selective induced abortion were compared. …”
Get full text

Inhibition of complement system-related gene ITGB2 attenuates epithelial–mesenchymal transition and inflammation in diabetic nephropathy by Jun Peng, Wenqi Zhao, Lu Zhou, Kun Ding

“…Thus, this study was conducted to explore the complement system-related key biomarkers for patients with DN. Methods DN microarray datasets were downloaded from the GEO database, followed by differentially expressed genes (DEGs) screening. …”
Get full text

Argonaute2 and Argonaute4 Involved in the Pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease via mRNA Expression Profiles by Zon-Min Lee, Hui-Chuan Chang, Shih-Feng Liu, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ho-Chang Kuo

“…We used the default value of the commercialized microarray tool Partek to perform an analysis of variance and determine any significant fold changes (KD1, KD3, HC, and FC individually). …”
Get full text

Comprehensive bioinformatics analysis identifies hub genes associated with immune cell infiltration in early-onset schizophrenia by Shasha Wu, Tailian Xue, Yilin Li, Weikang Chen, Yan Ren

“…Methods In this study, we recruited 26 EOS patients and 27 healthy controls (HCs), and microarray data were collected. Crossover genes were identified using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and differential expression genes (DEGs) analysis. …”
Get full text

Evidence for Activation of Toll-Like Receptor and Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Preterm Birth by Taketoshi Noguchi, Toshiyuki Sado, Katsuhiko Naruse, Hiroshi Shigetomi, Akira Onogi, Shoji Haruta, Ryuji Kawaguchi, Akira Nagai, Yasuhito Tanase, Shozo Yoshida, Takashi Kitanaka, Hidekazu Oi, Hiroshi Kobayashi

“…A systematic search was performed in the electronic databases PubMed and ScienceDirect up to July 2010, combining the keywords “preterm birth,” “TLR”, “RAGE”, “danger signal”, “alarmin”, “genomewide,” “microarray,” and “proteomics” with specific expression profiles of genes and proteins. …”
Get full text

Identification and validation of diagnostic genes IFI44 and IRF9 in insomnia-associated autoimmune uveitis by Chao Wu, Hui Feng, Meng Tian, Baorui Chu, Xianyang Liu, Shuhao Zeng, Yakun Wang, Hong Wang, Shengping Hou, Qingfeng Liang

“…We investigated insomnia-associated genes that may contribute to AU pathogenesis and sought to identify potential biomarkers for insomnia-associated AU.MethodsMicroarray data related to insomnia and AU were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database and analyzed. …”
Get full text

Identification of EGR1 as a Key Diagnostic Biomarker in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) Through Machine Learning and Immune Analysis by Wu X, Pan T, Fang Z, Hui T, Yu X, Liu C, Guo Z, Liu C

“…In this study, we aim to identify effective diagnostic biomarkers for MASLD using microarray data combined with machine learning techniques, which will aid in further understanding the pathogenesis of MASLD.Methods: We collected six datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, using five of them as training sets and one as a validation set. …”
Get full text

Cholangiocarcinoma combined with biliary obstruction: an exosomal circRNA signature for diagnosis and early recurrence monitoring by Ningyuan Wen, Dingzhong Peng, Xianze Xiong, Geng Liu, Guilin Nie, Yaoqun Wang, Jianrong Xu, Shaofeng Wang, Sishu Yang, Yuan Tian, Bei Li, Jiong Lu, Nansheng Cheng

“…A pilot cohort consisting of patients with CCA-induced biliary obstruction (CCA-BO, n = 5) and benign biliary obstruction (BBO, n = 5) was used to identify CCA-derived exosomal circRNAs through microarray analysis. This was followed by a discovery cohort (n = 20) to further reveal a CCA-specific circRNA complex (hsa-circ-0000367, hsa-circ-0021647, and hsa-circ-0000288) in both bile and serum exosomes. …”
Get full text

Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer by Xiaojie Chu, Seungmin Shin, Du-San Baek, Liyong Zhang, Alex Conard, Megan Shi, Ye-Jin Kim, Cynthia Adams, Maggie Hines, Xianglei Liu, Chuan Chen, Zehua Sun, Dontcho V. Jelev, John W. Mellors, Dimiter S. Dimitrov, Wei Li

“…F12 targets PSCA amino acids 63–69 as tested by the peptide scanning microarray, and it cross-reacts with the murine PSCA. …”
Get full text

The Effects of MicroRNAs on Cardiomyopathy in a Rat Model of Streptozotocin-induced Diabetes Mellitus by Aslıhan Şeyda DOĞAN, Mukaddes PALA, Şenay GÖRÜCÜ YILMAZ, Ayfer BECEREN, Aydın KARABULUT, Yalçın POLAT, Hatice Kübra ELÇİOĞLU

“…Methods: Therefore, miRNAs obtained from rat heart tissue were analyzed by microarray, and twelve miRNAs (rno-miR-200c-3p, rno-miR-129-5p, rno-miR-150-3p, rno-miR-3584-5p, rno-miR-34c-3p, rno-miR-342-3p, rno-miR-466b-3p, rno-miR-466c-3p, rno-miR-31a-3p, rno-miR-15b-5p, rno-miR-196b-3p, and rno-miR-208a-5p) with changed expression levels were validated by real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis. …”
Get full text

The endoplasmic reticulum degradation-enhancing α-mannosidase-like protein 3 attenuates the unfolded protein response and has pro-survival and pro-viral roles in hepatoma cells and... by Alina-Veronica Ghionescu, Mihaela Uta, Andrei Sorop, Catalin Lazar, Petruta R. Flintoaca-Alexandru, Gabriela Chiritoiu, Livia Sima, Stefana-Maria Petrescu, Simona Olimpia Dima, Norica Branza-Nichita

“…Methods In this study we quantified the expression of the ERAD factor EDEM3, in a cohort of HCC patients with and without HBV infection, and validated our results by analysis of publically available transcriptomic and microarray data sets. We performed mechanistic studies in HepaRG cells with modulated EDEM3 expression to address UPR, ERAD, autophagy and apoptosis signaling, and their consequences on HBV infection. …”
Get full text

Tumor-associated neutrophils and macrophages interaction contributes to intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression by activating STAT3 by Jian Zhou, Jia Fan, Zhiqiang Hu, Jia Li, Zhengjun Zhou, Pengcheng Wang, Rongqi Sun, Haoyang Xin, Chubin Luo, Shaolai Zhou

“…Finally, we validated our results in a tissue microarray composed of primary tumor tissues from 359 patients with ICC.Results The spatial distributions of TANs and TAMs were correlated with each other in patient-derived ICC samples. …”
Get full text

The Diagnosis Value of a Novel Model with 5 Circulating miRNAs for Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B by Qingqing Zhang, Qidi Zhang, Binghang Li, Ying Qu, Zhenghong Li, Lungen Lu, Rongzhou Li, Xiaobo Cai

“…These five tested miRNAs all had signature correlations with hepatic fibrotic level (p<0.05), and the upregulation trends were consistent with miRNA microarray analysis previously. The multivariate logistic regression analysis identified that a model of five miRNAs (miR-5) had a high diagnostic accuracy in discrimination of different stages of liver fibrosis. …”
Get full text

Kaempferol protects against high-salt-induced hypertension and vascular endothelial injury by inhibiting ferroptosis through the ATF4/ACSL4 pathway by Qiuer Liang, Minghao Chen, Guangtian Chen, Pengli Xu, Lai Kwan Lam, Pengcheng Xie, Ting Xie, Wanqing Tu, Tianhao Liu, Xiaopeng Peng, Haoyao Yuan, Liguo Chen, Ya Xiao

“…Surface plasmon resonance and molecular docking analyses revealed that Kae directly binds to ATF4, while proteome microarray and co-immunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that ATF4 interacts with ACSL4 in HAECs. …”
Get full text

Oncolytic peptide LTX-315 induces anti-pancreatic cancer immunity by targeting the ATP11B-PD-L1 axis by Meng Wang, Xing Huang, Tingbo Liang, Tianyu Tang, Gang Zhang, Minghao Lu, Zhengtao Hong, Junming Huang, Xiao Zhi

“…Both in-house tissue microarray and open accessed The Cancer Genome Atlas data sets were used to evaluate the clinical relevance in pancreatic cancer prognosis.Results LTX-315 treatment inhibited PD-L1 expression and enhanced lymphocyte infiltration in pancreatic tumors. …”
Get full text

Highly proliferating cancer cells function as novel prognostic biomarkers for lung adenocarcinoma with particular usefulness for stage IA risk stratification by Yanlu Xiong, Yongfu Ma, Jie Lei, Jianfei Zhu, Nianlin Xie, Feng Tian, Qiang Lu, Miaomiao Wen, Qian Zheng, Yong Han, Tao Jiang, Yang Liu

“…Methods We analysed tumour heterogeneity and identified highly proliferating cancer cells (HPCs) in LUAD by performing single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis, immunohistochemical (IHC) staining using a tissue microarray, flow cytometry and biological experiments. …”
Get full text