circICMT upregulates and suppresses the malignant behavior of bladder cancer by Xin Luo, FangMei Xie, Guoqiang Qin, Ge Zou, Xu Lu, Chaofeng Zhang, Zeping Han, Ying Zhao, Xiaoyu Song, WenFeng Luo, Yongsheng Li, JinHua He, Jian Shen

“…Increasing evidence shows that circRNA plays an important role in regulating gene expression in tumors. circICMT is a circular RNA produced by the ICMT gene. Currently, the molecular function of circICMT in bladder cancer remains unclear. …”
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Nucleic Acid Aptamers for Human Norovirus GII.4 and GII.17 Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) Exhibit Specific Binding and Inhibit VLPs from Entering Cells by Cheng C, Sun M, Li J, Xue Y, Cai X, Liu J, Wang X, Xu S, Xie Y, Zhang J

“…Chao Cheng,1,* Minjia Sun,1– 3,* Jingjing Li,1,* Yitong Xue,1 Xia Cai,4 Jing Liu,1 Xiaolian Wang,5 Shouhong Xu,2 Youhua Xie,1 Junqi Zhang1 1MOE/NHC/CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 2Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Department of Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, People’s Republic of China; 3Zhejiang CONBA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, 310052, People’s Republic of China; 4Shanghai Medical College, Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Pathogeny Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Hexi University, Zhangye, 734000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Junqi Zhang, Email junqizhang@fudan.edu.cn; Youhua Xie, Email yhxie@fudan.edu.cnPurpose: Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are the main cause of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis. …”
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Identifying Multiomic Signatures of X‐Linked Retinoschisis‐Derived Retinal Organoids and Mice Harboring Patient‐Specific Mutation Using Spatiotemporal Single‐Cell Transcriptomics... by Yueh Chien, You‐Ren Wu, Chih‐Ying Chen, Yi‐Ping Yang, Lo‐Jei Ching, Bo‐Xuan Wang, Wei‐Chao Chang, I‐Hsun Chiang, Pong Su, Shih‐Yu Chen, Wen‐Chang Lin, I‐Chieh Wang, Tai‐Chi Lin, Shih‐Jen Chen, Shih‐Hwa Chiou

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Shengxue Busui Decoction activates the PI3K/Akt and VEGF pathways, enhancing vascular function and inhibiting osteocyte apoptosis to combat steroid-induced femoral head necrosis by Manting Liu, Jiexiang Ye, Runtian Wu, Dongqiang Luo, Tao Huang, Dandan Dai, Kexin Wang, Yanping Du, Junwen Ou

“…Cytoscape and machine learning (SVM) were used for target prediction and molecular docking validation. A dexamethasone (Dex)-induced SONFH rat model was established, and SBD was administered for 60 days. …”
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Circulating levels of adiponectin and AdipoR expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells are associated with lower respiratory tract Infection by Qian Wang, Xuemei Wang, Danning Xu, Mengjie Jiang, Yidan Gao, Lijuan Jiang, Meilian Liu, Haoneng Tang, Lingli Tang

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Revealing complexity: segmentation of hippocampal subfields in adolescents with major depressive disorder reveals specific links to cognitive dysfunctions by Yixin Zhang, Xuan Liu, Ying Yang, Yihao Zhang, Qiang He, Feiyu Xu, Xinjuan Jin, Junqi Gao, Yuan Yao, Dexin Yu, Bernhard Hommel, Xingxing Zhu, Kangcheng Wang, Wenxin Zhang

“…Results Depressed adolescents showed decreases in dentate gyrus, CA1, CA2/3, CA4, fimbria, tail, and molecular layer. Analyses of overall symptom severity, duration, self-harm behavior, and suicidality suggested that severity-related decreases mainly manifested in CA regions and involved surrounding subfields with disease severity increases. …”
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Suppressing surface segregation by introducing lanthanides to enhance high-temperature oxygen evolution reaction activity and durability by Jingwei Li, Zichao Wu, Yuxiang Shen, Yuefeng Song, Houfu Lv, Xiaomin Zhang, Guoxiong Wang

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Determining the effect of frailty on survival in advanced ovarian cancer: study protocol for a prospective multicentre national cohort study (FOLERO) by Daniel Hunde, Niklas Ekerstad, Mihaela Asp, Päivi Kannisto, Madelene Wedin, Charlotte Palmqvist, Pernilla Dahm-Kähler, Yvonne Brandberg, Mirna Abraham-Nordling, Kristina Åhlund, Vilhelm Mörlin, Nina Groes-Kofoed, Sahar Salehi

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Exploring the Mechanism of Skeletal Muscle in a Tacrolimus-Induced Posttransplantation Diabetes Mellitus Model on Gene Expression Profiles by Chenlei Zheng, Cheng Wang, Tan Zhang, Ding Li, Xiao-feng Ni, Jian-Hu Lin, Linxiao Sun, Bicheng Chen

“…This study explored the molecular mechanism of muscle atrophy in a tacrolimus-induced PTDM model by bioinformatics analyses. …”
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Quality of life in early breast cancer patients after adjuvant accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) in randomized trial by Petr Burkon, Iveta Selingerova, Miroslav Vrzal, Milos Holanek, Oldrich Coufal, Katerina Polachova, Vera Andraskova, Sachin R. Jhawar, Pavel Slampa, Tomas Kazda, Marek Slavik

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Gravity-based microfiltration reveals unexpected prevalence of circulating tumor cell clusters in ovarian and colorectal cancer by Anne Meunier, Javier Alejandro Hernández-Castro, Nicholas Chahley, Laudine Communal, Sara Kheireddine, Newsha Koushki, Nadia Davoudvandi, Sara Al Habyan, Benjamin Péant, Anthoula Lazaris, Andy Ng, Teodor Veres, Luke McCaffrey, Diane Provencher, Peter Metrakos, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, David Juncker

“…We perform GµF of blood from orthotopic ovarian cancer mouse models and characterize the morphological features of scCTCs and cCTCs, and the expression of molecular markers for aggressiveness. Finally, we analyze blood from 17 epithelial ovarian cancer patients with either localized or metastatic disease, and from 13 colorectal cancer liver metastasis patients. …”
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Clinical follow-up of 2 families with glomerulopathy caused by COQ8B gene variants and literature review by Lei Zhang, Gentzon Hall, Peitong Han, Chunzhen Li, Jieyuan Cui

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Modulatory effects of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum on chronic metabolic diseases by Lei Tian, Ruixiang Zhao, Xinyi Xu, Zhiwei Zhou, Xiaofang Xu, Dongmei Luo, Zhiqiang Zhou, Yu Liu, Ariel Kushmaro, Robert S. Marks, András Dinnyés, Qun Sun

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Consuming a modified Mediterranean ketogenic diet reverses the peripheral lipid signature of Alzheimer’s disease in humans by Bryan J. Neth, Kevin Huynh, Corey Giles, Tingting Wang, Natalie A. Mellett, Thy Duong, Colette Blach, Leyla Schimmel, Thomas C. Register, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Richa Batra, Annalise Schweickart, Amanda Hazel Dilmore, Cameron Martino, Matthias Arnold, Jan Krumsiek, Xianlin Han, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Rob Knight, Peter J. Meikle, Suzanne Craft, Rima Kaddurah-Daouk

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Mitochondrial genome structural variants and candidate cytoplasmic male sterility-related gene in sugarcane by Yihan Li, Shuangyu Li, Xiuting Hua, Yi Xu, Shuqi Chen, Zehuai Yu, Gui Zhuang, Yuhong Lan, Wei Yao, Baoshan Chen, Muqing Zhang, Jisen Zhang

“…Conclusion In this study, we identified structural variants and developed SSR molecular markers in the mitochondrial genomes of both S. officinarum and S. spontaneum. …”
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Protocol for the development of a global core outcome set for the surgical treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer: a literature review and international Delphi survey by Anton F Engelsman, Romana T Netea-Maier, Christiaan F Mooij, Robin P Peeters, Menno R Vriens, A S Paul van Trotsenburg, Schelto Kruijff, Joep P M Derikx, Faridi S Jamaludin, Daniël J van de Berg, Hanneke M van Santen, Sarah C Clement, Eveline Bruinstroop, Frederik A Verburg, Angelique Seur, Els J M Nieveen van Dijkum

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Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection before and after the Omicron wave in a cohort of healthcare workers in Ontario, Canada by Jorge L. Martinez-Cajas, Ann Jolly, Yanping Gong, Gerald Evans, Santiago Perez-Patrigeon, Bradley Stoner, T. Hugh Guan, Beatriz Alvarado

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Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (CECT7484 and CECT7485) and Pedioccoccus acidilactici (CECT7483) enhance actin cytoskeleton and CYP1A1 expression restoring epithelial permeability al... by Maria Raffaella Barbaro, Francesca Bianco, Cesare Cremon, Giovanni Marasco, Francesca Bonomini, Marta Palombo, Cecilia Delprete, Marta Perez, Jordi Espadaler-Mazo, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Simone Guglielmetti, Giovanni Barbara

“…The aim of the present study was to assess the ability of a probiotic blend (PB) consisting of two Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strains (CECT7484 and CECT7485) and one strain of Pediococcus acidilactici (CECT7483) to recover the permeability increase induced by mediators from IBS mucosal biopsies and to highlight the underlying molecular mechanisms. Twenty-one IBS patients diagnosed according to ROME IV criteria (11 IBS-D and 10 IBS-M) and 7 healthy controls were enrolled. …”
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The application of Vavilov’s approaches to the phylogeny and evolution of cultivated species of the genus <i>Avena</i> L. by I. G. Loskutov, A. A. Gnutikov, E. V. Blinova, A. V. Rodionov

“…A number of works devoted to the molecular aspects of the evolution and phylogeny of the genus Avena have recently appeared. …”
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Comparative evaluation of antifungal susceptibility testing methods of invasive Candida species and detection of FKS genes mutations in caspofungin intermediate and resistant isola... by Dalia Saad ElFeky, Doaa Mahdy El-Wakil, Mai M. Mwafy, Mohamed M.A. Atia, Noha Mahmoud Gohar

“…Eleven isolates (10 C. glabrata and one C. parapsilosis) exhibited resistance or intermediate susceptibility to caspofungin (MICs: 0.25‒>32 µg/ml). Molecular characterization of the FKS gene demonstrated that FKS1 mutations V47I, V52K, V56T, D57S, L62F, I71Y, I71Q in the HS1 region, and G7S, P11H mutations in the HS2 region were associated with increased caspofungin MIC values (16 µg/ml). …”
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