Integrative bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation of key biomarkers driving the progression of cirrhotic portal hypertension by Meilin Li, Lilin Jiang, Yunrui Ru, Zhonghua Lu, Peng Gu

“…The aim of this study was to identify hub genes for predicting persistent progression of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods Related microarray datasets were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. …”
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Identification and validation of hub gene TNFAIP6 of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis by LEI Lei, LYU Yuxin, ZHANG Jing

“…After MH7A cells were transfected with si-TNFAIP6, CCK-8 and Transwell assays were applied to detect the effects of silencing TNFAIP6 on the proliferation, migration and invasion abilities of MH7A cells. …”
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MicroRNA-212-5p and its target PAFAH1B2 suppress vascular proliferation and contraction via the downregulation of RhoA. by Gwi Ran Kim, Tingwei Zhao, Hae Jin Kee, Seung-Jung Kee, Myung Ho Jeong

“…We investigated the role of miR-212-5p and its downstream target in vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation, migration, and contraction. MicroRNA microarray and PCR analyses showed that miR-212-5p expression was increased with angiotensin II treatment in vivo and in vitro. …”
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DDX3 participates in miRNA biogenesis and RNA interference through translational control of PACT and interaction with AGO2 by Ming‐Chih Lai, Yen‐Ling Yu, Chiao‐Nung Chen, Jau‐Song Yu, Hsin‐Yuan Hung, Shih‐Peng Chan

“…Here, we showed that the control of PACT by DDX3 is conserved in human cells and Caenorhabditis elegans. Using a miRNA microarray, we found that DDX3 regulates the expression of a small subset of cancer‐related miRNAs. …”
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A strong immune response in young adult honeybees masks their increased susceptibility to infection compared to older bees. by James C Bull, Eugene V Ryabov, Gill Prince, Andrew Mead, Cunjin Zhang, Laura A Baxter, Judith K Pell, Juliet L Osborne, Dave Chandler

“…We coupled an infection bioassay with a functional analysis of gene expression in individual bees using a whole genome microarray. Forager bees treated with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. survived for significantly longer than house bees. …”
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Methylation-based smoking signatures in blood and tissue samples for the prediction of self-reported smoking status and mortality in patients with colorectal cancer by Tanwei Yuan, Katrin E. Tagscherer, Wilfried Roth, Melanie Bewerunge-Hudler, Alexander Brobeil, Matthias Kloor, Hendrik Bläker, Hermann Brenner, Michael Hoffmeister

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Emerging Target Discovery Strategies Drive the Decoding of Therapeutic Power of Natural Products and Further Drug Development: A Case Study of Celastrol by Yanbei Tu, Guiyu Dai, Yanyan Chen, Lihua Tan, Hanqing Liu, Meiwan Chen

“…Efforts in CEL target identification not only aid in unraveling the scientific underpinnings of its multiple pharmacological effects but also offer crucial insights for further drug development of CEL‐based drugs.…”
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Cognitive Impairments Induced by Concussive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Mouse Are Ameliorated by Treatment with Phenserine via Multiple Non-Cholinergic and Cholinergic Mechanism... by David Tweedie, Koji Fukui, Yazhou Li, Qian-Sheng Yu, Shani Barak, Ian A Tamargo, Vardit Rubovitch, Harold W Holloway, Elin Lehrmann, William H Wood, Yongqing Zhang, Kevin G Becker, Evelyn Perez, Henriette Van Praag, Yu Luo, Barry J Hoffer, Robert E Becker, Chaim G Pick, Nigel H Greig

“…Molecular pathways associated with lipid peroxidation were found to be regulated by mTBI, and treatment of mTBI animals with phenserine effectively reversed injury-induced regulations in the 'Blalock Alzheimer's Disease Up' pathway. …”
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CDK5 Regulates Paclitaxel Sensitivity in Ovarian Cancer Cells by Modulating AKT Activation, p21Cip1- and p27Kip1-Mediated G1 Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis. by Shu Zhang, Zhen Lu, Weiqun Mao, Ahmed A Ahmed, Hailing Yang, Jinhua Zhou, Nicholas Jennings, Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, Roberto Miranda, Wei Qiao, Veera Baladandayuthapani, Zongfang Li, Anil K Sood, Jinsong Liu, Xiao-Feng Le, Robert C Bast

“…CDK5 protein was measured by immunohistochemical staining of an ovarian cancer tissue microarray to correlate CDK5 expression with overall patient survival. …”
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Tazarotene-Induced Gene 3 (TIG3) Induces Apoptosis in Melanoma Cells Through the Modulation of Inhibitors of Apoptosis Proteins by Chun-Hua Wang, Lu-Kai Wang, Fu-Ming Tsai

“…<b>Methods:</b> The expression of TIG3 in melanoma tissues was analyzed using a cDNA microarray. Cell viability and cell death were measured using the WST-1 and LDH assay kits, respectively. …”
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Blue light acts as a double-edged sword in regulating sexual development of Hypocrea jecorina (Trichoderma reesei). by Chia-Ling Chen, Hsiao-Che Kuo, Shu-Yu Tung, Paul Wei-Che Hsu, Chih-Li Wang, Christian Seibel, Monika Schmoll, Ruey-Shyang Chen, Ting-Fang Wang

“…Moreover, BLR1 and BLR2 mediate both positive and negative light-dependent regulation on sexual development, whereas ENV1 is required for dampening the light-dependent inhibitory effect in response to changes in illumination. Comparative genome-wide microarray analysis demonstrated an overview of light-dependent gene expression versus sexual potency in CBS999.97 (MAT1-2) haploid cells. …”
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Estimating the force of infection of four dengue serotypes from serological studies in two regions of Vietnam. by Huynh Thi Phuong, Nguyen Ha Thao Vy, Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, Maxine Tan, Erwin de Bruin, Marion Koopmans, Maciej F Boni, Hannah E Clapham

“…Seroprevalence studies have been used to great effect for understanding patterns of dengue transmission. …”
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Bioinformatic analyses reveal lysosomal-associated protein transmembrane 5 as a potential therapeutic target in lipotoxicity-induced injury in diabetic kidney disease by Xin Chen, Shenglong Zhu, Ciyou Huang, Jiayi Liu, Jinbang Wang, Siyuan Cui

“…Here, we analyzed the GSE 30529 microarray datasets of human tubulointerstitial tissue samples from the Gene Expression Omnibus database (GEO). …”
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Multiple-omics analysis of aggrephagy-related cellular patterns and development of an aggrephagy-related signature for hepatocellular carcinoma by Jiafen Xie, Xiaoming Wang

“…Abstract Background Protein aggrephagy, a selected autophagy process response for degrading protein aggregates, plays a critical role in various cancers. …”
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Screening and identification of potential target of 1′-acetoxychavicol acetate (ACA) in acquired lapatinib-resistant breast cancer by Febri Wulandari, Ahmad Fauzi, Muhammad Da'i, Mahmoud Mirzaei, Maryati, Kun Harismah

“…Genomic mutations, expression levels, prognostic significance, and ROC analysis were examined in selected genes. We used AutoDock Vina to conduct ACA molecular docking with potential target genes. …”
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Bayesian inference towards the resolution of molecular evolution: application to the “Trichoderma harzianum sensu lato” clade by Druzhinina I S, Kubicek C P

“…We characterized the evolutionary properties of three genomic regions in Hypocrea/Trichoderma: the internal transcribed spacer regions ITS1 and 2 of rDNA, the large intron of translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tefla), and a portion of the large exon of the endochitinase 42 gene (ech42), selected the best model which describes the evolution of every fragment, tested the molecular clock hypothesis and made an estimation of the usability of the combined three fragments data matrix for the phylogenetic analysis of the genus as a whole as well as on the level of the holomorphic H. lixii/T. harzianum species clade and separate clonal lineages. …”
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Study on hsa_circ_101209 in Plasma of Pregnant Women with Deep Venous Thrombosis by Zhang Y, Li J

“…Sixty women with DVT were selected as the DVT group, and 60 women without DVT as the non-DVT group. hsa_circ_14797 in plasma was detected, as well as D-dimer (D-D) concentration and P-selectin expression. …”
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Low Concentration of S100A8/9 Promotes Angiogenesis-Related Activity of Vascular Endothelial Cells: Bridges among Inflammation, Angiogenesis, and Tumorigenesis? by Changyou Li, Siyuan Li, Changkai Jia, Lingling Yang, Zicheng Song, Yiqiang Wang

“…This study checked whether low concentrations of S100A8 or S100A9 has any effect on the behaviour of vascular endothelial cells. …”
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Cytosolic phospholipase A(2)α and eicosanoids regulate expression of genes in macrophages involved in host defense and inflammation. by Saritha Suram, Lori J Silveira, Spencer Mahaffey, Gordon D Brown, Joseph V Bonventre, David L Williams, Neil A R Gow, Donna L Bratton, Robert C Murphy, Christina C Leslie

“…For global insight, differential gene expression in C. albicans-stimulated cPLA2α(+/+) and cPLA2α(-/-) macrophages (3 h) was compared by microarray. cPLA2α(+/+) macrophages expressed 86 genes at lower levels and 181 genes at higher levels than cPLA2α(-/-) macrophages (≥2-fold, p<0.05). …”
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Interleukin-27-induced HIV-resistant dendritic cells suppress reveres transcription following virus entry in an SPTBN1, autophagy, and YB-1 independent manner. by Tomozumi Imamichi, Qian Chen, Bharatwaj Sowrirajan, Jun Yang, Sylvain Laverdure, Mayra Marquez, Anthony R Mele, Catherine Watkins, Joseph W Adelsberger, Jeanette Higgins, Hongyan Sui

“…An HIV proviral DNA copy number assay displayed that 27DC suppressed reverse transcriptase (RT) reaction without influencing the virus entry. A DNA microarray analysis was performed to identify the differentially expressed genes between 27DC and iDC. …”
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