Epidemiology of group B streptococcal infection in pregnant women and diseased infants in mainland China by Jing Huang, Xin-Zhu Lin, Yao Zhu, Chao Chen

“…Serotype III was the dominant serotype that was observed in GBS isolates. GBS detection and identification has become more commonplace, due to the availability of polymerase chain reaction and DNA microarray technologies. …”
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Signature-based small molecule screening identifies cytosine arabinoside as an EWS/FLI modulator in Ewing sarcoma. by Kimberly Stegmaier, Jenny S Wong, Kenneth N Ross, Kwan T Chow, David Peck, Renee D Wright, Stephen L Lessnick, Andrew L Kung, Todd R Golub

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>A gene expression signature for the EWS/FLI off state was determined with microarray expression profiling of Ewing sarcoma cell lines with EWS/FLI-directed RNA interference. …”
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Increased cycling cell numbers and stem cell associated proteins as potential biomarkers for high grade human papillomavirus+ve pre-neoplastic cervical disease. by Maurice Canham, Chara Charsou, June Stewart, Sharon Moncur, Laura Hoodless, Ramya Bhatia, Duanduan Cong, Heather Cubie, Camille Busby-Earle, Alistair Williams, Victoria McLoughlin, John D M Campbell, Kate Cuschieri, Sarah Howie

“…As cancer is increasingly presumed to develop from proliferative, tumour initiating, cancer stem cells (CSCs), and as other oncogenic viruses induce stem cell associated gene expression, we evaluated whether presence of mRNA (detected by qRT-PCR) or proteins (detected by flow cytometry and antibody based proteomic microarray) from stem cell associated genes and/or increased cell proliferation (detected by flow cytometry) could be detected in well-characterised, routinely collected cervical samples from high risk HPV+ve women. …”
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Immune Condition of Colorectal Cancer Patients Featured by Serum Chemokines and Gene Expressions of CD4+ Cells in Blood by Takuya Komura, Masaaki Yano, Akimitsu Miyake, Hisashi Takabatake, Masaki Miyazawa, Norihiko Ogawa, Akihiro Seki, Masao Honda, Takashi Wada, Shigeyuki Matsui, Shuichi Kaneko, Yoshio Sakai

“…The differences in gene expression profiles of whole blood cells and cell subpopulations between CRC patients and healthy controls were analyzed using DNA microarray. Serum cytokine/chemokine concentrations in CRC patients and healthy controls were measured via multiplex detection immunoassays. …”
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Inference of cell type content from human brain transcriptomic datasets illuminates the effects of age, manner of death, dissection, and psychiatric diagnosis. by Megan Hastings Hagenauer, Anton Schulmann, Jun Z Li, Marquis P Vawter, David M Walsh, Robert C Thompson, Cortney A Turner, William E Bunney, Richard M Myers, Jack D Barchas, Alan F Schatzberg, Stanley J Watson, Huda Akil

“…Using this database, we predicted the relative cell type content for 833 human cortical samples using microarray or RNA-Seq data from the Pritzker Consortium (GSE92538) or publicly-available databases (GSE53987, GSE21935, GSE21138, CommonMind Consortium). …”
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Immune-related gene characterization and biological mechanisms in major depressive disorder revealed based on transcriptomics and network pharmacology by Shasha Wu, Shasha Wu, Qing Jiang, Jinhui Wang, Jinhui Wang, Daming Wu, Yan Ren

“…Subsequently, gene ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), Cytoscape plugin CluGO, and Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) were utilized to identify immune-related genes. The final selection of immune-related hub genes was determined through the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (Lasso) regression analysis and PPI analysis. …”
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Inhibition of Rho Kinase Induces Antioxidative Molecules and Suppresses Reactive Oxidative Species in Trabecular Meshwork Cells by Tomokazu Fujimoto, Toshihiro Inoue, Saori Ohira, Nanako Awai-Kasaoka, Takanori Kameda, Miyuki Inoue-Mochita, Hidenobu Tanihara

“…Intracellular oxidative stress was detected using a fluorescent reagent sensitive to ROS. …”
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Differentially expressed miR-3680-5p is associated with parathyroid hormone regulation in peritoneal dialysis patients. by Sohyun Jeong, Jung Mi Oh, Kook-Hwan Oh, In-Wha Kim

“…Total RNA from 15 patients (7 and 8 patients in the low and high iPTH groups, respectively) underwent miRNA microarray analysis, and three differentially upregulated (>2-fold change) miRNAs previously associated with human disease were selected for real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis. …”
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Two stable variants of Burkholderia pseudomallei strain MSHR5848 express broadly divergent in vitro phenotypes associated with their virulence differences. by A A Shea, R C Bernhards, C K Cote, C J Chase, J W Koehler, C P Klimko, J T Ladner, D A Rozak, M J Wolcott, D P Fetterer, S J Kern, G I Koroleva, S P Lovett, G F Palacios, R G Toothman, J A Bozue, P L Worsham, S L Welkos

“…Microscopic and colony morphology differences on six differential media were observed and only the Rough variant metabolized sugars in selective agar. Antimicrobial susceptibilities and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) features were characterized and phenotype microarray profiles revealed distinct metabolic and susceptibility disparities between the variants. …”
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The potential crosstalk genes and molecular mechanisms between systemic lupus erythematosus and periodontitis by Kai Zhao, Xiaolong Li, Qingmiao Zhu, Mengyu Zhu, Jinge Huang, Ting Zhao

“…Random forest (RF) and Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (Lasso) regression were employed to identify key hub genes. …”
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Diverse regulated cell death patterns and immune traits in kidney allograft with fibrosis: a prediction of renal allograft failure based on machine learning, single-nucleus RNA seq... by Yuqing Li, Jiandong Zhang, Xuemeng Qiu, Yifei Zhang, Jiyue Wu, Qing Bi, Zejia Sun, Wei Wang

“…A 9-gene signature, termed RCD risk score (RCDI), was constructed using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and multivariate Cox regression algorithms. …”
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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. …”
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Identification of Novel Molecular Panel as Potential Biomarkers of PAN-Gastrointestinal Cancer Screening: Bioinformatics and Experimental Analysis by Fatemeh Hajibabaie, Parisa Mohamadynejad, Laleh Shariati, Kamran Safavi, Navid Abedpoor

“…In the present study, using integrated transcriptomics, RNA-Seq and microarray data, from the TCGA and GEO databases, respectively, were combined to discover and validate a global biomarker panel for PAN-gastrointestinal cancers. …”
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Metformin inhibits high glucose‐induced apoptosis of renal podocyte through regulating miR‐34a/SIRT1 axis by Xudong Zhuang, Zhuye Sun, Huasheng Du, Tianhui Zhou, Jing Zou, Wei Fu

“…A conditionally immortalized human podocyte cell line was cultivated in d‐glucose (30 mM). Results Microarray and RT‐qPCR revealed that miR‐34a was downregulated in HG‐treated podocytes. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Visceral Situs Abnormalities: A Retrospective Study by Xiaoping Gong, Mingli Lv, Guanjie Wang, Yunyun Cao, Ping Chen, Hui Wang

“…Moreover, for fetuses diagnosed with visceral situs abnormalities and pregnant women with normal chromosomal results, WES remains essential to improve the detection rates of PCD or other genetic abnormalities.…”
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Genomic copy number variants: evidence for association with antibody response to anthrax vaccine adsorbed. by Michael I Falola, Howard W Wiener, Nathan E Wineinger, Gary R Cutter, Robert P Kimberly, Jeffrey C Edberg, Donna K Arnett, Richard A Kaslow, Jianming Tang, Sadeep Shrestha

“…Antibodies to protective antigen were measured at week 8 (early response) and week 30 (peak response) using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We used DNA microarray data (Affymetrix 6.0) and two CNV detection algorithms, hidden markov model (PennCNV) and circular binary segmentation (GeneSpring) to determine CNVs in all individuals. …”
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Potential role of SLC6A3 in neurodevelopmental impairments associated with corpus callosum abnormalities: insights from CNV analysis and clinical phenotyping by Shan-yu Liu, Wei Huang, Hui-lin Ou, Li Wang, Dan-dan Wang, Wei-he Tan, Qin She

“…Methods From January 2021 to July 2023, 13 children with MRI-confirmed CCAs underwent chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) for CNV detection. We performed bioinformatic analyses (Gene Ontology, STRING network) to identify neurodevelopmental genes within pathogenic CNVs, and clinical follow up assessed neurobehavioral outcomes. …”
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Identification of PECAM1 as a Prognostic Biomarker for Lung Adenocarcinoma by Shih-Sen Lin, Pei-Sung Hsu, Ying-Chu Lin, Jie-Yu You, Yung-Leun Shih, Hung-Chih Lai

“…<b>Methods</b>: We examined three microarray datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GSE10072, GSE33356, and GSE18842) to detect DEGs between tumor and normal lung tissues. …”
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Long-read genome sequencing resolves complex genomic rearrangements in rare genetic syndromes by Iftekhar A. Showpnil, Maria E. Hernandez Gonzalez, Swetha Ramadesikan, Mohammad Marhabaie, Allison Daley, Leeran Dublin-Ryan, Matthew T. Pastore, Umamaheswaran Gurusamy, Jesse M. Hunter, Brandon S. Stone, Dennis W. Bartholomew, Kandamurugu Manickam, Anthony R. Miller, Richard K. Wilson, Rolf W. Stottmann, Daniel C. Koboldt

“…Abstract Long-read sequencing can often overcome the deficiencies in routine microarray or short-read technologies in detecting complex genomic rearrangements. …”
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The Necessity of Prenatal Diagnosis by CMA for the Women with NIPS-Positive Results by Jun Xu, Ying Xue, Jing Wang, Qin Zhou, Bin Zhang, Bin Yu, Ting Wang

“…Single nucleotide polymorphism array testing was performed on a commercial 750K microarray chip (Affymetrix CytoScan 750K Array). Results. …”
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