Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Atlantoaxial Tuberculosis: A Case Report by Chiu-Chun Chen, Chi-Ruei Li, Hsi-Kai Tsou, Ting-Hsien Kao, Ruei-Hong Lin

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The role of type I interferon signaling in myeloid anti-tumor immunity by Sofie Patrizia Meyer, Rebekka Bauer, Bernhard Brüne, Bernhard Brüne, Bernhard Brüne, Tobias Schmid, Tobias Schmid

“…Finally, we will discuss how type I IFN responses in macrophages might affect and should be considered for current and future tumor therapies.…”
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Influence of the purification of human adult pancreatic islets on insulin secretion by Nikolić Dragan M., Đorđević Predrag B., Dimitrijević-Srećković Vesna, Džingalašević Marina, Belij Sandra, Kalezić Nevena

“…Although during purification process islets were exposed to a number of insults that might result in cellular damage and functional impairment, our assessments showed that islets in P cultures preserved their functional capacity better than islets in NP cultures, since they had greater insulin secretion.…”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Prognostic Value of MEX3A and Its Relationship with Immune Infiltrates in Ovarian Cancer by Panpan Zhang, Tong Su, Shu Zhang

“…Taken together, MEX3A might influence the biological functions of OC cells by regulating the immune infiltration in the microenvironment as a prognostic biomarker and a potential therapeutic target.…”
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Resistance Training Combined with Balance or Gait Training for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study by Johanna Theresia Biebl, Monica Azqueta-Gavaldon, Cornelia Wania, Olena Zettl, Matthias Woiczinski, Leandra Bauer, Claudia Storz, Kai Bötzel, Eduard Kraft

“…The primary outcome parameters were the functional reach test to evaluate balance and stride length to evaluate gait. …”
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Reproductive effects of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) deficiency in mice by S. O. Maslennikova, G. V. Kontsevaya, M. A. Zolotykh, M. V. Anisimova, N. A. Feofanova, M. P. Moshkin, S. A. Nedospasov, L. A. Gerlinskaya

“…Preimplantation loss in females might be caused by asospermia in TNF-/- males. Additionally, the sensitivity of reproductive functions to female stimuli was different between TNF-/- mice and wild-type mice, while interactions with females increased the concentrations of sper­matozoids in both TNF-/- and wild-type mice. …”
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Assessment of Classical Force-Fields for Graphene Mechanics by Zhiwei Ma, Yongkang Tan, Xintian Cai, Xue Chen, Tan Shi, Jianfeng Jin, Yifang Ouyang, Qing Peng

“…The accuracy of the molecular dynamics simulation depends on the potential functions. This work assesses the performance of various potential functions available for graphene in mechanical properties prediction. …”
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Altered automatic gaze processing in older adults by Roger Koenig-Robert, Roger Koenig-Robert, Boris Barrientos, Phoebe E. Bailey, Phoebe E. Bailey, Kiley Seymour, Kiley Seymour

“…From understanding others’ mental states to interpreting social cues, aging impairs social abilities. These impairments might not seem surprising given they rely on other cognitive functions such as memory, attention and decision-making, which are known to decline with age. …”
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Quantification of Lower Limb Kinematics During Swimming in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury by Melina Giagiozis, Sabrina Imhof, Sibylle Achermann, Catherine R. Jutzeler, László Demkó, Björn Zörner

“…Spinal cord injuries (SCI) often result in impaired motor functions. To quantify these impairments, swimming patterns were analyzed in individuals with SCI. …”
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Adaptation of Archaeal Communities to Summer Hypoxia in the Sediment of Bohai Sea by Xiaoxiao Guo, Yanying Li, Guisheng Song, Liang Zhao, Jing Wang

“…Furthermore, adaptions to hypoxia of archaea were also displayed by variation in relative abundance of the predicted ecological functions and the metabolic pathways. The enrichment of specific nitrogen transformation enzymes showed the potential for nitrogen fixation and removal, which might contribute to the balance of N budget and thus facilitate the ecological restoration under eutrophication in Bohai Sea. …”
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The <i>stn1</i>-<i>sz2</i> Mutant Provides New Insight into the Impacts of Telomeric Cdc13-Stn1-Ten1 Dysfunction on Cell Cycle Progression by Nathalie Grandin, Michel Charbonneau

“…These newly described phenotypes potentially represent the basis for identifying new functions of the CST telomeric complex. These functions might consist of ensuring correct chromosome segregation through the stabilization of the mitotic spindle.…”
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Examining the characteristic features of lipedema and the usefulness of BMI and WHtR in clinical evaluation by Monika Czerwińska, Marcin Gruszecki, Jacek Rumiński, Rita Hansdorfer-Korzon

“…Conclusion Lipedema symptoms have a direct impact on functioning of patients. Quality of life is decreased among women with lipedema. …”
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Characterization of the diversity, genomic features, host bacteria, and distribution of crAss-like phages in the pig gut microbiome by Yaxiang Wang, Chao Wei, Zhe Chen, Mengqing Zhou, Lusheng Huang, Congying Chen

“…Approximately 64.73% of crAss-like phage genes lacked functional annotations, highlighting a gap in understanding their functional potential. …”
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Brain spect in the pre-surgical evaluation of epileptic patients preliminary results by Carlos A. Buchpiguel, Arthur Cukiert, Fausto H. Hironaka, Giovani G. Cerri, Alvaro E. A. Magalhães, Raul Marino Jr.

“…Pre-surgical evaluation of epileptic patients consists of neurological examination, intensive electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring and anatomical studies (CT and MRI). Functional methods such as PET and SPECT imaging are now used more frequently. …”
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Mapping small-world properties through development in the human brain: disruption in schizophrenia. by Dardo Tomasi, Nora D Volkow

“…Evidence from imaging studies suggests that the human brain has a small-world network topology that might be disrupted in certain brain disorders. However, current methodology is based on global graph theory measures, such as clustering, C, characteristic path length, L, and small-worldness, S, that lack spatial specificity and are insufficient to identify regional brain abnormalities. …”
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Surfactant protein D alleviates chondrocytes senescence by upregulating SIRT3/SOD2 pathway in osteoarthritis by Huanyu Jiang, Yantao Zhang, Piyao Ji, Jianghua Ming, Yaming Li, Yan Zhou

“…Furthermore, the expression of aging-related biomarkers and mitochondrial functions in SP-D overexpressing chondrocytes was observed. …”
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Mapping gene associations in human mitochondria using clinical disease phenotypes. by Curt Scharfe, Henry Horng-Shing Lu, Jutta K Neuenburg, Edward A Allen, Guan-Cheng Li, Thomas Klopstock, Tina M Cowan, Gregory M Enns, Ronald W Davis

“…The results showed that genes sharing more similar phenotypes have a stronger tendency for functional interactions, proving the usefulness of phenotype similarity values in disease gene network analysis. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of prehabilitation prior to elective surgery compared to usual preoperative care: protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations by Tanja Rombey, Helene Eckhardt, Wilm Quentin

“…Introduction Preoperative functional capacity is an important predictor of postoperative outcomes. …”
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Positive selection analyses identify a single WWE domain residue that shapes ZAP into a more potent restriction factor against alphaviruses. by Serina Huang, Juliana Girdner, LeAnn P Nguyen, Carina Sandoval, Oliver I Fregoso, David Enard, Melody M H Li

“…Many of them block a diverse range of viruses, suggesting that their antiviral functions might have been shaped by multiple viral families during evolution. …”
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Web-based assessment of dual-task costs at different ages: an analysis across cognitive domains by Vincenzo Livoti, Vincenzo Livoti, Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi, Giulio Contemori, Maria Silvia Saccani, Mario Bonato, Mario Bonato

“…IntroductionUnderstanding the trajectories of cognitive aging provides important insights that might also be potentially useful for the early detection of cognitive impairments. …”
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