Gene polymorphisms of miR-323b and miR-1343 that regulate kininogen L are associated with schizophrenia susceptibility: A preliminary population‑based study by Xiaoyu Liu, Mengdi Jin, Mingjia Yang, Lijuan Yan, Weijiao Zhao, Lizhuo Liu, Hongmin Wang, Yongzhuo Ding, Yanyan Sun, Yanchi Zhang, Qiong Yu

“… miR-SNP is a type of functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that affects the regulatory functions of miRNA genes, miRNA binding sites, or components of miRNA biogenesis. …”
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Acute administration of lovastatin had no pronounced effect on motor abilities, motor coordination, gait nor simple cognition in a mouse model of Angelman syndrome by Timothy A. Fenton, Stela P. Petkova, Anna Adhikari, Jill L. Silverman

“…Unexpectedly, deleterious effects of sedation were observed in wildtype (WT), age matched littermate control mice and despite a baseline hypolocomotive phenotype in AS mice, even further reductions in exploratory activity, were observed post-acute lovastatin treatment. …”
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Contribution and regulation of Ustilago maydis in carbohydrate metabolism during maize silage fermentation by Luo Chongyu, Ni Chengcheng, Dong Quanmin, Yang Fuyu

“…Although the ZEN content in the raw materials significantly increased—being 5.02 times and 3.47 times higher than the control group in GSHF and HSHF (P < 0.01), respectively—its content decreased by 6.5% and 51.3% compared to the control group after ensiling. …”
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Facile and adjustable production of self–standing oxygen–doped graphene membranes for optimized oxygen evolution electrocatalysis by Liang Chen, Lanyun Yang, Liying Hu, Minghao Jin, Chenxi Xu, Binhong He, Wei Wang, Ying Liu, Gangyong Li, Zhaohui Hou

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Deletion of <i>ddx4</i> Ovary-Specific Transcript Causes Dysfunction of Meiosis and Derepress of DNA Transposons in Zebrafish Ovaries by Yuanyuan Chen, Xing Lin, Jing Dai, Yifan Bai, Fei Liu, Daji Luo

“…Alternative splicing of <i>ddx4</i> (DEAD-box helicase 4), a key germline marker gene, has been reported to generate sex-specific transcripts in zebrafish gonads. The biological functions and regulatory mechanisms of the <i>ddx4</i> ovary-specific transcript (<i>ddx4-L</i>) during oogenesis remain unclear. …”
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The role of exercise therapy in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease in an elderly population: a prospective cohort study by Nugroho Susanto, Trees Trees, Lisa Mustika Sari, B.M.A.S. Anaconda Bangkara, I Nengah Sandi, Loso Judijanto, Muhammad Nurhisyam Ali Setiawan

“…A review of randomised controlled studies found that aerobic exercise regimens, resistance, and combinations increased cardiovascular risk factors. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of faecal metagenomic and serum metabolism revealed the role of gut microbes and related metabolites in detecting colorectal lateral spreading tumours by Hao Lin, Yudai Chen, Ming Zhou, Hongli Wang, Lichun Chen, Li Zheng, Zhixin Wang, Xiaoling Zheng, Shiyun Lu

“…Colorectal lateral spreading tumours (LST), early-stage lesions of colorectal cancer (CRC), are associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis. However, the functional alterations in gut microbiota and their metabolic pathways remain inadequately understood. …”
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Semaphorin 3F inhibits breast cancer metastasis by regulating the Akt-mTOR and TGFβ signaling pathways via neuropilin-2 by Hironao Nakayama, Akari Murakami, Hisayo Nishida-Fukuda, Shinji Fukuda, Erina Matsugi, Masako Nakahara, Chiaki Kusumoto, Yoshiaki Kamei, Shigeki Higashiyama

“…We found that tumor growth was significantly inhibited in 4T1-SEMA3F injected mice compared to controls. Immunostaining revealed a remarkable reduction in the expression of vimentin, a mesenchymal cell marker, in 4T1-SEMA3F tumors. …”
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Charge-selective nanoconfined boron nitride membranes for ultrafast and enhanced water decontamination by Wenjing Geng, Chuchu Cheng, Baoxin Ge, Yaohui Xu, Yufei Liu, Xinxin Ye, Caijin Huang, Weiwei Lei, Yang Wang, Dengrong Sun, Cheng Chen

“…Density functional theory calculation results further confirm the charge selection of nanoconfined catalysis boron nitride membranes for enhanced water decontamination. …”
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Multi-feature fusion RFE random forest for schizophrenia classification and treatment response prediction by Chang Wang, Rui Zhang, Jiyuan Zhang, Yaning Ren, Ting Pang, Xiangyu Chen, Xiao Li, Zongya Zhao, Yongfeng Yang, Wenjie Ren, Yi Yu

“…However, only a limited number of researchers have exploited the multi-feature information derived from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) to achieve short-term drug-treatment SZ classification and treatment response prediction. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis of Apple Leaves with Apple Necrotic Mosaic Virus-Associated Mosaic Symptoms by Dehang Gao, Fei Xing, Qin Yan, Zhixiang Zhang, Binhui Zhan, Meiguang Lu, Yunlong Ma, Hongqing Wang, Shifang Li, Jipeng Xie

“…Functional enrichment analysis revealed that these DEGs were predominantly involved in carbohydrate metabolism, oxidation-reduction processes, secondary metabolite biosynthesis, and plant hormone signal transduction. …”
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Gut Microbiota Dynamics in Hibernating and Active <i>Nyctalus noctula</i>: Hibernation-Associated Loss of Diversity and Anaerobe Enrichment by Ilia V. Popov, Daria A. Peshkova, Ekaterina A. Lukbanova, Inna S. Tsurkova, Sergey A. Emelyantsev, Anastasya A. Krikunova, Aleksey V. Malinovkin, Michael L. Chikindas, Alexey M. Ermakov, Igor V. Popov

“…Fecal samples from individually banded bats were collected under controlled conditions at a rehabilitation center and analyzed for alpha and beta diversity, as well as differential taxonomic abundance. …”
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Conventional Versus Regenerative Methods for Wound Healing: A Comparative Experimental Study on a Sheep Model by Rossella Elia, Michele Maruccia, Pietro Giovanni Di Summa, Rodrigo Trisciuzzi, Giuditta Lovero, Gerardo Cazzato, Luca Lacitignola, Francesco Staffieri, Alberto Maria Crovace

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Wound healing is a complex process involving cellular, anatomical, and functional repair, often hindered in chronic wounds associated with diseases like diabetes and vascular disorders. …”
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The role of mindfulness training supported by virtual reality in the nonpharmacological treatment of schizophrenia-research design by Andrzej Cechnicki, Adrian Chrobak, Iga Plencler, Przemysław Stankiewicz, Aneta Kalisz, Piotr Błądziński, Dawid Kruk, Stanisław Radoń, Bernadetta Szewczyk, Agata Faron-Górecka, Michał Korostyński, Marcin Siwek

“…VR-MST could support stress reduction, enhance cognitive functioning, and improve daily life in SZ patients. …”
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Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. Lactis BX-BC08 modulates gut microbiota and secretes alpha-Ketoglutaric acid to alleviate MC903-induced atopic dermatitis by Jiamin Zhao, Ling Kui, Jinqun Huang, Jie Deng, Lingjun Liu, Chenwei Zhu, Yanqiang Shi, Chengyi Li, Yue Xiao, Jinshi Yu, Qing Li, Bin Yang, Bingfeng Leng, Hung Chan

“…Results BX-BC08 significantly attenuated pro-inflammatory responses, scaling and swelling in the MC903-induced AD like murine model compared to controls. Fecal microbial profiling revealed an enrichment of probiotics and a reduction of pro-inflammatory bacteria in BX-BC08 treated mice. …”
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Bioremediation Potential of <i>Rhodococcus qingshengii</i> PM1 in Sodium Selenite-Contaminated Soil and Its Impact on Microbial Community Assembly by Mu Peng, Guangai Deng, Chongyang Hu, Xue Hou, Zhiyong Wang

“…Soil microbial communities are particularly sensitive to selenium contamination, which has seriously affected the stability of soil ecological environment and function. In this study, we applied high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing to examine the effects of low and high doses of sodium selenite and the selenite-degrading bacterium, <i>Rhodococcus qingshengii</i> PM1, on soil bacterial community composition, diversity, and assembly processes under controlled laboratory conditions. …”
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The Swimming Performance and Transcriptomic Insights Into Diverse Gene Regulation in Grass Carp Brain Under Water Velocity Stress by Mian Adnan Kakakhel, Nishita Narwal, Alam Khan, Majid Rasta, Liming Liu, Ihsan Ali, Yujiao Wu, Shi Xiaotao

“…Grass carp were subjected to controlled water velocities to measure the critical swimming speed (Ucrit), which showed that the swimming performance was increased based on body length; however, a reduction in swimming performance was observed as the water flow increased (p < 0.05). …”
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ChemLotUS: A Benchmark Data Set of Lotic Chemistry Across US River Networks by N. Fernandez, M. J. Cohen, J. W. Jawitz

“…ChemLotUS enables new opportunities for investigations of continental scale variation in and controls on water quality.…”
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Hybrid closed-loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and economic modelling by Asra Asgharzadeh, Mubarak Patel, Martin Connock, Sara Damery, Iman Ghosh, Mary Jordan, Karoline Freeman, Anna Brown, Rachel Court, Sharin Baldwin, Fatai Ogunlayi, Chris Stinton, Ewen Cummins, Lena Al-Khudairy

“…The system includes a combination of real-time continuous glucose monitoring from a continuous glucose monitoring device and a control algorithm to direct insulin delivery through an insulin pump. …”
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Preparation and Application of Core–Shell Nanocarbon-Based Slow-Release Foliar Fertilizer by Ting Zhang, Xinheng Chen, Hongtao Gu, Huayi Chen, Kaichun Huang, Jinjin Wang, Huijuan Xu, Yulong Zhang, Wenyan Li

“…The controlled-release performance was enhanced, with a 24% decrease in the release rate and a prolonged nutrient delivery duration. …”
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