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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by destructive and symmetrical joint diseases and synovitis. This research attempted to explore the mechanisms involving ferroptosis in RA, and ...
Drugs produce pharmaceutical and adverse effects that arise from the complex relationship between drug targets and signatures; by considering such relationships, we can begin to understand the cellular mechani...
Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is a complex autoimmune disease, and the exact pathogenesis remains to be elucidated. This study aimed to explore genes underlying the pathogenesis of IgAN.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in adults. However, ALS, especially sporadic ALS (sALS), is difficult to diagnose due to the lack of biomarkers.
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants including the Delta and Omicron along with waning of vaccine-induced immunity over time contributed to increased rates of breakthrough infection specifically among healthca...
Genome-wide sequencing may extensively identify potential pathogenic variants, which helps to understand mechanisms of tumorigenesis, but such study has not been reported in benzene-induced leukemia (BIL).
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is usually diagnosed in early childhood. Timely diagnosis and early initiation of treatments such as behavioral therapy are important in autistic people. Discoverin...
T cell-mediated rejection is an important factor affecting early transplant kidney survival. Ferroptosis has been shown to play a pathogenic role in a variety of diseases, which was not reported in TCMR. Here ...
Leucine-rich repeat sequence domains are known to mediate protein‒protein interactions. Recently, some studies showed that members of the leucine rich repeat containing (LRRC) protein superfamily may become ne...
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common type of inherited retinopathy. At least 69 genes for RP have been identified. A significant proportion of RP, however, remains genetically unsolved. In this study, ...
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of beta cells in pancreatic islets. Identification of the key genes involved in T1D progression and their mechanisms of action ma...
Over the last decade, the implementation of multigene panels for hereditary tumor syndrome has increased at our institution (Inselspital, University Hospital Berne, Switzerland). The aim of this study was to d...
Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD) results from a biallelic germline pathogenic variant in a mismatch repair (MMR) gene. The most common CMMRD-associated malignancies are brain tumors; an accura...
The X-linked PTCHD1 locus is strongly associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Males who carry chromosome microdeletions of PTCHD1 antisense long non-coding RNA (PTCHD1-AS)/DEAD-box helicase 53 (DDX53) hav...
KIAA0586, also known as Talpid3, plays critical roles in primary cilia formation and hedgehog signaling in humans. Variants in KIAA0586 could cause some different ciliopathies, including Joubert syndrome (JBTS), ...
Pathogenic PAK1 variants were described to be causative of neurodevelopmental disorder with macrocephaly, seizures, and speech delay. Herein, we present a de novo PAK1 variant combine with a de novo terminal 1q m...
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignant neoplasm with limited treatment options and poor outcomes. Thus, there is an urgent need to find sensitive biomarkers for HCC.
Cutaneous melanoma is the skin cancer with the highest mutational burden and metastatic rate. Early genetic alterations and biomarkers of distant progression are a point of interest. In addition to germline-su...
Previous studies showed that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and PPARγ coactivator1 family (PPARGC1A and PPARGC1B) gene single nucleotide variants (SNVs)were strongly associated with canc...
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disease in orthopedics. RNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) exerts an essential effect in a variety of biological processes in the eukaryotes. In this study, we determined the effect o...
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has insidious onset, late clinical diagnosis and high recurrence rate, which leads to poor quality of patient life. Therefore, it is necessary to further explore the pathogenesis...
Homocystinuria due to methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. The purpose of this study is to expand the mutation site of the MTHFR gene and provide genetic ...
To construct the lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network based on our microarray chip data for providing new insights into the pathogenesis of autoimmune hepatitis.
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) accounts for a frequently-occurring head and neck cancer, which is characterized by high rates of morbidity and mortality. Metabolism-related genes (MRGs) show close associa...
17p13.3 microdeletions or microduplications (collectively known as copy number variants or CNVs) have been described in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. However, 17p13.3 CNVs were rarely reported...
We aimed to explore mechanisms of development and progression of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Down syndrome (DS) is caused by the presence of an extra copy of full or partial human chromosome 21 (Hsa21). Partial (segmental) trisomy 21 (PT21) is the duplication of only a delimited region of Hsa21 and ca...
Recently, increasing attention has been drawn to the impact of the tumor microenvironment (TME) on the occurrence and progression of malignant tumors. A variety of 3D culture techniques have been used to simul...
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the most common heart diseases, characterized by the hardening and narrowing of arteries, resisting blood supply to cardiac muscle. Despite extensive research, the patho...
Recent studies have demonstrated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in regulating tumor cell ferroptosis. However, prognostic signatures based on ferroptosis-related lncRNAs (FRLs) and their rela...
The role of adiponectin (ADIPOQ) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been documented, however, demonstrating controversial results. In this study, we investigated blood serum ADIPOQ levels, methylation of the adip...
Hypoxia will trigger a series of immunosuppressive process in tumor microenvironment, leading to the progression in gastric cancer (GC). This research aims to establish a prognostic model made up of hypoxia-ri...
Among the most lethal cancers, pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) is an essential component of digestive system malignancies that still lacks effective diagnosis and treatment methods. As exosomes and competing ...
OSBPL3 is overexpressed in a variety of malignancies and is closely associated with tumor growth and metastasis. However, its expression and function in colorectal cancer (CRC) are unclear. We aimed to investi...
Caveolin-1 (CAV-1) in adipocyte tissue and other body parts possesses numerous biological functions. In the present study, we sought to investigate the interaction between CAV-1 polymorphism and dietary fat qu...
We aimed to investigate the role and potential mechanisms of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in bladder cancer (BC), as well as determine their prognostic value.
Most prostate cancer patients die from metastasis and lack accurate efficacious biomarkers to monitor the disease behavior, optimize treatment and assess prognosis. Herein, we aimed to identify meaningful lncR...
Neanderthal introgressed DNA has been linked to different normal and disease traits including immunity and metabolism—two important functions that are altered in liver cancer. However, there is limited underst...
Acetylation is a reversible epigenetic process, playing an important role in the initiation and progression of malignant tumors. However, the prognosis value of acetylation-related genes in the early-stage lun...
About 20–30% of patients with schizophrenia develop tardive dyskinesia (TD). Oxidative stress is one potential causes of TD. CYP2E1 is considered as an oxidative stress-related gene, however, no study has been re...
Asthenozoospermia is a troublesome disease experienced by men in their reproductive years, but its exact etiology remains unclear. To address this problem, this study aims to identify the hub genes and crucial...
Hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT1; OMIM# 276700) is a genetic metabolism disorder caused by disease-causing variants in the fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH) gene encoding the last enzyme of the tyrosine catab...
The incidence of hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is approximately 1:2000 in the western population, while it is much lower in the Chinese population. It is difficult to make a definite diagnosis due to the varia...
The current study set out to identify the miRNA-mRNA regulatory networks that influence the radiosensitivity in esophageal cancer based on the The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Gene Expression Omnibus (GE...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of PNPLA3 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs738409 C > G, rs3747207 G > A, rs4823173 G > A, and rs2896019 T > G) with hepatocellular carcinoma ...
Numerous studies have revealed aberrant DNA methylation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, they often focused on the partial genome, which resulted in an inadequate understanding of the sha...
CYP4 subfamily V member 2 (CYP4V2) polymorphisms are related to venous thromboembolism. However, the influence of CYP4V2 polymorphisms on the susceptibility to ischemic stroke (IS) remains undetermined.
More and more evidence has established the crucial roles of the innate and adaptive immune systems in driving atherosclerosis-associated chronic inflammation in arterial blood vessels. Thus, the goal of this r...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease. Current studies suggest that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) may be key regulators in pathogenesis.
The typical clinical symptoms of allergic rhinitis (AR) are known to be associated with allergen exposure; however, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. We wanted to gain a comprehensive view of...
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