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Estimating the number of diseases – the concept of rare, ultra-rare, and hyper-rare

iScience, 2022
Summary: At the dawn of the personalized medicine era, the number of rare diseases has been estimated at 10,000. By considering the influence of environmental factors together with genetic variations and our improved diagnostic capabilities, an ...
C. I. Edvard Smith, Peter Bergman, Daniel W. Hagey   +2 more
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Low-density lipoprotein receptor genotypes modify the sera metabolome of patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

iScience, 2022
Summary: Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) is an extremely rare metabolism disorder usually caused by low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) mutations.
Zhiyong Du, Fan Li, Linyi Li, Yu Wang, Jianping Li, Ya Yang, Long Jiang, Luya Wang, Yanwen Qin   +8 more
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Federated generalized linear mixed models for collaborative genome-wide association studies

iScience, 2023
Summary: Federated association testing is a powerful approach to conduct large-scale association studies where sites share intermediate statistics through a central server. There are, however, several standing challenges.
Wentao Li, Han Chen, Xiaoqian Jiang, Arif Harmanci   +3 more
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Cord serum metabolic signatures of future progression to immune-mediated diseases

iScience, 2023
Summary: Previous prospective studies suggest that progression to autoimmune diseases is preceded by metabolic dysregulation, but it is not clear which metabolic changes are disease-specific and which are common across multiple immune-mediated diseases ...
Tuulia Hyötyläinen, Bagavathy Shanmugam Karthikeyan, Tannaz Ghaffarzadegan, Eric W. Triplett, Matej Orešič, Johnny Ludvigsson   +5 more
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A Genetic modification that reduces ON-bipolar cells in hESC-derived retinas enhances functional integration after transplantation

iScience, 2022
Summary: Pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived retinal sheet transplanted in vivo can form structured photoreceptor layers, contact with host bipolar cells, and transmit light signals to host retinas.
Suguru Yamasaki, Hung-Ya Tu, Take Matsuyama, Matsuri Horiuchi, Tomoyo Hashiguchi, Junki Sho, Atsushi Kuwahara, Akiyoshi Kishino, Toru Kimura, Masayo Takahashi, Michiko Mandai   +10 more
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Probiotic Limosilactobacillus fermentum GR-3 ameliorates human hyperuricemia via degrading and promoting excretion of uric acid

iScience, 2022
Summary: Probiotics have demonstrated the potential to ameliorate hyperuricemia in animals, but their effectiveness and mechanism of action in humans has been understudied.
Shuai Zhao, Pengya Feng, Xiaogang Hu, Wenjuan Cao, Pu Liu, Huawen Han, Weilin Jin, Xiangkai Li   +7 more
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Training effects of set- and repetition-interval rest time on recumbent-boxing exercise: Could virtual reality improve further?

iScience, 2023
Summary: This study examined the influence of set-interval and repetition-interval rest time of virtual reality (VR) boxing game in supine-lying posture.
Yi Wang, Qi Chen, Liangchao Liu, Qiuhong He, James Chung-Wai Cheung, Duo Wai-Chi Wong, Yang Liu, Wing-Kai Lam   +7 more
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Protein supplementation changes gut microbial diversity and derived metabolites in subjects with type 2 diabetes

iScience, 2023
Summary: High-protein diets are promoted for individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, effects of dietary protein interventions on (gut-derived) metabolites in T2D remains understudied. We therefore performed a multi-center, randomized-controlled,
Ilias Attaye, Pierre Bel Lassen, Solia Adriouch, Emilie Steinbach, Rafael Patiño-Navarrete, Mark Davids, Rohia Alili, Flavien Jacques, Sara Benzeguir, Eugeni Belda, Ina Nemet, James T. Anderson, Laure Alexandre-Heymann, Arno Greyling, Etienne Larger, Stanley L. Hazen, Sophie L. van Oppenraaij, Valentina Tremaroli, Katharina Beck, Per-Olof Bergh, Fredrik Bäckhed, Suzan P.M. ten Brincke, Hilde Herrema, Albert K. Groen, Sara-Joan Pinto-Sietsma, Karine Clément, Max Nieuwdorp   +26 more
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Neutrosophy and Health Sciences: a necessary alliance

Revista Información Científica, 2023
Health is the truth of life, it is a fundamental quality of the human being that is expressed in each of its four dimensions (biological, ecological, social and spiritual) and defines human nature.
Alfredo Pardo-Fernández, Yamilé Rodríguez-Sotomayor   +1 more
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Single high-fat challenge and trained innate immunity: A randomized controlled cross-over trial

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Summary: Brief exposure of monocytes to atherogenic molecules, such as oxidized lipoproteins, triggers a persistent pro-inflammatory phenotype, named trained immunity.
Julia van Tuijl, Julia I.P. van Heck, Harsh Bahrar, Wieteke Broeders, Johan Wijma, Yvonne M. ten Have, Martin Giera, Heidi Zweers-van Essen, Laura Rodwell, Leo A.B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea, Lydia A. Afman, Siroon Bekkering, Niels P. Riksen   +13 more
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