A Cross-Tissue Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Identified Susceptibility Genes for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. [PDF]
Zhang L, Zhao W, Yang H, Deng T, Li Y.
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Ectodermal tissue excised from Xenopus embryos self‐organizes into a three‐dimensional mucociliary organoid. Here, we generate a neural variant, termed neurobot, by implanting neural precursor cells. Neurobots develop mature neurons, adopt distinct morphologies, exhibit more complex motility, and respond differentially to neuroactive compounds. Imaging
Haleh Fotowat +6 more
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Identification of genes underlying nigrostriatal iron accumulation: transcriptome-wide association study of iron-sensitive brain MRI. [PDF]
Welton T +8 more
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A Novel Function of Nonadecanoic Acid in Regulating Glucose Homeostasis
This study identifies the odd‐chain fatty acid C19:0 as an endogenous ligand of GPR120 that promotes glucose homeostasis via Gαq signaling. In obesity, elevated palmitic acid suppresses endogenous C19:0 production through a miRNA–PPARα–HACL1 pathway, offering a promising direction for understanding the role of OCFAs in human health.
Yanting Hou +14 more
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A cross-tissue transcriptome-wide association study identifies novel candidate genes associated with brain glymphatic system function. [PDF]
Zhu X +6 more
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Decoding Human Placental Cellular and Molecular Responses to Obesity and Fetal Growth
Women with obesity often deliver large‐for‐gestational‐age (LGA) infants. Single‐nucleus RNA sequencing of term placenta reveals that hypoxia and TNF‐α signaling in syncytiotrophoblasts are featured in maternal obesity, but inflammatory signatures in Hofbauer cells and response to lipid or carbohydrate metabolism in fibroblasts are specific to LGA.
Hong Jiang +12 more
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TransferTWAS: A transfer learning framework for cross-tissue transcriptome-wide association study. [PDF]
Lai D +6 more
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Polycarbonate nanogels enable lipid‐free delivery of anti‐MFAP‐5 siRNA into cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAF) in hepatocellular carcinoma. In a cirrhotic murine model, this approach silences MFAP‐5, reduces fibroblast activation, and suppresses tumor growth by inhibiting NOTCH/Hes1‐driven angiogenesis. CAF‐targeted MFAP‐5 RNAi and conserved signaling
Paul Schneider +20 more
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A cross-tissue transcriptome-wide association study identifies novel susceptibility genes for atrial fibrillation. [PDF]
Yuan Y +4 more
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This research deciphers the m6A transcriptome by profiling its sites and functional readout effects: from mRNA stability, translation to alternative splicing, across five different cell types. Machine learning model identifies novel m6A‐binding proteins DDX6 and FXR2 and novel m6A reader proteins FUBP3 and L1TD1.
Zhou Huang +11 more
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