Review
Immunology
Nathan P. Crilly, Samuel K. Ayeh, Petros C. Karakousis
Summary: Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, with treatment requiring a combination of antibiotics over an extended period. Even after infection eradication, patients may still experience residual lung dysfunction. Recent focus has been on developing new therapies to accelerate pathogen clearance and reduce lung damage.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
T. Yang, B. X. Cao, T. L. Zhang, Y. L. Zhao, W. H. Liu, H. J. Kong, J. H. Luan, J. J. Kai, W. Kuo, C. T. Liu
Summary: Intermetallic materials with diverse ordered superlattice structures exhibit unusual properties and have potential for advanced structural applications. This paper critically reviews the historical developments and recent advances in these materials, focusing on their unique microstructures, grain-boundary segregation, disordering, and remarkable mechanical and functional properties. The future research orientation, challenges, and opportunities in this new frontier are also discussed.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Rui-Chen Gao, Ni Sang, Cheng-Zhen Jia, Meng-Yao Zhang, Bo-Han Li, Meng Wei, Guo-Cui Wu
Summary: In this study, the causal association between sleep disorders and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was investigated using Mendelian randomization analysis. The results showed that short sleep duration was causally linked to an increased risk of RA, while other sleep-related traits were not significantly associated with RA.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Haojie Lu, Shuo Zhang, Zhou Jiang, Ping Zeng
Summary: Trans-ethnic genome-wide association studies have shown that genetic similarities exist between different ancestral populations, but leveraging this shared information for association analysis in underrepresented populations is less explored. In this study, we propose a statistical framework called trans-ethnic genetic risk score informed gene-based association mixed model (GAMM), which integrates genetic similarity across distinct ancestral groups to enhance power in understudied populations. By applying GAMM to blood cell traits in Africans of the UK Biobank, we discovered new associated genes that were missed by existing methods and found that trans-ethnic information contributes to phenotypic variance. Overall, GAMM is a flexible and powerful framework that helps reduce health inequities in genetics research for minority populations.
BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS
(2023)
Review
Physics, Applied
Dmitry Krotov
Summary: There has been a recent resurgence of interest in Hopfield networks of associative memory. Dmitry Krotov discusses the recent theoretical advances in Hopfield networks and their broader impact in the context of energy-based neural architectures.
NATURE REVIEWS PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Katharine A. White, Kira D. McEntire, Nicole R. Buan, Lecia Robinson, Elisar Barbar
Summary: Advances in quantitative biology data collection and analysis have transformed our understanding of complex biological systems across different scales; however, the disconnect between mathematical modeling and experimental biology limits our full potential in utilizing mathematical models for better understanding of biological systems.
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biology
Jussi Lehtonen, Jun Otsuka
Summary: Modern evolutionary game theory can expose and clarify the causal structure of evolutionary processes by breaking nonlinear models into intuitive additive components and using partial derivatives with causal meaning. This approach formalizes the link between evolutionary game theory and causal modeling, utilizing concepts from the past century of research. It has the potential to provide insights into the causal relationships in evolutionary processes.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Taylor E. Escher, Karla J. F. Satchell
Summary: The function and significance of RAS proteins in cancer have been extensively studied. In 2013, the National Cancer Institute established the RAS Initiative to explore innovative approaches for targeting mutant forms of RAS genes and create effective therapies for RAS-driven cancers. Recent advancements in RAS degraders have shown promising potential for cancer treatment, including novel strategies such as PROTACs and direct proteolysis degraders.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Gabriele Centi, Siglinda Perathoner
Summary: This critical review explores the potential and challenges of making chemicals from the air, focusing on the production of fertilizers and food components. The review discusses key components and highlights the importance of hybrid electrosynthesis technologies in realizing this dream.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yifan Sun, Sheng Dai
Summary: Entropy plays a crucial role in catalysis, with a focus on understanding the relationship between entropy and reaction pathways. Recent advances in high-entropy materials have sparked interest in exploring entropy-stabilized systems for catalysis, offering opportunities for tailoring structures and properties. Tuning composition and configuration of HEMs introduces untapped opportunities for accessing better catalysts.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Veli Yilanci, Taner Akan, Ali Haydar Isik
Summary: This study aims to investigate the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis in the context of accelerating climate change and economic volatility. The study utilizes three unique approaches, including a new cointegration test, time-varying causality approach, and time-varying analyses. By using the case study of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 2016, the research derives three conclusions. Firstly, aggregate income and the incomes of different economic units have consistent effects on carbon emissions, but at different times. Secondly, the association between the nation's trade income and carbon emissions cannot be validated. To provide effective strategies for policymakers to mitigate environmental degradation, the study suggests testing the EKC hypothesis for each year over a specific time period and analyzing the effects of both aggregate income and disaggregate income of major economic units.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Shuer Ye, Wei Li, Bing Zhu, Yating Lv, Qun Yang, Frank Krueger
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between psychopathic traits and moral foundations, as well as the underlying neuropsychological mechanism. The results showed a negative association between psychopathic traits and endorsement of the Harm foundation. The effective connectivity from the posterior insula to the amygdala was also found to be negatively associated with psychopathic traits but positively associated with endorsement of the Harm foundation. This suggests that individuals with psychopathic traits may have atypical processes in recognizing and integrating bodily state information into emotional responses, leading to less concern for harm-related morality.
Article
Economics
Emon Kalyan Chowdhury, Bablu Kumar Dhar, Md Abu Issa Gazi
Summary: This study aims to understand the contribution of remittances to the economic progress of three low-income Asian frontier countries, namely Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The findings suggest that remittances have a significantly negative impact on the economic development of these countries, and the impact varies among different countries.
JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Henok Fasil Telila
Summary: This paper examines the macroeconomic determinants of sovereign risk for frontier markets by considering spatial linkages of bilateral trade, financial correlation, and bilateral distance. The findings suggest that there are spillover effects from the explanatory variables towards the Credit default swaps (CDSs) premium of itself and neighboring countries. Bilateral distance and trade are identified as the most significant spatial linkages. The study highlights the importance of policymakers taking into account regional contagion channels that transmit sovereign risk.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Biology
Ranran Zhai, Chenqing Zheng, Zhijian Yang, Ting Li, Jiantao Chen, Xia Shen
Summary: CRISPR-Cas is a powerful genome editing tool widely used in various research areas. Recent studies have found that Cas enzymes with GC-rich PAMs interfere more with genomic regions that harbor enriched heritability for human complex traits and diseases.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Christopher T. Gordon, K. Nicole Weaver, Roseli Maria Zechi-Ceide, Erik C. Madsen, Andre L. P. Tavares, Myriam Oufadem, Yukiko Kurihara, Igor Adameyko, Arnaud Picard, Sylvain Breton, Sebastien Pierrot, Martin Biosse-Duplan, Norine Voisin, Cecile Masson, Christine Bole-Feysot, Patrick Nitschke, Marie-Ange Delrue, Didier Lacombe, Maria Leine Guion-Almeida, Priscila Padilha Moura, Daniela Gamba Garib, Arnold Munnich, Patrik Ernfors, Robert B. Hufnagel, Robert J. Hopkin, Hiroki Kurihara, Howard M. Saal, David D. Weaver, Nicholas Katsanis, Stanislas Lyonnet, Christelle Golzio, David E. Clouthier, Jeanne Amiel
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2015)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Marcello Niceta, Emilia Stellacci, Karen W. Gripp, Giuseppe Zampino, Maria Kousi, Massimiliano Anselmi, Alice Traversa, Andrea Ciolfi, Deborah Stabley, Alessandro Bruselles, Viviana Caputo, Serena Cecchetti, Sabrina Prudente, Maria T. Fiorenza, Carla Boitani, Nicole Philip, Dmitriy Niyazov, Chiara Leoni, Takaya Nakane, Kim Keppler-Noreuil, Stephen R. Braddock, Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach, Antonio Palleschi, Philippe M. Campeau, Brendan H. L. Lee, Celio Pouponnot, Lorenzo Stella, Gianfranco Bocchinfuso, Nicholas Katsanis, Katia Sol-Church, Marco Tartaglia
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2015)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Saskia B. Wortmann, Szymon Zietkiewicz, Maria Kousi, Radek Szklarczyk, Tobias B. Haack, Soren W. Gersting, Ania C. Muntau, Aleksandar Rakovic, G. Herma Renkema, Richard J. Rodenburg, Tim M. Strom, Thomas Meitinger, M. Estela Rubio-Gozalbo, Elzbieta Chrusciel, Felix Distelmaier, Christelle Golzio, Joop H. Jansen, Clara van Karnebeek, Yolanda Lillquist, Thomas Luecke, Katrin Ounap, Riina Zordania, Joy Yaplito-Lee, Hans van Bokhoven, Johannes N. Spelbrink, Frederic M. Vaz, Mia Pras-Raves, Rafal Ploski, Ewa Pronicka, Christine Klein, Michel A. A. P. Willemsen, Arjan P. M. de Brouwer, Holger Prokisch, Nicholas Katsanis, Ron A. Wevers
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2015)
Review
Cell Biology
Edwin C. Oh, Shivakumar Vasanth, Nicholas Katsanis
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Elena Bonora, Francesca Bianco, Lina Cordeddu, Michael Bamshad, Ludmila Francescatto, Dustin Dowless, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Rosanna F. Cogliandro, Greger Lindberg, Zeynel Mungan, Kivanc Cefle, Tayfun Ozcelik, Sukru Palanduz, Sukru Ozturk, Asuman Gedikbasi, Alessandra Gori, Tommaso Pippucci, Claudio Graziano, Umberto Volta, Giacomo Caio, Giovanni Barbara, Mauro D'Amato, Marco Seri, Nicholas Katsanis, Giovanni Romeo, Roberto De Giorgio
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Guntram Borck, Friederike Hog, Maria Lisa Dentici, Perciliz L. Tan, Nadine Sowada, Ana Medeira, Lucie Gueneau, Holger Thiele, Maria Kousi, Francesca Lepri, Larissa Wenzeck, Ian Blumenthal, Antonio Radicioni, Tito Livio Schwarzenberg, Barbara Mandriani, Rita Fischetto, Deborah J. Morris-Rosendahl, Janine Altmuller, Alexandre Reymond, Peter Nurnberg, Giuseppe Merla, Bruno Dallapiccola, Nicholas Katsanis, Patrick Cramer, Christian Kubisch
Article
Cell Biology
Elle C. Roberson, William E. Dowdle, Aysegul Ozanturk, Francesc R. Garcia-Gonzalo, Chunmei Li, Jan Halbritter, Nadia Elkhartoufi, Jonathan D. Porath, Heidi Cope, Allison Ashley-Koch, Simon Gregory, Sophie Thomas, John A. Sayer, Sophie Saunier, Edgar A. Otto, Nicholas Katsanis, Erica E. Davis, Tania Attie-Bitach, Friedhelm Hildebrandt, Michel R. Leroux, Jeremy F. Reiter
JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tychele N. Turner, Kamal Sharma, Edwin C. Oh, Yangfan P. Liu, Ryan L. Collins, Maria X. Sosa, Dallas R. Auer, Harrison Brand, Stephan J. Sanders, Daniel Moreno-De-Luca, Vasyl Pihur, Teri Plona, Kristen Pike, Daniel R. Soppet, Michael W. Smith, Sau Wai Cheung, Christa Lese Martin, Matthew W. State, Michael E. Talkowski, Edwin Cook, Richard Huganir, Nicholas Katsanis, Aravinda Chakravarti
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lindsay Marjoram, Ashley Alvers, M. Elizabeth Deerhake, Jennifer Bagwell, Jamie Mankiewicz, Jordan L. Cocchiaro, Rebecca W. Beerman, Jason Willer, Kaelyn D. Sumigray, Nicholas Katsanis, David M. Tobin, John F. Rawls, Mary G. Goll, Michel Bagnat
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2015)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Anna Lindstrand, Erica E. Davis, Claudia M. B. Carvalho, Davut Pehlivan, Jason R. Willer, I-Chun Tsai, Subhadra Ramanathan, Craig Zuppan, Aniko Sabo, Donna Muzny, Richard Gibbs, Pengfei Liu, Richard A. Lewis, Eyal Banin, James R. Lupski, Robin Clark, Nicholas Katsanis
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2014)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Elaine T. Lim, Yangfan P. Liu, Yingleong Chan, Tuomi Tiinamaija, AnnMari Karajamaki, Erik Madsen, David M. Altshuler, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Leif Groop, Jason Fannick, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Nicholas Katsanis, Mark J. Daly
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2014)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Eva C. Schulte, Maria Kousi, Perciliz L. Tan, Erik Tilch, Franziska Knauf, Peter Lichtner, Claudia Trenkwalder, Birgit Hoegl, Birgit Frauscher, Klaus Berger, Ingo Fietze, Magdolna Hornyak, Wolfgang H. Oertel, Cornelius G. Bachmann, Alexander Zimprich, Annette Peters, Christian Gieger, Thomas Meitinger, Bertram Mueller-Myhsok, Nicholas Katsanis, Juliane Winkelmann
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2014)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Claudia M. B. Carvalho, Shivakumar Vasanth, Marwan Shinawi, Chad Russell, Melissa B. Ramocki, Chester W. Brown, Jesper Graakjaer, Anne-Bine Skytte, Angela M. Vianna-Morgante, Ana C. V. Krepischi, Gayle S. Patel, LaDonna Immken, Kyrieckos Aleck, Cynthia Lim, Sau Wai Cheung, Carla Rosenberg, Nicholas Katsanis, James R. Lupski
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2014)
Editorial Material
Cell Biology
Erica E. Davis, Nicholas Katsanis
DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
(2014)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Gentzon Hall, Rasheed A. Gbadegesin, Peter Lavin, Guanghong Wu, Yangfan Liu, Edwin C. Oh, Liming Wang, Robert F. Spurney, Jason Eckel, Thomas Lindsey, Alison Homstad, Andrew F. Malone, Paul J. Phelan, Andrey Shaw, David N. Howell, Peter J. Conlon, Nicholas Katsanis, Michelle P. Winn
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2015)