High-Throughput Discovery of MHC Class I- and II-Restricted T Cell Epitopes Using Synthetic Cellular Circuits

High-Throughput Discovery of MHC Class I and II Restricted T Cell Epitopes Using a Novel Synthetic Cellular Circuit Research Background and Issues In recent years, antigen discovery technologies have made remarkable progress, especially in the application of human T-cell receptors (TCRs) in the recognition of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) ...

Spatially Segregated Macrophage Populations Predict Distinct Outcomes in Colon Cancer

Spatially Segregated Macrophage Populations Predict Distinct Outcomes in Colon Cancer

Spatially Isolated Macrophage Populations Predict Different Outcomes in Colon Cancer Introduction Macrophages are sentinel immune cells in tissues, performing a variety of functions including pathogen defense, antigen presentation, phagocytosis of dead cells, and the secretion of signals that drive tissue repair. In tumors, macrophage infiltration ...

Investigating the impact of poverty on mental illness in the UK Biobank using Mendelian randomization

Study on the Impact of Poverty on Mental Illness: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis Based on the UK Biobank This article aims to explore the causal relationship between poverty and mental illness. Although many studies have shown an association between low socioeconomic status and mental illnesses, most studies have failed to determine whether pov...

Joint Impact of Polygenic Risk Score and Lifestyles on Early- and Late-Onset Cardiovascular Diseases

Comprehensive Analysis of the Joint Impact of Polygenic Risk Scores and Lifestyle on Cardiovascular Disease Incidence: A Report from the China Kadoorie Biobank Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the major global health threats. Despite the stable or declining incidence and prevalence of CVD among adults over 50 in recent decades, t...

Identifying behaviour-related and physiological risk factors for suicide attempts in the UK Biobank

Research Background: Suicide is a global public health challenge, but there is still significant uncertainty regarding the relationship between behavioral and physiological factors and suicide attempts (SA). Previous studies often focus on limited hypothesized factors such as mental illnesses (e.g., depression), personality and psychological traits...

Archaeological Evidence of an Ethnographically Documented Australian Aboriginal Ritual Dated to the Last Ice Age

Archaeological Evidence Reveals the Continuity of Ice Age Rituals Among Australian Indigenous Peoples Research Background This study aims to explore the possibility of tracing traditional rituals in Indigenous societies through archaeological means. In societies without written records, ethnographic knowledge spanning more than a few hundred years ...

Bidirectional Epigenetic Editing Reveals Hierarchies in Gene Regulation

Bidirectional Epigenetic Editing Reveals Hierarchies in Gene Regulation Background and Research Motivation In the human genome, the role of non-coding elements such as enhancers in gene regulation is widely recognized. However, current CRISPR interference methods still have some limitations in studying non-coding elements and genetic interactions. ...

Principled distillation of UK Biobank phenotype data reveals underlying structure in human variation

In this report, we present a detailed evaluation of a research paper published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, titled “Principled Refinement of UK Biobank Phenotypic Data Reveals the Latent Structure of Human Variation.” The study, conducted by Caitlin E. Carey, Rebecca Shafee, Robbee Wedow, among others, was published online on XX XX, XXXX....

Multiplex Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomics Identifies Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease

Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomics Study for Diagnosis and Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease Background and Research Objectives Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that leads to memory loss and cognitive decline, and currently, there is no effective cure globally. Traditionally, the pathological features of AD include β-amyloid (Aβ)...

Gene × Environment Effects and Mediation Involving Adverse Childhood Events, Mood and Anxiety Disorders, and Substance Dependence

Study on the Genetic and Environmental Effects of Adverse Childhood Events, Mood and Anxiety Disorders, and Substance Dependence I. Background and Significance Adverse childhood events (ACE) often have profound effects on an individual’s mental health and substance dependence. Previous studies have shown a close relationship between ACE and mood an...