Liver Transplantation

Automated Delineation of Couinaud Segments on CT for Future Liver Remnant Volumetry.

Purpose To develop a deep learning model that automatically delineates the eight liver Couinaud segments and the spleen on CT for future liver remnant (FLR) volumetry. Materials and Methods In this retrospective study (January 2001 and October 2025), eight liver Couinaud segments and the spleen were manually labeled on CT scans of patients from Institution-A and the public Medical Segmentation Dec...

Multidimensional immune ecological subtyping identifies RUNX1 as a prognostic factor in uveal melanoma.

Uveal melanoma (UVM) is an aggressive intraocular malignancy with a high risk of metastasis but few effective therapies. However, current molecular classification systems do not completely reflect the immune-stromal interactions underlying tumor progression and immune dysfunction. Therefore, we aimed to establish a multidimensional immune ecological framework for UVM by integrating bulk and single...

A Biomimetic Nanozyme Engineered via Coordination and Confinement for Photothermal-Reinforced Catalytic Detection of Extracellular Vesicles and Diagnosis of Cancer.

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as promising biomarkers for liquid biopsy. However, their clinical detection is hampered by heterogeneity an...

Early identification of high-risk individuals for mortality after lung transplantation: A retrospective cohort study with topological feature engineering.

Lung transplantation remains the only definitive treatment for end-stage respiratory failure; however, it has substantial post-operative mortality ris...

Engineered artificial antigen-presenting cells for tumor immunotherapy: Design strategies, clinical applications, and translational challenges.

Immunotherapy has long played a pivotal role in cancer treatment, and antigen-presenting cell (APC)-based immunotherapy represents a promising strateg...

From Genomic Instability to Epigenetic Signatures: The Evolving Landscape of Circulating Cell-free DNA in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) represents a leading global health burden, yet its diagnosis and staging rely heavily...

A prognostic model based on nucleotide metabolism genes in osteosarcoma.

Osteosarcoma typically arises during adolescence, posing a significant challenge. Despite comprehensive treatment strategies encompassing surgery, rad...

An Integrated Clinical-Histopathologic Prediction Model for Cardiac Allograft Rejection: Translating Machine Learning into Clinical Risk Frameworks.

BACKGROUND: Cardiac allograft rejection (CAR) remains the leading cause of early graft failure after heart transplantation (HT). Current diagnostics, ...

Synthetic inducible bacteria normalize the microenvironment of refractory tumors, potentiating checkpoint inhibitor responses.

Immunotherapy has transformed cancer treatment but remains ineffective in many solid tumors, largely due to the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironme...

Noninvasive Screening for High-Risk Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis: Current and Emerging Methods.

The primary goal of variceal screening in patients with cirrhosis is to identify high-risk esophageal varices (HREV) and implement preventative measur...

An XGBoost-Based Multicenter Model for Predicting HBV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Development and Validation.

BACKGROUND: The 5-year survival rate for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is stage-dependent, yet existing models lack accuracy in predicting hepatitis ...

Lipid abnormalities in chronic viral hepatitis: associations and machine learning-enhanced prediction.

Resolving the ambiguous binding site of quercetin at the calcineurin subunit junction using funnel metadynamics with deep learning collective variables.

Calcineurin represents a prominent target for immunosuppressive drugs, where conventional macrocyclic inhibitors utilize an immunophilin-dependent mec...

A machine learning predictive model for staging chronic hepatitis B inflammation based on non-invasive metrics.

Early screening and antiviral therapy for significant liver inflammation in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) remain significant barriers as the key to diseas...

Image quality improvement of liver ultrasound using unsupervised deep learning.

Chronic liver disease (CLD) and subsequent liver cirrhosis (LC) are common causes of death and healthcare-related socio-economical costs worldwide. Ul...

Beyond HLA-Ia: A multidimensional framework for Neoantigen immunotherapy.

Glioblastoma (GBM) and other malignant gliomas are associated with aggressive progression, high recurrence rates, and poor long-term outcomes, while c...

Machine Learning Models Using Hospital Admission Characteristics Do Not Optimally Predict Nosocomial Infection Development in a Global Cirrhosis Cohort.

BACKGROUND: Nosocomial infections (NI) in cirrhosis are associated with high mortality but could be preventable. Logistic regression (LR) models have ...

A machine learning-driven framework integrating cell death and senescence signatures for multi-target drug design and immunotherapy optimization in ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer (OC) remains therapeutic challenge due to its complex molecular heterogeneity and therapy-induced adaptive resistance. While non-apopto...

Biological effects of ultrasonic cavitation in cancer therapy: from physics to mechanobiology.

The therapeutic efficacy of systemic treatments in cancer therapy is invariably limited by the biophysical barriers, including vascular endothelial ba...

A macrophage co-expression signature enables robust prognostic prediction in glioblastoma.

BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma (GBM) exhibits profound cellular heterogeneity and a highly immunosuppressive microenvironment in which tumor-associated macr...