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Identification of clinical phenotypes and disease trajectories in SLE using AI through a natural language processing framework.

OBJECTIVES: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) contain a wealth of unstructured patient data that can be leveraged using Artificial Intelligence (AI). This study aimed to develop a Natural Language Processing (NLP)pipeline to identify clinical phenotypes and disease trajectories in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) from EHRs. METHODS: EHR data from SLE patients were included. A standa...

Exploring estrogen synthesis and metabolism related markers and immune dynamics in osteoporosis-insights from single-cell RNA sequencing and Mendelian randomization.

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis (OP) is characterized by decreased bone mineral density and an increased fracture risk, often due to declining sex hormone levels that weaken bone strength. This study aims to explore estrogen related markers in OP to improve diagnosis and treatment. METHODS: Differentially expressed estrogen synthesis and metabolism-related genes (DE-ERGs) were identified through differen...

Advancements and challenges in CAR-NK cell therapy for cancer treatment.

Chimeric antigen receptor natural killer (CAR-NK) cell therapy is an emerging cancer treatment offering advantages over CAR-T therapy, including reduc...

An allostatic load domain-specific metabolic profile in young adults: The African-PREDICT study.

Allostatic load scores (ALSs) quantify the cumulative physiological burden of sustained stress across neuro-endocrine, metabolic, cardiovascular and i...

Interpretable prognostic modeling of glioblastoma using cross-cohort transcriptome integration and machine learning approaches.

Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor with highly variable patient outcomes due to pronounced molecular heterogeneity. Prognosis remains dis...

Hydrogel-enabled drug delivery for ulcerative colitis.

Ulcerative colitis (UC) represents a chronic, relapsing inflammatory condition primarily affecting the colonic and rectal mucosa, presenting substanti...

Computational discovery and prioritization of ribose-5-phosphate isomerase A as a mitochondrial target for reversing senescence in mesenchymal stem cells.

Age-related osteoporosis is increasingly recognized as a disease of stem cell dysfunction, hallmarked by the skewed lineage commitment of mesenchymal ...

Identification of key biomarkers for initial corticosteroid resistance in newly diagnosed primary immune thrombocytopenia.

Corticosteroid resistance is a major obstacle to the management of patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), as the factors contributing to...

Spatiotemporal Remodeling of Bone as a Reversibly Adaptive Biological Material in Djungarian Hamsters under Regulated Photoperiod Conditions.

Bone loss in humans is typically progressive and difficult to reverse, posing challenges for both pharmacological therapy and the long-term performanc...

Mechanistic signatures of comorbid PTSD with cognitive impairment implicate cortisol-induced neural toxicity.

The men and women who worked in rescue and recovery operations at the 9/11 World Trade Center site are developing cognitive impairment (CI) at mid-lif...

Multimodal MRI reveals hypothalamic structural-functional alterations associated with bone mineral density loss in postmenopausal women.

Emerging evidence implicates central nervous system dysregulation in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. However, the role of hypothalamic subregions - ...

Noninvasive Staging of Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients with Autoimmune Liver Disease Using Deep Learning.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Accurate staging of hepatic fibrosis is essential for guiding immunosuppressive and antifibrotic therapies. However, percuta...

Clinical impact of adopting an AI-driven opportunistic bone health screening software using routine X-ray.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical impact of an artificial intelligence device, Rho, that opportunistically screens X-rays for low bone mineral dens...

Primary infliximab failure in pediatric colonic inflammatory bowel disease: Development of a proteomics predictive model using a prospective Canadian cohort.

BACKGROUND: We aimed to build a serum proteomics-based model to predict primary nonresponse (PNR) to infliximab (IFX) in pediatric colonic inflammator...

Exploring the toxicological mechanisms of Benzo[a]anthracene (BaA) exposure in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) via network toxicology, machine learning, and multi-dimensional bioinformatics analysis.

BACKGROUND: Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is a major lung cancer subtype influenced by environmental factors. Benzo[a]anthracene (BaA), a common Group 2B...

Development and validation of a prognosis model for low-grade gliomas based on metabolic gene risk scoring and immune microenvironment interaction.

PURPOSE: Low-grade gliomas(LGGs) show significant clinical and molecular heterogeneity, complicating progression prediction with conventional indicato...

A novel integrative machine learning-based prognostic model reveals lactylation regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma progression.

BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant liver tumor with poor clinical outcomes. Accumulated evidence has demon...

Updates on Kidney Transplantation From the World Transplant Congress 2025.

The World Transplant Congress 2025 showcased pivotal advances shaping the future of transplantation. Global efforts to expand access to transplantatio...

[Imaging of eosinophilic pneumonia : Differential diagnosis in radiological practice].

CLINICAL/METHODICAL ISSUE: Eosinophilic pneumonias are rare inflammatory lung diseases with heterogeneous clinical presentation and variable computer ...

Exfoliated kidney cells from urine for non-invasive kidney transplant monitoring: A potential opportunity?

Kidney transplantation is usually the optimal treatment option for patients living with kidney failure given its associations with improved survival, ...