Artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning are making groundbreaking strides in protein structure prediction. AlphaFold is remarkable in this arena for its outstanding accuracy in modelling proteins fold based solely on their amino acid sequences...
BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a serious complication of diabetes mellitus that manifests as chronic, non-healing wounds that have a significant impact on patients quality of life. Identifying key molecular targets associated with DFUs c...
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have attracted increasing attention for their roles in human diseases, making the prediction of circRNA-disease associations (CDAs) a critical research area for advancing disease diagnosis and treatment. However, traditional ...
Protein-ligand structure prediction methods, aiming to predict the three-dimensional complex structure and binding energy of a compound and target protein, are essential in many structure-based drug discovery pipelines, including virtual screening an...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Feb 5, 2025
BACKGROUND: Virtual Gene Panels (VGP) comprising disease-associated causal genes are utilized in the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases to evaluate candidate genes identified by whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing. VGPs generated by the PanelApp ...
BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have investigated the role of macrophages in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM); however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease
Feb 4, 2025
BACKGROUND: Despite maximal pharmacological treatment guided by clinical guidelines, the prognosis of heart failure (HF) remains poor, posing a significant public health burden. This necessitates uncovering novel pathological and cardioprotective pat...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignant tumor regulated by the immune system. Immunotherapy using checkpoint inhibitors has shown encouraging outcomes in a subset of HCC patients. The main challenges in checkpoint immunotherapy for HCC are to e...
International journal of biological macromolecules
Feb 3, 2025
It is crucial to understand the transcription mechanisms of miRNAs, especially considering the presence of peptides encoded by miRNAs. Since promoters function as the switch for gene transcription, precisely identifying these regions is essential for...
Identifying and characterizing virulence proteins secreted by Gram-negative bacteria are fundamental for deciphering microbial pathogenicity as well as aiding the development of therapeutic strategies. Effector predictors utilizing pre-trained protei...