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Coalition of explainable artificial intelligence and quantum computing in precision medicine

Soumyadeep Ray, Pronaya Bhattacharya, Ebrahim A. Mattar, Abhishek Mukhopadhyay • Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (2025)

This survey examines the convergence of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and Quantum Computing (QC) toward precision medicine. We review developments from 2018 to 2025, summarizing quantum algorithms, quantum-machine-learning model...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2025.11.031

CircUCK2(2,3) promotes cancer progression and enhances synergistic cytotoxicity of lenvatinib with EGFR inhibitors via activating CNIH4–TGFα–EGFR signaling

Xindong Wei, Anfeng Si, Shuai Zhao, Yi Fu et al. • Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters (2025)

Abstract Background Circular (circ)RNAs have emerged as crucial contributors to cancer progression. Nonetheless, the expression regulation, biological functions, and underlying mechanisms of circRNAs in mediating hepatocellular carcinoma (H...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s11658-025-00690-1

AMPA-Type Glutamate Receptors Associated With Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Subpopulations in Atherosclerosis and Vascular Injury

Alessandro L. Gallina, Urszula Rykaczewska, Robert C. Wirka, Robert C. Wirka et al. • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2021)

Objectives and Aims: Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are key constituents of both normal arteries and atherosclerotic plaques. They have an ability to adapt to changes in the local environment by undergoing phenotypic modulation. An im...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.655869

The human lung microbiome progressively diminishes in the distal alveolar regions

Pauline Potratz, Antje Häder, Laura Kursawe, Judith Kikhney et al. • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2026)

Abstract Extensive investigations with sequencing methods demonstrate a large and diverse microbiome even in profound areas of the lung. However, there is still substantial lack of cultivation-based evidence and of the viability of the resi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41522-026-01047-y

USP1-trapping lesions as a source of DNA replication stress and genomic instability

Kate E. Coleman, Yandong Yin, Sarah Kit Leng Lui, Sarah Keegan et al. • Nature Communications (2022)

Here the authors provide mechanistic insights into how auto-cleavage of the USP1 deubiquitinase regulates DNA replication and genome stability. Implications for the targeting of USP1 activity via protein-DNA trapping in cancer therapy are d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29369-3

P2′ Site Scanning of Snake Kunitz-Type Toxin Analogue BF9-N17H with Unique P1 Site Histidine Highlights Novel XIa Inhibitory Peptides Without Plasmin Inhibitory Activity

Luyao Wang, Li Ding, Tianxiang Qin, Xinyu Liu et al. • Toxins (2026)

Kunitz-type peptides from venomous and blood-sucking animals represent an important natural molecular resource for anticoagulant development towards XIa, a new target for antithrombotic drug discovery. However, the plasmin-inhibitory activi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/toxins18100449

β-Cell Death in Diabetes: Past Discoveries, Present Understanding, and Potential Future Advances

Noyonika Mukherjee, Li Lin, Christopher J. Contreras, Andrew T. Templin • Metabolites (2021)

β-cell death is regarded as a major event driving loss of insulin secretion and hyperglycemia in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this review, we explore past, present, and potential future advances in our understanding of the m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/metabo11110796

Extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stromal cells mitigate intestinal toxicity in a mouse model of acute radiation syndrome

Alison Accarie, Bruno l’Homme, Mohamed Amine Benadjaoud, Sai Kiang Lim et al. • Stem Cell Research & Therapy (2020)

Abstract Background Human exposure to high doses of radiation resulting in acute radiation syndrome and death can rapidly escalate to a mass casualty catastrophe in the event of nuclear accidents or terrorism. The primary reason is that the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13287-020-01887-1

A maladaptive ER stress response triggers dysfunction in highly active muscles of mice with SELENON loss

Diego Pozzer, Ersilia Varone, Alexander Chernorudskiy, Silvia Schiarea et al. • Redox Biology (2019)

Selenoprotein N (SELENON) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein whose loss of function leads to human SELENON-related myopathies. SelenoN knockout (KO) mouse limb muscles, however, are protected from the disease, and display no major alt...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.10.017

Challenges in community-based recruitment of Alzheimer's disease cases: Experience of the monitoring drug efficacy through multi-omics research initiative in Alzheimer's disease (MEMORI-AD) study

Fresthel Monica M Climacosa, Eric David B Ornos, Erwin Rommel S Diwa, Mary Gale R Guantia et al. • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports (2026)

Background The Monitoring drug Efficacy through Multi-Omics Research Initiative in Alzheimer's Disease (MEMORI-AD) study aims to characterize drug response to donepezil and memantine in a Filipino cohort with late-onset Alzheimer's disease ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/25424823261431318

Differential Expression of Serum TUG1, LINC00657, miR-9, and miR-106a in Diabetic Patients With and Without Ischemic Stroke

Omayma O Abdelaleem, Olfat G. Shaker, Mohamed M. Mohamed, Tarek I. Ahmed et al. • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (2022)

Background: Ischemic stroke is one of the serious complications of diabetes. Non-coding RNAs are established as promising biomarkers for diabetes and its complications. The present research investigated the expression profiles of serum TUG1...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.758742

Toll-like receptor 2 coordinates induction of IL-22 in lung macrophages following organic dust-induced inflammation

Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Pinaki Mondal et al. • Frontiers in Physiology (2026)

IntroductionOrganic dust exposures, particularly in occupational settings, induce airway inflammation and contribute to the development and progression of chronic lung disease and impaired tissue regeneration. Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is a pl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2026.1880821

Epigenetic deregulation of lamina-associated domains in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

Florian Köhler, Felix Bormann, Günter Raddatz, Julian Gutekunst et al. • Genome Medicine (2020)

Abstract Background Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a progeroid disease characterized by the early onset of age-related phenotypes including arthritis, loss of body fat and hair, and atherosclerosis. Cells from affected indiv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13073-020-00749-y

The triad interaction of ULK1, ATG13, and FIP200 is required for ULK complex formation and autophagy

Yutaro Hama, Yuko Fujioka, Hayashi Yamamoto, Noboru Mizushima et al. • eLife (2025)

In mammals, autophagosome formation, a central event in autophagy, is initiated by the ULK complex comprising ULK1/2, FIP200, ATG13, and ATG101. However, the structural basis and mechanism underlying the ULK complex assembly have yet to be ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7554/eLife.101531