Beyond consciousness: Ethical, legal, and social issues in human brain organoid research and application by Masanori Kataoka, Takuya Niikawa, Naoya Nagaishi, Tsung-Ling Lee, Alexandre Erler, Julian Savulescu, Tsutomu Sawai

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Detection of antibodies against H5 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in multiple raccoons in Tokachi District, Hokkaido, Japan, from 2022 to 2023 by Minami Komami, James G. Komu, Yuki Ishiguro, Motoki Sasaki, Sachiko Matsuda, Dulamjav Jamsransuren, Vuong Nghia Bui, Yohei Watanabe, Kunitoshi Imai, Haruko Ogawa, Yohei Takeda

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Troop Takeover and Reproductive Success of Wild Male Japanese Macaques on Yakushima Island (Macaca fuscata yakui) by Sachiko Hayakawa, Joseph Soltis

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The Effects of Early-Life Predator Stress on Anxiety- and Depression-Like Behaviors of Adult Rats by Lu-jing Chen, Bing-qing Shen, Dan-dan Liu, Sheng-tian Li

“…Childhood emotional trauma contributes significantly to certain psychopathologies, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. In experimental animals, however, whether or not early-life stress results in behavioral abnormalities in adult animals still remains controversial. …”
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Metagenomic Insights into Pigeon Gut Microbiota Characteristics and Antibiotic-Resistant Genes by Wei Dai, Haicong Zhu, Junhong Chen, Hui Chen, Dingzhen Dai, Jian Wu

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Blood transcriptome resources of chinstrap () and gentoo () penguins from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica by Bo-Mi Kim, Jihye Jeong, Euna Jo, Do-Hwan Ahn, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Jae-Sung Rhee, Hyun Park

“…Functional gene annotations through pathway analyses of the Gene Ontology, EuKaryotic Orthologous Groups, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) databases were performed for each blood transcriptome, resulting in a similar compositional order between the two transcriptomes. …”
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Spatiotemporal variations in integrated trophic positions of stream macroinvertebrate communities by Naoto F. Ishikawa, Yoshitoshi Uehara, Takuya Ishida, Tohru Ikeya, Satoshi Asano, Chia-Ying Ko, Tomoya Iwata, Ichiro Tayasu, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Noboru Okuda

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Interleukin-6 related signaling pathways as the intersection between chronic diseases and sepsis by Jie Yang, Lin Yang, Yanjiao Wang, Lu Huai, Bohan Shi, Di Zhang, Wei Xu, Di Cui

“…IL-6 related signaling pathways were sought in Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and retrieved protein-protein interaction in the Search for Interaction Genes tool (STRING). …”
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Identification of markers correlating with mitochondrial function in myocardial infarction by bioinformatics. by Wenlong Kuang, Jianwu Huang, Yulu Yang, Yuhua Liao, Zihua Zhou, Qian Liu, Hailang Wu

“…Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the dataset were screened by ClusterGVis, Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) and GEO2R, and functional enrichment was performed by Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genomes (KEGG). Then mitochondria-associated DEGs (MitoDEGs) were obtained. …”
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Determining the Potential Roles of Branched-Chain Amino Acids in the Regulation of Muscle Growth in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Based on Transcriptome and MicroRNA Sequencing by Xianglin Cao, Han Cui, Xinyu Ji, Baohua Li, Ronghua Lu, Yuru Zhang, Jianjun Chen

“…Based on their expression profiles, 2,146 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 84 differentially expressed miRNA (DEMs) were evaluated. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genome pathways, including the proteasome, phagosome, autophagy in animals, proteasome activator complex, and ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process, were enriched for these DEGs and DEMs. …”
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Global Gene Expression Profiling in PPAR-γ Agonist-Treated Kidneys in an Orthologous Rat Model of Human Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease by Daisuke Yoshihara, Masanori Kugita, Tamio Yamaguchi, Harold M. Aukema, Hiroki Kurahashi, Miwa Morita, Yoshiyuki Hiki, James P. Calvet, Darren P. Wallace, Takafumi Toyohara, Takaaki Abe, Shizuko Nagao

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Identification of important genes related to ferroptosis in early missed abortion based on WGCNA by Yulu Zeng, Jiayi Gan, Jinlian Cheng, Changqiang Wei, Xiangyun Zhu, Shisi Wei, Lihong Pang

“…Findings from gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses indicate a correlation between iron- DEFRGS in key modules and the p53 signaling, mitophagy-animal, and protein digestion and absorption pathways. …”
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Comprehensive bioinformatics analysis identifies metabolic and immune-related diagnostic biomarkers shared between diabetes and COPD using multi-omics and machine learning by Qianqian Liang, Yide Wang, Zheng Li, Zheng Li, Zheng Li, Zheng Li

“…Through cross-analysis, we identified the shared DEGs of COPD and diabetes, and investigated alterations of signaling pathways using Gene Ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA). …”
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Protective effect and mechanism of Sufentanil on acute lung injury in septic mice by Hongqiao Hou, Bowen Jiang, Aiqing Zhu, Junjun Hou, Zhe Qu, Ruping Liu, Aiqun Li

“…To this end, a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network for common targets was first constructed with Swiss Target Prediction Database, GeneCards Database, Draw Venn Diagram Software, STRING 11.5 Database, Cytoscape 3.10.0 Software and Metascape Database, and then key targets were subject to enrichment analysis by Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) to obtain the key targets of Sufentanil for the treatment of pulmonary sepsis, and then verified by animal experiments. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of jejunal mucosal tissue in breeder hens exposed to acute heat stress by Yongcai Zhu, Satoshi Kubota, Phocharapon Pasri, Sitthipong Rakngam, Supattra Okrathok, Chayanan Pukkung, Shenglin Yang, Sutisa Khempaka

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Effects of hypoxia on the heart of the juvenile four-finger threadfin (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) based on physiological indicators and transcriptome analysis by Yi Lu, Eric Amenyogbe, Ye- Yang, Zhong-liang Wang, Zhong-liang Wang, Zhong-liang Wang, Jing-hui Jin, Rui-tao Xie, Eric Kwabena Droepenu, Jian-sheng Huang, Jian-sheng Huang, Jian-sheng Huang

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Developmental Proteomics Reveals the Dynamic Expression Profile of Global Proteins of <i>Haemaphysalis longicornis</i> (Parthenogenesis) by Min-Xuan Liu, Xiao-Pei Xu, Fan-Ming Meng, Bing Zhang, Wei-Gang Li, Yuan-Yuan Zhang, Qiao-Ying Zen, Wen-Ge Liu

“…<i>H. longicornis</i> is used as an experimental animal model for the study of three-host ticks due to its special life cycle and easy maintenance in the laboratory and in its reproduction. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of mRNA and miRNA differential expression profiles in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis in laying and broodiness period of Wanxi white geese by Xinwei Tong, Xiaojin Li, Yuhua Wang, Fei Xie, Ruidong Li, Man Ren, Qianqian Hu, Shenghe Li

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Disorders of the central nervous system cognitive and mnestic functions in genetic arterial hypertension and with the use of beta-blockers of different generations by A. O. Svitlytskyi, A. A. Yehorov, O. V. Melnikova, T. A. Hrekova

“…The study used 40 male rats weighing 280–300 g with spontaneous arterial hypertension (SHR) aged 8 months and 10 normotensive control normotensive Wistar–Kyoto rats (WKR) weighing 200–220 g. The animals were divided into 5 experimental groups of 10 rats each. …”
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Transcriptomic and metabolomic-based revelation of the effect of fresh corn extract on meat quality of Jingyuan chicken by Jinli Tian, Yanxu Wu, Wei Zhao, Guojun Zhang, Hu Zhang, Lin Xue, Lijuan Yang, Tong Zhang, Yaling Gu, Juan Zhang

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