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Network-based approaches for modeling disease regulation and progression

Molecular interaction networks lay the foundation for studying how biological functions are controlled by the complex interplay of genes and proteins. Investigating perturbed processes using biological networks has been instrumental in uncovering …

Systematic analysis of alternative splicing in time course data using Spycone

*Motivation* During disease progression or organism development, alternative splicing may lead to isoform switches that demonstrate similar temporal patterns and reflect the alternative splicing co-regulation of such genes. Tools for dynamic process …

The limits of molecular signatures for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma subtyping

Molecular signatures have been suggested as biomarkers to classify pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) into two, three, four or five subtypes. Since the robustness of existing signatures is controversial, we performed a systematic evaluation of …

Hypothesis of a potential BrainBiota and its relation to CNS autoimmune inflammation

Infectious agents have been long considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases as part of the interaction between genetic susceptibility and the environment. The role of bacteria in CNS autoimmunity has also been highlighted …

A zlog-based algorithm and tool for plausibility checks of reference intervals

*Objectives* Laboratory information systems typically contain hundreds or even thousands of reference limits stratified by sex and age. Since under these conditions a manual plausibility check is hardly feasible, we have developed a simple algorithm …

Forecasting admissions in psychiatric hospitals before and during Covid-19: a retrospective study with routine data

The COVID-19 pandemic has strong effects on most health care systems. Forecasting of admissions can help for the efficient organisation of hospital care. We aimed to forecast the number of admissions to psychiatric hospitals before and during the …

Tumour cell budding and spread through air spaces in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung - Determination and validation of optimal prognostic cut-offs

Prognostic stratification of patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the lung (SCC-L) is challenging. Therefore, we investigated several histomorphological parameters (tumour cell budding (TCB), spread through air spaces (STAS), …

Small RNA Sequencing in the Tg4-42 Mouse Model Suggests the Involvement of snoRNAs in the Etiology of Alzheimer's Disease

The Tg4-42 mouse model for sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) has unique features, as the neuronal expression of wild type N-truncated Aβ4-42 induces an AD-typical neurological phenotype in the absence of plaques. It is one of the few models …

Gene-mapping study of extremes of cerebral small vessel disease reveals TRIM47 as a strong candidate

Cerebral small vessel disease is a leading cause of stroke and a major contributor to cognitive decline and dementia, but our understanding of specific genes underlying the cause of sporadic cerebral small vessel disease is limited. We report a …

P057 Mucosal microbiota adapts to ATF6-induced alterations in host lipid metabolism with prognostic value in colorectal cancer