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Lung cancer (LC) is one of the top ten malignant tumors and the first leading cause of cancer-related death among both men and women worldwide. It is imperative to identify immune-related biomarkers for early LC diagnosis and treatment.<br /><br /> Three Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) datasets were selected to acquire the differentially expressed genes(DEGs) between LC and normal lung samples through GEO2R tools of NCBI. To identify hub genes, the DEGs were performed functional enrichment analysis, the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network construction, and Lasso regression. Then, a nomogram was constructed to predict the prognosis of patients with carcinoma based on hub genes. We further evaluated the influence of COL1A1 on clinical prognosis using GSE3141, GSE31210, and TCGA database. Also, the correlations between COL1A1 and cancer immune infiltrates and the B7-CD28 family was investigated via TIMER and GEPIA. Further analysis of immunohistochemistry shown that the COL1A1 expression level is positively correlatphage, Neutrophil, and Dendritic cell, as well as CD276 expression level, indicating COL1A1 can be a potential immunity-related biomarker and therapeutic target in LC.<br /><br /> Jumonji C (JmjC) proteins exert critical roles in plant development and stress response through the removal of lysine methylation from histones. <br /><br /> which originated from spontaneous hybridization by <br /><br /> and <br /><br /> , is the most important oilseed crop after soybean. In JmjC proteins of <br /><br /> species, the structure and function and its relationship with the parents and model plant <br /><br /> remain uncharacterized. Systematic identification and analysis for JmjC family in <br /><br /> crops can facilitate the future functional characterization and oilseed crops improvement.<br /><br /> Basing on the conserved JmjC domain, JmjC homologs from the three <br /><br /> species, <br /><br /> (AA), <br /><br /> (CC) and <br /><br /> were identified from the <br /><br /> database. Some methods, such as phylogenic analysis, chromosomal mapping, HMMER searching, gene structure display and Logos analysis, were used to characterize relationships of the JmjC homologs. Synonymous and nonsynonymous nucleotide substitutions were used to infer the information of gene duplication among homologs. Then, the express of many genes indicated that <br /><br /> subfamily genes are involved in stress response to salt, drought and high temperature.<br /><br />This study provides the first genome-wide characterization of JmjC genes in Brassica species. The BnJmjC exhibits higher conservation during the formation process of allotetraploid than the average retention rates of the whole B. napus genome. Furthermore, expression profiles of many genes indicated that BnKDM5 subfamily genes are involved in stress response to salt, drought and high temperature.Tartary buckwheat is a nutritious pseudo-cereal crop that is resistant to abiotic stresses, such as drought. However, the buckwheat's mechanisms for responding to drought stress remains unknown. We investigated the changes in physiology and gene expression under drought stress, which was simulated by treatment with polyethylene glycol (PEG). Five physiological indexes, namely MDA content, H2O2 content, CAT activity, SOD activity, and POD activity, were measured over time after 20% PEG treatment. All indexes showed dramatic changes in response to drought stress. A total of 1,190 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified using RNA-seq and the most predominant were related to a number of stress-response genes and late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins. DEGs were gathered into six clusters and were found to be involved in the ABA biosynthesis and signal pathway based on hierarchical clustering and GO and KEGG pathway enrichment. Transcription factors, such as NAC and bZIP, also took part in the response to drought stress. We determined an ABA-dependent and ABA-independent pathway in the regulation of drought stress in Tartary buckwheat. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first transcriptome analysis of drought stress in Tartary buckwheat, and our results provide a comprehensive gene regulatory network of this crop in response to drought stress.<br /><br /> Totoaba, <br /><br /> , is an endemic species of the Gulf of California, where wide variations in sea temperature throughout the year, surface salinities that gradually increase towards the north, and contamination by discharge of wastewater have been recorded. In addition to the challenges of reproduction and swimming, its characteristic biannual migration presents totoaba with changes in environmental factors that could affect oxidative stress indicators. The objective of this study was to assess spatial and seasonal changes in the oxidative stress indicators in muscle samples of totoaba.<br /><br /> Reactive oxygen species production, antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation levels were quantified by spectrophotometry.<br /><br /> Results suggest spatial-temporal variations of the oxidative stress indicators in muscle of totoaba that may be associated to a complex interaction between environmental and biological factors, including reproduction and nutrient availability. These results contribute to explain the appeal of totoaba as a marketable meat and suggest totoaba may provide antioxidant nutrients to consumers.<br /><br />Results suggest spatial-temporal variations of the oxidative stress indicators in muscle of totoaba that may be associated to a complex interaction between environmental and biological factors, including reproduction and nutrient availability. These results contribute to explain the appeal of totoaba as a marketable meat and suggest totoaba may provide antioxidant nutrients to consumers.Accumulating evidence has suggested the importance of gut microbiota in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). [https://www.selleckchem.com/products/PCI-24781.html selleck chemicals llc] In the present study, 40 patients with T2DM were treated with liraglutide for 4 months. Feces samples and clinical characteristics were collected from these 40 T2DM patients before and after the liraglutide treatment. The diversity and composition of gut microbiota in the two groups were determined by sequencing the V4 region of bacterial 16S rRNA genes. Meanwhile, blood glucose, insulin, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and lipid metabolism were also measured in the pre- and post-liraglutide-treatment groups. We find that Baseline HbA1c was associated with liraglutide treatment response (R 2 = 0.527, β = - 0.726, p less then 0.0001). After adjusted for baseline HbA1c, blood urea nitrogen was associated with liraglutide treatment response. Besides, our results showed reduced gut microbial alpha diversity, different community structure distribution and altered microbial interaction network in patients treated with liraglutide.