Browse the latest research summaries in the field of bioinformatics for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE, 2024 • April 17, 2024
This study used machine learning to identify differentially expressed genes in microglia after spinal cord injury (SCI), focusing on the clearance of apoptotic cells. Key genes Anxa2, Myo1e, and Spp1 ...
KEY FINDING: Microglia participate in neuroinflammation and play a significant role in the clearance mechanism of apoptotic cells following SCI.
Patient Safety in Surgery, 2024 • May 27, 2024
This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of machine learning models (MLMs) in predicting clinical outcomes in CSM patients undergoing LPSF. Analysis using binary logistic regression indicated that...
KEY FINDING: Age, preoperative mJOA scale, and symptom duration were independent predictors of poor clinical outcome.
Human Brain Mapping, 2024 • June 10, 2024
The study aimed to develop and validate a pre-trained brain-age model covering most of the human lifespan, addressing the need for robust and publicly available models. Researchers systematically exam...
KEY FINDING: The accuracy of age prediction was higher when no site harmonization (correction for differences between data collection sites) was applied to the brain imaging data.
Cancer Reports, 2024 • July 1, 2024
This study investigates secretome biomarkers in glioblastoma cancer stem cells using bioinformatics analysis to identify potential therapeutic targets and prognostic markers. The research identifies d...
KEY FINDING: The study identified 890 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in GBM cells, with 475 upregulated and 415 downregulated.
Sci China Life Sci, 2023 • May 1, 2023
The study introduces scPrivacy, a federated learning-based tool for privacy-preserving integration of single-cell RNA-seq data from multiple institutions for cell type identification. scPrivacy was ev...
KEY FINDING: scPrivacy effectively integrates information from multiple datasets while preserving data privacy, addressing a key challenge in single-cell data analysis.
PNAS, 2017 • December 26, 2017
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are important in biological processes, but structural information on their protein complexes is limited. The study introduces GAG-Dock, a computational method to predict GAG-...
KEY FINDING: The GAG-Dock method accurately reproduces the binding poses of heparin to proteins, as validated against known crystal structures.
J Cell Physiol, 2015 • July 1, 2015
This study investigates the migration of Schwann cells in electric fields (EFs), finding that they migrate towards the anode, with increased directedness and displacement at higher EF strengths. RNA s...
KEY FINDING: Schwann cells migrate towards the anode in an applied electric field, and the directedness and displacement of migration increase with the strength of the electric field.
Healthcare, 2023 • October 6, 2023
This review investigates the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the prognosis of patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders undergoing rehabilitation, focusing on stroke, traumat...
KEY FINDING: AI algorithms, including random forests, deep neural networks, and convolutional neural networks, have been used to predict motor outcomes after stroke with AUCs ranging from 0.7 to 0.9.
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 • June 10, 2021
This study investigates the protein biomarkers associated with the effectiveness of electroacupuncture (EA) in treating diabetic painful neuropathy (DPN) in rats. The study reveals that EA treatment i...
KEY FINDING: Electroacupuncture (EA) significantly increased the mechanical pain threshold in rats with diabetic painful neuropathy (DPN).
Spinal Cord, 2024 • July 3, 2024
This study aimed to evaluate racial differences in serological markers in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) across the first year of injury. The results revealed racial differences in several s...
KEY FINDING: White individuals had higher levels of ALT, BUN, BUN/Creatinine ratio, sodium, and chloride in their blood.