SQANTI-reads: a tool for the quality assessment of long read data in multi-sample lrRNA-seq experiments.

SQANTI-reads leverages SQANTI3, a tool for the analysis of the quality of transcript models, to develop a read-level quality control framework for replicated long-read RNA-seq experiments. The number and distribution of reads, as well as the number and distribution of unique junction chains (transcript splicing patterns), in SQANTI3 structural categories are informative of raw data quality. Multi-sample visualizations of QC metrics are presented by experimental design factors to identify outliers.

Intermittent rapamycin feeding recapitulates some effects of continuous treatment while maintaining lifespan extension.

Objective: Rapamycin, a powerful geroprotective drug, can have detrimental effects when administered chronically. We determined whether intermittent treatment of mice can reduce negative effects while maintaining benefits of chronic treatment.

Methods: From 6 months of age, male and female C3B6F1 hybrid mice were either continuously fed with 42 mg/kg rapamycin, or intermittently fed by alternating weekly feeding of 42 mg/kg rapamycin food with weekly control feeding.

Dietary restriction mitigates the age-associated decline in mouse B cell receptor repertoire diversity.

Aging impairs the capacity to respond to novel antigens, reducing immune protection against pathogens and vaccine efficacy. Dietary restriction (DR) extends life- and health span in diverse animals. However, little is known about the capacity of DR to combat the decline in immune function.

Dynamics of Human Anelloviruses in Plasma and Clinical Outcomes Following Kidney Transplantation.

Background: Torque teno virus, the major member of the genus Alphatorquevirus , is an emerging biomarker of the net state of immunosuppression after kidney transplantation. Genetic diversity constitutes a main feature of the Anelloviridae family, although its posttransplant dynamics and clinical correlates are largely unknown.

Methods: The relative abundance of Alphatorquevirus , Betatorquevirus , and Gammatorquevirus genera was investigated by high-throughput sequencing in plasma specimens obtained at various points during the first posttransplant year (n = 91 recipients).

Diversity and dynamic changes of anelloviruses in plasma following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Monitoring of alphatorquevirus (torque teno virus [TTV]) DNA in plasma may prove to be useful to assess the net state of immune competence following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). There are scarce data published on the prevalence of beta (torque teno mini virus [TTMV]) and gammatorqueviruses (torque teno midi virus [TTMDV]) and, in particular, on the dynamics of anelloviruses in allo-HSCT patients. Twenty-five allo-HSCT recipients with available plasma specimens obtained before conditioning and after engraftment were included.

Nearly Complete Genome Sequences of Human Norovirus Belonging to Several Genotypes from Valencia, Spain.

Human noroviruses are responsible for most nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis cases. The GII.2, GII.

Nearly Complete Genome Sequence of a Human Norovirus GII.P17-GII.17 Strain Isolated from Brazil in 2015.

Human noroviruses are the most common cause of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis worldwide. We report here the nearly complete genome sequence (7,551 nucleotides) of a human norovirus GII.P17-GII.