Publications by authors named "Mohammad-Reza Zabihi"

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  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) is an immunodeficiency disorder marked by low immunoglobulin levels, leading to frequent infections and autoimmune issues, but with a normal B cell count.
  • The study aims to improve CVID classification using transcriptomic data to define distinct subtypes, analyzing patient samples through various clustering methods and gene expression analysis.
  • Findings reveal three patient clusters and nine consistently differentially expressed genes, suggesting their potential as biomarkers for better understanding and categorizing CVID.
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Introduction: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. The risk factors for cervical cancer include human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, age, smoking, number of pregnancies, use of oral contraceptives, and diet. However, long-term HPV infection appears to be the main risk factor for developing cervical cancer.

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system. Although the pathological mechanisms of MS have been extensively studied, its association with other autoimmune diseases, known as comorbidities, remains unclear. In this comprehensive review article, we aim to clarify the cellular and molecular relationship between MS and the incidence of organ-specific autoimmune comorbidities by summarizing former studies.

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Introduction: Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer diagnosed in females worldwide. The known biomarkers are insufficient to understand the actual prognosis of breast cancer, and identifying new biomarkers is desirable and valuable data to improve the patient's survival. Many inflammatory biomarkers, such as the complement system, can be regarded as prognostic values and as potent inflammatory mediators; complement proteins have a critical role in tumorigenesis.

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  • Esophageal chemical burns, resulting from accidental or intentional ingestion of harmful chemicals, can lead to severe complications, including esophageal cancer, which includes squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinomas.
  • An in-silico analysis using genetic databases found a total of 26 critical genes associated with both chemical burns and the development of esophageal cancer.
  • The study concludes that chemical burns act as a significant external factor that may worsen prognosis and increase the risk of developing esophageal cancer.
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  • This study uses bioinformatics to identify genes that are commonly upregulated in both chemical burns and gastric cancer.
  • The researchers analyzed gene sets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and used various tools to find shared genes and visualize their interactions.
  • Two key genes, ALOX5AP and SERPINB2, were identified as linked to both conditions, and five potential drugs were suggested for treating gastric cancer after chemical burns.
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Introduction: Burn injuries lead to dysregulation of immune molecules, impacting cellular and humoral immune pathways. This study aims to determine the prediction of immune molecule activity during burn wound healing among elderly patients.

Methods: The current study utilized the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database to extract the proper gene set.

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Background: Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is a common cancer with a poor prognosis in advanced stages. Therefore, early EAC diagnosis and treatment have gained attention in recent decades. It has been found that various pathological changes, particularly Barrett's Esophagus (BE), can occur in the esophageal tissue before the development of EAC.

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Introduction: Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) is an etiology of infertility in men. NOA may have various classifications; however, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism can be regarded as a class of NOA associated with genetic factors. Former studies have shown that noncoding RNA (ncRNA) plays an essential role in NOA incidence, but few studies have been performed on the NOA-related ncRNA interaction network.

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Background: Viruses employ diverse strategies to interfere with host defense mechanisms, including the production of proteins that mimic or resemble host proteins. This study aimed to analyze the similarities between SARS-CoV-2 and human proteins, investigate their impact on virus-host interactions, and elucidate underlying mechanisms.

Results: Comparing the proteins of SARS-CoV-2 with human and mammalian proteins revealed sequence and structural similarities between viral helicase with human UPF1.

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  • LncPVT1 and CircPVT1 are two forms of the PVT1 gene linked to cancer progression, and this study examined their levels in colon adenoma polyps versus normal tissues.
  • Both LncPVT1 and CircPVT1 showed significantly higher expression in adenoma polyps compared to normal-adjacent tissues and hyperplastic polyps, indicating their potential role in early cancer detection.
  • The study also identified specific miRNAs involved in the cancer development network and suggested that LncPVT1 and CircPVT1 could serve as potential biomarkers for predicting colorectal cancer risk in patients with precancerous polyps.
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Pressure injury (PI), or local damage to soft tissues and skin caused by prolonged pressure, remains controversial in the medical world. Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) were frequently reported to suffer PIs, with a heavy burden on their life and expenditures. Machine learning (ML) is a Section of artificial intelligence (AI) that has emerged in nursing practice and is increasingly used for diagnosis, complications, prognosis, and recurrence prediction.

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Background: Long intergenic non-coding RNA 460 (LINC00460) as a potential oncogene and Annexin A2 (ANXA2) as a promoter in different cancer progression processes was considered. A significant relationship between the LINC00460 and ANXA2 has been recently discovered in colorectal cancer (CRC). Therefore, defining molecular biomarkers accompanied by lesion histopathologic features can be a suggestive prognostic biomarker in precancerous polyps.

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Recent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and associated COVID-19 pandemic have posed a great challenge for the scientific community. In this study, we performed bioinformatic analyses on SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences, trying to unravel potential molecular similarities between this newly emerged pathogen with non-coronavirus ssRNA viruses. Comparing the proteins of SARS-CoV-2 with non-coronavirus positive and negative strand ssRNA viruses revealed multiple sequence similarities between SARS-CoV-2 and non-coronaviruses, including similarities between RNA-dependent RNA-polymerases and helicases (two highly-conserved proteins).

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