Advanced Imaging in Dental Research: From Gene Mapping to AI Global Data.

Advances in imaging technologies combined with artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming dental, oral, and craniofacial research. This editorial highlights breakthroughs ranging from gene expression mapping to visualizing the availability of global AI data, providing new insights into biological complexity and clinical applications.

Estimating the use of ChatGPT in dental research publications.

Introduction: Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) Large-language models such as ChatGPT have become increasingly popular in various fields. However, the impact of ChatGPT on dental research writing has yet to be quantified. This study aimed to assess ChatGPT's usage in dental research writing and discuss potential advantages and challenges.

A Spotlight on the Egyptian Honeybee ().

Egypt has an ongoing long history with beekeeping, which started with the ancient Egyptians making various reliefs and inscriptions of beekeeping on their tombs and temples. The Egyptian honeybee () is an authentic Egyptian honeybee subspecies utilized in apiculture. is a distinct honeybee subspecies that has a particular body color, size, and high levels of hygienic behavior.

Prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their parents.

Background: Chronic somatic diseases are significant risk factors for the development of depression. Fourteen studies identified symptoms of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The overall prevalence of the symptoms of depression in the study population was 30.

The added value of a European Reference Network on rare and complex connective tissue and musculoskeletal diseases: insights after the first 5 years of the ERN ReCONNET.

In order to address the main challenges related to the rare diseases (RDs) the European Commission launched the European Reference Networks (ERNs), virtual networks involving healthcare providers (HCPs) across Europe. The mission of the ERNs is to tackle low prevalence and RDs that require highly specialised treatment and a concentration of knowledge and resources. In fact, ERNs offer the potential to give patients and healthcare professionals across the EU access to the best expertise and timely exchange of lifesaving knowledge, trying to make the knowledge travelling more than patients.

Beyond the Pandemic: COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Face of Life.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious challenge for societies around the globe as entire populations have fallen victim to the infectious spread and have taken up social distancing. In many countries, people have had to self-isolate and to be confined to their homes for several weeks to months to prevent the spread of the virus. Social distancing measures have had both negative and positive impacts on various aspects of economies, lifestyles, education, transportation, food supply, health, social life, and mental wellbeing.

Comprehensive Overview on Multiple Strategies Fighting COVID-19.

Lately, myriad of novel viruses have emerged causing epidemics such as SARS, MERS, and SARS-CoV-2, leading to high mortality rates worldwide. Thus, these viruses represented a challenging threat to mankind, especially considering the miniscule data available at our disposal regarding these novel viruses. The entire world established coordinative relations in research projects regarding drug and vaccine development on the external range, whereas on the internal range, all countries declared it an emergency case through imposing different restrictions related to their border control, large gatherings, school attendance, and most social activities.

The association between serum lipids and risk of premature mortality in Latin America: a systematic review of population-based prospective cohort studies.

Objective: To synthetize the scientific evidence on the association between serum lipids and premature mortality in Latin America (LA).

Methods: Five data bases were searched from inception without language restrictions: Embase, Medline, Global Health, Scopus and LILACS. Population-based studies following random sampling methods were identified.

The TGF-beta - SMAD pathway is inactivated in cronic lymphocytic leukemia cells.

Aim: To study the status of the tumor growth factor beta (TGFB) pathway in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells and to uncover molecular details underlying CLL cell genesis.

Objects And Methods: The study was conducted on peripheral blood samples of patients with CLL using the following methods: RNA isolation, analysis of expression of transcription factors using RT2 profiler assay, bioinformatics analysis of publicly available data bases on expression.

Results: We have shown that the TGFB - SMAD canonical pathway is not active in CLL cells.

Expression of the chemokine receptors CCR1 and CCR2B is up-regulated in peripheral blood B cells upon EBV infection and in established lymphoblastoid cell lines.

In immunocompetent individuals, EBV establishes in B cells an asymptomatic lifelong latent infection controlled by the immune system. Chemokine receptors regulate immune system function. CCR1 and CCR2 share protein sequence similarity and exert responses to multiple chemokines.

MIRU-VNTR genotype diversity and indications of homoplasy in M. avium strains isolated from humans and slaughter pigs in Latvia.

Diseases which are caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are an increasing problem in the developed countries. In Latvia, one of the most clinically important members of NTM is Mycobacterium avium (M. avium), an opportunistic pathogen which has been isolated from several lung disease patients and tissue samples of slaughter pigs.

HLA II class alleles in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients with and without temporomandibular joint arthritis.

Background: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis is seen very often (38-87 %) in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). With contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) we can detect more cases of TMJ arthritis than ever before. Previous studies show that HLA II class alleles may have protective or risk importance in JIA subtypes.