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Urbanization and soil type influence prokaryotic, fungal, and metazoan communities in children’s play environments: a pilot study

This pilot study of 14 children's play areas in Bielefeld reveals that substrate type (soil versus sand) and urbanization are the primary drivers structuring prokaryotic, fungal, and metazoan communities, with soil supporting higher diversity and all three taxonomic groups showing significant concordance in their community patterns.

Evgenia Dikareva, Patricia Maasjosthusmann, David Barnett, Jannina Dröge, Regina Penner, Joel Niklas Bayer, Christel Dri (…)2026-09-14
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Comprehensive genomic and regulatory analysis of the NAC gene family reveals stress-adaptive mechanisms in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

This study characterizes the sesame NAC gene family through genome-wide identification, phylogenetic analysis, and regulatory profiling, revealing that sesame achieves robust stress adaptation not through gene family expansion but via a complex regulatory network involving diverse cis-elements and miRNA-mediated control.

Samira Minaei, Nasser Zare, Rasool Asghari, Parisa Sheikhzadeh2026-09-14
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Cross-cohort transcriptomic integration links neoadjuvant chemotherapy response to an inflammatory macrophage-epithelial program in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

This study identifies a coordinated pretreatment inflammatory program, primarily driven by TNF-alpha signaling in macrophages and CDH12-positive epithelial cells, as a key predictor of neoadjuvant chemotherapy response in muscle-invasive bladder cancer through cross-cohort transcriptomic integration and single-nucleus analysis.

Min Fu, Yuhua Liu, Hongxia Cheng2026-09-14
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Spatial Multi-Omics Reveals an Immunometabolic Niche Defined by PROM1+SLC27A4+ Tumor-Initiating Cells and CD8A+ABCA12+ Exhausted T Cells in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

This study utilizes multi-omics integration to define a novel immunometabolic niche in HER2-positive breast cancer where PROM1+SLC27A4+ tumor-initiating cells drive CD8A+ABCA12+ T cell exhaustion via an EGF-STAT5 axis and lignoceric acid exchange, ultimately promoting therapy resistance and metastasis.

Huijing Yin, Huijing Yin, Wei Wang, Xingning Fu, Ling Hong, Dawen Zheng, Hongyan Liu, Wei Jin, Yicheng Lv, Ye Sun, Zhika (…)2026-09-14
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Transcriptomic Adaptive Program of Metal Homeostasis and ECM Remodeling in the Jejunal Mucosa Early After RYGB

One month after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, the jejunal mucosa activates coordinated programs of metallothionein-driven metal homeostasis and TNF-α/NF-κB-mediated ECM remodeling, leading to increased serum trace elements and reduced systemic inflammation independent of BMI reduction.

Jiaxin Wen, Kelimu Abudureyimu, Yusujiang Tusuntuoheti, Maimaitiaili Maimaitiming, Aikebaier Aili2026-09-14
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Breaking the Evidence Bottleneck: A Hybrid Artificial Intelligence and Human Pipeline to Map the over Thirty-Five Years Immunomodulatory Legacy of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

This study demonstrates that a zero-cost, hybrid human-AI pipeline leveraging complementary Large Language Model architectures can effectively map the 35-year immunomodulatory evolution of *Lactobacillus rhamnosus* GG, revealing a shift from mucosal barrier focus to complex molecular signaling while overcoming the scalability crisis of biomedical literature synthesis.

Melissa Rocca, Daniele Noviello, Chiara Amoroso, Maurizio Vecchi, Flavio Caprioli, Federica Facciotti2026-09-14