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Disruption of Oxaloacetate Acetylhydrolase Impairs Lignocellulose Utilization but Enhances Mycelial Material Properties in Perenniporia fraxinea

Disrupting the oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase (OAH) gene in *Perenniporia fraxinea* impairs lignocellulose degradation and nutrient acquisition by reducing oxalic acid production, yet simultaneously enhances the mechanical strength of mycelial mats, revealing a trade-off that offers a new strategy for engineering mycelium-based biomaterials.

Yeon-Jae Choi, Hyerang Eom, Seong Hyeok Yang, Dong Hee Kim, Beomgyu Park, Hyun‑Jae Shin, Hyeon-Su Ro2026-09-09
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Spatial Transcriptomic Prioritization of Anesthesia-Associated Candidate Genes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: An Exploratory Multi-Omics Reappraisal

This exploratory multi-omics reappraisal of anesthesia-associated genes in triple-negative breast cancer finds that while genetic evidence for causal links is limited, SDC1 emerges as the most robust candidate due to its consistent spatial clustering and enrichment in tertiary lymphoid structure-associated hotspots across patient samples.

Weixian Xie, Wenyue Xiang, Zhiming Huang2026-09-09
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The RNA-binding protein SDOS regulates pro-survival autophagy in response to DNA damage in breast cancer cells

This study reveals that the RNA-binding protein SDOS promotes pro-survival autophagy in breast cancer cells by regulating both the translation of and interaction with the autophagy receptor SQSTM1/p62, thereby enhancing resistance to DNA damage and contributing to tumor progression.

Anna Di Micco, Margherita Auriemma, Franca Esposito, Rosario Avolio, Danilo Swann Matassa2026-09-09
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Comparative Study of Anatomical and Learned Features in AI Models for Structural Brain MRI

This study evaluates anatomical, supervised CNN, and unsupervised ViT feature extraction paradigms across 80,000 brain MRI scans, finding that simple anatomical models match complex AI performance while proposing a novel Anatomy Segmentation Pretraining (ASP) method that outperforms existing models in biological age estimation.

Boyang Yu, Miquel López Escoriza, Long Chen, Arjun V. Masurkar, Narges Razavian, Carlos Fernandez Granda2026-09-09
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Isolation, Phenotypic Characterisation and Molecular Identification of Thermophilic and Halophilic Bacteria from the İzmir–Dikili (Bademli) Marine Hot Spring, Türkiye

This study successfully isolated and characterized 27 thermophilic and halophilic bacterial strains from the İzmir–Dikili marine hot spring in Turkey through a three-stage process involving phenotypic testing and 16S rRNA molecular analysis, identifying them as closely related to *Bacillus* and *Anoxybacillus* species.

Merve Demirtaş, Fatma Matpan Bekler2026-09-09
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Within-Individual Stability of Elemental Profiles and Related Biochemical Biomarkers in Healthy Adults Across Three Monthly Assessments: Analysis of Plasma, Red Blood Cells, and 24-Hour Urine

This study evaluated the within-individual temporal stability of elemental and biochemical biomarkers across plasma, red blood cells, and 24-hour urine in healthy adults, revealing element- and specimen-specific patterns of stability that provide a reference framework for interpreting longitudinal measurements in clinical, nutritional, and environmental research.

Kotoko Arisawa, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Misaki Shimizu, Shunsuke Yogiashi, Ritsuko Shimizu, Takafumi Suzuki, Takashi Toyama (…)2026-09-09✓ Author reviewed