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Xin R, Cheng Q, Chi X, Feng X, Zhang H, Wang Y, Duan M, Xie T, Song X, Yu Q, Fan Y, Huang L, Zhou F. Computational Characterization of Undifferentially Expressed Genes with Altered Transcription Regulation in Lung Cancer. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:2169. [PMID: 38136991 PMCID: PMC10742656 DOI: 10.3390/genes14122169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
A transcriptome profiles the expression levels of genes in cells and has accumulated a huge amount of public data. Most of the existing biomarker-related studies investigated the differential expression of individual transcriptomic features under the assumption of inter-feature independence. Many transcriptomic features without differential expression were ignored from the biomarker lists. This study proposed a computational analysis protocol (mqTrans) to analyze transcriptomes from the view of high-dimensional inter-feature correlations. The mqTrans protocol trained a regression model to predict the expression of an mRNA feature from those of the transcription factors (TFs). The difference between the predicted and real expression of an mRNA feature in a query sample was defined as the mqTrans feature. The new mqTrans view facilitated the detection of thirteen transcriptomic features with differentially expressed mqTrans features, but without differential expression in the original transcriptomic values in three independent datasets of lung cancer. These features were called dark biomarkers because they would have been ignored in a conventional differential analysis. The detailed discussion of one dark biomarker, GBP5, and additional validation experiments suggested that the overlapping long non-coding RNAs might have contributed to this interesting phenomenon. In summary, this study aimed to find undifferentially expressed genes with significantly changed mqTrans values in lung cancer. These genes were usually ignored in most biomarker detection studies of undifferential expression. However, their differentially expressed mqTrans values in three independent datasets suggested their strong associations with lung cancer.
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- Ruihao Xin
- Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; (R.X.); (Y.W.); (M.D.); (L.H.)
- Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, College of Information and Control Engineering, Jilin 132000, China; (Q.C.); (X.C.); (H.Z.)
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- Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, College of Information and Control Engineering, Jilin 132000, China; (Q.C.); (X.C.); (H.Z.)
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- Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, College of Information and Control Engineering, Jilin 132000, China; (Q.C.); (X.C.); (H.Z.)
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- School of Science, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin 132000, China;
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China;
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- Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, College of Information and Control Engineering, Jilin 132000, China; (Q.C.); (X.C.); (H.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; (R.X.); (Y.W.); (M.D.); (L.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; (R.X.); (Y.W.); (M.D.); (L.H.)
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- Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK;
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- Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Software, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China;
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Software, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; (R.X.); (Y.W.); (M.D.); (L.H.)
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- Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; (R.X.); (Y.W.); (M.D.); (L.H.)
- School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China
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Wang W, Tan G, Liang C, Wang Y, Cheng Y. Study on Viscoelastic Properties of Asphalt Mixtures Incorporating SBS Polymer and Basalt Fiber under Freeze-Thaw Cycles. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E1804. [PMID: 32796769 PMCID: PMC7465384 DOI: 10.3390/polym12081804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
This study aims to study the viscoelastic properties of asphalt mixtures incorporating styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer and basalt fiber under freeze-thaw (F-T) cycles by using the static creep test. Asphalt mixture samples incorporating styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer and basalt fiber were manufactured following the Superpave gyratory compaction (SGC) method and coring as well as sawing. After 0 to 21 F-T cycles processing, a uniaxial compression static creep test for the asphalt mixture specimens was performed to evaluate the influence of F-T cycles. The results indicated that the F-T cycles caused a larger creep deformation in the asphalt mixtures, which led to a decrease in the rut resistance of the asphalt mixtures incorporating SBS polymer and basalt fiber. Besides, the resistance to deformation decreased significantly in the early stage of F-T cycles. On the other hand, the viscoelastic parameters were analyzed to discuss the variation of viscoelastic characteristics. The relaxation time increased with F-T cycles, which will not be conducive to internal stress dissipation. Compared with lignin fiber, basalt fiber can improve the resistance to high-temperature deformation and the low-temperature crack resistance of asphalt mixtures under F-T cycles.
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- Wensheng Wang
- College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; (W.W.); (G.T.); (Y.C.)
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- College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; (W.W.); (G.T.); (Y.C.)
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- College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; (W.W.); (G.T.); (Y.C.)
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- Jilin Province Highway Administration Bureau, Changchun 130021, China;
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- College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; (W.W.); (G.T.); (Y.C.)
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Tan G, Wang W, Cheng Y, Wang Y, Zhu Z. Establishment of Complex Modulus Master Curves Based on Generalized Sigmoidal Model for Freeze-Thaw Resistance Evaluation of Basalt Fiber-Modified Asphalt Mixtures. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E1698. [PMID: 32751244 PMCID: PMC7464322 DOI: 10.3390/polym12081698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
This study aims to study the freeze-thaw (F-T) resistance of asphalt mixture incorporating styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer and basalt fiber by using the established complex master curves of the generalized Sigmoidal model. Asphalt mixture samples incorporating styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer and basalt fiber were manufactured following the Superpave gyratory compaction (SGC) method and coring as well as sawing. After 0-21 F-T cycles processing, a complex modulus test asphalt mixture specimen was performed to evaluate the influence of the F-T cycle. Besides, according to the time-temperature superposition principle, the master curves of a complex modulus were constructed to reflect the dynamic mechanical response in an extended range of reduced frequency at an arbitrary temperature. The results indicated that the elastic and viscous portions of asphalt mixture incorporating SBS and basalt fiber have decreased overall. It could be observed from the dynamic modulus ratio that the dynamic modulus ratios of specimens were more affected by the F-T cycle at low frequency or high temperature. Thus, in the process of asphalt pavement design and maintenance, attention should be paid to seasonal frozen asphalt pavement under low frequency and high temperature.
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- Guojin Tan
- College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; (G.T.); (Y.C.); (Z.Z.)
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- College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; (G.T.); (Y.C.); (Z.Z.)
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- College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; (G.T.); (Y.C.); (Z.Z.)
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- Jilin Province Highway Administration Bureau, Changchun 130021, China;
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- College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; (G.T.); (Y.C.); (Z.Z.)
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