UFGI Publication Round-Up: Week of 1/5/2026

Rodhouse C, Barrios EL, Zeumer-Spataro L, Balzano-Nogueira L, Wu R, Yu X, Tian G, Brant JO, Gauthier ML, Chen J, Hernandez-Rios M, Polcz VE, Wiggins W, Charles AM, Dirain ML, Ungaro R, Rincon J, Loftus T, Xiao F, Cai G, Moldawer LL, Maile R, Kladde MP, Efron PA, Mathews CE.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Dec 18:2025.12.16.694726. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.16.694726.

PMID: 41446068

Faith and Fasting in Dermatology: Ethical Dilemmas in Pharmacologic Treatment.

Zieneldien T, Ma S, Kim J, Tan I, Grant-Kels JM.

Clin Dermatol. 2026 Jan 7:S0738-081X(26)00003-9. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2026.01.003. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41513109

Develop and validate a computable phenotype for identifying alcohol-use disorder patients using structure and unstructured EHR data.

Dai H, Tapper EB, Zhao L, Scheiffele GD, Li X, Ramon R, He X, Lee YA, Guo J, Bian J.

Alcohol Alcohol. 2025 Nov 16;61(1):agaf086. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agaf086.

PMID: 41501992

Prolonged Loss of Oxidative Phosphorylation and Mitochondrial Mass Characterize CD66b⁺ Leukocytes from Patients with Sepsis.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Dec 18:2025.12.16.694726. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.16.694726.

PMID: 41446068

Quantifying the public health impacts of Karenia brevis (Florida red tide) algae bloom exposure along Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Wang C, Manrique A, Chin NJ, Rohlwing K, Bian J, Kaplan D, Prosperi M, Guo Y.

Integr Environ Assess Manag. 2026 Jan 1;22(1):280-288. doi: 10.1093/inteam/vjaf140.

PMID: 41059989

vir2vec: A Viral Genome-Wide Viral Embedding.

Rancati S, Donelli PA, Nicora G, Bergomi L, Buonocore TM, Sy MA, Pandey S, Prosperi M, Salemi M, Bellazzi R, Boucher C, Parimbelli E, Marini S.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Dec 29:2025.12.12.693901. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.12.693901.

PMID: 41427357

A topic modeling analysis of stigma dimensions, social, and related behavioral circumstances in clinical notes among patients with HIV.

Chen Z, Liu Y, Prosperi M, Vaddiparti K, Cook RL, Bian J, Guo Y, Wu Y.

Int J Med Inform. 2026 Jan 6;209:106269. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2026.106269. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41518824

Mapping the landscape of healthcare-associated infections in China, 2015-2019: a nation-wide observational study.

Yao HW, Lv CL, Tian Y, Zhang YZ, Yu ZH, Du MM, Ma CX, Suo JJ, Zhao S, Zhang Y, Xing YB, Zhang AR, Bai YL, Liu BW, Yan ZQ, Liu JY, Cai M, Huo R, Lin J, Chen CP, Jiang BG, Xu Q, Chen JJ, Lu QB, Yang Y, Liu W, Fang LQ, Liu YX.

Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2025 Dec 16;65:101775. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101775. eCollection 2025 Dec.

PMID: 41503235

Dietary sodium and potassium intake and risk of diabetes in the Million Veteran Program.

Nguyen XT, Li Y, Williams AR, Panigrahy N, Nyaeme MS, Ivey KL, Wang DD, Houghton S, Mahbub H, Willett WC, Hu FB, Gaziano JM, Phillips L, Wilson PWF, Cho K, Djousse L; VA Million Veteran Program; VA Million Veteran Program; MVP Program Office; MVP Executive Committee; MVP Principal Investigators; MVP Operations; MVP Coordinating Centers; Current MVP Local Site Investigators.

Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2026 Jan 2:102882. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.102882. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41485611

Physiologically Relevant 3D CRISPR Screening Enhances Mechanistic Insight into Chemical Toxicity Compared to 2D Screening.

Kim C, Zhu Z, Tagmount A, Barbazuk WB, Bacher R, Vulpe CD.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Dec 19:2025.12.16.694776. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.16.694776.

PMID: 41446145

Identification of Functional Genetic Components Modulating Toxicity Response to PFOS using Genome-wide CRISPR Screens in HepG2/C3A cells.

Kim C, Tagmount A, Zhu Z, Wilson F, Li D, Ostrov DA, Barbazuk WB, Bacher R, Vulpe CD.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Dec 19:2025.12.16.694451. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.16.694451.

PMID: 41446233

Characterizing common loss-of-function genes and their potential utility in assessing population variability and chemical susceptibility.

Kim C, Zhu Z, Tagmount A, Barbazuk WB, Bacher R, Stuchal LD, Martyniuk CJ, Vulpe CD.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Dec 19:2025.12.16.694775. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.16.694775.

PMID: 41473284

Impact Of Housing Support Services For Medicaid Enrollees With Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorder.

Bruefach T, Mkuu RS, Hall JM, Rivero-Mendoza D, Lurk PA, Vincent C, McCraney MR, Chakrabarti C, Erichsen K, Cogle CR.

Health Aff (Millwood). 2026 Jan;45(1):68-75. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00581.

PMID: 41494122

Metabolomic profiling of neat uterine luminal fluid in cows: local enrichment and nutritional modulation.

Sagheer M, Hoorn QA, Maldonado MB, Schalich KM, Ashrafi N, A Mimi R, Graham SF, Selvaraj V, Hansen PJ.

Vet Q. 2026 Dec;46(1):2611849. doi: 10.1080/01652176.2025.2611849. Epub 2026 Jan 7.

PMID: 41496624

Gut plasma membrane proteomes reflect the distinct feeding strategies of Nezara viridula and Diaphorina citri.

Mishra R, Arora AK, Jiménez J, Tavares CS, Bonning BC.

Sci Rep. 2026 Jan 6. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-34213-x. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41495335

mGem: AAV, from almost a virus to an awesome vector-or is it?

Srivastava A.

mBio. 2026 Jan 5:e0295725. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02957-25. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41489395

When learning becomes doing: contributions of the next generation of scientists to knowledge about genetics and genomics.

McIntyre LM.

G3 (Bethesda). 2026 Jan 7;16(1):jkaf273. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf273.

PMID: 41494993

Mining bacterial (meta)genomes for enzymes active in aerobic, mesophilic conditions.

Campos-Silva R, Rahimi F, Joshi J, Voiniciuc C, Zhou J, Hanson AD.

Anal Biochem. 2026 Jan 3:116045. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2026.116045. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41490614

Validation and clinical application of the hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia-specific quality of life scale.

Al-Samkari H, Kasthuri RS, Iyer VN, Pishko AM, Decker JE, Weiss CR, Whitehead KJ, Conrad MB, Zumberg MS, Zhou JY, Parambil J, Carper B, Clancy M, Thomas SM, McCrae KR.

J Thromb Haemost. 2026 Jan;24(1):108-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.09.024. Epub 2025 Oct 13.

PMID: 41092987

Molecular Characterization and Clinicopathological Findings of Mycoplasma pogonae Infection in Captive Central Bearded Dragons (Pogona vitticeps).

Plangsangmas T, Burne A, De Luca E, Sasaki E, Menk Pinto Lima JC, Konopka K, Brown MB, Nevarez JG.

Animals (Basel). 2025 Dec 24;16(1):48. doi: 10.3390/ani16010048.

PMID: 41514736

Prolonged Loss of Oxidative Phosphorylation and Mitochondrial Mass Characterize CD66b⁺ Leukocytes from Patients with Sepsis.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Dec 18:2025.12.16.694726. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.16.694726.

PMID: 41446068

vir2vec: A Viral Genome-Wide Viral Embedding.

Rancati S, Donelli PA, Nicora G, Bergomi L, Buonocore TM, Sy MA, Pandey S, Prosperi M, Salemi M, Bellazzi R, Boucher C, Parimbelli E, Marini S.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Dec 29:2025.12.12.693901. doi: 10.64898/2025.12.12.693901.

PMID: 41427357

The inflammatory path toward type 1 diabetes begins during pregnancy.

Ahrens AP, Dias R, Hyötyläinen T, Orešič M, Triplett EW, Ludvigsson J.

Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 7. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67712-6. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41501048

Protocol to assess myogenic effects of 3T3-L1 and primary murine fibro-adipogenic progenitors on C2C12 myoblast differentiation.

Norris AM, Appu AB, Kopinke D.

STAR Protoc. 2026 Jan 9;7(1):104332. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.104332. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 41518617

Biomarkers.

Lee SY, Emanuel OM, Matusz EF, Wang WE, Arias F, Levy SA, Velez-Uribe I, Barker WW, Rosselli M, Vaillancourt DE, Armstrong MJ, Cid REC, Loewenstein DA, Duara R, Smith GE, Asken BM.

Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Dec;21 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):e107710. doi: 10.1002/alz70856_107710.

PMID: 41512881