EPICPred: Predicting Phenotypes Driven by Epitope-Binding TCRs Using Attention-Based Multiple Instance Learning

T-cell receptors (TCRs) play a crucial role in the adaptive immune system by recognizing pathogens through binding to specific antigen epitopes. Understanding the interactions between TCRs and epitopes is essential for uncovering the biological mechanisms of immune responses and developing T cell-mediated immunotherapies. However, although the impo...

APNet: An Explainable Sparse Deep Learning Model to Discover Differentially Active Drivers of Severe COVID-19

Academic Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on global public health systems. Although the pandemic has somewhat subsided, its complex immunopathological mechanisms, long-term sequelae (such as “long COVID”), and the potential for similar threats in the future continue to drive in-depth research. Severe COVID-19 cases are ...

Prior Vaccination Prevents Overactivation of Innate Immune Responses During COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection

How COVID-19 Vaccines Affect Immune Responses During Breakthrough Infections Background Introduction As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, an increasing number of infections are “breakthrough infections,” occurring in individuals who have been vaccinated or previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. Although vaccination has significantly reduced the risk o...

A Potential 3-in-1 Combined Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Therapy Using Pulmonary MIL-100(Fe) Formulation

Exploration of a Novel Pulmonary Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Therapy Based on MIL-100(Fe) In recent years, global public health has faced numerous severe challenges, particularly since 2019 with the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic. The high transmission rate and persistence of the virus have exposed bottlenecks in current prevention and treatme...

The Lifetime Risk of Surgery in England: A Nationwide Observational Cohort Study

Lifetime Risk of Surgery in England: A Nationwide Observational Cohort Study Academic Background Surgery represents a significant portion of the UK National Health Service (NHS) activity, with approximately 4.4 million people undergoing surgical procedures in England each year. Although an increasing number of surgeries are performed as day-case pr...