Abbreviation as in Figure 1. Statistical analysis Data were reported as mean ± SD for parametric variables, medians with interquartile range (IQR) for nonparametric variables, and as percentages for categorical variables. In baseline analyses, parametric and nonparametric variables were compared between...
piRNA, an abbreviation for PIWI-interacting RNA, is a type of single-stranded, small non-coding RNA that interacts with the PIWI-subfamily of Argonaute proteins to form RNA-protein complexes and perform biological functions in animal cells [7,8]. The length of piRNA ranges from 20 to 36 nuc...
Table 1. Gene ages used in this study, including the abbreviations used in some figures, number of human and mouse genes in each age group, and the evolutionary time periods covered (in millions of years) Gene ageAbbreviationHuman genesMouse genesTime periods (Mya)Age groups Fungi-Metazoa Fun...
South Africa and 4Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Complement activation in myasthenia gravis (MG) may damage muscle endplate and complement regulatory proteins such as decay-accelerating factor (DAF) or CD55 ...
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