Causal relationship of body mass index with autoimmune liver diseases mediated by circulating cytokines: A Mendelian randomization study.

Observational studies suggest associations between elevated body mass index (BMI) and autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs), yet causal evidence remains limited. This Mendelian randomization (MR) study aimed to elucidate the causal role of BMI in AILDs and identify mediating pathways involving 91 circulating cytokines. Utilizing public genome-wide association study data, univariate and multivariate MR analyses were conducted to assess causal relationships between BMI and 3 AILDs.

A New Laser-Combined H-Type Device Method for Comprehensive Thermoelectrical Properties Characterization of Two-Dimensional Materials.

Two-dimensional nanomaterials have obvious advantages in thermoelectric device development. It is rare to use the same experimental system to accurately measure multiple thermoelectrical parameters of the same sample. Therefore, scholars have developed suspended microdevices, T-type and H-type methods to fulfill the abovementioned requirements.

Simultaneous electrical and thermal rectification in a monolayer lateral heterojunction.

Efficient waste heat dissipation has become increasingly challenging as transistor size has decreased to nanometers. As governed by universal Umklapp phonon scattering, the thermal conductivity of semiconductors decreases at higher temperatures and causes heat transfer deterioration under high-power conditions. In this study, we realized simultaneous electrical and thermal rectification (TR) in a monolayer MoSe-WSe lateral heterostructure.