Maps of cis-Regulatory Nodes in Megabase Long Genome Segments are an Inevitable Intermediate Step Toward Whole Genome Functional Mapping.

abstract：:Controlling for the multiplicity effect is an essential part of determining statistical significance in large-scale single-locus association genome scans on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs). Bonferroni adjustment is a commonly used approach due to its simplicity, but is conservative and has low power for large-s...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Saunders G,Fu G,Stevens JR

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Trypanosoma brucei uses antigenic variation to evade the host antibody clearance by periodically changing its Variant Surface Glycoprotein (VSGs) coat. T. brucei encode over 2,500 VSG genes and pseudogenes, however they transcribe only one VSG gene at time from one of the 20 telomeric Expression Sites (ESs...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Cestari I,Stuart K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD) concept, maternal obesity and the resulting accelerated growth in neonates predispose offspring to obesity and associated metabolic diseases that may persist across generations. In this context, the adipose tissue has emerged as an important player du...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Lecoutre S,Kwok KHM,Petrus P,Lambert M,Breton C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of genomics in the study of developmental mechanisms has brought a trove of information on gene datasets and regulation during development, where the Zic family of zinc-finger proteins plays an important role. Genomic analysis of the modes of action of Zic3 in pluripotent cells demonstrated its requirement ...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Winata CL,Kondrychyn I,Korzh V

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers arise as a result of stepwise accumulation of mutations which may occur at the nucleotide level and/or the gross chromosomal level. Many cancers particularly those of the colon display a form of genomic instability which may facilitate and speed up tumor initiation and development. In few instances, a "mutator...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Abdel-Rahman WM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly regenerative adult tissues are supported by rare populations of stem cells that continuously divide to self-renew and generate differentiated progeny. This process is tightly regulated by signals emanating from surrounding cells to fulfill the dynamic demands of the tissue. One of the hallmarks of aging is slow...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Gonen O,Toledano H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in the SMN1 gene. Being a monogenic disease, it is characterized by high clinical heterogeneity. Variations in penetrance and severity of symptoms, as well as clinical discrepancies between affected family members can result from modifier ge...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Maretina MA,Zheleznyakova GY,Lanko KM,Egorova AA,Baranov VS,Kiselev AV

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinogenesis involves the inactivation or inhibition of genes that function as tumor suppressors. Deletions, mutations, or epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes can lead to altered growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. DNA methylation and histone modifications are important epigenetic mechanisms of gene r...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Takai N,Narahara H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mode of action of a huge amount of agents on biological systems is still unknown. One example where more questions than answers exist is covered by the term electromagnetic fields (EMF). Use of wireless communication, e.g. mobile phones, has been escalated in the last few years. Due to this fact, a lot of discussi...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Blankenburg M,Haberland L,Elvers HD,Tannert C,Jandrig B

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term retinitis pigmentosa (RP) indicates a heterogeneous group of genetic rare ocular diseases in which either rods or cones are prevalently damaged. RP represents the most common hereditary cause of blindness in people from 20 to 60 years old. In general, the different RP forms consist of progressive photo-recept...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Parmeggiani F,Sato G,De Nadai K,Romano MR,Binotto A,Costagliola C

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ascomycete Trichoderma reesei is used for the production of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes in industrial scale. The interplay of the transactivator Xyr1 and the repressor Cre1 mainly regulates the expression of these enzymes. During induc-ing conditions, such as in the presence of sophorose, the transcription o...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Mello-de-Sousa TM,Rassinger A,Derntl C,Poças-Fonseca MJ,Mach RL,Mach-Aigner AR

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge on the genetics of movement disorders has advanced significantly in recent years. It is now recognized that disorders of the basal ganglia have genetic basis and it is suggested that molecular genetic data will provide clues to the pathophysiology of normal and abnormal motor control. Progress in molecular g...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Oczkowska A,Kozubski W,Lianeri M,Dorszewska J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cancer is a complex disease with a lucid etiology and in understanding the causation, we need to appreciate this complexity. Objective:Here we are aiming to gain insights into the genetic associations of prostate cancer through a network-based systems approach using the BC3Net algorithm. Methods:Specifical...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Moore D,Simoes RM,Dehmer M,Emmert-Streib F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After human genome sequencing and rapid changes in genome sequencing methods, we have entered into the era of rapidly accumulating genome-sequencing data. This has derived the development of several types of methods for representing results of genome sequencing data. Circular genome visual-ization tools are also criti...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Parveen A,Khurana S,Kumar A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of local adaptation is a main focus of evolutionary biology since it may contribute to explain the current species diversity. The genomic scan procedures permit for the first time to study the connection between specific DNA patterns and processes as natural selection, genetic drift, recombination, mutation ...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Rivas MJ,Domínguez-García S,Carvajal-Rodríguez A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA-Seq is a recently developed sequencing technology, that through the analysis of cDNA allows for unique insights into the transcriptome of a cell. The data generated by RNA-Seq provides information on gene expression, alternative splicing events and the presence of non-coding RNAs. It has been realised non-coding R...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Mills JD,Kawahara Y,Janitz M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genome-wide scanning of Sorghum bicolor resulted in the identification of 25 SbHsf genes. Phylogenetic analysis shows the ortholog genes that are clustered with only rice, representing a common ancestor. Promoter analysis revealed the identification of different cis-acting elements that are responsible for abiotic a...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Nagaraju M,Reddy PS,Kumar SA,Srivastava RK,Kishor PB,Rao DM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:As a consequence of a sessile lifestyle, plants often have to face a number of life threatening abiotic and biotic stresses. Plants counteract the stresses through morphological and physiological adaptations, which are imparted through flexible and well-coordinated network of signalling and effector molecu...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Shukla A,Srivastava S,Suprasanna P

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is currently a major public health problem and, as such, emerging research is making significant progress in identifying major players in its biology. One recent topic of interest involves microRNAs (miRNAs) which are small, non-coding RNA molecules that inhibit gene expression post-transcriptionally. They acco...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Vandenboom Ii TG,Li Y,Philip PA,Sarkar FH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the sequencing of the nuclear genome of Arabidopsis thaliana ten years ago, various large-scale analyses of gene function have been performed in this model species. In particular, the availability of collections of lines harbouring random T-DNA or transposon insertions, which include mutants for almost all of th...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Bolle C,Schneider A,Leister D

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid gland presents a wide spectrum of tumours derived from follicular cells that range from well differentiated, papillary and follicular carcinoma (PTC and FTC, respectively), usually carrying a good prognosis, to the clinically aggressive, poorly differentiated (PDTC) and undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma (UTC)...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Soares P,Lima J,Preto A,Castro P,Vinagre J,Celestino R,Couto JP,Prazeres H,Eloy C,Máximo V,Sobrinho-Simões M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The cardiac system is a combination of a complex structure, various cells, and versatile specified functions and sophisticated regulatory mechanisms. Moreover, cardiac diseases that encompass a wide range of endogenous conditions, remain a serious health burden worldwide. Recent genome-wide profiling techniq...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Chen Z,Wei L,Duru F,Chen L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic disorders are a clinically diverse group of conditions caused by gain, loss or re-orientation of a genomic region containing dosage-sensitive genes. One class of genomic disorder is caused by hemizygous deletions resulting in haploinsufficiency of a single or, more usually, several genes. For example, the hete...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： O'Driscoll M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive, fatal neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in the DMD gene. Emerging antisense oligomer based exon skipping therapy provides hope for the restoration of the reading frame. Objectives:Population-based DMD mutation database may enable exon skipping to ...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Tyagi R,Kumar S,Dalal A,Mohammed F,Mohanty M,Kaur P,Anand A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence links genomic and epigenomic instability, including multiple fragile sites regions to neuropsychiatric diseases including schizophrenia and autism. Cancer is the only other disease associated with multiple fragile site regions, and genome and epigenomic instability is a characteristic of cancer. Re...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Smith CL,Bolton A,Nguyen G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing contributes to the complexity of proteome by producing multiple mRNAs from a single gene. Affymetrix exon arrays and experiments in vivo or in vitro demonstrated that alternative splicing was regulated by mechanical stress. Expression of mechano-growth factor (MGF) which is the splicing isoform of...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Liu H,Tang L

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncertainty about linkage phases of multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in heterozygous diploids challenges the identification of specific DNA sequence variants that encode a complex trait. A statistical technique implemented with the EM algorithm has been developed to infer the effects of SNP haplotypes f...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Wu S,Yang J,Wang C,Wu R

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid (mPTC) is defined by the WHO as a papillary thy-roid cancer measuring 10mm or less in diameter and it is nowadays a topic of intense debate among the members of the medical community due to its apparent "epidemic" rise. Although these tumors follow almost always an indolent clin...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Rodrigues AC,Penna G,Rodrigues E,Castro P,Sobrinho-Simões M,Soares P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional regulation plays vital roles in many fundamental biological processes. Reverse engineering of genome-wide regulatory networks from high-throughput transcriptomic data provides a promising way to characterize the global scenario of regulatory relationships between regulators and their targets. In this r...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Liu ZP

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low or high birth weight is one of the main causes for neonatal morbidity and mortality. They are also associated with adulthood chronic illness. Birth weight is a complex trait which is affected by baby's genes, maternal environments as well as the complex interactions between them. To understand the genetic basis of...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Luo T,Liu X,Cui Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00