Regulation of Neurod1 contributes to the lineage potential of Neurogenin3+ endocrine precursor cells in the pancreas.

abstract：:Sleep is a nearly universal behavior that is regulated by diverse environmental stimuli and physiological states. A defining feature of sleep is a homeostatic rebound following deprivation, where animals compensate for lost sleep by increasing sleep duration and/or sleep depth. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Brown EB,Shah KD,Faville R,Kottler B,Keene AC

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second to forced vital capacity (FEV(1)/FVC) is a measure used to diagnose airflow obstruction and is highly heritable. We performed a genome-wide association study in 7,691 Framingham Heart Study participants to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated wi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wilk JB,Chen TH,Gottlieb DJ,Walter RE,Nagle MW,Brandler BJ,Myers RH,Borecki IB,Silverman EK,Weiss ST,O'Connor GT

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling infectious disease without inducing unwanted inflammatory disease requires proper regulation of the innate immune response. Thus, innate immunity needs to be activated when needed during an infection, but must be limited to prevent damage. To accomplish this, negative regulators of innate immunity limit th...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： De Arras L,Alper S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing focus of genetic association on the identification of trait-associated rare variants through sequencing, it is important to identify the most cost-effective sequencing strategies for these studies. Deep sequencing will accurately detect and genotype the most rare variants per individual, but may li...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Rashkin S,Jun G,Chen S,Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO).,Abecasis GR

更新日期：2017-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, Wu and colleagues [1] proposed two novel statistics for genome-wide interaction analysis using case/control or case-only data. In computer simulations, their proposed case/control statistic outperformed competing approaches, including the fast-epistasis option in PLINK and logistic regression analysis under ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Ueki M,Cordell HJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with known genetic, epigenetic, and environmental risk factors. To assess the role of DNA methylation in SLE, we collected CD4+ T-cells, CD19+ B-cells, and CD14+ monocytes from 49 SLE patients and 58 controls, and performed genome-wide DNA methylation analysi...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Absher DM,Li X,Waite LL,Gibson A,Roberts K,Edberg J,Chatham WW,Kimberly RP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a novel statistical framework for integrating the result from molecular quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping into genome-wide genetic association analysis of complex traits, with the primary objectives of quantitatively assessing the enrichment of the molecular QTLs in complex trait-associated genetic vari...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Wen X,Pique-Regi R,Luca F

更新日期：2017-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophilin B (CyPB), encoded by PPIB, is an ER-resident peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) that functions independently and as a component of the collagen prolyl 3-hydroxylation complex. CyPB is proposed to be the major PPIase catalyzing the rate-limiting step in collagen folding. Mutations in PPIB cause re...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Cabral WA,Perdivara I,Weis M,Terajima M,Blissett AR,Chang W,Perosky JE,Makareeva EN,Mertz EL,Leikin S,Tomer KB,Kozloff KM,Eyre DR,Yamauchi M,Marini JC

更新日期：2014-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria is a formidable barrier that is difficult for antimicrobial drugs to penetrate. Thus, the list of treatments effective against these organisms is small and with the rise of new resistance mechanisms is shrinking rapidly. New therapies to treat Gram-negative bacterial infecti...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Paradis-Bleau C,Kritikos G,Orlova K,Typas A,Bernhardt TG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative pre-mRNA splicing adjusts the transcriptional output of the genome by generating related mRNAs from a single primary transcript, thereby expanding protein diversity. A fundamental unanswered question is how splicing factors achieve specificity in the selection of target substrates despite the recognition o...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Dembowski JA,Grabowski PJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormone-dependent activation of enhancers includes histone hyperacetylation and mediator recruitment. Histone hyperacetylation is mostly explained by a bimodal switch model, where histone deacetylases (HDACs) disassociate from chromatin, and histone acetyl transferases (HATs) are recruited. This model builds on decade...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Præstholm SM,Siersbæk MS,Nielsen R,Zhu X,Hollenberg AN,Cheng SY,Grøntved L

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone modifiers are critical regulators of chromatin-based processes in eukaryotes. The histone methyltransferase Set1, a component of the Set1C/COMPASS complex, catalyzes the methylation at lysine 4 of histone H3 (H3K4me), a hallmark of euchromatin. Here, we show that the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Set...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mikheyeva IV,Grady PJ,Tamburini FB,Lorenz DR,Cam HP

更新日期：2014-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress occurs when misfolded proteins accumulate in the ER. The cellular response to ER stress involves complex transcriptional and translational changes, important to the survival of the cell. ER stress is a primary cause and a modifier of many human diseases. A first step to understanding ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Chow CY,Wang X,Riccardi D,Wolfner MF,Clark AG

更新日期：2015-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A form of dwarfism known as Meier-Gorlin syndrome (MGS) is caused by recessive mutations in one of six different genes (ORC1, ORC4, ORC6, CDC6, CDT1, and MCM5). These genes encode components of the pre-replication complex, which assembles at origins of replication prior to S phase. Also, variants in two additional rep...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sanchez JC,Kwan EX,Pohl TJ,Amemiya HM,Raghuraman MK,Brewer BJ

更新日期：2017-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Bases within DNA are frequently damaged, producing obstacles to efficient and accurate DNA replication by replicative polymerases. Translesion synthesis (TLS) polymerases, via their ability to catalyze nucleotide additions to growing DNA chains across DNA lesions, promote replication of damaged DNA, thus preventing ch...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： van Bostelen I,van Schendel R,Romeijn R,Tijsterman M

更新日期：2020-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Fpr1 (FK506-sensitive proline rotamase 1), a protein of the FKBP12 (FK506-binding protein 12 kDa) family in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is a primary target for the immunosuppressive agents FK506 and rapamycin. Fpr1 inhibits calcineurin and TORC1 (target of rapamycin complex 1) when bound to FK506 and rapamycin, respecti...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Kasahara K,Nakayama R,Shiwa Y,Kanesaki Y,Ishige T,Yoshikawa H,Kokubo T

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular toxicity introduced by protein misfolding threatens cell fitness and viability. Failure to eliminate these polypeptides is associated with various aggregation diseases. In eukaryotes, the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) plays a vital role in protein quality control (PQC), by selectively targeting misfolded ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Peters LZ,Karmon O,David-Kadoch G,Hazan R,Yu T,Glickman MH,Ben-Aroya S

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant interest has emerged in mapping genetic susceptibility for complex traits through whole-genome association studies. These studies rely on the extent of association, i.e., linkage disequilibrium (LD), between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the human genome. LD describes the nonrandom associat...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Eberle MA,Rieder MJ,Kruglyak L,Nickerson DA

更新日期：2006-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major force driving bacterial evolution. Because of their ability to cross inter-species barriers, bacterial plasmids are essential agents for HGT. This ability, however, poses specific requisites on plasmid physiology, in particular the need to overcome a multilevel selection proce...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Fernandez-Lopez R,Del Campo I,Revilla C,Cuevas A,de la Cruz F

更新日期：2014-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In many insects, the accessory gland, a secretory tissue of the male reproductive system, is essential for male fertility. Male accessory gland is the major source of proteinaceous secretions, collectively called as seminal proteins (or accessory gland proteins), which upon transfer, manipulate the physiology and beha...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Sharma V,Pandey AK,Kumar A,Misra S,Gupta HPK,Gupta S,Singh A,Buehner NA,Ravi Ram K

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotype of the spontaneous mutant mouse hop-sterile (hop) is characterized by a hopping gait, polydactyly, hydrocephalus, and male sterility. Previous analyses of the hop mouse revealed a deficiency of inner dynein arms in motile cilia and a lack of sperm flagella, potentially accounting for the hydrocephalus an...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Swiderski RE,Nakano Y,Mullins RF,Seo S,Bánfi B

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although tumor size and lymph node involvement are the current cornerstones of breast cancer prognosis, they have not been extensively explored in relation to tumor methylation attributes in conjunction with other tumor and patient dietary and hormonal characteristics. Using primary breast tumors from 162 (AJCC stage ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Christensen BC,Kelsey KT,Zheng S,Houseman EA,Marsit CJ,Wrensch MR,Wiemels JL,Nelson HH,Karagas MR,Kushi LH,Kwan ML,Wiencke JK

更新日期：2010-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The ribonuclease III enzyme Drosha has a central role in the biogenesis of microRNA (miRNA) by binding and cleaving hairpin structures in primary RNA transcripts into precursor miRNAs (pre-miRNAs). Many miRNA genes are located within protein-coding host genes and cleaved by Drosha in a manner that is coincident with s...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Havens MA,Reich AA,Hastings ML

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006425.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Mitra I,Tsang K,Ladd-Acosta C,Croen LA,Aldinger KA,Hendren RL,Traglia M,Lavillaureix A,Zaitlen N,Oldham MC,Levitt P,Nelson S,Amaral DG,Hertz-Picciotto I,Fallin MD,Weiss LA

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoblastoma (Rb), the most common pediatric intraocular neoplasm, results from inactivation of both alleles of the RB1 tumor suppressor gene. The second allele is most commonly lost, as demonstrated by loss of heterozygosity studies. RB1 germline carriers usually develop bilateral tumors, but some Rb families displ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Eloy P,Dehainault C,Sefta M,Aerts I,Doz F,Cassoux N,Lumbroso le Rouic L,Stoppa-Lyonnet D,Radvanyi F,Millot GA,Gauthier-Villars M,Houdayer C

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of gene regulation by sequence variation in non-coding regions of the genome is now recognised as a significant cause of human disease and disease susceptibility. Sequence variants in cis-regulatory elements (CREs), the primary determinants of spatio-temporal gene regulation, can alter transcription factor ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Bhatia S,Gordon CT,Foster RG,Melin L,Abadie V,Baujat G,Vazquez MP,Amiel J,Lyonnet S,van Heyningen V,Kleinjan DA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vegetative phase change is regulated by a decrease in the abundance of the miRNAs, miR156 and miR157, and the resulting increase in the expression of their targets, SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) transcription factors. To determine how miR156/miR157 specify the quantitative and qualitative changes in lea...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： He J,Xu M,Willmann MR,McCormick K,Hu T,Yang L,Starker CG,Voytas DF,Meyers BC,Poethig RS

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000832.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Clark MJ,Homer N,O'Connor BD,Chen Z,Eskin A,Lee H,Merriman B,Nelson SF

更新日期：2018-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The oligodendrocyte density is greater and myelin sheaths are thicker in the adult male mouse brain when compared with females. Here, we show that these sex differences emerge during the first 10 postnatal days, precisely at a stage when a late wave of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells arises and starts differentiating...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Abi Ghanem C,Degerny C,Hussain R,Liere P,Pianos A,Tourpin S,Habert R,Macklin WB,Schumacher M,Ghoumari AM

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008367.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS genetics

authors： Baker RL,Leong WF,Brock MT,Rubin MJ,Markelz RJC,Welch S,Maloof JN,Weinig C

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00