Genome-scale studies of aging: challenges and opportunities.

abstract：:Human chromosomal fragile sites are specific genomic regions which exhibit gaps or breaks on metaphase chromosomes following conditions of partial replication stress. Fragile sites often coincide with genes that are frequently rearranged or deleted in human cancers, with over half of cancer-specific translocations con...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Dillon LW,Burrow AA,Wang YH

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Laccases (p-diphenol oxidase, EC 1.10.3.2) are blue multicopper oxidases that catalyze the reduction of dioxygen to water, with a concomitant oxidation of small organic substrates. Since the description at the end of the nineteenth century of a factor catalyzing the rapid hardening of the latex of the Japanese lacquer...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Robert V,Mekmouche Y,Pailley PR,Tron T

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of immune related genes in lampreys and hagfish provides a unique perspective on the evolutionary genetic underpinnings of adaptive immunity and the evolution of vertebrate genomes. Separated from their jawed cousins at the stem of the vertebrate lineage, these jawless vertebrates have many of the gene famil...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： McCurley N,Hirano M,Das S,Cooper MD

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl-2 proteins are critical regulators of mitochondrial membrane permeability and the proapoptotic mitochondrial pathway. The family encloses pro- and antiapoptotic factors encoded by over 15 genes, which frequently give rise to alternative splice products. Antiapoptotic, proapoptotic multidomain, and proapoptotic BH3...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Eberle J,Hossini AM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Lung cancer (LC) development is a process that depends on genetic mutations. The DNA methylation, an important epigenetic modification, is associated with the expression of non-coding RNAs, such as microRNAs. MicroRNAs are particularly essential for cell physiology, since they play a critical role in tumor s...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Pozza DH,De Mello RA,Araujo RLC,Velcheti V

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inheritance of genetic material requires that chromosomes segregate faithfully during cell division. Failure in this process can drive to aneuploidy phenomenon. Kinetochores are unique centromere macromolecular protein structures that attach chromosomes to the spindle for a proper movement and segregation. A unique ty...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Valdivia MM,Hamdouch K,Ortiz M,Astola A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck is one of the most common cancer types worldwide. It initiates on the epithelial lining of the upper aerodigestive tract, at most instances as a consequence of tobacco and alcohol consumption. Treatment options based on conventional therapies or targeted therapies under dev...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Hernandes C,Pereira AMS,Severino P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analytical models usually assume an additive sex effect by treating it as a covariate to identify genetic associations with sex-influenced traits. Their underlying assumptions are violated by ignoring interactions of sex with genetic factors and heterogeneous genetic effects by sex. Methods to deal with the problems a...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Lee C

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：: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：:Malignant gliomas are lethal primary intracranial tumors. To date, little information on the role of deregulated genes in gliomas have been identified. As the involvement of miRNAs in the carcinogenesis is well known, we carried out a pilot study to identify, as potential biomarkers, differentially expressed microRNAs...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Ivo D'Urso P,Fernando D'Urso O,Damiano Gianfreda C,Mezzolla V,Storelli C,Marsigliante S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant breeding has been very successful in developing improved varieties using conventional tools and methodologies. Nowadays, the availability of genomic tools and resources is leading to a new revolution of plant breeding, as they facilitate the study of the genotype and its relationship with the phenotype, in parti...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Pérez-de-Castro AM,Vilanova S,Cañizares J,Pascual L,Blanca JM,Díez MJ,Prohens J,Picó B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The important role of non coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in the cell has made their identification a critical issue in the biological research. However, traditional approaches such as PT-PCR and Northern Blot are costly. With recent progress in bioinformatics and computational prediction technology, the discovery of ncRNAs has ...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Wang C,Wei L,Guo M,Zou Q

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Oils of plant origin have been predominantly used for food-based applications. Plant oils not only represent a non-polluting renewable resource but also provide a wide diversity in fatty acids (FAs) composition with diverse applications. Besides being edible, they are now increasingly being used in industrial applicat...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Kumar A,Sharma A,Upadhyaya KC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a membrane-bound, 170 kDa, protein tyrosine kinase that plays an important role in tumorigenesis. The EGFR gene, which is composed of over 168 kb of sequence, including a 123-kb first intron, is frequently amplified and rearranged in malignant gliomas leading to the expre...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Fenstermaker RA,Ciesielski MJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：: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：: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：:Preterm Birth (PTB) accounts for approximately 11% of all births worldwide each year and is a profound physiological stressor in early life. The burden of neuropsychiatric and developmental impairment is high, with severity and prevalence correlated with gestational age at delivery. PTB is a major risk factor for the ...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Fitzgerald E,Boardman JP,Drake AJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The postgenomic era is featured by massive data collection and analyses from various large scale-omics studies. Despite the promising capability of systems biology and bioinformatics to handle large data sets, data interpretation, especially the translation of -omics data into clinical implications, has been...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Heng HH,Horne SD,Chaudhry S,Regan SM,Liu G,Abdallah BY,Ye CJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:The availability of complete human and other metazoan genome sequences has greatly facilitated positioning and analysis of various genomic functional elements, with initial emphasis on coding sequences. However, complete functional maps of sequenced eukaryotic genomes should include also positions of all non-coding re...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Nikolaev LG,Akopov SB,Chernov IP,Sverdlov ED

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:In nature, microbes do not exist in isolation but co-exist in a variety of ecological and biological environments and on various host organisms. Due to their close proximity, these microbes interact among themselves, and also with the hosts in both positive and negative manners. Moreover, these interactions may modula...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Ang KS,Lakshmanan M,Lee NR,Lee DY

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem (ES) cells are characterized by the expression of an extensive and interconnected network of pluripotency factors which are downregulated in specialized cells. Epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation and histone modifications, are also important in maintaining this pluripotency program in ES ce...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Sui X,Price C,Li Z,Chen J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MDM family proteins are crucial regulators of the oncosuppressor p53. Alterations of their gene status, mainly amplification events, have been frequently observed in human tumors.MDM4 is one of the two members of the MDM family. The human gene is located on chromosome 1 at q32-33 and codes for a protein of 490aa. In a...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Mancini F,Di Conza G,Moretti F

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Copy Number Variants (CNVs) represent a prevailing type of structural variation (deletions or duplications) in the human genome. In the last few years, several studies have demonstrated that CNVs represent significant mutations in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) hereditability. Currently, innovative high-throughput...

journal_title：Current genomics

authors： Cuccaro D,Guarnaccia M,Iemmolo R,D'Agata V,Cavallaro S

更新日期：2018-09-01 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