Polymorphisms of FAM167A-BLK Region Confer Risk of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.

abstract：:Apicomplexa is a phylum within the kingdom Protista that contains some of the most significant threats to public health. One of the members of this phylum, Toxoplasma gondii, is amenable to molecular genetic analyses allowing for the identification of factors critical for colonization and disease. A pathway found to b...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Frankel MB,Knoll LJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA molecules that regulate mRNAs through a sequence-specific mechanism. By virtue of their structure and mechanism of action, computational methods have been devised to investigate the encoding of miRNA genes and the targets of miRNA action. A variety of assumptions have predic...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Doran J,Strauss WM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FOXO3 is a member of the Forkhead box class O (FOXO) transcription factor family that modulates the transcription of target genes in a variety of cellular functions in lower animals to mammals. It has been implicated in the attenuation of insulin-signaling pathways, including having a potential role in lifespan contro...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Byun SO,Zhou H,Hickford JG

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I) in viral replication is well documented, but its function in carcinogenesis and malignancies as well as relationship with microRNAs (miRNAs) remain poorly understood. miR-34a is an antioncogene in multiple tumors. In our study, RIG-I and miR-34a suppressed cell gr...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Wang JH,Zhang L,Ma YW,Xiao J,Zhang Y,Liu M,Tang H

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles classified as exosomes, microvesicles, or apoptotic bodies based on size are shed from most cells under normal as well as pathological conditions. They are released into the surrounding milieu, including plasma, urine, saliva, and tissues. Exosomes are highly enriched in microRNAs (miRs), which ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Pulliam L,Gupta A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) are associated with different types of cancer, specifically colorectal cancer (CRC). However, few studies have been performed on precancerous lesions, such as ulcerative colitis (UC) lesions and adenomatous polyps (AP). The aim of this study was to identify mtDNA mutations...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Kassem AM,El-Guendy N,Tantawy M,Abdelhady H,El-Ghor A,Abdel Wahab AH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports have suggested the importance of p73 polymorphisms in tumor behavior. We investigated the role of a p73 gene polymorphism in the susceptibility to cervical lesions in a southwestern European population. Peripheral blood samples were obtained from Radiotherapy and Gynaecology Departments of Portuguese I...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Craveiro R,Bravo I,Catarino R,Teixeira AL,Sousa H,Pereira D,Pereira H,Medeiros R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution and evolutionary pattern of the conserved microsatellite repeat sequences (CA)n, (TGG)6, and (GGAT)4 were studied to determine the divergence time and phylogenetic position of the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis. The mean allelic frequencies of these repeat loci showed a high level of heterozygosity am...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Mattapallil MJ,Ali S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zidovudine (AZT) is widely used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection because of its ability to act as a false substrate for the viral reverse transcriptase. AZT in the clinical setting has also been shown to produce significant hematologic and other toxicity, even though prior reports in th...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Nusbaum NJ,Joseph PE

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastins (or fimbrins) are a family of actin-binding proteins that are conserved from yeast to humans. In mammals, three tissue-specific plastin isoforms have been identified. The L isoform (L-plastin) is normally expressed only in leukocytes but is also found in >90% of neoplastic nonleukocyte human cells. Because L-...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Lin CS,Chang CH,Huynh T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is the most common hematologic malignancy worldwide. Interleukin-2 (IL-2) plays a key role in the proliferation of T cells and natural killer cells. It has been reported that polymorphisms in the IL-2 gene are associated with various cancers. The aim of this study was to examine the effect o...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Song H,Chen L,Cha Z,Bai J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using the methodology of both wet and dry biology (i.e., RT-PCR and cycle sequencing, and biocomputational technology, respectively) and the data obtained through the Genome Projects, we have cloned Xenopus laevis SOD2 (MnSOD) cDNA and determined its nucleotide sequence. These data and the deduced protein primary s...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Purrello M,Di Pietro C,Ragusa M,Pulvirenti A,Giugno R,Di Pietro V,Emmanuele G,Travali S,Scalia M,Shasha D,Ferro A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is a bone malignancy with high incidence. The underlying molecular mechanisms that are associated with the development of OS need further investigation. In this study, we showed that SLC34A2, a member of the solute carrier gene family, was significantly downregulated in OS patients and cell lines. Ov...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Liu X,Zhou X,Xu H,He Z,Shi X,Wu S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that the human AKNA gene encodes an AT-hook transcription factor that regulates the expression of costimulatory cell surface molecules on lymphocytes. However, AKNA cDNA probes hybridize with multiple transcripts, suggesting either the existence of other homologous genes or a complex regulation op...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Sims-Mourtada JC,Bruce S,McKeller MR,Rangel R,Guzman-Rojas L,Cain K,Lopez C,Zimonjic DB,Popescu NC,Gordon J,Wilkinson MF,Martinez-Valdez H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) accessory protein Vpr has been associated with the induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis) and cell-cycle arrest. Studies have shown the apoptotic effect of Vpr on primary and established cell lines and on diverse tissues including the central nervous system (CNS)...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Cheng X,Mukhtar M,Acheampong EA,Srinivasan A,Rafi M,Pomerantz RJ,Parveen Z

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant baculovirus vAc beta hCG-luc was constructed that carried the cDNAs encoding firefly luciferase (luc) and beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (beta hCG) placed under the transcriptional control of individual copies of the baculovirus polyhedrin gene promoter. The simple, rapid, and sensitive det...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Hasnain SE,Nakhai B,Ehtesham NZ,Sridhar P,Ranjan A,Talwar GP,Jha PK

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential association of variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) gene expression with clonal expression of virulence in African trypanosomes was addressed. Two populations of clonally related trypanosomes, which differ dramatically in virulence for the infected host, but display the same apparent VSG surface coat pheno...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Inverso JA,Uphoff TS,Johnson SC,Paulnock DM,Mansfield JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA library derived from poly(A)+RNA of bull seminal vesicle tissue was screened with synthetic DNA probes specific for seminalplasmin (SAP), the major basic protein of bull semen. From a number of positive clones, pBSV12, containing a 577-bp insert, was identified and sequenced. The derived amino acid sequence com...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Wagner S,Freudenstein J,Scheit KH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV-1 regulatory proteins Tat and Rev and the accessory proteins Vpr, Vpu, and Vif are essential for viral replication, and their cytoplasmic production suggests that they should be processed for recognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. However, only limited data is available evaluating to which extent these protei...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Addo MM,Yu XG,Rosenberg ES,Walker BD,Altfeld M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of administration of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) during pregnancy on relieving adverse outcomes of preeclampsia and the pathologic and biochemical changes in reduction in uteroplacental perfusion (RUPP) model of rats. On day 1, 7, and 14 of pregnancy, rats in pregnant RUPP plus 1,25(O...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Tian X,Ma S,Wang Y,Hou L,Shi Y,Yao M,Wang X,Zhang H,Jiang L

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global antibiotic resistance, driven by intensive antibiotic exposure/abuse, constitutes a serious challenge to all health care, particularly in an era when new antimicrobial development has slowed to a trickle. Recently, we published work demonstrating the discovery and partial mechanism of action of a novel bacteric...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Hassett DJ,Meyer TJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial FAD-linked glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (mtGPDH) is one of the two enzymes of the glycerol phosphate shuttle. This shuttle transfers reducing equivalents from the cytoplasm to the mitochondria in a unidirectional, exothermic manner. Here, the isolation and characterization of the rat nuclear gene (...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Gong DW,Bi S,Weintraub BD,Reitman M

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital cataract refers to a lens opacity caused by multiple etiological factors, including genetic mutation, abnormal metabolism of the lens, and infection. Currently, there are >100 known disease-causing genes as well as 60 known mutations in the Cx46 gene (Gap junction alpha-3, GJA3) associated with congenital c...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Li H,Jiang H,Rong R,Jiang J,Ji D,Song W,Xia X

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a systematic approach to identify interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-regulated host effector molecules, we found several members of the 65 kDa guanylate-binding proteins (GBPs) highly upregulated. During extensive characterization of these guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases), we identified discrepancies between the clone...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Konermann C,Kresse A,Beuter-Gunia C,Würthner J,Degrandi D,Pfeffer K,Beer S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine 18A2/mts1 and its human homolog h-mts1 (S100A4), encoding a Ca2+-binding protein belonging to the S-100 family, are associated with high invasive and metastatic potentials of murine tumors, human tumor cell lines in vitro, and human tumors growing as xenografts. The nm23 is a putative metastasis-suppressor ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Albertazzi E,Cajone F,Leone BE,Naguib RN,Lakshmi MS,Sherbet GV

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-RNA complexation is essential in cell biological functions. Transfer RNAs are bound to aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for the translation of the genetic code during protein synthesis, while ribonucleoproteins bind RNA in posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. A recent report showed the interacton of hu...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Malonga H,Neault JF,Tajmir-Riahi HA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective and efficient efferocytosis of dead cells and associated cellular debris are critical to tissue homeostasis and healing of injured tissues. This important task was previously thought to be restricted to professional phagocytes (PPs). However, accumulating evidence has revealed another type of phagocyte, the ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Sihombing MAEM,Safitri M,Zhou T,Wang L,McGinty S,Zhang HJ,Yin Y,Peng Q,Qiu J,Wang G

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroporation has proven to be a highly effective technique for the in vivo delivery of genes to a number of solid tissues. In most of the reported methods, DNA is injected into the target tissue and electrodes are placed directly on or in the tissue for application of the electric field. While this works well for s...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Dean DA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in pre-miRNAs may alter microRNA (miRNA) expression levels or processing and contribute to susceptibility to a wide range of diseases. We investigated the correlation between four SNPs (rs11614913, rs3746444, rs2910164, and rs229283) in pre-miRNAs and the risk of asthma in 220 as...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Su XW,Yang Y,Lv ML,Li LJ,Dong W,Miao-Liao,Gao LB,Luo HB,Yun-Liu,Cong RJ,Liang WB,Li YB

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized four sequences from a small library containing a subset of the repetitive families of the mouse. Each clone has a repetition frequency of less than 1,100 copies per genome and each clone represents a unique family of middle repetitive DNA. One clone (pMR111) shares homology with mouse intracister...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Adiletta DC,Elliott RW,Woodworth ME

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00