MetaCNV - a consensus approach to infer accurate copy numbers from low coverage data.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A Mendelian transmission produces phenotypic and genetic relatedness between family members, giving family-based analytical methods an important role in genetic epidemiological studies-from heritability estimations to genetic association analyses. With the advance in genotyping technologies, whole-genome seq...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Lee S,Choi S,Qiao D,Cho M,Silverman EK,Park T,Won S

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer is one of the most common complex diseases with high leading cause of death in men. Identifications of prostate cancer associated genes and biomarkers are thus essential as they can gain insights into the mechanisms underlying disease progression and advancing for early diagnosis and developi...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Li Y,Vongsangnak W,Chen L,Shen B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether high blood pressure has a causal effect on cognitive function as early as middle age is unclear. We investigated whether high blood pressure (BP) causally impairs cognitive function at midlife using Mendelian Randomization (MR). METHODS:We applied a two-sample MR approach to investigate the causal r...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Sun D,Thomas EA,Launer LJ,Sidney S,Yaffe K,Fornage M

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, high-throughput protein interaction identification methods have generated a large amount of data. When combined with the results from other in vivo and in vitro experiments, a complex set of relationships between biological molecules emerges. The growing popularity of network analysis and da...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Carson MB,Lu H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neoantigens can be differentially recognized by T cell receptor (TCR) as these sequences are derived from mutant proteins and are unique to the tumor. The discovery of neoantigens is the first key step for tumor-specific antigen (TSA) based immunotherapy. Based on high-throughput tumor genomic analysis, each...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Li Y,Wang G,Tan X,Ouyang J,Zhang M,Song X,Liu Q,Leng Q,Chen L,Xie L

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single nucleotide variants account for approximately 90% of all known pathogenic variants responsible for human diseases. Recently discovered CRISPR/Cas9 base editors can correct individual nucleotides without cutting DNA and inducing double-stranded breaks. We aimed to find all possible pathogenic variants ...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Lavrov AV,Varenikov GG,Skoblov MY

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the increasing amount of high-throughput genomic sequencing data, there is a growing demand for a robust and flexible tool to perform interaction analysis. The identification of SNP-SNP, SNP-CpG, and higher order interactions helps explain the genetic etiology of human diseases, yet genome-wide analysis...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Sun R,Xia X,Chong KC,Zee BC,Wu WKK,Wang MH

更新日期：2019-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chiari Type I Malformation (CMI) is characterized by herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum at the base of the skull, resulting in significant neurologic morbidity. As CMI patients display a high degree of clinical variability and multiple mechanisms have been proposed for tonsillar ...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Markunas CA,Lock E,Soldano K,Cope H,Ding CK,Enterline DS,Grant G,Fuchs H,Ashley-Koch AE,Gregory SG

更新日期：2014-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is a common genetic event in cancer development, and is known to be involved in the somatic loss of wild-type alleles in many inherited cancer syndromes. The wider involvement of LOH in cancer is assumed to relate to unmasking a somatically mutated tumour suppressor gene through ...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Ryland GL,Doyle MA,Goode D,Boyle SE,Choong DY,Rowley SM,Li J,Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group.,Bowtell DD,Tothill RW,Campbell IG,Gorringe KL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness. While around half of the genetic contribution to advanced AMD has been uncovered, little is known about the genetic architecture of early AMD. METHODS:To identify genetic factors for early AMD, we conducted a genome-wide associ...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Winkler TW,Grassmann F,Brandl C,Kiel C,Günther F,Strunz T,Weidner L,Zimmermann ME,Korb CA,Poplawski A,Schuster AK,Müller-Nurasyid M,Peters A,Rauscher FG,Elze T,Horn K,Scholz M,Cañadas-Garre M,McKnight AJ,Quinn N,H

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microtia-atresia is characterized by abnormalities of the auricle (microtia) and aplasia or hypoplasia of the external auditory canal, often associated with middle ear abnormalities. To date, no causal genetic mutations or genes have been identified in microtia-atresia patients. METHODS:We designed a panel ...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Wang P,Wang Y,Fan X,Liu Y,Fan Y,Liu T,Chen C,Zhang S,Chen X

更新日期：2019-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:2q37 deletion syndrome is a rare congenital disorder that is characterized by facial dysmorphism, obesity, vascular and skeletal malformations, and a variable degree of intellectual disability. To date, common but variable phenotypes, such as skeletal or digit malformations and obesity, have been associated ...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Sakai Y,Souzaki R,Yamamoto H,Matsushita Y,Nagata H,Ishizaki Y,Torisu H,Oda Y,Taguchi T,Shaw CA,Hara T

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of BMC Medical Genomics Griffin et al. present a user-friendly and freely accessible HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) genomic database that compiles viral (HIV-1) genetic sequences and other relevant clinical and treatment data. We discuss the benefits and caveats of public data sharing in N...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Cysique LA

更新日期：2015-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the most common malignancies in humans. The average 5-year survival rate is one of the lowest among aggressive cancers, showing no significant improvement in recent years. When detected early, HNSCC has a good prognosis, but most patients present metast...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Silveira NJ,Varuzza L,Machado-Lima A,Lauretto MS,Pinheiro DG,Rodrigues RV,Severino P,Nobrega FG,Head and Neck Genome Project GENCAPO.,Silva WA Jr,de B Pereira CA,Tajara EH

更新日期：2008-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genomic data is increasingly collected by a wide array of organizations. As such, there is a growing demand to make summary information about such collections available more widely. However, over the past decade, a series of investigations have shown that attacks, rooted in statistical inference methods, can...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Wan Z,Vorobeychik Y,Kantarcioglu M,Malin B

更新日期：2017-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DNA methylation is thought to be extensively involved in the pathogenesis of many diseases, including major psychosis. However, most studies focus on DNA methylation alteration at promoters of protein-coding genes, despite the poor correlation between DNA methylation and gene expression. METHODS:We analyzed...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Zhao H,Xu J,Pang L,Zhang Y,Fan H,Liu L,Liu T,Yu F,Zhang G,Lan Y,Bai J,Li X,Xiao Y

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer cells are characterized by massive dysegulation of physiological cell functions with considerable disruption of transcriptional regulation. Genome-wide transcriptome profiling can be utilized for early detection and molecular classification of cancers. Accurate discrimination of functionally different...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Krupp M,Maass T,Marquardt JU,Staib F,Bauer T,König R,Biesterfeld S,Galle PR,Tresch A,Teufel A

更新日期：2011-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a complex multi-symptom disorder that affects up to one in three veterans of this 1991 conflict and for which no effective treatment has been found. Discovering novel treatment strategies for such a complex chronic illness is extremely expensive, carries a high probability of failur...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Craddock TJ,Harvey JM,Nathanson L,Barnes ZM,Klimas NG,Fletcher MA,Broderick G

更新日期：2015-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SSc), a multi-organ disorder, is characterized by vascular abnormalities, dysregulation of the immune system, and fibrosis. The mechanisms underlying tissue pathology in SSc have not been entirely understood. This study intended to investigate the common and tissue-specific pathways invol...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Karimizadeh E,Sharifi-Zarchi A,Nikaein H,Salehi S,Salamatian B,Elmi N,Gharibdoost F,Mahmoudi M

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite being caused by mutations in different genes, diseases in the same phenotypic series are clinically similar, as reported in Part I of this study. Here, in Part II, we hypothesized that the phenotypic series too might be clinically similar. Furthermore, on the assumption that gene mutations indirectly...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Gamba A,Salmona M,Cantù L,Bazzoni G

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DNA methylation is a key epigenetic regulator contributing to cancer development. To understand the role of DNA methylation in tumorigenesis, it is important to investigate and compare differential methylation (DM) patterns between normal and case samples across different cancer types. However, current pan-c...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Shi M,Tsui SK,Wu H,Wei Y

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epithelial to mesenchymal transition, and mimicking processes, contribute to cancer invasion and metastasis, and are known to be responsible for resistance to various therapeutic agents in many cancers. While a number of studies have proposed molecular signatures that characterize the spectrum of such transi...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Celiku O,Tandle A,Chung JY,Hewitt SM,Camphausen K,Shankavaram U

更新日期：2017-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glaucoma is the largest cause of irreversible blindness affecting more than 60 million people globally. The disease is defined as a gradual loss of peripheral vision due to death of Retinal Ganglion Cells (RGC). The RGC death is largely influenced by the rate of aqueous humor production by ciliary processes ...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Vishal M,Sharma A,Kaurani L,Alfano G,Mookherjee S,Narta K,Agrawal J,Bhattacharya I,Roychoudhury S,Ray J,Waseem NH,Bhattacharya SS,Basu A,Sen A,Ray K,Mukhopadhyay A

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells are an emerging approach of cancer treatment. Our previous study have shown that CIK cells stimulated with combination of IL-2 and IL-15 displayed improved proliferation capacity and tumor cytotoxicity. However, the mechanisms of CIK cell proliferation and acquisition of c...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Wang W,Meng M,Zhang Y,Wei C,Xie Y,Jiang L,Wang C,Yang F,Tang W,Jin X,Chen D,Zong J,Hou Z,Li R

更新日期：2014-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The complexity of genome informatics is a recurring challenge for genome exploration and analysis by students and other non-experts. This complexity creates a barrier to wider implementation of experiential genomics education, even in settings with substantial computational resources and expertise. Reducing ...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Linderman MD,McElroy L,Chang L

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, diagnosis of affected individuals with rare genetic disorders can be lengthy and costly, resulting in a diagnostic odyssey and in many patients a definitive molecular diagnosis is never achieved despite extensive clinical investigation. The recent advent and use of genomic medicine has resulted in...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Dinwiddie DL,Soden SE,Saunders CJ,Miller NA,Farrow EG,Smith LD,Kingsmore SF

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite their singular origin, monozygotic twin pairs often display discordance for complex disorders including schizophrenia. It is a common (1%) and often familial disease with a discordance rate of ~50% in monozygotic twins. This high discordance is often explained by the role of yet unknown environmental...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Castellani CA,Laufer BI,Melka MG,Diehl EJ,O'Reilly RL,Singh SM

更新日期：2015-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding how genes are expressed specifically in particular tissues is a fundamental question in developmental biology. Many tissue-specific genes are involved in the pathogenesis of complex human diseases. However, experimental identification of tissue-specific genes is time consuming and difficult. Th...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Teng S,Yang JY,Wang L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The HIV viral genome mutates at a high rate and poses a significant long term health risk even in the presence of combination antiretroviral therapy. Current methods for predicting a patient's response to therapy rely on site-directed mutagenesis experiments and in vitro resistance assays. In this bioinforma...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Dampier W,Evans P,Ungar L,Tozeren A

更新日期：2009-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rapid adoption of next-generation sequencing provides an efficient system for detecting somatic alterations in neoplasms. The detection of such alterations requires a matched non-neoplastic sample for adequate filtering of non-somatic events such as germline polymorphisms. Non-neoplastic tissue adjacent ...

journal_title：BMC medical genomics

authors： Wei L,Papanicolau-Sengos A,Liu S,Wang J,Conroy JM,Glenn ST,Brese E,Hu Q,Miles KM,Burgher B,Qin M,Head K,Omilian AR,Bshara W,Krolewski J,Trump DL,Johnson CS,Morrison CD

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00