Advances in RNA 3D Structure Modeling Using Experimental Data.

abstract：:In spite of the significant advancements in the treatment modalities, 30% of advanced stage ovarian cancer (OC) patients do not respond to the standard chemotherapeutic regimen and most of the responders finally relapse over time due to the escalation of multidrug resistance (MDR) Phenomenon. Our present study evaluat...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Haque A,Sait KHW,Alam Q,Alam MZ,Anfinan N,Wali AWN,Rasool M

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanotransduction is an essential mechanism of transforming external mechanical stimulus to biochemical response. In cardiomyocytes mechanotransduction plays an important role in contraction, stretch sensing and homeostasis regulation. One of the major mechanosensitive area in cardiomyocytes, the Z-disk, consists of...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Knyazeva A,Krutikov A,Golovkin A,Mishanin A,Pavlov G,Smolina N,Hushkina A,Sejersen T,Sjoberg G,Galagudza M,Kostareva A

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, miRNAs have been verified to play an irreplaceable role in biological processes associated with human disease. Discovering potential disease-related miRNAs helps explain the underlying pathogenesis of the disease at the molecular level. Given the high cost and labor intensity of biological experiments...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Xu J,Cai L,Liao B,Zhu W,Wang P,Meng Y,Lang J,Tian G,Yang J

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms were reported to influence blood lead levels (BLL) and the response of subjects to the symptoms of lead toxicity. However, no studies have been conducted in the Saudi Arabian population which has unique ethnicity and socio-demographic features. This study examined the polymo...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shaik AP,Alsaeed AH,Faiyaz-Ul-Haque M,Alsaeed MA,Alyousef AA,Bammidi VK,Shaik AS

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the genetic diversity of 115 common bean germplasm resources collected from 27 counties in Chongqing over 3 years (2015-2017) was assessed. The results showed that the genetic diversity of the common bean germplasm resources was high, with an average diversity index of 1.447. The diversity of the qualit...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Long J,Zhang J,Zhang X,Wu J,Chen H,Wang P,Wang Q,Du C

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Beef tenderness, a complex trait affected by many factors, is economically important to beef quality, industry, and consumer's palatability. In this study, RNA-Seq was used in network analysis to better understand the biological processes that lead to differences in beef tenderness. Skeletal muscle transcriptional pro...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Gonçalves TM,de Almeida Regitano LC,Koltes JE,Cesar ASM,da Silva Andrade SC,Mourão GB,Gasparin G,Moreira GCM,Fritz-Waters E,Reecy JM,Coutinho LL

更新日期：2018-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of microorganisms that pervade each and every part of this planet has encountered many challenges through time such as the discovery of unknown organisms and the understanding of how they interact with their environment. The aim of this review is to take the reader along the timeline and major milestones tha...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Escobar-Zepeda A,Vera-Ponce de León A,Sanchez-Flores A

更新日期：2015-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:It is believed that recombination in meiosis serves to reshuffle genetic material from both parents to increase genetic variation in the progeny. At the same time, the number of crossovers is usually kept at a very low level. As a consequence, many organisms need to make the best possible use from the one or two cross...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Dluzewska J,Szymanska M,Ziolkowski PA

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are a class of noncoding RNAs that can be involved in the regulation of gene expression in cancers, including lung cancer. Our previous research has shown that miR-486-5p is one of the most downregulated microRNAs in tissue and serum samples of lung cancer as a good diagnostic biomarker. The objective of thi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Tian F,Wang J,Ouyang T,Lu N,Lu J,Shen Y,Bai Y,Xie X,Ge Q

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogeography and community ecology can mutually illuminate the formation of a regional species pool or biome. Here, we apply phylogenetic methods to a large and diverse plant clade, Malpighiaceae, to characterize the formation of its species pool in Mexico, and its occupancy of the seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Willis CG,Franzone BF,Xi Z,Davis CC

更新日期：2014-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is mostly caused by two distinct events that occur in the FMR1 gene (Xq27.3): an expansion above 200 repeats of a CGG triplet located in the 5'UTR of the gene, and methylation of the cytosines located in the CpG islands upstream of the CGG repeats. Here, we describe two unrelated families with...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Fernández E,Gennaro E,Pirozzi F,Baldo C,Forzano F,Turolla L,Faravelli F,Gastaldo D,Coviello D,Grasso M,Bagni C

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare but aggressive malignant cancer that has been attracting growing attention over recent decades. This study aims to integrate protein interaction networks with gene expression profiles to identify potential biomarkers with prognostic value in silico. Methods: Three mi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Xu WH,Wu J,Wang J,Wan FN,Wang HK,Cao DL,Qu YY,Zhang HL,Ye DW

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:For datasets of gastric cancer collected by TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas) and GEO (Gene Expression Omnibus) repositories, we applied a bioinformatics approach to obtain expression data for the ISLR (immunoglobulin superfamily containing leucine-rich repeat) gene, which is highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues an...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li S,Zhao W,Sun M

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Extensive literature put forward the link between sleep and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), however, little is known about the underlying causality of the associations. Here we aim to assess the causal relationships between five major sleep-related traits and T2DM. Design Setting and Participants:Two-sample...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Gao X,Sun H,Zhang Y,Liu L,Wang J,Wang T

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past several decades, research in understanding the molecular basis of human muscle aging has progressed significantly. However, the development of accessible tissue-specific biomarkers of human muscle aging that may be measured to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions is still a major challe...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Mamoshina P,Volosnikova M,Ozerov IV,Putin E,Skibina E,Cortese F,Zhavoronkov A

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The present study examines the role of Sox11 in the initial response of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) to axon damage and in optic nerve regeneration in mouse. Methods: Markers of retinal injury were identified using the normal retina database and optic nerve crush (ONC) database on GeneNetwork2 (www.genenetwo...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li Y,Struebing FL,Wang J,King R,Geisert EE

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in mitochondrial (mt) DNA determine important human diseases. The majority of the known pathogenic mutations are located in transfer RNA (tRNA) genes and are responsible for a wide range of currently untreatable disorders. Experimental evidence both in yeast and in human cells has shown that the detrimental ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Giordano C,Morea V,Perli E,d'Amati G

更新日期：2015-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 40 years, the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus, indigenous to East Asia, has colonized every continent except Antarctica. Its spread is a major public health concern, given that this species is a competent vector for numerous arboviruses, including those causing dengue, chikungunya, West Nile, and the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Battaglia V,Gabrieli P,Brandini S,Capodiferro MR,Javier PA,Chen XG,Achilli A,Semino O,Gomulski LM,Malacrida AR,Gasperi G,Torroni A,Olivieri A

更新日期：2016-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptome analyses have increased our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying human diseases. Most approaches aim to identify significant genes by comparing their expression values between healthy subjects and a group of patients with a certain disease. Given that studies normally contain few samples,...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Gonçalves ANA,Lever M,Russo PST,Gomes-Correia B,Urbanski AH,Pollara G,Noursadeghi M,Maracaja-Coutinho V,Nakaya HI

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver fibrosis resulting from chronic liver damage constitutes a major health care burden worldwide; however, no antifibrogenic agents are currently available. Our previous study reported that the small molecule NPLC0393 extracted from the herb Gynostemma pentaphyllum exerts efficient antifibrotic effects both in vivo...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Huang H,Wang K,Liu Q,Ji F,Zhou H,Fang S,Zhu J

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been widely used to determine the genetic architecture of quantitative traits in dairy cattle. In this study, with the aim of identifying candidate genes that affect milk protein composition traits, we conducted a GWAS for nine such traits (αs1-casein, αs2-casein, β-casein,...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhou C,Li C,Cai W,Liu S,Yin H,Shi S,Zhang Q,Zhang S

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactation is a dynamic process, which evolved to meet dietary demands of growing offspring. At the same time, the mother's metabolism changes to meet the high requirements of nutrient supply to the offspring. Through strong artificial selection, the strain of milk production on dairy cows is often associated with impa...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Strucken EM,Laurenson YC,Brockmann GA

更新日期：2015-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) is the largest neotropical primate. This species is endemic to Brazil and is currently critically endangered due to its habitat destruction. The genetic basis underlying adaptive traits of New World monkeys has been a subject of interest to several investigators, with sig...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Moreira DA,Lamarca AP,Soares RF,Coelho AMA,Furtado C,Scherer NM,Moreira MAM,Seuánez HN,Boroni M

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The red junglefowl Gallus gallus is the main progenitor of domestic chicken, the commonest livestock species, outnumbering humans by an approximate ratio of six to one. The genetic control for production traits have been well studied in commercial chicken, but the selection pressures underlying unique adaptation and p...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lawal RA,Al-Atiyat RM,Aljumaah RS,Silva P,Mwacharo JM,Hanotte O

更新日期：2018-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small non-coding RNAs, have been proved as novel and potent regulators of adipogenesis. A previous study has found out that miR-144-3p was a biomarker of type 2 diabetes, but the role of miR-144-3p in regulating adipogenesis was still unclear. In the present study, the expression of miR-...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shen L,Li Q,Wang J,Zhao Y,Niu L,Bai L,Shuai S,Li X,Zhang S,Zhu L

更新日期：2018-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from clinical and epidemiological studies indicates that asthma is associated with allergic diseases including hay fever, allergic rhinitis, and eczema. Genetic analysis demonstrated that asthma had a positive genetic correlation with allergic diseases. A Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using the rs1696...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shen M,Liu X,Li G,Li Z,Zhou H

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Poultry feed constitutes the largest cost in poultry production, estimated to be up to 70% of the total cost. Moreover, there is pressure on the poultry industry to increase production to meet the protein demand of humans and simultaneously reduce emissions to protect the environment. Therefore, improving feed efficie...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ye S,Chen ZT,Zheng R,Diao S,Teng J,Yuan X,Zhang H,Chen Z,Zhang X,Li J,Zhang Z

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative phylogeography has its roots in classical biogeography and, historically, relies on a pattern-based approach. Here, we present a model-based framework for comparative phylogeography. Our framework was initially developed for statistical phylogeography based on a multi-model inference approach, by coupling ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Collevatti RG,Terribile LC,Diniz-Filho JA,Lima-Ribeiro MS

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Cryptococcus complex, includes Cryptococcus neoformans (most common fungal infection of the brain) and Cryptococcus gattii (high-impact emerging pathogen worldwide). Currently, the fungal multilocus sequence typing database (Fungal MLST Database) constitutes a valuable data repository of the genes used ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Muñoz M,Camargo M,Ramírez JD

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The uses of breeding programs for the Pacific white shrimp [Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei] based on mixed linear models with pedigreed data are described. The application of these classic breeding methods yielded continuous progress of great value to increase the profitability of the shrimp industry in several countr...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Castillo-Juárez H,Campos-Montes GR,Caballero-Zamora A,Montaldo HH

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00