Association of the Lactase Persistence Haplotype Block With Disease Risk in Populations of European Descent.

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), which is involved in the regulation of vitamin D, is an emerging independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Previous studies have demonstrated a positive association between FGF23 and stroke. In this study, we aimed to assess the association of FGF23 with ischemic stroke ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zheng K,Lin L,Cui P,Liu T,Chen L,Yang C,Jiang W

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting how species interactions evolve requires that we understand the mechanistic basis of coevolution, and thus the functional genotype-by-genotype interactions (G × G) that drive reciprocal natural selection. Theory on host-parasite coevolution provides testable hypotheses for empiricists, but depends upon mode...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Heath KD,Nuismer SL

更新日期：2014-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:While efforts to control malaria with available tools have stagnated, and arbovirus outbreaks persist around the globe, the advent of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-based gene editing has provided exciting new opportunities for genetics-based strategies to control these diseases. In ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Marshall JM,Raban RR,Kandul NP,Edula JR,León TM,Akbari OS

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pervasive allelic variation at both gene and single nucleotide level (SNV) between individuals is commonly associated with complex traits in humans and animals. Allele-specific expression (ASE) analysis, using RNA-Seq, can provide a detailed annotation of allelic imbalance and infer the existence of cis-acting transcr...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Salavati M,Bush SJ,Palma-Vera S,McCulloch MEB,Hume DA,Clark EL

更新日期：2019-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA binding proteins (RBPs) play a key role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. They have been shown to be dysfunctional in a variety of cancers and are closely related to the occurrence and progression of cancers. However, the biological function and clinical significance of RBPs in clear cell renal carcinoma (c...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu Y,Wei X,Feng H,Hu B,Liu B,Luan Y,Ruan Y,Liu X,Liu Z,Wang S,Liu J,Wang T

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Inference of absolute copy numbers in tumor genomes is one of the key points in the study of tumor genesis. However, the mixture of tumor and normal cells poses a big challenge to this task. Accurate estimation of tumor purity (i.e., the fraction of tumor cells) is a necessary step to solve this problem. In this paper...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Yuan X,Li Z,Zhao H,Bai J,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The aging brain undergoes a range of changes varying from subtle structural and physiological changes causing only minor functional decline under healthy normal aging conditions, to severe cognitive or neurological impairment associated with extensive loss of neurons and circuits due to age-associated neurodegenerativ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hermann PM,Watson SN,Wildering WC

更新日期：2014-12-04 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：:Usher type 1 syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder involving congenital severe-to-profound hearing loss, development of vision impairment in the first decade, and severe balance difficulties. The PCDH15 gene, one of the five genes implicated in this disease, is involved in 8-20% of cases. In this study, we a...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Vaché C,Puechberty J,Faugère V,Darmaisin F,Liquori A,Baux D,Blanchet C,Garcia-Garcia G,Meunier I,Pellestor F,Koenig M,Roux AF

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Searching for the Multiple Longest Common Subsequences (MLCS) of multiple sequences is a classical NP-hard problem, which has been used in many applications. One of the most effective exact approaches for the MLCS problem is based on dominant point graph, which is a kind of directed acyclic graph (DAG). However, the t...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Peng Z,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The prophase of meiosis I ensures the correct segregation of chromosomes to each daughter cell. This includes the pairing, synapsis, and recombination of homologous chromosomes. A subset of chromosomal abnormalities, including translocation and inversion, disturbs these processes, resulting in the failure to complete ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kurahashi H,Kogo H,Tsutsumi M,Inagaki H,Ohye T

更新日期：2012-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing (AS) can enhance transcript diversity dramatically and play an important role in stress adaptation. Limited researches of AS have been reported in the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), which is an important aquaculture species in the world. Here, we performed a genome-wide identificatio...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang X,Yuan J,Zhang X,Liu C,Xiang J,Li F

更新日期：2019-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the most commonly isolated species from human skin and the second leading cause of bloodstream infections. Here, we performed a large-scale comparative study without any pre-assigned reference to identify genomic determinants associated with the diversity and adaptation of S. epide...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Su F,Tian R,Yang Y,Li H,Sun G,Li Y,Han B,Xu X,Chen X,Zhao G,Cui H,Xu H

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The effect of weight loss by diet alone or diet in conjunction with exercise on low-grade inflammation in non-obese (overweight) individuals is not known. OBJECTIVE:Test the hypothesis that 24 weeks of moderate calorie restriction (CR; 25%) by diet only or with aerobic exercise would reduce markers of systemic...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Tam CS,Covington JD,Ravussin E,Redman LM,Pennington CALERIE Team.

更新日期：2012-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Using genomic information, local ruminant populations can be better characterized and compared to selected ones. Genetic relationships between animals can be established even without systematic pedigree recording, provided a budget is available for genotyping. Genomic selection (GS) can rely on a subset of the total p...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ducrocq V,Laloe D,Swaminathan M,Rognon X,Tixier-Boichard M,Zerjal T

更新日期：2018-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is the leading cause of cancer-related death among skin tumors, with an increasing incidence worldwide. Few studies have effectively investigated the significance of an immune-related gene (IRG) signature for melanoma prognosis. Here, we constructed an IRGs prognostic signature using bioinformatics methods an...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Liu N,Liu Z,Liu X,Duan X,Huang Y,Jin Z,Niu Y,Zhang L,Chen H

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-infiltrating T-lymphocytes are defined as T-lymphocytes that infiltrated into tumor tissues; however, their composition, clinical significance, and underlying mechanism in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and adjacent non-tumor tissues are still not completely understood. Herein, we collected marker genes of T cel...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li J,Zhou J,Kai S,Wang C,Wang D,Jiang J

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic protein kinases are well conserved through evolution. The genome of Schistosoma mansoni, which causes intestinal schistosomiasis, encodes over 250 putative protein kinases with all of the main eukaryotic groups represented. However, unraveling functional roles for these kinases is a considerable endeavor, p...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Walker AJ,Ressurreição M,Rothermel R

更新日期：2014-07-31 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：:Identification of non-protein-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in genomes is a crucial task for not only molecular cell biology but also bioinformatics. Secondary structures of ncRNAs are employed as a key feature of ncRNA analysis since biological functions of ncRNAs are deeply related to their secondary structures. Although the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Okada Y,Saito Y,Sato K,Sakakibara Y

更新日期：2011-08-31 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：:Postpartum depression (PPD) affects up to 19% of women, negatively impacting maternal and infant health. Reductions in plasma oxytocin levels have been associated with PPD and heritability studies have established a genetic contribution. Epigenetic regulation of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) has been demonstrated ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bell AF,Carter CS,Steer CD,Golding J,Davis JM,Steffen AD,Rubin LH,Lillard TS,Gregory SP,Harris JC,Connelly JJ

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Domestication to captive rearing conditions, along with targeted selective breeding have genetic consequences that vary from those in wild environments. Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is one of the most translocated and farmed aquaculture species globally, farmed throughout Asia, North and South America, and its...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Nayfa MG,Jones DB,Benzie JAH,Jerry DR,Zenger KR

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased expression of the fly and worm Indy genes extends longevity. The fly Indy gene and its mammalian homolog are transporters of Krebs cycle intermediates, with the highest rate of uptake for citrate. Cytosolic citrate has a role in energy regulation by affecting fatty acid synthesis and glycolysis. Fly, worm, a...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Rogina B,Helfand SL

更新日期：2013-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotype imputation is a powerful tool for increasing statistical power in an association analysis. Meta-analysis of multiple study datasets also requires a substantial overlap of SNPs for a successful association analysis, which can be achieved by imputation. Quality of imputed datasets is largely dependent on the so...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Schurz H,Müller SJ,van Helden PD,Tromp G,Hoal EG,Kinnear CJ,Möller M

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a consanguineous family was identified in Israel with three children affected by Infantile Nystagmus and Foveal Hypoplasia, following an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. A homozygous stop mutation c.1861C > T; p.Q621∗ in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) gene (AHR; MIM 600253) was identified that c...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Borovok N,Weiss C,Sharkia R,Reichenstein M,Wissinger B,Azem A,Mahajnah M

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Satellite ncRNAs are emerging as key players in cell and cancer pathways. Cancer-linked satellite DNA hypomethylation seems to be responsible for the overexpression of satellite non-coding DNAs in several tumors. FA-SAT is the major satellite DNA of Felis catus and recently, its presence and transcription was describe...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ferreira D,Escudeiro A,Adega F,Chaves R

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A within-breed genome-wide association study (GWAS) is useful when identifying the QTL that segregates in a breed. However, an across-breed meta-analysis can be used to increase the power of identification and precise localization of QTL that segregate in multiple breeds. Precise localization will allow including QTL ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Marete AG,Guldbrandtsen B,Lund MS,Fritz S,Sahana G,Boichard D

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. Several studies have confirmed the co-existence of other neuropsychiatric disorders with ADHD. Out of 106 individuals suspected to have ADHD, eight Saudi Arabian pediatric patients were diagnosed with ADHD using a d...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bogari NM,Al-Allaf FA,Aljohani A,Taher MM,Qutub NA,Alhelfawi S,Alobaidi A,Alqudah DM,Banni H,Dairi G,Amin AA

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant Glycine-rich proteins (GRP), a superfamily with a glycine-rich domain, play an important role in various stresses such as high or low temperature stress and drought stress. GRP genes have been studied in many plants, but seldom in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis). In this study, a total of 64 G...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lu X,Cheng Y,Gao M,Li M,Xu X

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00