Exploring Neural Networks and Related Visualization Techniques in Gene Expression Data.

abstract：:The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) describes a reversible switch from an epithelial-like to a mesenchymal-like phenotype. It is essential for the development of the normal epithelium and also contributes to the invasive properties of carcinomas. At the molecular level, the EMT transition is characterized by a...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kim JE,Leung E,Baguley BC,Finlay GJ

更新日期：2013-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary function of leaves is to provide an interface between plants and their environment for gas exchange, light exposure and thermoregulation. Leaves have, therefore a central contribution to plant fitness by allowing an efficient absorption of sunlight energy through photosynthesis to ensure an optimal growth....

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Fritz MA,Rosa S,Sicard A

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanopore sequencing from Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and Pacific BioSciences (PacBio) single-molecule real-time (SMRT) long-read isoform sequencing (Iso-Seq) are revolutionizing the way transcriptomes are analyzed. These methods offer many advantages over most widely used high-throughput short-read RNA sequenci...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhao L,Zhang H,Kohnen MV,Prasad KVSK,Gu L,Reddy ASN

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A biochemical activity, that is, enzymatic reaction or molecular interaction, frequently involves a molecule, for example, an enzyme, capable of interacting with numerous substrates or partners. Specificity is a fundamental property of biochemical activities, and relative specificity refers to the situation whereby a ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zeng Y

更新日期：2011-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this review is to discuss how behavioral tests in mice relate to the pathological and neuropsychological features seen in human Alzheimer's disease (AD), and present a comprehensive analysis of the temporal progression of behavioral impairments in commonly used AD mouse models that contain mutations in amy...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Webster SJ,Bachstetter AD,Nelson PT,Schmitt FA,Van Eldik LJ

更新日期：2014-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Tools for genomic island prediction use strategies for genomic comparison analysis and sequence composition analysis. The goal of comparative analysis is to identify unique regions in the genomes of related organisms, whereas sequence composition analysis evaluates and relates the composition of specific regions with ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： da Silva Filho AC,Raittz RT,Guizelini D,De Pierri CR,Augusto DW,Dos Santos-Weiss ICR,Marchaukoski JN

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndrome 13 (MTDPS13) is a rare genetic disorder caused by defects in F-box leucine-rich repeat protein 4 (FBXL4). Although FBXL4 is essential for the bioenergetic homeostasis of the cell, the precise role of the protein remains unknown. In this study, we report t...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Emperador S,Garrido-Pérez N,Amezcua-Gil J,Gaudó P,Andrés-Sanz JA,Yubero D,Fernández-Marmiesse A,O'Callaghan MM,Ortigoza-Escobar JD,Iriondo M,Ruiz-Pesini E,García-Cazorla A,Gil-Campos M,Artuch R,Montoya J,Bayona-Bafaluy MP

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional annotation of the genome is important to understand the phenotypic complexity of various species. The road toward functional annotation involves several challenges ranging from experiments on individual molecules to large-scale analysis of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) data. HTS data is typically a resul...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Pundhir S,Poirazi P,Gorodkin J

更新日期：2015-05-19 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：:An increasing number of studies have shown that long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) are a very important class of non-coding RNAs that plays a vital role in many biological processes. Adipose tissue is an important place for storing energy, but few studies on lincRNAs were related to pig subcutaneous fat develo...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shi G,Chen L,Chen G,Zou C,Li J,Li M,Fang C,Li C

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a paradigm shift from the traditional focus on the "average" individual towards the definition and analysis of trait variation within individual life-history and among individuals in populations. This is a result of increasing availability of individual phenotypic data. The shift allows the use of genetic and...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Filipe JAN,Kyriazakis I

更新日期：2019-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Copy number changes in protein-coding genes are detrimental if the consequent changes in protein concentrations disrupt essential cellular functions. The dosage sensitivity of transcription factor (TF) genes is particularly interesting because their products are essential in regulating the expression of genetic inform...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ni Z,Zhou XY,Aslam S,Niu DK

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory receptors (ORs) are a type of GTP-binding protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). These receptors are responsible for mediating the sense of smell through their interaction with odor ligands. OR-odorant interactions marks the first step in the process that leads to olfaction. Computational studies on model OR struc...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lai PC,Crasto CJ

更新日期：2012-05-03 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：:Colitis-associated cancer (CAC) has been linked to microRNA (miRNA) aberrant expression elicited by inflammation. In this study, we used the AOM/DSS-induced CAC mice model to explore the ectopic expression of miRNAs in the precancerous stage of CAC. As a result, we found that miR-31-5p, miR-223-3p, and let-7f-5p were ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chen G,Feng Y,Li X,Jiang Z,Bei B,Zhang L,Han Y,Li Y,Li N

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts which are usually more than 200 nt in length, and which do not have the protein-coding capacity. LncRNAs can be categorized based on their generation from distinct DNA elements, or derived from specific RNA processing pathways. During the past several decades, dramatic pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li L,Zhuang Y,Zhao X,Li X

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A balanced pericentric inversion is normally without any clinical consequences for its carrier. However, there is a well-known risk of such inversions to lead to unbalanced offspring. Inversion-loop formation is the mechanism which may lead to duplication or deletion of the entire or parts of the inverted segment in t...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Liehr T,Weise A,Mrasek K,Ziegler M,Padutsch N,Wilhelm K,Al-Rikabi A

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale tumor genome sequencing projects have revealed a complex landscape of genomic mutations in multiple cancer types. A major goal of these projects is to characterize somatic mutations and discover cancer drivers, thereby providing important clues to uncover diagnostic or therapeutic targets for clinical trea...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chen L,Miao Y,Liu M,Zeng Y,Gao Z,Peng D,Hu B,Li X,Zheng Y,Xue Y,Zuo Z,Xie Y,Ren J

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation (IR) is a high-energy radiation whose biological effects depend on the irradiation doses. Low-dose radiation (LDR) is delivered during medical diagnoses or by an exposure to radioactive elements and has been linked to the occurrence of chronic diseases, such as leukemia and cardiovascular diseases. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shin E,Lee S,Kang H,Kim J,Kim K,Youn H,Jin YW,Seo S,Youn B

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalates are esters of phthalic acid which are used in cosmetics and other daily personal care products. They are also used in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics to increase durability and plasticity. Phthalates are not present in plastics by covalent bonds and thus can easily leach into the environment and enter the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Dutta S,Haggerty DK,Rappolee DA,Ruden DM

更新日期：2020-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is the deadliest skin cancer and is a major public health concern with a growing incidence worldwide. As for other complex diseases, animal models are needed in order to better understand the mechanisms leading to pathology, identify potential biomarkers to be used in the clinics, and eventually molecular tar...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bourneuf E

更新日期：2017-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA molecules that play key regulatory roles in cancer acting as both oncogenes and tumor suppressors. Due to their potential roles in improving cancer prognostic, predictive, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, they have become an area of intense research focus in recent yea...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Macharia LW,Wanjiru CM,Mureithi MW,Pereira CM,Ferrer VP,Moura-Neto V

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Goats (Capra hircus) are an economically important livestock species providing meat and milk across the globe. They are of particular importance in tropical agri-systems contributing to sustainable agriculture, alleviation of poverty, social cohesion, and utilisation of marginal grazing. There are excellent genetic an...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Muriuki C,Bush SJ,Salavati M,McCulloch MEB,Lisowski ZM,Agaba M,Djikeng A,Hume DA,Clark EL

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian genome is packed tightly in the nucleus of the cell. This packing is primarily facilitated by histone proteins and results in an ordered organization of the genome in chromosome territories that can be roughly divided in heterochromatic and euchromatic domains. On top of this organization several distinc...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Palstra RJ,Grosveld F

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication disorders have complex genetic origins, with constellations of relevant gene markers that vary across individuals. Some genetic variants are present in healthy individuals as well as those affected by developmental disorders. Growing evidence suggests that some variants may increase susceptibility to the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Centanni TM,Green JR,Iuzzini-Seigel J,Bartlett CW,Hogan TP

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Recent evidence has indicated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) can function as competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) to modulate mRNAs expression by sponging microRNAs (miRNAs). However, the specific mechanism and function of lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang M,Zheng S,Li X,Ding Y,Zhang M,Lin L,Xu H,Cheng Y,Zhang X,Xu H,Li S

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, studies have shown that phytopathogenic fungi possess the ability of cross-kingdom regulation of host plants through small RNAs (sRNAs). Magnaporthe oryzae, a causative agent of rice blast, introduces disease by penetrating the rice tissues through appressoria. However, little is known about the trans...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang H,Liu S,Chang H,Zhan M,Qin QM,Zhang B,Li Z,Liu Y

更新日期：2019-03-29 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

abstract：:Respiratory burst oxidase homologs (Rbohs) play a predominant role in reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, which is crucial in plant growth, differentiation, as well as their responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. To date, however, there is little knowledge about the function of cotton Rboh genes. Here, we ide...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chang Y,Li B,Shi Q,Geng R,Geng S,Liu J,Zhang Y,Cai Y

更新日期：2020-09-11 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