The Road to Metagenomics: From Microbiology to DNA Sequencing Technologies and Bioinformatics.

abstract：:The mammalian hearing organ is a regular array of two types of hair cells (HCs) surrounded by six types of supporting cells. Along the tonotopic axis, this conserved radial array of cell types shows longitudinal variations to enhance the tuning properties of basilar membrane. We present the current evidence supporting...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Booth KT,Azaiez H,Jahan I,Smith RJH,Fritzsch B

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC), although the second-most common type of renal cell carcinoma, still lacks specific biomarkers for diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. TopBP1-interacting checkpoint and replication regulator (TICRR) is a DNA replication initiation regulator upregulated in various canc...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Xia S,Lin Y,Lin J,Li X,Tan X,Huang Z

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:After the genomic era, the development of high-throughput sequencing technologies has allowed us to advance our understanding of genetic variants responsible for adaptation to high altitude in humans. However, transcriptomic characteristics associated with phenotypic plasticity conferring tolerance to acute hypobaric ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Yasukochi Y,Shin S,Wakabayashi H,Maeda T

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms in β1-, β2- and β3-adrenergic receptors (β-ARs) have been associated with chronic non-communicable disorders, such as cardiovascular diseases, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obesity, as well as β-agonists and antagonists response and toxicity. The purpose of this study w...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Katsarou MS,Karathanasopoulou A,Andrianopoulou A,Desiniotis V,Tzinis E,Dimitrakis E,Lagiou M,Charmandari E,Aschner M,Tsatsakis AM,Chrousos GP,Drakoulis N

更新日期：2018-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Thousands of DNA lesions are estimated to occur in each cell every day and almost all are recognized and repaired. DNA repair is an essential system that prevents accumulation of mutations which can lead to serious cellular malfunctions. Phenotypic evaluation of DNA repair activity of individuals is a relatively new a...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Slyskova J,Langie SA,Collins AR,Vodicka P

更新日期：2014-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to sense and respond to stressful conditions is essential to maintain organismal homeostasis. It has long been recognized that stress response factors that improve survival in changing conditions can also influence longevity. In this review, we discuss different strategies used by animals in response to de...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Iranon NN,Miller DL

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Normalization of cDNA is widely used to improve the coverage of rare transcripts in analysis of transcriptomes employing next-generation sequencing. Recently, long-read technology has been emerging as a powerful tool for sequencing and construction of transcriptomes, especially for complex genomes containing highly si...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hoang NV,Furtado A,Perlo V,Botha FC,Henry RJ

更新日期：2019-07-23 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：: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：:In the last decade, several studies have been focused on revealing the microRNA (miRNA) repertoire and determining their functions in farm animals such as poultry, pigs, cattle, and fish. These small non-protein coding RNA molecules (18-25 nucleotides) are capable of controlling gene expression by binding to messenger...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Herkenhoff ME,Oliveira AC,Nachtigall PG,Costa JM,Campos VF,Hilsdorf AWS,Pinhal D

更新日期：2018-03-19 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：:Recent population declines to the high elevation western North America foundation species whitebark pine, have been driven by the synergistic effects of the invasive blister rust pathogen, mountain pine beetle (MPB), fire exclusion, and climate change. This has led to consideration for listing whitebark pine (WBP) as ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Landguth EL,Holden ZA,Mahalovich MF,Cushman SA

更新日期：2017-02-10 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：:Autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL) is a highly heterogeneous disease involving more than 70 pathogenic genes. However, most ARNSHL families have small-sized pedigrees with limited genetic information, rendering challenges for the molecular diagnosis of these patients. Therefore, we attempted to es...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Sang S,Ling J,Liu X,Mei L,Cai X,Li T,Li W,Li M,Wen J,Liu X,Liu J,Liu Y,Chen H,He C,Feng Y

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct RNA sequencing platform offered by Oxford Nanopore Technologies allows for direct measurement of RNA molecules without the need of conversion to complementary DNA, fragmentation or amplification. As such, it is virtually capable of detecting any given RNA modification present in the molecule that is being s...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Cozzuto L,Liu H,Pryszcz LP,Pulido TH,Delgado-Tejedor A,Ponomarenko J,Novoa EM

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cell functions are carried out by interacting factors, thus underlying the functional importance of genetic interactions between genes, termed epistasis. Epistasis could be under strong selective pressures especially in conditions where the mutation rate of one of the interacting partners notably differs from the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Levin L,Blumberg A,Barshad G,Mishmar D

更新日期：2014-12-23 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：: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：:From a biological perspective aging (senescence) appears to be a form of complex disease syndrome, though this is not the traditional view. This essay aims to foster a realistic understanding of aging by scrutinizing ideas old and new. The conceptual division between aging-related diseases and an underlying, non-patho...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Gems D

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Watson for Oncology (WFO) is a artificial intelligence clinical decision-support system with evidence-based treatment options for oncologists. WFO has been gradually used in China, but limited reports on whether WFO is suitable for Chinese patients. This study aims to investigate the concordance of treatment options b...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zou FW,Tang YF,Liu CY,Ma JA,Hu CH

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined reasons for participation in a genetic study of risk for multiple sclerosis (MS). Our sample consisted of 101 patients diagnosed with MS who were approached about enrolling in the Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Susceptibility Study. Participants were predominantly Hispanic (80%), female (80%), and well...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Cuccaro ML,Manrique CP,Quintero MA,Martinez R,McCauley JL

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence of a purifying filter acting in the female germline to prevent the expansion of deleterious mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Given our poor understanding of this filter, here we investigate the competence of the mouse embryo to eliminate dysfunctional mitochondria. Toward that, mitochondri...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Machado TS,Macabelli CH,Collado MD,Meirelles FV,Guimarães FEG,Chiaratti MR

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:History of East-Central Europe has been intertwined with the history of Turks in the past. A significant part of this region of Europe has been fallen under Ottoman control during the 150 years of Ottoman occupation in the 16-17th centuries. The presence of the Ottoman Empire affected this area not only culturally but...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bánfai Z,Melegh BI,Sümegi K,Hadzsiev K,Miseta A,Kásler M,Melegh B

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae, a gram-negative bacterium that causes cholera, has already caused seven major pandemics across the world and infects roughly 1.3-4 million people every year. Cholera treatment primarily involves oral rehydration therapy supplemented with antibiotics. But recently, multidrug-resistant strains of V. cho...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shankar U,Jain N,Majee P,Kodgire P,Sharma TK,Kumar A

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Different genes have their protein products localized in various subcellular compartments. The diversity in protein localization may serve as a gene characteristic, revealing gene essentiality from a subcellular perspective. To measure this diversity, we introduced a Subcellular Diversity Index (SDI) based on the Gene...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Jia K,Zhou Y,Cui Q

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic diversity of the sheep breeds in the Arab countries might be considered to be a mirror of the ecology of the region. In this study, the genetic structure and diversity of sheep breeds from Saudi Arabia (Harri, Najdi, Naemi, Arb, and Rufidi) and Awassi sheep from Jordan as an out-group were investigated usi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Al-Atiyat RM,Aljumaah RS,Alshaikh MA,Abudabos AM

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Across species and tissues and especially in the mammalian brain, production of gene isoforms is widespread. While gene expression coordination has been previously described as a scale-free coexpression network, the properties of transcriptome-wide isoform production coordination have been less studied. Here we evalua...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Iancu OD,Colville A,Oberbeck D,Darakjian P,McWeeney SK,Hitzemann R

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNA-Seq is a precise and highly reproducible technique for measurement of transcripts levels and yields sequence information of a transcriptome at a single nucleotide base-level thus enabling us to determine splice junctions and alternative splicing events with high confidence. Often analysis of mRNA-Seq data does no...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Bhattacharjee M,Gupta R,Davuluri RV

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence show that Poly C Binding Protein 1 (PCBP1) is deleted in distinct types of tumors as a novel tumor suppressor, but its tumor suppression mechanism remains elusive. Here, we firstly describe that downregulation of PCBP1 is significantly associated with clinical ovarian tumor progression. Mechanist...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang W,Zhang S,Guan W,Huang Z,Kong J,Huang C,Wang H,Yang S

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Genetic association studies have identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) susceptibility. The aim of this study was to identify HHIP genetic variants associated with COPD, pulmonary function, and serum and sputum HHIP protein levels in Mexican ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ortega-Martínez A,Pérez-Rubio G,Ambrocio-Ortiz E,Nava-Quiroz KJ,Hernández-Zenteno RJ,Abarca-Rojano E,Rodríguez-Llamazares S,Hernández-Pérez A,García-Gómez L,Ramírez-Venegas A,Falfán-Valencia R

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00