Beyond modeling: all-atom olfactory receptor model simulations.

abstract：:Background: Although there is evidence that the CYP3A4*22 variant should be considered in tacrolimus dosing in renal transplantation, its impact beyond tacrolimus dose requirements remains controversial. Methods: In a cohort of 121 kidney transplant recipients, we analyzed the CYP3A4*1B, CYP3A4*22, and CYP3A5*3 allele...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Abdel-Kahaar E,Winter S,Tremmel R,Schaeffeler E,Olbricht CJ,Wieland E,Schwab M,Shipkova M,Jaeger SU

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of scientific knowledge into negotiations of the Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) is crucial to effective implementation of those MEAs by ensuring uniformity in their terminology. Recent innovations in the field of biotechnology provoked a discussion over "Digital Sequence Information" (DSI) in f...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kobayashi K,Domon E,Watanabe KN

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) is a salvage enzyme that phosphorylates thymidine, imported from surrounding fluids, to create dTMP, which is further phosphorylated to the DNA precursor dTTP. TK1 deficiency has for a long time been known to cause increased cellular sensitivity to DNA damage. We have examined preferential str...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： McAllister KA,Yasseen AA,McKerr G,Downes CS,McKelvey-Martin VJ

更新日期：2014-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolerance to infections is defined as the ability of a host to limit the impact of a given pathogen burden on host performance. Uncoupling resistance and tolerance is a challenge, and there is a need to be able to separate them using specific trait recording or statistical methods. We present three statistical methods...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kause A,Odegård J

更新日期：2012-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare autosomal-dominant inherited tumor syndrome. We aimed to analyze the correlations between frequent VHL mutations and phenotypes in Chinese VHL families. We screened 540 patients from 187 unrelated Chinese VHL families for 19 frequent VHL mutations. The penetrance and mean age ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hong B,Ma K,Zhou J,Zhang J,Wang J,Liu S,Zhang Z,Cai L,Zhang N,Gong K

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres are essential nucleoprotein structures at linear chromosomes that maintain genome integrity by protecting chromosome ends from being recognized and processed as damaged DNA. In addition, they limit the cell's proliferative capacity, as progressive loss of telomeric DNA during successive rounds of cell divisi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Yalçin Z,Selenz C,Jacobs JJL

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis-associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH) is still a major cause of SSc related deaths. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment are crucial to reduce the mortality of patients with SSc-PAH. To screen the candidate biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for SSc-PAH, we analyzed the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zheng JN,Li Y,Yan YM,Shi H,Zou TT,Shao WQ,Wang Q

更新日期：2020-07-24 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：:Our understanding of the biological role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A), a ubiquitous non-editing RNA modification, has increased greatly since 2011. More recently, work from several labs revealed that m6A methylation regulates several aspects of mRNA metabolism. The "writer" protein METTL3, known as MT-A70 in humans, Dm...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Rockwell AL,Hongay CF

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are an emerging class of RNA species that may play a critical regulatory role in gene expression. However, the association between lncRNAs and atrial fibrillation (AF) is still not fully understood. In this study, we used RNA sequencing data to identify and quantify the both protein codi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu DM,Zhou ZK,Fan SH,Zheng ZH,Wen X,Han XR,Wang S,Wang YJ,Zhang ZF,Shan Q,Li MQ,Hu B,Lu J,Chen GQ,Hong XW,Zheng YL

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews research results and ideas presented at a special symposium at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) Congress held in July 2017 in San Francisco. Five researchers presented their results related to infection and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Prof. Itzhaki presented her wor...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Fülöp T,Itzhaki RF,Balin BJ,Miklossy J,Barron AE

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-Tailed Han (STH) sheep are known for their high fecundity, but the survival of lambs is compromised and influences the commercial return from farming these sheep, with this being attributed in part to starvation from insufficient milk production by the ewes. In this study, the transcriptome profiles of the mamma...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang J,Zhou H,Hickford JGH,Hao Z,Shen J,Luo Y,Hu J,Liu X,Li S

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex traits are manifestations of intricate gene interaction networks. Evolution of complex traits revolves around the genetic variation in such networks. Genomics has increased our ability to investigate the complex gene interaction networks, and characterize the extent of genetic variation in these networks. Immu...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wertheim B

更新日期：2015-06-19 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：:Selective breeding programs aiming to increase the productivity and profitability of the sheep meat industry use elite, progeny tested sires. The broad genetic traits of primary interest in the progeny of these sires include skeletal muscle yield, fat content, eating quality, and reproductive efficiency. Natural mutat...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Tellam RL,Cockett NE,Vuocolo T,Bidwell CA

更新日期：2012-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Organoids are engineered three-dimensional tissue cultures derived from stem cells and capable of self-renewal and self-organization into a variety of progenitors and differentiated cell types. An organoid resembles the cellular structure of an organ and retains some of its functionality, while still being amenable to...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Montes-Olivas S,Marucci L,Homer M

更新日期：2019-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A lot of studies indicated that aberrant expression of long non-coding RNA genes (lncRNAs) is closely related to human diseases. Identifying disease-related lncRNAs (disease lncRNAs) is critical for understanding the pathogenesis and etiology of diseases. Most of the previous methods focus on prioritizing the potentia...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Xuan P,Cao Y,Zhang T,Kong R,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that affects about 1% of the world's population. The etiology of RA remains unknown. It is considered to occur in the presence of genetic and environmental factors. An increasing body of evidence pinpoints that epigenetic modifications play an important role i...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Nemtsova MV,Zaletaev DV,Bure IV,Mikhaylenko DS,Kuznetsova EB,Alekseeva EA,Beloukhova MI,Deviatkin AA,Lukashev AN,Zamyatnin AA Jr

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the accuracy and bias of genomic prediction (GP) in purebred Holstein (H) and Jersey (J) as well as crossbred (H and J) validation cows using different reference sets and prediction strategies. The reference sets were made up of different combinations of 36,695 H and J purebreds and crossbreds. Add...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Khansefid M,Goddard ME,Haile-Mariam M,Konstantinov KV,Schrooten C,de Jong G,Jewell EG,O'Connor E,Pryce JE,Daetwyler HD,MacLeod IM

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a poorly prognostic disease currently lacking effective cure. Understanding the molecular mechanism that underlies the initiation and progression of CRPC will provide new strategies for treating this deadly disease. One candidate target is the fibroblast growth fac...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang C,Liu Z,Ke Y,Wang F

更新日期：2019-01-30 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：:Extensively raised village chickens are considered a valuable source of biodiversity, with genetic variability developed over thousands of years that ought to be characterized and utilized. Surveys that can reveal a population's genetic structure and provide an insight into its demographic history will give valuable i...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Khanyile KS,Dzomba EF,Muchadeyi FC

更新日期：2015-02-03 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：: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：:Alport syndrome is a hereditary progressive chronic kidney disease caused by mutations in type IV collagen genes COL4A3/4/5. X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) is caused by mutations in the COL4A5 gene and is the most common form of Alport syndrome. A strong correlation between the type of COL4A5 mutation and the age dev...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang C,Liang S,Xing S,Xu K,Xiao H,Deng H,Wang X,Chen L,Ding J,Wang F

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Phomopsis longicolla T. W. Hobbs (syn. Diaporthe longicolla) is the primary cause of Phomopsis seed decay (PSD) in soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill. This disease results in poor seed quality and is one of the most economically important seed diseases in soybean. The objectives of this study were to infer protein-prot...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li S,Musungu B,Lightfoot D,Ji P

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immune response is triggered by pathogen components, like lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of gram-negative bacteria. LPS initiates Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling, which involves mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) and nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) in different pathway branches and ultimately induces infla...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ostareck DH,Ostareck-Lederer A

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report the first pediatric specific Phenome-Wide Association Study (PheWAS) using electronic medical records (EMRs). Given the early success of PheWAS in adult populations, we investigated the feasibility of this approach in pediatric cohorts in which associations between a previously known genetic variant...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Namjou B,Marsolo K,Caroll RJ,Denny JC,Ritchie MD,Verma SS,Lingren T,Porollo A,Cobb BL,Perry C,Kottyan LC,Rothenberg ME,Thompson SD,Holm IA,Kohane IS,Harley JB

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cross-sectional observational studies have reported obesity and cardiometabolic co-morbidities as important predictors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization. The causal impact of these risk factors is unknown at present. Methods:We conducted multivariable logistic regression to evaluate the...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Aung N,Khanji MY,Munroe PB,Petersen SE

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a heritable disease that results in sudden cardiac death. In the exome/genomic era, certain reported pathogenic variants in some genetic diseases have been reclassified as benign owing to their high frequency in some ancestries. In the present study, we comprehensively reassessed all previous...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chen CJ,Lu TP,Lin LY,Liu YB,Ho LT,Huang HC,Lai LP,Hwang JJ,Yeh SS,Wu CK,Juang JJ,Antzelevitch C

更新日期：2019-01-04 00:00:00