abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are recognized as an important class of regulatory molecules involved in a variety of biological functions. However, the regulatory mechanisms of long non-coding genes expression are still poorly understood. The characterization of the genomic features of lncRNAs is crucial to get insigh...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Abou Alezz M,Celli L,Belotti G,Lisa A,Bione S

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, neural networks have become one of the cutting-edge methods in various research fields, outshining specifically in complex classification problems. In this paper, we propose two main contributions: first, we conduct a methodological study of neural network modeling for classifying biological trai...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wilentzik Müller R,Gat-Viks I

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygous and compound heterozygous mutations in GNB5 gene have been associated with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from neurodevelopmental issues with or without cardiac arrhythmia (LADCI) to severe developmental delay with epileptic encephalopathy, retinal dystrophy, and heart rhythm abnormaliti...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Sciacca FL,Ciaccio C,Fontana F,Strano C,Gilardoni F,Pantaleoni C,D'Arrigo S

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Tumor stem cells play important roles in the survival, proliferation, metastasis and recurrence of tumors. We aimed to identify new prognostic biomarkers for lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) based on the cancer stem cell theory. Methods:RNA-seq data and relevant clinical information were downloaded from ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Liao Y,Xiao H,Cheng M,Fan X

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:During plant-pathogen interactions, pathogens secrete many rapidly evolving, small secreted proteins (SSPs) that can modify plant defense and permit pathogens to colonize plant tissue. The fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici is the causal agent of Septoria tritici blotch (STB), one of the most important foliar diseas...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhou B,Benbow HR,Brennan CJ,Arunachalam C,Karki SJ,Mullins E,Feechan A,Burke JI,Doohan FM

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide and is derived from an accumulation of genetic and epigenetic changes. This study explored potential prognostic markers in CRC via the construction and in-depth analysis of a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network, which was gene...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Guo L,Yang G,Kang Y,Li S,Duan R,Shen L,Jiang W,Qian B,Yin Z,Liang T

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Some candidate genes have been robustly reported to be associated with complex traits, such as the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene on body mass index (BMI), and the fibroblast growth factor 5 (FGF5) gene on blood pressure levels. It is of interest to know whether an environmental factor (E) can attenuate or...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lin WY,Lin YS,Chan CC,Liu YL,Tsai SJ,Kuo PH

更新日期：2020-05-08 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：: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：:Growing evidences have indicated that microRNAs (miRNAs) play a significant role relating to many important bioprocesses; their mutations and disorders will cause the occurrence of various complex diseases. The prediction of miRNAs associated with underlying diseases via computational approaches is beneficial to ident...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang Y,Chen M,Cheng X,Wei H

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres are important for maintaining genomic stability. Telomere length has been associated with aging, disease, and mortality and is highly heritable (∼82%). In this study, we aimed to identify rare genetic variants associated with telomere length using whole-exome sequence data. We studied 1,303 participants of t...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： van der Spek A,Warner SC,Broer L,Nelson CP,Vojinovic D,Ahmad S,Arp PP,Brouwer RWW,Denniff M,van den Hout MCGN,van Rooij JGJ,Kraaij R,van IJcken WFJ,Samani NJ,Ikram MA,Uitterlinden AG,Codd V,Amin N,van Duijn CM

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying driver genes that contribute to cancer progression from numerous passenger genes, although a central goal, is a major challenge. The protein-protein interaction network provides convenient and reasonable assistance for driver gene discovery. Random walk-based methods have been widely used to prioritize nod...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wei PJ,Wu FX,Xia J,Su Y,Wang J,Zheng CH

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle weakness is a common consequence of both aging (sarcopenia) and neuromuscular disorders (NMD). Whilst genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified genetic variants associated with grip strength (GS; measure of muscle strength/weakness) and NMDs, including multiple sclerosis (MS), myasthenia gravis (MG)...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Gokuladhas S,Schierding W,Cameron-Smith D,Wake M,Scotter EL,O'Sullivan J

更新日期：2020-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:As a commercially important species, the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) has been cultured for a long time in China. Agonistic behavior often causes limb disability and requires much energy, which is harmful to the growth and survival of crabs. In this paper, we divided crabs into a control group (control, no...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Pang Y,He L,Song Y,Song X,Lv J,Cheng Y,Yang X

更新日期：2020-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease for which it is difficult to find exact disease-related genes. Effectively identifying disease-related genes would contribute to improving the treatment and diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Current methods for identifying disease-related genes mainly focus on the hypoth...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Liu H,Guan J,Li H,Bao Z,Wang Q,Luo X,Xue H

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The first breeding program in the world for durum wheat was conceived in Italy in the early 1900s. Over the decades, pressure exerted by natural and artificial selection could have progressively reduced the genetic diversity of the durum wheat germplasm. In the present study, a large panel of Italian durum wheat acces...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Taranto F,D'Agostino N,Rodriguez M,Pavan S,Minervini AP,Pecchioni N,Papa R,De Vita P

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylmalonic encephalopathy (EE) is a very rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that primarily affects children. Less than one hundred EE patients have been diagnosed worldwide. The clinical manifestations include chronic diarrhea, petechiae, orthostatic acrocyanosis, psychomotor delay and regression, seizures,...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chen X,Han L,Yao H

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) constitute a vital population of multipotent cells capable of differentiating into numerous end-organ phenotypes. However, scientific and translational endeavors to harness the regenerative potential of ASCs are currently limited by an incomplete understanding...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Pepin ME,Infante T,Benincasa G,Schiano C,Miceli M,Ceccarelli S,Megiorni F,Anastasiadou E,Della Valle G,Fatone G,Faenza M,Docimo L,Nicoletti GF,Marchese C,Wende AR,Napoli C

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ZNF143, a human homolog of the transcriptional activator Staf, is a C2H2-type protein consisting of seven zinc finger domains. As a transcription factor (TF), ZNF143 is sequence specifically binding to chromatin and activates the expression of protein-coding and non-coding genes on a genome scale. Although it is ubiqu...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Ye B,Yang G,Li Y,Zhang C,Wang Q,Yu G

更新日期：2020-04-07 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：:Liver is the main organ of lipid metabolism in chicken, especially for laying hens. To explore the molecular mechanism of lipid metabolism in chicken, five novel genes discovered in chicken liver tissue were systematically studied. Bioinformatic analysis was used to analyze the gene characteristics. The expression pat...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Li H,Li Y,Yang L,Zhang D,Liu Z,Wang Y,Han R,Li G,Li Z,Tian Y,Kang X,Liu X

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic alterations in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) result in aberrant activation of kinase signaling and occur in ∼15% of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). Patients diagnosed with EGFR-mutant NSCLC have good initial clinical response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs), yet tumor rec...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shaurova T,Zhang L,Goodrich DW,Hershberger PA

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Myopia is a common eye disorder that is approaching epidemic proportions worldwide. A genome-wide association study identified AREG (rs12511037), GABRR1 (rs13215566), and PDE10A (rs12206610) as being associated with refractive error in Asian populations. The present study investigated the associations betwee...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lin Y,Ding Y,Jiang D,Li C,Huang X,Liu L,Xiao H,Vasudevan B,Chen Y

更新日期：2020-03-25 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：:Genome-wide association study (GWAS), exploring the historical and evolutionary recombinations at the population level, is a major method adopted to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for complex traits. However, to summarize GWAS results, gene structure, and linkage disequilibrium (LD) in a single view, multiple ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： He F,Ding S,Wang H,Qin F

更新日期：2020-03-20 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：: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：:Known as the "fifth RNA nucleotide", pseudouridine (Ψ or psi) is the first-discovered and most abundant RNA modification occurring at the Uridine site, and it plays a prominent role in a number of biological processes. Thousands of Ψ sites have been identified within different biological contexts thanks to the advance...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Song B,Tang Y,Wei Z,Liu G,Su J,Meng J,Chen K

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a primary intraocular malignant tumor that occurs primarily in children, and results from loss-of-function mutations in the RB transcriptional corepressor 1 (RB1) gene. Genetic testing forms the basis of genetic counseling for affected families, as well as for clinical management of this disease...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lan X,Xu W,Tang X,Ye H,Song X,Lin L,Ren X,Yu G,Zhang H,Wu S

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne diseases cause more than 700 million people infected and one million people die (Caraballo and King, 2014). With the limitations of progress toward elimination imposed by insecticide- and drug-resistance, combined with the lack of vaccines, innovative strategies to fight mosquito-borne disease are urgen...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Huang W,Wang S,Jacobs-Lorena M

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed type of cancer worldwide. The mechanisms leading to the progression of CRC are involved in both genetic and epigenetic regulations. In this study, we applied systems biology methods to identify potential biomarkers and conduct drug discovery in a computation...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Yeh SJ,Chen SW,Chen BS

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants are subjected to strong fluctuations in light intensity in their natural growth environment, caused both by unpredictable changes due to weather conditions and movement of clouds and upper canopy leaves and predictable changes during day-night cycle. The mechanisms of long-term acclimation to fluctuating light ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Niedermaier S,Schneider T,Bahl MO,Matsubara S,Huesgen PF

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Type 2 (FHL2) associated central nervous system (CNS) involvement is less understood in children, especially when considering neurologic manifestations as part of the initial presentation. We conducted a retrospective review of the clinical manifestations and genetic abnorma...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Feng WX,Yang XY,Li JW,Gong S,Wu Y,Zhang WH,Han TL,Zhuo XW,Ding CH,Fang F

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation is an indispensable epigenetic modification that dynamically regulates gene expression and genome stability during cell growth and development processes. The target of rapamycin (TOR) has emerged as a central regulator to regulate many fundamental cellular metabolic processes from protein synthesis to ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhu T,Li L,Feng L,Mo H,Ren M

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains hard to diagnose early and cure due to a lack of accurate biomarkers and effective treatments. Hence, it is necessary to explore the tumorigenesis and tumor progression of HCC to discover new biomarkers for clinical treatment. We performed weighted gene co-expression network anal...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Gu Y,Li J,Guo D,Chen B,Liu P,Xiao Y,Yang K,Liu Z,Liu Q

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pearl millet is a climate-resilient, drought-tolerant crop capable of growing in marginal environments of arid and semi-arid regions globally. Pearl millet is a staple food for more than 90 million people living in poverty and can address the triple burden of malnutrition substantially. It remained a neglected crop un...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Srivastava RK,Singh RB,Pujarula VL,Bollam S,Pusuluri M,Chellapilla TS,Yadav RS,Gupta R

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:This study reports a Chinese patient with a Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation (CDG) caused by compound-heterozygous mutations in the Conserved Oligomeric Golgi 5 (COG5) gene and thereby offers concrete evidence for early diagnosis. Methods:The clinical manifestations, the results of laboratory examination...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang X,Han L,Wang XY,Wang JH,Li XM,Jin CH,Wang L

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been an explosive increase in the amount of bioinformatics data produced, but data are not information. The purpose of bioinformatics research is to obtain information with biological significance from large amounts of data. Multiple sequence alignment is widely used in sequence homology det...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shi H,Zhang X

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliferation and differentiation of preadipocyte are essential for the formation of fat tissues. However, the genes that regulate the early stage of preadipocyte differentiation in chicken have remained elusive. Here we identify a novel spliced variant of the DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3a gene, named Dnmt3a3, that con...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Abdalla BA,Li Z,Nie Q

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:HFE-related Hemochromatosis is the most common genetic iron overload disease in European populations, particularly of Nordic or Celtic ancestry. It is reported that the HFE p.C282Y mutation is present in 1/10 people of northern European descent, resulting in one in two hundred people will be homozygous. However, the H...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang W,Wang X,Duan W,Xu A,Zhao X,Huang J,You H,Brissot P,Ou X,Jia J

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00