abstract：:The emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, is a highly destructive quarantine pest. The olfactory and visual systems of A. planipennis play different but critical roles at newly emerged and sexually mature stages; however, the molecular basis underlying these differences remain unclear. Consequently, based on d...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shen S,Fan Z,Zhang X,Kong X,Liu F,Zhang Z,Zhang X,Hu X,Zhang S

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically inherited defects in lipoprotein metabolism affect more than 10 million individuals around the globe with preponderance in some parts where consanguinity played a major role in establishing founder mutations. Mutations in four genes have been so far linked to the dominant and recessive form of the disease....

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kamar A,Khalil A,Nemer G

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcass weight, meat quality and muscle components are important traits economically and they underpin most of the commercial return to goat producers. In this study, the Longissimus dorsi muscle tissues were collected from five Liaoning cashmere (LC) goats and five Ziwuling black (ZB) goats with phenotypic difference...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shen J,Hao Z,Wang J,Hu J,Liu X,Li S,Ke N,Song Y,Lu Y,Hu L,Qiao L,Wu X,Luo Y

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a well-known occupational carcinogen, but the mechanisms contributing to DNA damage and cell cycle alternation have not been fully characterized. To study the dose-response effects of Cr(VI) on transcription, we exposed BEAS-2B cells to Cr(VI) at concentrations of 0.2, 0.6, and 1.8 μmol...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zheng P,Kang Y,Han S,Feng H,Ha F,Long C,Zhou D,Hu G,Chen Z,Wang Z,Wang T,Jia G

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This review attempts to collate all the studies performed in India or comprising a population originating from India and to find out if there is an association between the HLA (human leucocyte antigen) type of individual and development of Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) subsequent to med...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Shanbhag SS,Koduri MA,Kannabiran C,Donthineni PR,Singh V,Basu S

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) is characterized by rapid and lethal infiltration of brain tissue, which is the primary cause of treatment failure and deaths for GBM. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms of tumor cell invasion is crucial for the treatment of GBM. In this study, we dissected the single-cell RNA-seq dat...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Pang B,Quan F,Ping Y,Hu J,Lan Y,Pang L

更新日期：2021-01-11 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：:RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) interacting with target RNAs play essential roles in RNA metabolism at the post-transcription level. Perturbations of RBPs can accelerate cancer development and cause dysregulation of the immune cell function and activity leading to evade immune destruction of cancer cells. However, few stu...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hu G,Jiang Q,Liu L,Peng H,Wang Y,Li S,Tang Y,Yu J,Yang J,Liu Z

更新日期：2021-01-11 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：:Molybdenum cofactor deficiency (MoCD) is an autosomal recessive disorder belonging to the large family of inborn errors in metabolism. Patients typically present with encephalopathy and seizures early after birth and develop severe neurodegeneration within the first few weeks of life. The main pathomechanism underlyin...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Mellis AT,Roeper J,Misko AL,Kohl J,Schwarz G

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

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：:The phenotype of carcass traits in beef cattle are affected by random genetic and non-genetic effects, which both can be modulated by an environmental variable such as Temperature-Humidity Index (THI), a key environmental factor in cattle production. In this study, a multivariate reaction norm model (MRNM) was used to...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chung Y,Lee SH,Lee HK,Lim D,van der Werf J,Lee SH

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple osteochondromas (MO), the most common type of benign bone tumor, is an autosomal dominant skeletal disorder characterized by multiple cartilage-capped bony protuberances. In most cases, EXT1 and EXT2, which encode glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of heparan sulfate, are the genes responsible....

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wang Y,Zhong L,Xu Y,Ding L,Ji Y,Schutz S,Férec C,Cooper DN,Xu C,Chen JM,Luo Y

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed strain infection (MSI) refers to the concurrent infection of a susceptible host with multiple strains of a single pathogenic species. Known to occur in humans and animals, MSIs deserve special consideration when studying transmission dynamics, evolution, and treatment of mycobacterial diseases, notably tuberculo...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Byrne AS,Goudreau A,Bissonnette N,Shamputa IC,Tahlan K

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer has been a major public health problem worldwide for many centuries. Cancer is a complex disease associated with accumulative genetic mutations, epigenetic aberrations, chromosomal instability, and expression alteration. Increasing lines of evidence suggest that many non-coding transcripts, which are termed as ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhu L,Yang X,Zhu R,Yu L

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Undergraduate students in the biomedical sciences are often interested in future health-focused careers. This presents opportunities for instructors in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer biology to capture their attention using lab experiences built around clinically relevant data. As biomedical science in genera...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hankey W,Zanghi N,Crow MM,Dow WH,Kratz A,Robinson AM,Robinson MR,Segarra VA

更新日期：2020-12-16 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：: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：: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：:In 2017 the Swiss federal government established the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), a nationally coordinated data infrastructure for genetic research. The SPHN advisory group on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) was tasked with the creation of a recommendation to ensure ethically responsible re...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Blasimme A,Brall C,Vayena E

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:It is time to review all the available data and find the distinctive characteristics of actin that make it such an important cell molecule. The presented double-stranded organization of filamentous actin cannot explain the strong polymorphism of actin fibrils. In this work, we performed bioinformatics analysis of a se...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Glyakina AV,Galzitskaya OV

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:There are associations between DNA methylation and the expression of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), also known as lncRNA expression quantitative trait methylations (lnc-eQTMs). Lnc-eQTMs may induce a wide range of carcinogenesis pathways. However, lnc-eQTMs have not been globally identified and studied, and their roles...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu X,Gao Y,Bu J,Deng L,Zhang P,Chi M,Jiang L,Shi X,Ning S,Wang G

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Anther extrusion (AE) is the most important male floral trait for hybrid wheat seed production. AE is a complex quantitative trait that is difficult to phenotype reliably in field experiments not only due to high genotype-by-environment effects but also due to the short expression window in the field condition. In thi...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Adhikari A,Basnet BR,Crossa J,Dreisigacker S,Camarillo F,Bhati PK,Jarquin D,Manes Y,Ibrahim AMH

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The principles and function of chromatin and nuclear architecture have been extensively studied in model organisms, such as Drosophila melanogaster. However, little is known about the role of these epigenetic processes in transcriptional regulation in other insects including mosquitoes, which are major disease vectors...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lezcano ÓM,Sánchez-Polo M,Ruiz JL,Gómez-Díaz E

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Despite recent advance in immune therapy, great heterogeneity exists in the outcomes of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. In this study, we aimed to analyze the immune-related gene (IRG) expression profiles from three independent public databases and develop an effective signature to forecast patient's progn...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Dai S,Xu S,Ye Y,Ding K

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving grain yield in the staple food crop rice has been long sought goal of plant biotechnology. One of the traits with significant impact on rice breeding programs is peduncle elongation at the time of heading failing which leads to significant reduction in grain yield due to incomplete panicle exsertion. To deci...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Kandpal M,Vishwakarma C,Krishnan K,Chinnusamy V,Pareek A,Sharma MK,Sharma R

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hypercholesterolemia (HC) is defined as an elevation of total cholesterol (TC) due to the increase in LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) >95th percentile or 190 mg/dl. The high values of LDL-C, especially when it is maintained over time, is considered a risk factor for the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular dis...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Jarauta E,Bea-Sanz AM,Marco-Benedi V,Lamiquiz-Moneo I

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is among the most important finfish in aquaculture, particularly in Asia. Numerous genetically improved strains of Nile tilapia have been developed and disseminated through formal and informal channels to hatcheries, many of which operate at a relatively small scale in developing c...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Hamilton MG,Lind CE,Barman BK,Velasco RR,Danting MJC,Benzie JAH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) has become a global public health emergency. G-quadruplex, one of the non-canonical secondary structures, has shown potential antiviral values. However, little is known about the G-quadruplexes of th...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang R,Xiao K,Gu Y,Liu H,Sun X

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ephb6 gene knockout causes hypertension in castrated mice. EPHB6 controls catecholamine secretion by adrenal gland chromaffin cells (AGCCs) in a testosterone-dependent way. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is a ligand-gated Ca2+/Na+ channel, and its opening is the first signaling event leading to catecholamine...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Wu T,Wang Y,Shi W,Zhang BQ,Raelson J,Yao YM,Wu HD,Xu ZX,Marois-Blanchet FC,Ledoux J,Blunck R,Sheng JZ,Hu SJ,Luo H,Wu J

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:At the time of translation, nascent proteins are thought to be sorted into their final subcellular localization sites, based on the part of their amino acid sequences (i.e., sorting or targeting signals). Thus, it is interesting to computationally recognize these signals from the amino acid sequences of any given prot...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Imai K,Nakai K

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma, also called glioblastoma multiform (GBM), is the most aggressive cancer that initiates within the brain. GBM is produced in the central nervous system. Cancer cells in GBM are similar to stem cells. Several different schemes for GBM stratification exist. These schemes are based on intertumoral molecular ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Zhang YH,Li Z,Zeng T,Pan X,Chen L,Liu D,Li H,Huang T,Cai YD

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases are one of the prime reasons for disability and death worldwide. Diseases and conditions, such as hypoxia, pressure overload, infection, and hyperglycemia, might initiate cardiac remodeling and dysfunction by inducing hypertrophy or apoptosis in cardiomyocytes and by promoting proliferation in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Dai B,Wang F,Nie X,Du H,Zhao Y,Yin Z,Li H,Fan J,Wen Z,Wang DW,Chen C

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Recessive genetic diseases impose physical and psychological impacts to both newborns and parents who may not be aware of being carriers. Expanded carrier screening (ECS) allows screening for multiple genetic conditions at the same time. Whether or not such non-targeted panethnic approach of genetic carrier s...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Cheng HYH,Wong GCY,Chan YK,Lee CP,Tang MHY,Ng EH,Kan AS

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the prevalence of obesity and cancer have been rising. Since this poses a serious threat to human health, the relationship between the two has attracted much attention. This study examined whether fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) genes are linked, taking into account a Genome-wide Association Stu...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Lan N,Lu Y,Zhang Y,Pu S,Xi H,Nie X,Liu J,Yuan W

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains a major healthcare risk to growing economies like India, and a chromosome-level reference genome of Anopheles stephensi is critical for successful vector management and understanding of vector evolution using comparative genomics. We report chromosome-level assemblies of an Indian strain, STE2, and a P...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Chida AR,Ravi S,Jayaprasad S,Paul K,Saha J,Suresh C,Whadgar S,Kumar N,Rao K R,Ghosh C,Choudhary B,Subramani S,Srinivasan S

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of any plant breeding program is to improve quality of a target crop. Crop quality is a comprehensive feature largely determined by biological background. To improve the quality parameters of crops grown for the production of fiber, a functional approach was used to search for genes suitable for the effective...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Galinousky D,Mokshina N,Padvitski T,Ageeva M,Bogdan V,Kilchevsky A,Gorshkova T

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacogenomics is the study of how genes affect a person's response to drugs. Thus, understanding the effect of drug at the molecular level can be helpful in both drug discovery and personalized medicine. Over the years, transcriptome data upon drug treatment has been collected and several databases compiled before ...

journal_title：Frontiers in genetics

authors： Oh M,Park S,Lee S,Lee D,Lim S,Jeong D,Jo K,Jung I,Kim S

更新日期：2020-11-12 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：: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