Journal ArticleCancer Res Commun · June 1, 2026
UNLABELLED: Brain metastases occur in up to 40% of patients with stage IV breast cancer, and the cerebellum is a common site for metastases in HER2-positive breast cancer. We developed a syngeneic, immunocompetent mouse model of breast cancer brain metasta ...
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ConferenceCancer Research · April 3, 2026
AbstractThe World Health Organization provides clear criteria for diagnosing IDH1-wildtype glioblastoma (GBM), relying on traditional approaches to define pathoetiological features, genomic mutations, cop ...
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Journal ArticleMult Scler Relat Disord · April 2026
BACKGROUND: Relapses in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) are acute neuroinflammatory events that shape long-term disease trajectory. Yet, the molecular events during the early recovery period remain poorly characterized, particularly in early, ...
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Journal ArticleCancer Immunol Res · February 3, 2026
Tumor-draining lymph nodes are a pivotal site for antitumor T-cell priming. However, their mechanistic roles in cancer immune surveillance and immunotherapy response remain poorly defined. Intratumor (IT) virotherapy generates antitumor T-cell immunity thr ...
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Other · February 3, 2026
<p>Supplementary Figure S5. PVSRIPO is shed in phosphatidyl-serine enriched vesicles from A375 melanoma cells (extended data relating to Figure 4G).</p> ...
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Other · February 3, 2026
<p>Supplementary Figure S4. a,b, Extended data relating to Figure 4C-G. MECA-79+ HEV, which harbor (-)strand vRNA in CT2A glioma-bearing mice after dual site (IT+CPLI) PVSRIPO, stain positive for the poliovirus receptor CD155.</p>
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Other · February 3, 2026
<p>Supplementary Figure S2. Differences in gene expression and hallmark pathways between single-site (IT or CPLI) and dual-site (IT plus CPLI) treatment cohorts compared to mock treatment as shown.</p> ...
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Other · February 3, 2026
<p>Supplementary Figure S3. Dual-site (IT+CPLI) PVSRIPO in CT2A-bearing mice changes immune cell composition in cLN (extended data relating to Figure 3).</p> ...
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Other · February 3, 2026
<p>Supplementary Table S3. Top-20 differentially expressed genes in tumor-infiltrating T cell subsets (extended data relating to Figure 5D).</p> ...
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Other · February 3, 2026
<p>Supplementary Figure S6. a-c, Extended data relating to Figure 5. Umap of snRNAseq of combined samples from three intervals (see Figure 5D); individual cell types are labeled (a). Umap of cells identified as T cells in a; individual subset ...
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Other · February 3, 2026
<div>Abstract<p>Tumor-draining lymph nodes are a pivotal site for antitumor T-cell priming. However, their mechanistic roles in cancer immune surveillance and immunotherapy response remain poorly defined. Intratumor (IT) virotherapy gen ...
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Other · February 3, 2026
<p>Supplementary Figure S1. Extended data on cLN phenotypes after IT PVSRIPO infusion in CT2A mouse glioma.</p> ...
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Journal ArticleNat Commun · January 29, 2026
The molecular underpinnings contributing to the onset of Barrett's esophagus (BE) remain elusive. By studying familial clusters of the disease, here we identify a significant association between genetic variants in the V-set and Immunoglobulin Domain Conta ...
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Journal ArticleJ Child Psychol Psychiatry · January 19, 2026
BACKGROUND: The placebo effect is established in clinical trials, but for paediatric research, questions remain about how to best manage its influence. Within the autism field, data on these issues is sparse. This is particularly important in the oxytocin ...
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Journal ArticleCell Commun Signal · December 15, 2025
BACKGROUND: Age-related decline in reproductive function is a hallmark of organismal aging, yet the molecular mechanisms driving this process remain incompletely understood. The insulin/IGF-1 signaling (IIS) pathway is highly conserved and influences both ...
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Journal ArticleHum Genomics · November 29, 2025
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia affecting 55 million people worldwide. The pathological hallmarks of AD, beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), follow distinct stereotypical patterns of progressio ...
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ConferenceNeuro-Oncology · November 11, 2025
AbstractThe World Health Organization provides clear criteria for diagnosing IDH1-wildtype glioblastoma (GBM), relying on traditional approaches to define pathoetiological features, genomic mutations, cop ...
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ConferenceNeuro-Oncology · November 11, 2025
AbstractBACKGROUNDIdentification of biomarkers for overall survival (OS) in oligodendroglioma has proven challenging due to 1) ...
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Journal ArticleSci Rep · October 23, 2025
Many cancers evade immunosurveillance by downregulating surface major histocompatibility class (MHC)-I. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) promotes MHC-I degradation and is elevated in glioma. Evolocumab is a clinically approved PCSK9 in ...
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Journal ArticlemBio · September 10, 2025
Granulomas are classic manifestations of tuberculosis pathogenesis. They result from an ensemble of immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, but the identities, arrangement, cellular interactions, and regulation of the cells that comprise ...
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Journal ArticleJID Innov · July 2025
Cutaneous manifestations are the most common presenting sign of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and the extent of cutaneous involvement is also highly correlated with prognosis. Very little is understood about the underlying pathogenesis underpin ...
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Journal ArticleJCI Insight · June 23, 2025
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection precedes multiple sclerosis (MS) onset and plays a poorly understood etiologic role. To investigate possible viral pathogenesis, we analyzed single-cell expression in peripheral B cells from people with early MS collected ...
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Journal ArticleJ Clin Invest · June 16, 2025
Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) are lethal brain tumors characterized by p53-inactivating mutations and oncohistone H3.3K27M mutations that rewire the cellular response to genotoxic stress. We used RCAS/tv-a retroviruses and Cre recombinase to inactivate p5 ...
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Journal ArticleBlood Adv · May 13, 2025
Gut dysbiosis is linked to mortality and the development of graft-versus-host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), but the impact of cutaneous dysbiosis remains unexplored. We performed a pilot observational study, obtained retroau ...
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Journal ArticleJ Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol · May 2025
Background: Although randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have investigated several treatments for social communication difficulties and repetitive behavior in autism, none has yet shown consistent superiority over placebo. Placebo response in autism RCTs may ...
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Journal ArticlemedRxiv · April 25, 2025
Intratumor (IT) inoculation of the rhino:poliovirus chimera, PVSRIPO, yielded objective radiographic responses with long-term survival in 20% of patients with recurrent glioblastoma (rGBM). PVSRIPO infects dendritic cells (DCs) and sets up non-cytopathogen ...
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Journal ArticleAging Cell · April 2025
Epigenetic clocks provide powerful tools for estimating health and lifespan but their ability to predict brain degeneration and neuronal damage during the aging process is unknown. In this study, we use GrimAge, an epigenetic clock correlated to several bl ...
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Journal ArticleBr J Gen Pract · April 2025
BACKGROUND: International medical graduates (IMGs) comprise more than half of GP registrars but are more likely to fail postgraduate assessments than UK graduates. AIM: To assess whether there is an association between the language of the primary medical q ...
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Journal ArticleNat Commun · March 28, 2025
Senescent hepatocytes accumulate in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and are linked to worse clinical outcomes. However, their heterogeneity and lack of specific markers have made them difficult to target therapeutically. He ...
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Journal ArticleJ Invest Dermatol · December 2024
UBE2N, a Lys63 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, plays critical roles in embryogenesis and immune system development and function. However, its roles in adult epithelial tissue homeostasis and pathogenesis are unclear. We generated conditional mouse models tha ...
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ConferenceNeuro-Oncology · November 11, 2024
AbstractBrain metastases are the most common form of intracranial tumor in adults, however the prognosis remains dismal due to lack of effective treatments and limited understanding of the underlying physiol ...
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ConferenceNeuro-Oncology · November 11, 2024
AbstractOligodendrogliomas are progressive, infiltrative gliomas. While new molecular criteria were introduced in 2016 for diagnosing oligodendroglioma, the grading criteria remains largely unchanged. We eva ...
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Journal ArticleJ Clin Invest · September 3, 2024
Sarcoidosis is a multiorgan granulomatous disease that lacks diagnostic biomarkers and targeted treatments. Using blood and skin from patients with sarcoid and non-sarcoid skin granulomas, we discovered that skin granulomas from different diseases exhibit ...
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Journal ArticleBehav Brain Funct · June 19, 2024
BACKGROUND: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders with higher incidence in males and is characterized by atypical verbal/nonverbal communication, restricted interests that can be accompanied by repetitive behavior, and d ...
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Journal ArticleSci Rep · April 26, 2024
While chronological age is a strong predictor for health-related risk factors, it is an incomplete metric that fails to fully characterize the unique aging process of individuals with different genetic makeup, neurodevelopment, and environmental experience ...
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Journal ArticleActa Neuropathol Commun · April 22, 2024
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains an untreatable malignant tumor with poor patient outcomes, characterized by palisading necrosis and microvascular proliferation. While single-cell technology made it possible to characterize different lineage of glioma cells into ...
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Journal ArticleCell Stem Cell · April 4, 2024
Brain injury is highly associated with preterm birth. Complications of prematurity, including spontaneous or necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)-associated intestinal perforations, are linked to lifelong neurologic impairment, yet the mechanisms are poorly und ...
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ConferenceCancer Research · March 22, 2024
AbstractIntroduction: The diverse tumor environment of high-grade glioma, which remains refractory to treatment, demands new innovative, multi-omic approaches to characterize tumor heterogeneity and expressi ...
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Journal ArticleJ Clin Invest · February 6, 2024
Diffuse midline glioma (DMG), including tumors diagnosed in the brainstem (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma; DIPG), are uniformly fatal brain tumors that lack effective treatment. Analysis of CRISPR/Cas9 loss-of-function gene deletion screens identified PI ...
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Journal ArticleNeurooncol Adv · 2024
BACKGROUND: A major hurdle to effectively treating glioblastoma (GBM) patients is the lack of longitudinal information about tumor progression, evolution, and treatment response. METHODS: In this study, we report the use of a neural tract-inspired conduit ...
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Journal ArticlebioRxiv · October 20, 2023
Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) are lethal brain tumors characterized by p53-inactivating mutations and oncohistone H3.3K27M mutations that rewire the cellular response to genotoxic stress, which presents therapeutic opportunities. We used RCAS/tv-a retrovi ...
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Journal ArticleJ Microbiol Methods · September 2023
The presence of polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) inhibitors in many environmental samples can make reliable and repeatable quantitative-polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR) analysis difficult without sample dilution. To estimate an optimal sample dilution for q ...
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Journal ArticleCell Stem Cell · August 3, 2023
White matter injuries (WMIs) are the leading cause of neurologic impairment in infants born premature. There are no treatment options available. The most common forms of WMIs in infants occur prior to the onset of normal myelination, making its pathophysio ...
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Journal ArticleEduc Prim Care · July 2023
In this article NHS England and NHS Education for Scotland describe practical ways we are tackling differences in the attainment of people training as general practitioners (GPs).Trainees from minority ethnic groups and international medical graduates are ...
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ConferenceNeuro-Oncology · June 12, 2023
AbstractGangliogliomas are glioneuronal brain tumors that typically present in childhood or early adulthood. Though most often low-grade, new insights are needed to refine glioneuronal tumor classification a ...
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Journal ArticleElife · June 1, 2023
Genes associated with increased susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) have been identified, but their functions are incompletely understood. One of these genes codes for the RNA helicase DExD/H-Box Polypeptide 39B (DDX39B), which shows genetic and func ...
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Journal ArticleDev Psychopathol · May 2023
This study examined struggles to establish autonomy and relatedness with peers in adolescence and early adulthood as predictors of advanced epigenetic aging assessed at age 30. Participants (N = 154; 67 male and 87 female) were observed repeatedly, along w ...
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Journal ArticleActa Neuropathol Commun · March 25, 2023
Gangliogliomas are brain tumors composed of neuron-like and macroglia-like components that occur in children and young adults. Gangliogliomas are often characterized by a rare population of immature astrocyte-appearing cells expressing CD34, a marker expre ...
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Journal ArticleJCI Insight · March 22, 2023
Chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) is the leading cause of death in lung transplant recipients. CLAD is characterized clinically by a persistent decline in pulmonary function and histologically by the development of airway-centered fibrosis known as ...
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Journal ArticleAutism Res · March 2023
Oxytocin (OT), the brain's most abundant neuropeptide, plays an important role in social salience and motivation. Clinical trials of the efficacy of OT in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have reported mixed results due in part to ASD's complex etiology. We ...
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Journal ArticleFASEB J · March 2023
The epigenome of stem cells occupies a critical interface between genes and environment, serving to regulate expression through modification by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. We hypothesized that aging and obesity, which represent major risk factors for ...
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Journal ArticleMol Psychiatry · February 2023
Early supports to enhance social development in children with autism are widely promoted. While oxytocin has a crucial role in mammalian social development, its potential role as a medication to enhance social development in humans remains unclear. We inve ...
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ConferenceCell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol · 2023
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a leading cause of cirrhosis, strongly associates with the metabolic syndrome, an insulin-resistant proinflammatory state that disrupts energy balance and promotes progressive liver degeneration. We a ...
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Journal ArticleFront Cell Dev Biol · 2023
In 2018, data from a surveillance study in Botswana evaluating adverse birth outcomes raised concerns that women on antiretroviral therapy (ART) containing dolutegravir (DTG) may be at increased risk for neural tube defects (NTDs). The mechanism of action ...
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Journal ArticleCell Genom · November 9, 2022
During pandemics, individuals exhibit differences in risk and clinical outcomes. Here, we developed single-cell high-throughput human in vitro susceptibility testing (scHi-HOST), a method for rapidly identifying genetic variants that confer resistance and ...
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ConferenceProstate Cancer Prostatic Dis · September 2022
BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer is a clinically and molecularly heterogeneous disease, with highest incidence and mortality among men of African ancestry. To date, prostate cancer patient-derived xenograft (PCPDX) models to study this disease have been difficu ...
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Journal ArticleNucleic Acids Res · August 26, 2022
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is prone to mutation in aging and over evolutionary time, yet the processes that regulate the accumulation of de novo mtDNA mutations and modulate mtDNA heteroplasmy are not fully elucidated. Mitochondria lack certain DNA repair p ...
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Journal ArticleAm Heart J Plus · May 2022
BACKGROUND: Ischemic coronary heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Genetic variation is presumed to be a major factor underlying sex differences for IHD events, including mortality. The purpose of this study was to identify sex-spec ...
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Journal ArticleDrug Alcohol Depend · April 1, 2022
AIMS: This study was designed to assess links between lifetime levels of marijuana use and accelerated epigenetic aging. DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal study, following participants annually from age 13 to age 30. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A community sa ...
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Journal ArticleNature · April 2022
Mapping the spatial distribution and molecular identity of constituent cells is essential for understanding tissue dynamics in health and disease. We lack a comprehensive map of human distal airways, including the terminal and respiratory bronchioles (TRBs ...
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ConferenceJournal of Clinical Oncology · February 20, 2022
139 Background: Androgen receptor signaling inhibitors (ARSi) are a mainstay for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). However, patient response is heterogeneous and the molecular underpinnings of ...
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Journal ArticleFront Physiol · 2022
Human red blood cells (RBCs), or erythrocytes, are the most abundant blood cells responsible for gas exchange. RBC diseases affect hundreds of millions of people and impose enormous financial and personal burdens. One well-recognized, but poorly understood ...
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ConferenceJOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY · 2022
Background: High-grade gliomas (HGGs) are immunologically ‘cold’ tumors. This phenomenon is partly due to reduced expression of major histocompatibility class (MHC) I on the surface of tumor cells, which prevents CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity (CTLs) ...
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Journal ArticleN Engl J Med · October 14, 2021
BACKGROUND: Experimental studies and small clinical trials have suggested that treatment with intranasal oxytocin may reduce social impairment in persons with autism spectrum disorder. Oxytocin has been administered in clinical practice to many children wi ...
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Journal ArticleClin Cancer Res · July 15, 2021
PURPOSE: While the detection of AR-V7 in circulating tumor cells (CTC) is associated with resistance to abiraterone or enzalutamide in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), it only accounts for a minority of this resistance. Neu ...
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ConferenceMol Cancer Res · June 2021
Men with circulating tumor cell (CTC) AR-V7-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have worse outcomes when treated with enzalutamide/abiraterone. However, most men lack CTC AR-V7 detection, and additional predictive biomarkers ar ...
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Journal ArticleJ Neuroimmunol · May 15, 2021
This study examined the utility of serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (sGFAP) as biomarkers in primary progressive multiple sclerosis in context with clinical severity, progression, and treatment. Using a single-mole ...
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Journal ArticleRNA · April 16, 2021
Interleukin 7 receptor α-chain is crucial for the development and maintenance of T cells and genetically associated with autoimmune disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS). Exon 6 of IL7R encodes for its transmembrane domain and regulated by alternativ ...
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Journal ArticleCell · April 1, 2021
The central pathogen-immune interface in tuberculosis is the granuloma, a complex host immune structure that dictates infection trajectory and physiology. Granuloma macrophages undergo a dramatic transition in which entire epithelial modules are induced an ...
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Journal ArticleClin Epigenetics · January 30, 2021
BACKGROUND: The neuropeptide oxytocin regulates mammalian social behavior. Disruptions in oxytocin signaling are a feature of many psychopathologies. One commonly studied biomarker for oxytocin involvement in psychiatric diseases is DNA methylation at the ...
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Journal ArticleElife · January 27, 2021
Lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) are generated by transforming primary B cells with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and are used extensively as model systems in viral oncology, immunology, and human genetics research. In this study, we characterized single-cell t ...
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Journal ArticleFront Med (Lausanne) · 2021
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by recurrent abscesses, nodules, and sinus tracts in areas of high hair follicle and sweat gland density. These sinus tracts can present with purulent drainage and scar form ...
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Journal ArticleJCI Insight · November 19, 2020
Adult liver has enormous regenerative capacity; it can regenerate after losing two-thirds of its mass while sustaining essential metabolic functions. How the liver balances dual demands for increased proliferative activity with maintenance of organ functio ...
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Journal ArticleContemp Clin Trials · November 2020
OBJECTIVE: To describe the rationale, design, and methods of the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) network Study of Oxytocin in Autism to improve Reciprocal Social Behaviors (SOARS-B). METHOD: This phase 2 clinical trial was designed to evaluate the use o ...
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Journal ArticleNat Metab · August 2020
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Journal ArticleSci Rep · July 2, 2020
We elucidated the molecular cross-talk between cartilage and synovium in osteoarthritis, the most widespread arthritis in the world, using the powerful tool of single-cell RNA-sequencing. Multiple cell types were identified based on profiling of 10,640 syn ...
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Journal ArticleSci Rep · April 10, 2020
Changes in platelet physiology are associated with simultaneous changes in microRNA concentrations, suggesting a role for microRNA in platelet regulation. Here we investigated potential associations between microRNA and platelet reactivity (PR), a marker o ...
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Journal ArticleGenes Chromosomes Cancer · April 2020
Circulating tumor cell (CTC) and cell-free (cf) DNA-based genomic alterations are increasingly being used for clinical decision-making in oncology. However, the concordance and discordance between paired CTC and cfDNA genomic profiles remain largely unknow ...
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Journal ArticleNat Metab · March 2020
The immune system plays a multifunctional role throughout the regenerative process, regulating both pro-/anti-inflammatory phases and progenitor cell function. In the present study, we identify the myokine/cytokine Meteorin-like (Metrnl) as a critical regu ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Pathol · January 2020
Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) is characterized by in-frame fusion of DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member B1 (DNAJB1) with protein kinase cAMP-activated catalytic subunit α (PRKACA) and by dense desmoplasia. Surgery is the only effective treatment ...
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Journal ArticleNat Cell Biol · January 2020
Osteoclasts are multinucleated cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage that degrade bone. Here, we used lineage tracing studies-labelling cells expressing Cx3cr1, Csf1r or Flt3-to identify the precursors of osteoclasts in mice. We identified an erythromye ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2020
Chiari malformations are considered to have a multifactorial etiology, likely influenced by environmental and genetic factors. This chapter will detail the evidence that supports a genetic contribution to the disorder, including discussions of twin studies ...
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Journal ArticleJ Am Heart Assoc · November 5, 2019
Background DNA methylation is implicated in many chronic diseases and may contribute to mortality. Therefore, we conducted an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) for all-cause mortality with whole-transcriptome data in a cardiovascular cohort (CATHGEN ...
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Journal ArticlePhysiol Genomics · October 1, 2019
The genomic regulatory networks underlying the pathogenesis of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) are incompletely understood. As intermediate traits, protein biomarkers report on underlying disease severity and prognosis in NSTE-A ...
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Journal ArticleMult Scler Relat Disord · June 2019
BACKGROUND: Diagnostic delays are common for multiple sclerosis (MS) since diagnosis typically depends on the presentation of nonspecific clinical symptoms together with radiologically-determined central nervous system (CNS) lesions. It is important to red ...
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Journal ArticleHum Mol Genet · May 15, 2019
Mutations in IRF6, TFAP2A and GRHL3 cause orofacial clefting syndromes in humans. However, Tfap2a and Grhl3 are also required for neurulation in mice. Here, we found that homeostasis of Irf6 is also required for development of the neural tube and associate ...
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Journal ArticleJ Clin Oncol · May 1, 2019
PURPOSE: Androgen receptor splice variant 7 (AR-V7) results in a truncated receptor, which leads to ligand-independent constitutive activation that is not inhibited by anti-androgen therapies, including abiraterone or enzalutamide. Given that previous repo ...
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Journal ArticlePsychoneuroendocrinology · January 2019
Mammalian sociality is regulated in part by the neuropeptide oxytocin. In prairie voles, subtle variation in early life experience changes oxytocin receptor-mediated social behaviors. We report that low levels of early care in voles leads to de novo DNA me ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2019
DNA methylation age (DNAm age) has become a widely utilized epigenetic biomarker for the aging process. The Horvath method for determining DNAm age is perhaps the most widely utilized and validated DNA methylation age assessment measure. Horvath DNAm age i ...
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Journal ArticleFront Oncol · 2019
Introduction: Indeterminate pulmonary lesions (IPL) detected by CT pose a significant clinical challenge, frequently necessitating long-term surveillance or biopsy for diagnosis. In this pilot investigation, we performed whole exome sequencing (WES) of pla ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2019
BACKGROUND: Radium-223 is a targeted alpha-particle therapy that improves survival in men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), particularly in men with elevated serum levels of bone alkaline phosphatase (B-ALP). We hypothesized tha ...
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Journal ArticleJCI Insight · December 6, 2018
OXTR modulates a variety of behaviors in mammals, including social memory and recognition. Genetic and epigenetic dysregulation of OXTR has been suggested to be implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While the i ...
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ConferenceJournal of Clinical Oncology · February 20, 2018
160 Background: Radium-223 is a targeted alpha therapy that improves survival in men with mCRPC. The biologic basis for radium-223 efficacy is not completely understood. We hypothesized that PC osteomimicry, a form of epithelial ...
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Journal ArticleArterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol · January 2018
OBJECTIVE: Exposure to mobile source emissions is nearly ubiquitous in developed nations and is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes. There is an ongoing need to understand the specificity of traffic exposure associations with vascular outcomes ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Health Serv Res · December 29, 2017
BACKGROUND: This study considers the primary training environment factors affecting the satisfaction of doctors in training with their training. METHODS: An OLS multiple regression analysis was performed on responses given by doctors in training (trainees) ...
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Journal ArticleNat Immunol · September 2017
The balance of myeloid populations and lymphoid populations must be well controlled. Here we found that osteopontin (OPN) skewed this balance during pathogenic conditions such as infection and autoimmunity. Notably, two isoforms of OPN exerted distinct eff ...
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Journal ArticleAtherosclerosis · June 2017
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Although circulating microRNA (miRNAs) have emerged as biomarkers predicting mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS), more data are needed to understand these mechanisms. Mapping miRNAs to high-risk traits may identify miRNAs involv ...
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Journal ArticleNat Commun · March 30, 2017
The structure of the cornea is vital to its transparency, and dystrophies that disrupt corneal organization are highly heritable. To understand the genetic aetiology of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD), the most prevalent corneal disorder requiri ...
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Journal ArticleCell · March 23, 2017
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder where T cells attack neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) leading to demyelination and neurological deficits. A driver of increased MS risk is the soluble form of the interleukin-7 receptor alpha cha ...
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Journal ArticleClin Cancer Res · March 1, 2017
Purpose: Beyond enumeration, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can provide genetic information from metastatic cancer that may facilitate a greater understanding of tumor biology and enable a precision medicine approach.Experimental Design: CTCs and paired le ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2017
Air pollution is a worldwide contributor to cardiovascular disease mortality and morbidity. Traffic-related air pollution is a widespread environmental exposure and is associated with multiple cardiovascular outcomes such as coronary atherosclerosis, perip ...
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Journal ArticleChromosome Res · December 2016
Centromeres are defined by a specialized chromatin organization that includes nucleosomes that contain the centromeric histone variant centromere protein A (CENP-A) instead of canonical histone H3. Studies in various organisms have shown that centromeric c ...
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Journal ArticleNat Neurosci · December 2016
Inflammation induced by innate immunity influences the development of T cell-mediated autoimmunity in multiple sclerosis and its animal model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). We found that strong activation of innate immunity induced Nod-l ...
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Journal ArticleRejuvenation Res · June 2016
On the basis of the genotypic/phenotypic data from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) and Cox proportional hazard model, the present study demonstrates that interactions between carrying FOXO1A-209 genotypes and tea drinking are signific ...
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Journal ArticleSci Rep · February 25, 2016
Only two genome-wide significant loci associated with longevity have been identified so far, probably because of insufficient sample sizes of centenarians, whose genomes may harbor genetic variants associated with health and longevity. Here we report a gen ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2016
There is a growing literature indicating that genetic variants modify many of the associations between environmental exposures and clinical outcomes, potentially by increasing susceptibility to these exposures. However, genome-scale investigations of these ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2016
Survival bias may unduly impact genetic association with complex diseases; gene-specific survival effects may further complicate such investigations. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a complex phenotype for which little is understood about gene-specific su ...
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Journal ArticleMol Nutr Food Res · November 2015
SCOPE: Fumonisin (FB) occurs in maize and is an inhibitor of ceramide synthase (CerS). We determined the urinary FB1 (UFB1 ) and sphingoid base 1-phosphate levels in blood from women consuming maize in high and low FB exposure communities in Guatemala. MET ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS Genet · November 2015
Levels of certain circulating short-chain dicarboxylacylcarnitine (SCDA), long-chain dicarboxylacylcarnitine (LCDA) and medium chain acylcarnitine (MCA) metabolites are heritable and predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Little is known about the bi ...
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Journal ArticleEnviron Health Perspect · October 2015
BACKGROUND: The relationship between traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) and risk factors for cardiovascular disease needs to be better understood in order to address the adverse impact of air pollution on human health. OBJECTIVE: We examined associations ...
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Journal ArticleHeart Surg Forum · August 30, 2015
BACKGROUND: Bicuspid aortic valves predispose to ascending aortic aneurysms, but the mechanisms underlying this aortopathy remain incompletely characterized. We sought to identify epigenetic pathways predisposing to aneurysm formation in bicuspid patien ...
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Journal ArticlePrenat Diagn · August 2015
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the article is to examine the psychological impact, specifically symptoms of grief, post-traumatic stress and depression, in women and men who either terminated or continued a pregnancy following prenatal diagnosis of a lethal fetal d ...
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Journal ArticleJ Cell Biol · April 13, 2015
The Meckel syndrome (MKS) complex functions at the transition zone, located between the basal body and axoneme, to regulate the localization of ciliary membrane proteins. We investigated the role of Tmem231, a two-pass transmembrane protein, in MKS complex ...
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Journal ArticleJ Proteome Res · April 3, 2015
We compared the performance of gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC×GC-MS) for metabolite biomarker discovery. Metabolite extracts from 109 human serum sample ...
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Journal ArticleHeart Surg Forum · February 27, 2015
BACKGROUND: Vein graft stenosis after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is common. Identifying genes associated with vein graft stenosis after CABG could reveal novel mechanisms of disease and discriminate patients at risk for graft failure. We hypoth ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Genomics · January 22, 2015
BACKGROUND: Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) play an important role in the regulation of gene expression. Gene expression levels and eQTLs are expected to vary from tissue to tissue, and therefore multi-tissue analyses are necessary to fully under ...
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Journal ArticleWorld Mycotoxin Journal · January 1, 2015
Co-occurrence of fumonisin B1 (FB1) and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in maize has been demonstrated in many surveys. Combined-exposure to FB1 and AFB1 was of concern to the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Commi ...
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Journal ArticleFood Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess · 2015
Fumonisins (FB) are mycotoxins found in maize. They are hypothesised risk factors for neural tube defects (NTDs) in humans living where maize is a dietary staple. In LM/Bc mice, FB1-treatment of pregnant dams induces NTDs and results in increased levels of ...
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Journal ArticleCrit Rev Clin Lab Sci · 2015
Substantial advances in the molecular biology of prostate cancer have led to the approval of multiple new systemic agents to treat men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). These treatments encompass androgen receptor directed thera ...
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Journal ArticleBirth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol · August 2014
BACKGROUND: Neural tube defects (NTD) have a strong genetic component, with up to 70% of variance in human prevalence determined by heritable factors. Although the identification of causal DNA variants by sequencing candidate genes from functionally releva ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Med Genomics · June 25, 2014
BACKGROUND: Chiari Type I Malformation (CMI) is characterized by herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum at the base of the skull, resulting in significant neurologic morbidity. As CMI patients display a high degree of clinical vari ...
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Journal ArticleInvest Ophthalmol Vis Sci · June 10, 2014
PURPOSE: We investigated whether mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants affect the susceptibility of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). METHODS: Ten mtDNA variants defining European haplogroups were genotyped in a discovery dataset consisting of 530 c ...
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Journal ArticleMol Nutr Food Res · May 2014
SCOPE: Fumonisin (FB) intake can be high when maize is a dietary staple. We determined (i) urinary FB (UFB) in women consuming maize in high- and low-exposure communities in Guatemala, (ii) the FB levels in maize, (iii) the relationship between UFB and FB ...
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ConferenceJournal of Clinical Oncology · February 1, 2014
65 Background: Given the evolving treatments available in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), predictive biomarkers are desirable that maximize benefit and minimize harms and costs.The goal of this study was ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Hum Genet · January 2014
Chiari Type I Malformation (CMI) is characterized by herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the base of the skull. Although cerebellar tonsillar herniation (CTH) is hypothesized to result from an underdeveloped posterior cranial fossa (PF), patients ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2014
Previous studies have established that there is a strong genetic component to the development of ASD, but these genetic risks do not account for all of the heritability of the disorder. This raises the prospect that alternative, epigenetic mechanisms may p ...
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Journal ArticleHum Mol Genet · December 20, 2013
Smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation is a hallmark of vascular injury and disease. Global hypomethylation occurs during SMC proliferation in culture and in vivo during neointimal formation. Regardless of the programmed or stochastic nature of hypomethyla ...
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Journal ArticleHum Genet · December 2013
We performed a gene-smoking interaction analysis using families from an early-onset coronary artery disease cohort (GENECARD). This analysis was focused on validating and expanding results from previous studies implicating single nucleotide polymorphisms ( ...
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Journal ArticleBirth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol · October 2013
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are caused by improper neural tube closure during the early stages of embryonic development. NTDs are hypothesized to have a complex genetic origin and numerous candidate genes have been proposed. The nitric oxide synthase 3 (NOS ...
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Journal ArticleJAMA Pediatr · October 2013
IMPORTANCE: One in 88 children in the United States is diagnosed as having autism spectrum disorder. Significant interest centers on understanding the environmental factors that may contribute to autism risk. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether induced (stimulat ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Geriatr · September 9, 2013
BACKGROUND: Existing literature indicates that ADRB2 gene is associated with health and longevity, but none of previous studies investigated associations of carrying the ADRB2 minor alleles and interactions between ADRB2 genotypes and social/behavioral fac ...
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Journal ArticleDisabil Health J · July 2013
BACKGROUND: Myelomeningocele (MMC) commonly causes impairments in body structure and functions as well as cognitive disabilities that can have an adverse effect on adult life. Improved medical care has resulted in increased numbers of individuals with MMC ...
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Chapter · March 1, 2013
Chiari malformations are considered to have a multifactorial etiology, likely influenced by environmental and genetic factors. This chapter will detail the evidence that supports a genetic contribution to the disorder, including discussions of twin studies ...
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Journal ArticleMol Vis · 2013
PURPOSE: Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder that has been primarily studied in patients of European or Asian ancestry. Given the sparse literature on African Americans with FECD, we sought to characterize the ...
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Journal ArticleRNA · January 2013
Interleukin 7 receptor, IL7R, is expressed exclusively on cells of the lymphoid lineage, and its expression is crucial for the development and maintenance of T cells. Alternative splicing of IL7R exon 6 results in membrane-bound (exon 6 included) and solub ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2013
Chiari Type I Malformation (CMI) is characterized by displacement of the cerebellar tonsils below the base of the skull, resulting in significant neurologic morbidity. Although multiple lines of evidence support a genetic contribution to disease, no genes ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2013
Given the importance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) to public health and the demonstrated heritability of both disease status and its related risk factors, identifying the genetic variation underlying these susceptibilities is a critical step in understan ...
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Journal ArticleBirth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol · September 2012
BACKGROUND: Neural tube defects (NTDs) are common human birth defects with a complex etiology. To develop a comprehensive knowledge of the genes expressed during normal neurulation, we established transcriptomes from human neural tube fragments during and ...
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Journal ArticleMol Nutr Food Res · September 2012
SCOPE: Fumonisins (FB) are mycotoxins found in maize. The purpose of this study was to (i) determine the relationship between FB(1) , FB(2) , and FB(3) intake and urinary excretion in humans, (ii) validate a method to isolate urinary FB on C(18) -SPE cartr ...
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Journal ArticleJ Neurosurg Pediatr · April 2012
OBJECT: Although Chiari Type I (CM-I) and Type 0 (CM-0) malformations have been previously characterized clinically and radiologically, there have been no studies focusing on the possible genetic link between these disorders. The goal of this study was to ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Genet · February 27, 2012
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease (CAD), and one of its intermediate risk factors, dyslipidemia, possess a demonstrable genetic component, although the genetic architecture is incompletely defined. We previously reported a linkage peak on chromosome 5q31 ...
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Journal ArticleMol Cancer Res · February 2012
Glioblastoma is universally fatal because of its propensity for rapid recurrence due to highly migratory tumor cells. Unraveling the genomic complexity that underlies this migratory characteristic could provide therapeutic targets that would greatly comple ...
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Journal ArticleExp Gerontol · December 2011
Human longevity is a complex heritable genetic trait. Based on substantial evidence from model organisms, it is clear that mitochondria play a pivotal role in aging and lifespan. However, the effects that mitochondrial genome variations have upon longevity ...
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Journal ArticleNature · August 21, 2011
The human mind and body respond to stress, a state of perceived threat to homeostasis, by activating the sympathetic nervous system and secreting the catecholamines adrenaline and noradrenaline in the 'fight-or-flight' response. The stress response is gene ...
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Journal ArticleHum Genet · June 2011
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Tenascin-C (TNC) is an extracellular matrix protein implicated in biological processes important for atherosclerotic plaque development and progression, including smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation. Previously, we observed differential expressi ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · April 20, 2011
Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a common, late-onset disorder of the corneal endothelium. Although progress has been made in understanding the genetic basis of FECD by studying large families in which the phenotype is transmitted in an autoso ...
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Journal ArticleCirc Cardiovasc Genet · April 2011
BACKGROUND: Risk-stratifying heart failure patients for primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) remains a challenge, especially for blacks, who have an increased incidence of sudden cardiac death but have been underrepresented in ...
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Journal ArticleNeuro Oncol · September 2010
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the deadliest tumors afflicting humans, and the mechanisms of its onset and progression remain largely undefined. Our attempts to elucidate its molecular pathogenesis through DNA copy-number analysis by genome-wide d ...
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Journal ArticleOncotarget · August 2010
The glioblastoma genome displays remarkable chromosomal aberrations, which harbor critical glioblastoma-specific genes contributing to several oncogenetic pathways. To identify glioblastoma-targeted genes, we completed a multifaceted genome-wide analysis t ...
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Journal ArticleHum Mol Genet · July 15, 2010
Aging is believed to be among the most important contributors to atherosclerosis, through mechanisms that remain largely obscure. Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) rise with aging and have been correlated with the incidence of myocardial infarcti ...
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Journal ArticleNeuro Oncol · July 2010
We studied the status of chromosomes 1 and 19 in 363 astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors. Whereas the predominant pattern of copy number abnormality was a concurrent loss of the entire 1p and 19q regions (total 1p/19q loss) among oligodendroglial tumors ...
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Journal ArticleJ Immunol · May 1, 2010
We have used the public sequencing and annotation of the mouse genome to delimit the previously resolved type 1 diabetes (T1D) insulin-dependent diabetes (Idd)18 interval to a region on chromosome 3 that includes the immunologically relevant candidate gene ...
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Journal ArticleArthritis Rheum · March 2010
OBJECTIVE: The genetic contributions to the multifactorial disorder osteoarthritis (OA) have been increasingly recognized. The goal of the current study was to use OA-related biomarkers of severity and disease burden as quantitative traits to identify gene ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Hum Genet · January 2010
Fuchs corneal dystrophy (FCD) is a degenerative genetic disorder of the corneal endothelium that represents one of the most common causes of corneal transplantation in the United States. Despite its high prevalence (4% over the age of 40), the underlying g ...
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Journal ArticleRNA Biol · 2010
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Alternative splicing is a general mechanism for regulating gene expression that affects the RNA products of more than 90% of human genes. Not surprisingly, alternative splicing is observed among gene products of metazoan immune systems, which have evolved ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Med · October 22, 2009
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BACKGROUND: Autism comprises a spectrum of behavioral and cognitive disturbances of childhood development and is known to be highly heritable. Although numerous approaches have been used to identify genes implicated in the development of autism, less than ...
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Journal ArticleClin Med (Lond) · October 2009
This study examined whether two machine-marked tests (MMTs; a clinical problem-solving test and situational judgement test), previously validated for selection into U.K. general practice (GP) training, could provide a valid methodology for shortlisting int ...
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Journal ArticleGenes Immun · October 2009
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neuroimmunological and neurodegenerative disease affecting >4,00,000 individuals in the United States. Population and family-based studies have suggested that there is a strong genetic component. Numerous genomic l ...
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Journal ArticleHum Genomics · April 2009
Transcription factors are key mediators of human complex disease processes. Identifying the target genes of transcription factors will increase our understanding of the biological network leading to disease risk. The prediction of transcription factor bind ...
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Journal ArticleHum Genet · March 2009
Leukotrienes are arachidonic acid derivatives long known for their inflammatory properties and their involvement with a number of human diseases, most particularly asthma. Recently, leukotriene-based inflammation has also been shown to play an important ro ...
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Journal ArticleInvest Ophthalmol Vis Sci · March 2009
PURPOSE: To perform a genome-wide linkage screen with a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) linkage panel to identify regions of genetic linkage in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) and to analyze affected individuals for mutations in the COL8A2 ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS Genet · January 2009
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a strong candidate gene for coronary artery disease (CAD). We have previously identified genetic linkage to familial CAD in the genomic region of NPY. We performed follow-up genetic, biostatistical, and functional analysis of NPY in ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS Genet · January 2009
Multiple sclerosis (MS) and type 1 diabetes (T1D) are organ-specific autoimmune disorders with significant heritability, part of which is conferred by shared alleles. For decades, the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) complex was the only known susceptibility ...
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Journal Article · December 1, 2008
In 1920, German botanist Hans Winkler first used the term genome, reputedly by the fusion of GENe and chromosOME, in order to describe the complex notion of the entire set of chromosomes and all of the genes contained within an organism. A great deal of pr ...
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Journal ArticleAtherosclerosis · November 2008
BACKGROUND: Use of drug-eluting stents (DES) has reduced in-stent restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); however, DES are associated with late stent thrombosis. There is no accurate way to predict in-stent restenosis, although risk fact ...
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Journal ArticleBirth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol · October 2008
BACKGROUND: Neural tube defects (NTDs), including spina bifida and anencephaly, are the second most common birth defect with an incidence of 1/1000. Genetic factors are believed to contribute to NTD risk and family-based studies can be useful for identifyi ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Hum Genet · July 2008
Previous association mapping on chromosome 3q13-21 detected evidence for association at the limbic system-associated membrane protein (LSAMP) gene in individuals with late-onset coronary artery disease (CAD). LSAMP has never been implicated in the pathogen ...
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Journal ArticleBirth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol · June 2008
BACKGROUND: NTDs are considered complex disorders that arise from an interaction between genetic and environmental factors. NTD family 8776 is a large multigenerational Caucasian family that provides a unique resource for the genetic analysis of NTDs. Prev ...
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Journal ArticleMol Ecol · June 2008
The stresses that animals experience as a result of modification of their ecological circumstances induce physiological changes that leave a signature in profiles of gene expression. We illustrate this concept in a comparison of free range and confined Nor ...
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Journal ArticleHum Mol Genet · May 1, 2008
Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PLA2G7) is a potent pro- and anti-inflammatory molecule that has been implicated in multiple inflammatory disease processes, including cardiovascular disease. The goal of this study was to investigate the genetic ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Med Genet · April 22, 2008
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BACKGROUND: We previously identified a 40 Mb region of linkage on chromosome 1q in our early onset coronary artery disease (CAD) genome-wide linkage scan (GENECARD) with modest evidence for linkage (n = 420, LOD 0.95). When the data are stratified by acute ...
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Journal ArticleOncogene · March 27, 2008
Astrocytic, oligodendroglial and mixed gliomas are the commonest gliomas in adults. They have distinct phenotypes and clinical courses, but as they exist as a continuous histological spectrum, differentiating them can be difficult. Co-deletions of total 1p ...
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Journal ArticleNat Genet · September 2007
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Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating neurodegenerative disease with a strong genetic component. Previous genetic risk studies have failed to identify consistently linked regions or genes outside of the major histocompatibility complex on chromosome 6p. We ...
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Journal ArticleN Engl J Med · August 30, 2007
BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis has a clinically significant heritable component. We conducted a genomewide association study to identify alleles associated with the risk of multiple sclerosis. METHODS: We used DNA microarray technology to identify common D ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Genomics · August 6, 2007
BACKGROUND: Although genes play a key role in many complex diseases, the specific genes involved in most complex diseases remain largely unidentified. Their discovery will hinge on the identification of key sequence variants that are conclusively associate ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Hum Genet · April 2007
A susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease (CAD) has been mapped to chromosome 3q13-21 in a linkage study of early-onset CAD. We completed an association-mapping study across the 1-LOD-unit-down supporting interval, using two independent white case ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Neurol · March 2007
OBJECTIVE: Variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on chromosome 6p21 is known to influence susceptibility to multiple sclerosis with the strongest effect originating from the HLA-DRB1 gene in the class II region. The possibility that other ...
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Journal ArticleNeurogenetics · January 2007
The complex inheritance involved in multiple sclerosis (MS) risk has been extensively investigated, but our understanding of MS genetics remains rudimentary. In this study, we explore 51 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 36 candidate genes from the ...
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Journal ArticleNat Genet · October 2006
The proteins encoded by the classical HLA class I and class II genes in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are highly polymorphic and are essential in self versus non-self immune recognition. HLA variation is a crucial determinant of transplant rej ...
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Journal ArticleJ Pathol · September 2006
Despite the excellent survival of Wilms tumour patients treated with multimodality therapy, approximately 15% will suffer from tumour relapse, where response rates are markedly reduced. We have carried out microarray-based comparative genomic hybridisation ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS Genet · August 25, 2006
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The transcription factor GATA2 plays an essential role in the establishment and maintenance of adult hematopoiesis. It is expressed in hematopoietic stem cells, as well as the cells that make up the aortic vasculature, namely aortic endothelial cells and s ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS genetics · August 25, 2006
The transcription factor GATA2 plays an essential role in the establishment and maintenance of adult hematopoiesis. It is expressed in hematopoietic stem cells, as well as the cells that make up the aortic vasculature, namely aortic endothelial cells and s ...
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Journal ArticleGenes Immun · July 2006
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Discrepant findings have been reported regarding an association of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene with the clinical course of multiple sclerosis (MS). To resolve these discrepancies, we examined common sequence variation in six candidate genes residing i ...
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Journal ArticleGenes Immun · June 2006
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common disease of the central nervous system characterized by inflammation, myelin loss, gliosis, varying degrees of axonal pathology, and progressive neurological dysfunction. Multiple sclerosis exhibits many of the characteri ...
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Journal ArticleNature · May 18, 2006
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The reference sequence for each human chromosome provides the framework for understanding genome function, variation and evolution. Here we report the finished sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1. Chromosome 1 is gene-dense, with 3,141 ...
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Journal ArticleInt J Cancer · March 1, 2006
Pheochromocytoma is a predominantly sporadic neuroendocrine tumor derived from the adrenal medulla. Previous low resolution LOH and metaphase-CGH studies reported the loss of chromosomes 1p, 3q, 17p and 22q at various frequencies. However, the molecular me ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2006
The level of sequence homology between distantly related species facilitates the construction of a sequence-ready physical map. The map is rapidly constructed using a highly redundant restriction digest database and alignment of BAC end sequence to a refer ...
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Journal ArticleGenes Immun · January 2006
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neuroimmunological and neurodegenerative disease with a strong genetic component. Numerous studies have failed to consistently identify genes that confer disease susceptibility except for association with HLA-DR. S ...
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Journal ArticleBioinformatics · November 15, 2005
SUMMARY: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are commonly used for association studies to find genes responsible for complex genetic diseases. With the recent advance of SNP technology, researchers are able to assay thousands of SNPs in a single experim ...
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Journal ArticleMol Cancer · November 7, 2005
BACKGROUND: Amplification of the q21-q23 region on chromosome 1 is frequently found in sarcomas and a variety of other solid tumours. Previous analyses of sarcomas have indicated the presence of at least two separate amplicons within this region, one locat ...
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Chapter · November 2005
The identification of genomic loci linked to human disease has been greatly facilitated by the evolution of genotyping strategies and techniques. The success of these strategies continues to be based upon clear clinical assessment, accurate sample handling ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Hum Genet · September 2005
To provide a definitive linkage map for multiple sclerosis, we have genotyped the Illumina BeadArray linkage mapping panel (version 4) in a data set of 730 multiplex families of Northern European descent. After the application of stringent quality threshol ...
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Journal ArticleOncogene · April 14, 2005
Substantial genomic and functional evidence from primary tumors and cell lines indicates that a consistent region of distal chromosome 1p is deleted in a sizable proportion of human neuroblastomas, suggesting that this region contains one or more tumor sup ...
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Journal ArticleCancer Res · April 1, 2005
Meningiomas are common neoplasms of the meninges lining of the central nervous system. Deletions of 1p have been established as important for the initiation and/or progression of meningioma. The rationale of this array-CGH study was to characterize copy nu ...
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Journal ArticleNature · March 17, 2005
The human X chromosome has a unique biology that was shaped by its evolution as the sex chromosome shared by males and females. We have determined 99.3% of the euchromatic sequence of the X chromosome. Our analysis illustrates the autosomal origin of the m ...
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Journal ArticleNovartis Found Symp · 2005
The understanding of the genetic basis of type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases and the application of that knowledge to their treatment, cure and eventual prevention has been a difficult goal to reach. Cumulative progress in both mouse and human a ...
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Journal ArticleMamm Genome · November 2004
The mouse, rat, and human MASP2 loci are situated on syntenic chromosome regions and are highly conserved. They comprise the genes for MASP-2/ MAp19, TAR DNA binding protein of 43 kDa, FRAP kinase, CDT6, Polymyositis-Scleroderma 100-kDa autoantigen, spermi ...
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Journal ArticleGenome Res · October 2004
Del(13)Svea36H (Del36H) is a deletion of approximately 20% of mouse chromosome 13 showing conserved synteny with human chromosome 6p22.1-6p22.3/6p25. The human region is lost in some deletion syndromes and is the site of several disease loci. Heterozygous ...
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Journal ArticleHum Mol Genet · September 1, 2004
To explore the potential value of recently developed high-density linkage mapping methods in the analysis of complex disease we have regenotyped five nuclear families first studied in the 1996 UK multiple sclerosis linkage genome screen, using Applied Bios ...
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Journal ArticleJ Immunol · July 1, 2004
At least two loci that determine susceptibility to type 1 diabetes in the NOD mouse have been mapped to chromosome 1, Idd5.1 (insulin-dependent diabetes 5.1) and Idd5.2. In this study, using a series of novel NOD.B10 congenic strains, Idd5.1 has been defin ...
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Journal ArticleDiabetes · June 2003
Genes affecting autoimmune type 1 diabetes susceptibility in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse (Idd loci) have been mapped using a congenic strain breeding strategy. In the present study, we used a combination of BAC clone contig construction, polymorphism ...
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Journal ArticleNature · May 29, 2003
Genes and mechanisms involved in common complex diseases, such as the autoimmune disorders that affect approximately 5% of the population, remain obscure. Here we identify polymorphisms of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 gene (CTLA4)--which encodes a ...
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Journal ArticleHum Genet · February 2003
Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS) is an autosomal dominant inflammatory disease with a high degree of penetrance that is characterized by episodes of rash, arthralgia, fever, conjunctivitis, and leukocytosis after generalized exposure to cold. ...
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Journal ArticleNature · December 5, 2002
The sequence of the mouse genome is a key informational tool for understanding the contents of the human genome and a key experimental tool for biomedical research. Here, we report the results of an international collaboration to produce a high-quality dra ...
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Journal ArticleDiabetes · November 2002
Type 1 diabetes is a complex disorder with multiple genetic loci and environmental factors contributing to disease etiology. In the current study, a human type 1 diabetes candidate region on chromosome 1q42 was mapped at high marker density in a panel of 6 ...
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Journal ArticleNat Genet · November 2002
The syndrome of congenital hypoparathyroidism, mental retardation, facial dysmorphism and extreme growth failure (HRD or Sanjad-Sakati syndrome; OMIM 241410) is an autosomal recessive disorder reported almost exclusively in Middle Eastern populations. A si ...
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Journal ArticleNature · August 15, 2002
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A physical map of a genome is an essential guide for navigation, allowing the location of any gene or other landmark in the chromosomal DNA. We have constructed a physical map of the mouse genome that contains 296 contigs of overlapping bacterial clones an ...
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Journal ArticleHum Genet · March 2002
Ptosis is defined as drooping of the upper eyelid and can impair full visual acuity. It occurs in a number of forms including congenital bilateral isolated ptosis, which may be familial and for which two linkage groups are known on chromosomes 1p32-34.1 an ...
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Journal ArticleHum Mutat · November 2001
Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) is an orofacial clefting disorder with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. In our efforts to clone the VWS gene, 900 kb of genomic sequence from the VWS candidate region at chromosome 1q32-q41 was analyzed for new DNA ...
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Journal ArticleNat Genet · October 2001
We have constructed a BAC framework map of the mouse genome consisting of 2,808 PCR-confirmed BAC clusters, using a previously described method. Fingerprints of BACs from selected clusters confirm the accuracy of the map. Combined with BAC fingerprint data ...
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Journal ArticleGenes Immun · May 2001
The proteases of the lectin pathway of complement activation, MASP-1 and MASP-2, are encoded by two separate genes. The MASP1 gene is located on chromosome 3q27, the MASP2 gene on chromosome 1p36.23-31. The genes for the classical complement activation pat ...
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Journal ArticleGenomics · March 1, 2001
The homozygous loop-tail (Lp) mouse has a severe neural tube closure defect, analogous to the craniorachischisis phenotype seen in humans. Linkage analysis and physical mapping have previously localized the Lp locus to a region on mouse chromosome 1 define ...
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Journal ArticleNature · February 15, 2001
The human genome is by far the largest genome to be sequenced, and its size and complexity present many challenges for sequence assembly. The International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium constructed a map of the whole genome to enable the selection of ...
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Journal ArticleNature · February 15, 2001
We constructed maps for eight chromosomes (1, 6, 9, 10, 13, 20, X and (previously) 22), representing one-third of the genome, by building landmark maps, isolating bacterial clones and assembling contigs. By this approach, we could establish the long-range ...
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Journal ArticleNature · February 15, 2001
The human genome holds an extraordinary trove of information about human development, physiology, medicine and evolution. Here we report the results of an international collaboration to produce and make freely available a draft sequence of the human genome ...
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ConferenceMed Pediatr Oncol · January 2001
BACKGROUND: Chromosome 1p deletions are common in advanced neuroblastomas, but the biological and clinical implications of this clonal rearrangement remain controversial. Previous studies of chromosome 1p loss of heterozygosity (LOH) have been limited by a ...
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Journal ArticleMed Pediatr Oncol · January 2001
BACKGROUND: Several lines of evidence es tablish that chromosome band 1p36 is frequently deleted in neuroblastoma primary tumors and cell lines, suggesting that a tumor suppressor gene within this region is involved in the development of this tumor. PROCED ...
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Journal ArticleGenomics · February 15, 2000
Several hereditary disease loci have been genetically mapped to the chromosome 1q24-q31 interval, including the hereditary prostate cancer 1 (HPC1) locus. Here, we report the construction of a 20-Mb yeast artificial chromosome contig and a high-resolution ...
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Journal ArticleNat Genet · February 2000
The lipodystrophies are a group of disorders characterized by the absence or reduction of subcutaneous adipose tissue. Partial lipodystrophy (PLD; MIM 151660) is an inherited condition in which a regional (trunk and limbs) loss of fat occurs during the per ...
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Journal ArticleGenome Res · January 2000
Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) is a common form of syndromic cleft lip and palate and accounts for approximately 2% of all cleft lip and palate cases. Distinguishing characteristics include cleft lip with or without cleft palate, isolated cleft palate, bilat ...
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Journal ArticleNat Genet · July 1999
Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anaemia (TRMA), also known as Rogers syndrome, is an early onset, autosomal recessive disorder defined by the occurrence of megaloblastic anaemia, diabetes mellitus and sensorineural deafness, responding in varying degrees ...
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Journal ArticleGenome Res · December 1997
The construction of sequence-ready maps of overlapping genomic clones is central to large-scale genome sequencing. We have implemented a method for fluorescent fingerprinting of bacterial clones to assemble contig maps. The method utilizes three spectrally ...
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Journal ArticleGenome Res · October 1996
The human X chromosome is associated with a large number of disease phenotypes, principally because of its unique mode of inheritance that tends to reveal all recessive disorders in males. With the longer term goal of identifying and characterizing most of ...
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Journal ArticleGenomics · January 1, 1996
The gene for X-linked cleft palate (CPX) has previously been mapped in an Icelandic kindred between the unordered proximal markers DXS1002/DXS349/DXS95 and the distal marker DXYS1X, which maps to the proximal end of the X-Y homology region in Xq21.3. Using ...
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Journal ArticleEur J Hum Genet · 1996
To facilitate the positional cloning of the genes involved in retinoschisis (RS), keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans (KFSD), Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS), X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH, locus name HYP) and X-linked dominant cone-rod degener ...
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Journal ArticleNature · December 21, 1995
In Western Europe and the United States approximately 1 in 12 women develop breast cancer. A small proportion of breast cancer cases, in particular those arising at a young age, are attributable to a highly penetrant, autosomal dominant predisposition to t ...
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Journal ArticleGenomics · January 20, 1995
We describe a detailed physical map of human chromosome 11, extending from the distal part of p13 through the entirety of p14 to proximal p15.1. The primary level of mapping is based on chromosome breakpoints that divide the region into 20 intervals. At hi ...
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Journal ArticleGenomics · June 1994
Using a panel of patient cell lines with chromosomal breakpoints, we constructed a physical map for the short arm of human chromosome 11. We focused on 11p15, a chromosome band harboring at least 25 known genes and associated with the Beckwith-Wiedemann sy ...
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Journal ArticleGenomics · May 1992
We describe progress in a continuing project aimed at the generation of an overlapping cosmid DNA clone map of the short arm of human chromosome 11. The automated procedures used to prepare DNA samples and the computerized data collection and recording sys ...
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