Academic Articles & Research Papers

Identification and Functional Assessment of the First Placental Adhesin of Treponema pallidum That May Play Critical Role in Congenital Syphilis

Syphilis is a global, re-emerging sexually transmitted infection and congenital syphilis remains a major cause of adverse pregnancy outcomes due to bacterial infection in developing nations with a high rate of fetus loss. The molecular mech...

Generation of human induced pluripotent stem cell line MHHi040-A from a female Fabry disease patient carrying c.644A>G missense mutation

Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked, monogenic lysosomal storage disorder, caused by mutations in the GLA gene. GLA encodes the lysosomal hydrolase alpha-galactosidase A and enzyme deficiency leads to accumulation of its substrate globotriaos...

Synergistic Effects of Resveratrol and Temozolomide Against Glioblastoma Cells: Underlying Mechanism and Therapeutic Implications

Yusi Liu, Xue Song, Moli Wu, Jiao Wu, Jia Liu Liaoning Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics and Department of Cell Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People’s Republic of ChinaCorre...

Editorial: The neurogenetics of brain wiring

Research advances in Apert syndrome

Apert syndrome is one of the several genetic syndromes associated with craniosynostosis, a condition that includes premature fusion of one or multiple cranial sutures. There has been significant clinical variation among different sutural sy...

Assessment of Insert Sizes and Adapter Content in Fastq Data from NexteraXT Libraries

The Illumina NexteraXT transposon protocol is a cost effective way to generate paired end libraries. However the resulting insert size is highly sensitive to the concentration of DNA used, and the variation of insert sizes is often large. O...

A Comparative Analysis of the Chloroplast Genomes of Four Polygonum Medicinal Plants

Polygonum is a generalized genus of the Polygonaceae family that includes various herbaceous plants. In order to provide aid in understanding the evolutionary and phylogenetic relationship in Polygonum at the chloroplast (cp) genome-scale l...

Causal relationship between genetic-predicted uric acid and cervical cancer risk: evidence for nutritional intervention on cervical cancer prevention

IntroductionThe relationship between serum uric acid (SUA) and cervical cancer is inconclusive. This study aims to investigate the causal relationship between SUA levels and cervical cancer incidence, and to evaluate the potential role of n...

HumanViCe: Host ceRNA network in virus infected cells in human

Host-virus interaction via host cellular components has been an important field of research in recent times. RNA interference mediated by short interfering RNAs and microRNAs (miRNA), is a widespread anti-viral defence strategy. Importantly...

Effectiveness of Ultrasound Imaging in Assessing the Palpation Skills of Rotating Physicians

As an important means of physical examination, palpation is usually limited to the physical examination before surgery and used as an auxiliary method for disease diagnosis in the field of surgery. In practice, palpation is also used in eve...

Functional annotation of the human retinal pigment epithelium transcriptome

Abstract Background To determine level, variability and functional annotation of gene expression of the human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), the key tissue involved in retinal diseases like age-related macular degeneration and retinitis ...

Genomic evolution and stability of the mcr-1-harboring IncI2 plasmid in the presence and absence of colistin

Abstract Background The emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance, primarily driven by the mcr-1 gene, represents a major global health threat. IncI2 plasmids, one of the leading carriers of mcr-1, have been frequently recovered fro...

Monogenic obesity due to MC4R deficiency: lessons from a multigenerational case

Abstract Background Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is the most common monogenic cause of obesity, yet remains underdiagnosed. Patients with monogenic obesity often undergo a frustrating diagnostic and therapeutic odyssey of years...

Abnormal X : autosome ratio, but normal X chromosome inactivation in human triploid cultures

Abstract Background X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is that aspect of mammalian dosage compensation that brings about equivalence of X-linked gene expression between females and males by inactivating one of the two X chromosomes (Xi) in nor...

Genetics and education

Families, kinship and genetics

I am the family face; Flesh perishes, I live on, Projecting trait and trace Through time to times anon, And leaping from place to place Over oblivion. Thomas Hardy , 1840–1928: Heredity. Introduction Genetics concerns families and kinship. ...

Reproduction and the Reduction of Genetics

In this essay I develop a new, unified perspective on genetics, development, and reproduction. I suggest a heuristic use of theory reduction to address an issue of contemporary theoretical importance: the framing of a theory of developmenta...

Principles of Population Genetics.

Genetic and Phenotypic Variation.- Organisation of Genetic Variation.- Random Genetic Drift.- Mutation and the Neutral Theory.- Darwinian Selection.- Inbreeding, Population Subdivision, and Migration.- Molecular Population Genetics.- Evolut...

Genetics : a conceptual approach

Introduction to Genetics Genetics Is Important to Us Individually, to Society, and to the Study of Biology Humans Have Been Using Genetics for Thousands of Years A Few Fundamental Concepts Are Important for the Start of Our Journey into Gen...

The Genetics of Schizophrenia

Research into the etiology of schizophrenia, particularly the possible genetic basis, has never been as interesting and as provocative as in the past three years. Sullivan looks critically at the key research....