How cellular gene regulatory networks (GRNs) respond to the morphogen, in a concentration - dependent manner, is a pivotal question in developmental biology.
Not exact matches
They found a mechanism explaining
how, in the case of pathological cardiac hypertrophy, cardiomyocytes lose their adult
cellular state and regress back towards their fetal form, switching on
genes that were originally expressed as the heart develops in the embryo and usually permanently switched off after birth.
The goal of the NIH program, as described on its website, is «to understand the principles behind the three - dimensional organization of the nucleus in space and time (the fourth dimension), the role nuclear organization plays in
gene expression and
cellular function, and
how changes in the nuclear organization affect normal development as well as various diseases.»
The answer to this daunting biological riddle is central to understanding
how the three - dimensional organization of DNA in the nucleus influences our biology, from
how our genome orchestrates our
cellular activity to
how genes are passed from parents to children.
With these tools, Verma is revealing
how the aberrant expression of normal
cellular genes can causes tumors.
She also founded the Kathryn W. Davis RNAi Research Center at Cold Spring Harbor to support the understanding of
how this
cellular machinery might be programmed to turn off
genes that lead to cancer and other disorders.
Ohsumi and his students, postdocs, and collaborators have had an outsized influence on this field, not only in identifying the
genes that underlie
cellular recycling, but in revealing many of the molecular details of
how these players function.
Armed with this knowledge, the researchers believe they can determine the cell types,
cellular functions and
genes that are affected by smoking, and
how that varies between healthy and COPD - afflicted lungs.
She has pioneered the intergration of large - scale genome and transcriptome sequencing data to understand
how genetic variation affects
gene expression, providing insight to
cellular mechanisms underlying genetic risk for disease.
«This is the only system I know about that is amenable for structural work on
how the
cellular signal comes down to the chromatin and DNA and that can provide an answer about
how a signal activates a eukaryotic
gene,» Panne says.
The Sarma laboratory is interested in the mechanisms of epigenetic
gene regulation, or
how the dynamic modifications of the architecture of chromatin, the complex of DNA and proteins within the nucleus of our cells, impacts
gene expression and
cellular function.
Dr. Loftus» research is aimed at understanding
how the human genome regulates
gene expression, with a focus on
how this controls the
cellular processes governing mammalian development.
Studies at the
cellular level help us to understand
how the
gene products involved in learning and memory mediate physiological changes in the neurons that encode memories.
The model will describe
cellular pathways that contribute to tumor formation and explain in detail
how the genetic disposition of an individual can activate expression of
genes that drive uncontrolled cell growth and lead to cancer.
Manuscripts typical of this section would describe experiments generating and analyzing lists of
genes and studies of
how those
genes combine to regulate: differentiation of a particular cell type;
cellular, tissue, or organ response to toxic / pathogenic agents; adaptation to environmental stresses.
«Vertical integration of
gene function» describes
how gene expression initiates a series of biochemical,
cellular, and physiological changes that ultimately culminate in an observable behavior.
The focus of the Mar lab is to understand
how variability in
gene expression contributes to the regulation of
cellular phenotypes.
I recently read the book «Deep Nutrition: Why Your
Genes Need Traditional Foods» and I found it to be a must - read health book that explains in a very detailed and easy - to - understand way
how our diets affect us on a
cellular level.
The focus of the conference was connecting
how epigenetics (
cellular and physiological phenotypic trait variations that are caused by external or environmental factors that switch
genes on and off and affect
how cells read
genes instead of being caused by changes in the DNA sequence — in other words nutrition and lifestyle choices) impact whether or not an individual actually develops a specific health issue even though they have a SNP mutation.
Our research and product development teams continue to conduct studies investigating new compounds, as well as determining
how our current products affect our companions at the most basic
cellular level, including
gene expression.
Molecular medicine and molecular biochemistry provide the what and
how these changes, especially deleterious ones may be treated, cured, suppressed, or understood in context with other
gene regulatory mechanisms and transcription and translation coupled systems within the actual
cellular environment.