Dopamine supersensitivity occurs in schizophrenia and other psychoses, and after hippocampal lesions, antipsychotics, ethanol, amphetamine, phencyclidine,
gene knockouts of Dbh (dopamine
TRPV1:
Gene knockout of the pain receptor TRPV1 is one of a number of methods of slowing aging and extending life in mice that appears to work through altered insulin signaling.
Not exact matches
The total «
knockout»
of the
gene makes the model more effective for studying SHANK3 - related autism and Phelan - McDermid syndrome in humans, many
of whom are missing the
gene completely, said senior author Yong - hui Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor
of pediatrics and neurobiology
The process is painstaking and involves the systematic «
knockout» — removal —
of relevant
genes in stem cell cultures.
This would seem to prevent researchers from making dog «
knockouts» lacking a specific
gene or engineering dogs that produce mutant forms
of a
gene.
Hundreds
of its members, descended from a couple who emigrated from Switzerland six generations ago, carry «
knockout» mutations
of the
gene, called SERPINE1.
To find out what BRCA2 does normally, the team reporting the new results, which includes Allan Bradley
of Baylor College
of Medicine in Houston and Paul Hasty
of Lexicon Genetics Inc. in The Woodlands, Texas, created «
knockout» mice in which the
gene was inactivated.
In collaboration with Yi Xing from UCLA, the team catalogued and analyzed how
gene expression patterns in skin cells differed among the Esrp
knockouts and found hundreds
of significant changes.
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Gene knockout using new CRISPR tool makes mosquitoes highly resistant to malaria parasite: Study highlights the potential of mosquito gene - modification to combat malaria.&ra
Gene knockout using new CRISPR tool makes mosquitoes highly resistant to malaria parasite: Study highlights the potential
of mosquito
gene - modification to combat malaria.&ra
gene - modification to combat malaria.»
The researchers bred two types
of FOXP2 «
knockout» mice: One group was homozygous, meaning the mice carried two copies
of the disrupted
gene; the second group was heterozygous, with one functional and one defective
gene.
Derived mostly from human embryonic kidney 293T (HEK293T) and HeLa cell lines, EdiGene
Knockout (KO) Cell Lysates have been optimized through the use of genome editing technology and validated at the genomic level through PCR and Sanger - sequencing techniques to ensure the accuracy and knockout of the targ
Knockout (KO) Cell Lysates have been optimized through the use
of genome editing technology and validated at the genomic level through PCR and Sanger - sequencing techniques to ensure the accuracy and
knockout of the targ
knockout of the target
gene.
«In addition, our study illustrates the power
of comparing
knockouts and knockdowns to identify modifier
genes, a goal that remains a major challenge in the field
of human genetics» says Stainier.
The scientific community uses
knockout mice to analyze basal phenotypes (the appearance
of genetic characteristics) to analyze the function
of such a large number
of genes.
In this study, by using a systemic mtEF4
gene knockout mouse model, researchers found that mtEF4
knockout damages the oxidative phosphorylation function in germ cells
of male mice, thus causing male sterility.
There is a new contender in the field
of gene discovery, and it's giving
knockout mice a run for their money.
Iceland's genomes also yielded a bounty
of so - called human
knockouts — people who carry two nonfunctional copies
of one
of the roughly 20,000 human
genes.
An international team
of researchers has identified a cause for chronic bad breath (halitosis), with the help
of gene knockout mice from the UC Davis Mouse Biology Program.
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Gene knockout: Loss of a gene can be compensated by another gene: Effects of genome interventions depend on the methods used.&ra
Gene knockout: Loss
of a
gene can be compensated by another gene: Effects of genome interventions depend on the methods used.&ra
gene can be compensated by another
gene: Effects of genome interventions depend on the methods used.&ra
gene: Effects
of genome interventions depend on the methods used.»
Discovery
of 1300
genes missing in individuals in Pakistan supports broader Human
Knockout Project
The power
of the
knockout is particularly evident with mental disorders in which a single
gene has a large, obvious effect.
Now that they have a FAN1
knockout mouse in hand, and they have confirmed that it mimics many aspects
of karyomegalic interstitial nephritis in humans, Smogorzewska's lab can start to delve into how the loss
of the
gene causes kidney degeneration.
Last year researchers finally found a way to engineer a
knockout rat, breeding a strain free
of a
gene that controls breast cancer in humans.
The FAN1
knockout mice that Smogorzewska's lab has generated allow them to investigate the role
of FAN1 in DNA repair, and to figure out how mutations in the
gene may lead to kidney disease.
The first group was mice with targeted deletion
of the interleukin 10 (IL10)
gene, known as interleukin 10
knockout (IL10 - / --RRB- mice, which develop colitis through T helper immune cells.
The researchers at Bonn University and their colleagues from the Federal Institute
of Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) and from the University
of Regensburg worked with so - called transgenic and
knockout mice in whom the
gene for micro-RNA 155 was either increased or silenced.
Some participants may be invited in the next 2 decades to participate in studies
of diseases,
knockout genes, and how certain
genes influence people's response to drugs.
In other research, a
knockout of the
gene that encodes one type
of lncRNA in mice conferred some resistance to obesity caused by a high - fat diet.
Induction
of the immediate - early
gene c - fos was observed after a nighttime light pulse in both wild - type and
knockout mice.
Instead
of using the traditional method
of introducing genetic mutations into mice to create «
knockout» mice — or animals with customized
genes — they found they were able to find naturally occurring variants among animals in the wild.
As in earlier studies, the investigators, led by Ren Hen
of Columbia University, first created a line
of so - called
knockout mice that lacked the
gene encoding the receptor protein.
When they compared the results to the Mouse Genomic Informatics
Knockout database they found 123
genes that corresponded with functional annotation
of abnormal extraembryonic tissue morphology, 121 associated with embryonic lethality, and 14 with abnormal embryo implantation.
The mouse embryonic stem cell
knockout resource provides a basis for the characterization
of relationships between
genes and phenotypes.
The research also demonstrated how these non-random outcomes can be harnessed to produce a desired effect, such as a
gene knockout or the reading frame restoration
of a disease - causing allele.
By inducing a stable, complete
knockout of specific
genes, CRISPR - Cas9 may offer a superior means
of identifying
genes representing attractive therapeutic targets.
«Under this grant, we will utilize Lexicon's proprietary
gene knockout technology to study
genes that may impact the function
of motor neurons to advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy,» said Brian P. Zambrowicz, Ph.D., executive vice president
of research at Lexicon.
The goal
of the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) is to discover functional insight for every
gene by generating and systematically phenotyping 20,000
knockout mouse strains.
According to Dr. Burgess, the team is now working to extend the period that sperm cells can be cultured, so there is more time to select cells that have the foreign
gene inserted in specific areas
of the genome in what is commonly called a «targeted
gene knockout.»
Researchers make
knockout mice by disrupting the function
of individual
genes across the animal's genome.
Researchers typically use viruses for two types
of studies --(1) knock - in; introducing a protein - coding
gene into cells to study its function, or (2)
knockout / knockdown; studying
gene function through deletion (potentially using CRISPR lentivirus
knockout libraries) or reduction
of gene expression, respectively.
Knockout mice provide one
of the quickest, most cost effective ways to explore
gene function.
As a result
of a number
of natural animal lineages with this mutation, myostatin
knockout is by far the most examined and tested
of all potential
gene therapies.
In partnership with several international programs, the initial five - year phase
of KOMP will reach its goal
of creating
knockout mouse embryonic stem cell lines for each
of the approximately 21,000 protein - coding
genes in the mouse genome this year.
These
knockout mice, together with the wealth
of associated data, will serve as a valuable, freely available, resource for French researchers investigating
gene function and human pathophysiology.
Under the grant, Lexicon will utilize its proprietary
gene knockout technology to identify
genes that, when knocked out, lead to increased levels
of mouse Smn protein.
Knockouts of this
gene in mice produced animals with defects in memory, behavior, and reward.
Sadly only a few
of these are associated with an sufficiently extensive set
of evidence such that responsible human trials are an immediate possibility: myostatin
knockout for muscle growth and telomerase
gene therapies to offset some
of the declines
of aging.
Workflow for targeted
knockout of CD81, an endogenous
gene in hiPS cells, using the Cellartis iPSC CRISPR / Cas9 Gesicle and Single - Cell Cloning System.
The Cas9 - sgRNA would be released and sent to the nucleus to do its editing work, for, example, the
knockout of a
gene.
As expected, tissue studies
of the δ - sarcoglycan
knockout mice revealed a distinctively different pattern
of muscle damage when compared to the damage the researchers found in
knockout mice missing the α - sarcoglycan
gene.
The process used by NIH to select the mouse lines involved a rigorous scientific review process that evaluated information on the knocked out
gene, the reliability
of the method used to produce the
knockout, and whether the mouse line possesses a «reporter»
gene, which enables researchers to analyze the pattern
of the
knockout gene's expression in various mouse tissues.