The current study was designed to clarify the cellular hierarchy underlying glioblastoma, to
identify epigenetic factors that distinguish glioblastoma stem cells from more differentiated tumor cells and to suggest potential therapies targeting those factors.
Not exact matches
Recent studies have expanded the search for genetic links from
identifying genes toward
epigenetics, the study of
factors that control gene expression and looks at chemical modifications of DNA and the proteins associated with it.
Ladd - Acosta's research is focused on integrating genome - wide genotyping, genome - scale
epigenetic and prenatal environmental exposure data, at a population level, to understand how these
factors influence autism risk and to
identify biologic pathways that could serve as molecular targets for prevention and intervention efforts.
Researchers have
identified a host of
factors involved in
epigenetic control of gene expression and development, but many of the precise mechanisms underlying this type of regulation remain unclear.
The study is the most comprehensive effort yet to
identify and understand genetic and
epigenetic factors that work together to cause ALL, the most common childhood cancer.
Measurements that are increasingly available range from those that
identify transcription
factor occupancy and initiation of transcription to long - lasting and heritable
epigenetic marks such as DNA methylation.
I study genetic and
epigenetic changes induced by smoking and other environmental
factors to
identify the mechanisms that play a role in carcinogenesis.