Not exact matches
Before this can happen though, Teixeira said that his team will first have to determine whether the Stk11
gene or the
other genes and proteins it controls are similarly
affected in the human form
of BPH.
The handful
of cases that still occur are most likely to
affect non-Jews, families carrying mutations
other than the distinctly Ashkenazi variants
of the Tay - Sachs
gene.
Unlike
other autoimmune disorders with associated risk factors, APECED is clearly caused by a mutation in a single
gene, based on analyses
of affected families.
Other directions for future research, Liu said, include looking at the role
of CLOCK in more forms
of the disease, learning more about exactly how CLOCK
affects neural circuits to disrupt adequate inhibition
of excitatory neurons, and examining whether any
of the
genes that CLOCK regulates are especially important in the disorder.
But many
of the
genes that
affect lifespan in worms
affect lifespan in
other organisms.
Affected family members, the group found, had inherited one or two defective copies
of ZIC3, a previously unknown
gene that appears to code for a transcription factor — a protein that switches
other genes on or off.
Hockemeyer says that it's unlikely to be another mutation, but rather an epigenetic change that
affects expression
of the telomerase
gene, or a change in the expression
of a transcription factor or
other regulatory proteins that binds to the promoter upstream
of the telomerase
gene.
Transcription - factor
genes code for proteins that regulate the activity
of other genes and so
affect an animal's ability to respond to its environment.
They looked at
other genes that interacted with TAK1 kinase including activators and inhibitors
of the TAK1 pathway and found that most
of them also
affected regeneration, but only when worms were infected.
George Bray, who heads the clinical obesity and metabolism department at Louisiana State University, says environment and behavior — like lack
of access to exercise facilities and overeating — so strongly
affect gene activity that you can not focus on one while ignoring the
other.
The
genes that
affect hair colour also
affect other cancer types, while
other pigment
genes affect the chances
of having Crohn's and
other forms
of bowel disease.
To figure out how corn and weeds
affect each
other's
gene response, Clay and a team
of two research associates and a soils expert, planted plots
of velvetleaf alone, corn with velvetleaf and corn kept weed - free.
The research suggests that reducing production
of the protein, called myoferlin,
affects cancer cells in two primary ways: by changing the activation
of many
genes involved in metastasis in favor
of normal cell behavior, and by altering mechanical properties
of cancer cells — including their shape and ability to invade — so they are more likely to remain nested together rather than breaking away to travel to
other tissues.
White and her colleagues set out to identify how FoxP2
affects thousands
of other genes in zebra finches before and after the critical period for learning closes.
Over the past decade Hariri has looked for evidence
of how
other genes affect other aspects
of our minds, including self - control and memory.
«Patients» individual genomes may
affect efficacy, safety
of gene editing: CRISPR - Cas9 and
other gene editing systems may need to be customized to the patient.»
A new study
of more than 6000 pairs
of twins finds that academic achievement is influenced by
genes affecting motivation, personality, confidence, and dozens
of other traits, in addition to those that shape intelligence.
Research from
other scientists at Johns Hopkins, he says, had suggested that some tumors, particularly those that
affect the nervous system, have mutations in the ATRX
gene, which produces proteins that appear to maintain the length
of telomeres, repetitive segments
of DNA on the ends
of chromosomes that typically shorten each time a cell divides.
In fish larvae without the EGFL7
gene, however,
other genes compensate for the loss, so that the inhibitor hardly
affects the growth
of blood vessels (below).
The
gene affects credit - card debt the way
other genes have been found to play a role in breast cancer: a particular version
of the
gene increases risk, but many
other genetic and environmental factors are important, too.
One
of the «hits» was Lhx1, a member
of a family
of genes whose protein products
affect development by controlling the activity
of other genes.
Sometimes cells make the correct amount anyway;
other times CNVs
affect DNA regions that regulate the expression
of still
other genes, making the problem more complicated.
DNA methylation and
other epigenetic alterations — chemical changes to DNA that can alter a
gene's expression without
affecting its protein - coding sequence — may underlie some
of the lasting biochemical havoc, Ghanei says.
Also, unlike chemical manipulators that diffuse throughout a cell, light can be applied to specific
genes without
affecting other parts
of the cell.
The researchers plan to investigate what percentage
of individuals individuals with intellectual disability and autism may carry CC2D1A mutations and to determine whether
other genes affect neurons in a similar fashion.
«We are hopeful that a systemic dose and delivery
of gene therapy would broadly affect whole - body strength and function, and we are working on a host of projects for such systemic delivery in Pompe and other neuromuscular conditions,» said Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center, a professor of pediatrics in the UF College of Medicine, and a member of the UF Genetics Instit
gene therapy would broadly
affect whole - body strength and function, and we are working on a host
of projects for such systemic delivery in Pompe and
other neuromuscular conditions,» said Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., director
of the Powell
Gene Therapy Center, a professor of pediatrics in the UF College of Medicine, and a member of the UF Genetics Instit
Gene Therapy Center, a professor
of pediatrics in the UF College
of Medicine, and a member
of the UF Genetics Institute.
«A couple
of other genes are also evolving rapidly and we know nothing about them,» he says, adding that they may
affect the behavior
of hemagglutinin.
The
gene in question is for a chemical transporter that fine - tunes transmission
of serotonin, the neurotransmitter
affected by the antidepressant Prozac and
others of its ilk.
«This tells us that the NuRD complex is very influential — not only does it
affect the activity
of genes directly, it also controls
other regulators
of multiple
genes,» Bonni said.
One
of them had a deletion on chromosome 22 that
affected, among
other genes, SHANK3, which has been implicated in mental retardation.
A new study finds that academic achievement is influenced by
genes affecting motivation, personality, confidence, and dozens
of other traits, in addition to those that shape intelligence.
CSIC researcher adds: «We have confirmed that mutation is found in both copies
of the
gene, one inherited from the father and the
other one inherited from the mother, in the four women
affected by the disease, causing an absolute absence
of STAG3 protein and meiotic cohesin complex in these women.
The regulation
of the CAMP
gene by vitamin D was discovered by Gombart, and researchers are still learning more about how it and
other compounds
affect immune function.
On the
other hand, the
gene Trypsin - 7 appears to
affect the recognition potential, thus enabling — at least in part — the identification
of the host colonies required for a raid,» adds Feldmeyer in summary.
The Arizona researchers studied whether cage conditions
affect mice with one copy
of a
gene called fibulin - 4, a member
of a family
of genes believed to code for proteins that stabilize the connective tissue found between cells in arteries and
other blood vessels.
Normally, FOXP2 coordinates the expression
of other genes, but in
affected members
of the KE family, it was broken.
There are some data on how groups
of genes are impacted by one chemical, and
other genes are
affected by different chemicals.
Clock
genes are extremely influential,
affecting the activity
of most
other genes in the body in one way or another.
Other medical sequencing projects will use DNA sequencing to: discover new
genes that are involved in common diseases; identify the
genes responsible for dozens
of relatively rare, single -
gene (autosomal Mendelian) diseases; sequence all
of the
genes on the X chromosome from
affected individuals to identify those involved in sex - linked diseases; and survey the range
of variants in
genes known to contribute to certain common diseases.
Although TMAdV was found to be highly divergent from
other adenoviruses, different isolates
of TMAdV from 3
affected titi monkeys were remarkably conserved, sharing 100 % identity across the full - length hexon
gene (data not shown).
The current work shows that changes in the genetic code
of a particular
gene can control epigenetic marks at different
genes, implying that a
gene's genetic code can
affect whether
other genes are turned on and off, which makes it important to understand the function
of all
genes involved, not just the one with the so - called misspelling.
Compared with the ancestral lineage, the East African cichlid genomes possess: an excess
of gene duplications; alterations in regulatory, non-protein-coding elements in the genome; accelerated evolution
of protein - coding elements, especially in
genes for pigmentation; and
other distinct features that
affect gene expression, such as insertions
of transposable elements and regulation by novel microRNAs.
In the associated paper, Vitkup, Iossifov and
others use a novel form
of analysis called NETBAG (network - based analysis
of genetic associations) to identify «the large biological network
of genes affected by rare de novo CNVs in autism.»
Since then, however,
other researchers have observed the same
gene fusion in a percentage
of lung, esophageal, breast, head and neck, cervical, and bladder cancers,
affecting tens
of thousands
of cancer patients overall.
July 13, 2016 New technique targets
gene that causes neurodegenerative disease Neuroscientists at the University
of Chicago studying a unique
gene that expresses two proteins, one that is necessary for life and another, that when mutated causes a neurodegenerative disease called spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6), have developed a technique to selectively block the disease - causing protein without
affecting the
other.
These results imply that mutations in the
gene encoding RyR1 will not only
affect skeletal muscles, but
other tissues that express this calcium channel as well, thereby broadening the clinical spectrum
of disorders due to RyR1 dysfunctions.
They also chose a
gene target that might itself be problematic, given that it is part
of a closely linked family
of globin
genes with highly related sequences, making it hard to target one without
affecting the
others.
Targeted
gene therapy, which would
affect smooth muscle cells but not skeletal muscle, holds promise for treatment
of these and
other disorders.
That is, the arrival
of toads removes some genetic traits from the predator population (
genes that make predators vulnerable to toads) but
other traits (e.g.,
genes that tell the predator not to eat toads) are not
affected.
This is in accordance with previous reports that decitabine and 5 - azacytidine produce a marked synergistic effect in combination with suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid and romidepsin in T - lymphoma cell lines by modulating cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.26, 27 As a mechanism
of action, KMT2D mutations
of B - lymphoma cells promote malignant outgrowth by perturbing methylation
of H3K4 that
affect the JAK - STAT, Toll - like receptor, or B - cell receptor pathway.28, 29 Here our study indicated that dual treatment with chidamide and decitabine enhanced the interaction
of KMT2D with the transcription factor PU.1, thereby inactivating the H3K4me - associated signaling pathway MAPK, which is constitutively activated in T - cell lymphoma.13, 30,31 The transcription factor PU.1 is involved in the development
of all hematopoietic lineages32 and regulates lymphoid cell growth and transformation.33 Aberrant PU.1 expression promotes acute myeloid leukemia and is related to the pathogenesis
of multiple myeloma via the MAPK pathway.34, 35 On the
other hand, PU.1 is also shown to interact with chromatin remodeler and DNA methyltransferease to control hematopoiesis and suppress leukemia.36 Our data thus suggested that the combined action
of chidamide and decitabine may interfere with the differentiation and / or viability
of PTCL - NOS through a PU.1 - dependent
gene expression program.