Sentences with phrase «related genes also»
Genetic manipulation of serotonin - related genes also influenced anxiety - like behaviors in a manner similar to what has been reported earlier in mice.
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In addition to DOT Commissioner Trottenberg and officials, also in attendance at today's Task Force meeting were: Luke DiPalma and Buckley Yung of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); Anthony Iuliano of the New York City Department of Buildings; Howard Pollack of the NYC Department of Design & Construction (DDC); Deputy Inspector Thomas Conforti, Detective Kevin O'Donnell and Officer Joseph McCall of the NYPD 109th Precinct; Gene Kelty, Charles Apelian and Marilyn Bitterman of Community Board 7; Dian Song Yu of the Downtown Flushing Business Improvement District; Ikhwan Rim, President of the Union Street Business Association; Chris Kui of Asian Americans for Equality; Michael Meyers and Howard Hsu of the F&T Group; Glen Johnson of Tishman Speyer; Rick Sondik of the Rockefeller Group; Daryl Finn of Skyview Center / Related Management; representatives for State Senator Toby Stavisky, Assemblymember Ron Kim and Councilmember Peter Koo.
Next, the authors compared their stickleback results to previously published opsin genes in two related species of fish (bluefin killifish and black bream), separated from sticklebacks by millions of years, that had also adapted to blackwater and clearwater habitats.
They are also studying whether the nanoparticles can be used with the CRISPR / Cas9 gene - editing technique to treat genetic lesions related to retinal degenerative diseases.
NF - kB may also regulate a number of genes related to immune suppression, particularly TGF - beta, IL - 10, GM - CSF, G - CSF and VEGF.
It has multiple hosts and can evolve by mutation but also reassortment (when two closely related strains infect the same host and exchange gene segments, producing new strains — a process distinct from mutation, when the RNA of a virus is miscoded during replication).
«Brain genes related to innovation revealed in birds: Glutamate brain receptors, linked with human intelligence, are also associated with problem - solving skills in wild birds.»
«Our research suggests that such variants may have piggybacked onto positively selected regions, which were also enriched in disease - related genes,» Lohmueller said.
They also ruled out other possibilities, including the gene spontaneously mutating back to the normal form, the existence of more than two copies of the hothead gene, or closely related DNA sequences providing a template for repairs.
«We were surprised that the heritability of depressive symptoms in twins with very short sleep was nearly twice the heritability in twins sleeping normal amounts of time,» said principal investigator Dr. Nathaniel Watson, associate professor of neurology and co-director of the University of Washington Medicine Sleep Center in Seattle, Wash. «Both short and excessively long sleep durations appear to activate genes related to depressive symptoms,» added Watson, who also serves on the board of directors of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
They found that six of the categories included a high proportion of genes also implicated in schizophrenia; the genes in these six categories relate to energy metabolism.
And 40 genes involved in these nine schizophrenia - related pathways also differed much more between chimps and humans than genes associated with the other 12.
The Nature study also adds to what is known about how genes are transferred from one species to another when individuals from two closely related species mate.
Fascinatingly, however, the Cambridge - Sheffield study has now shown that exactly the same gene also influences the extremely bright and colourful patterns of Heliconius — the name given to about 40 different closely - related species of beautiful, tropical butterflies found in South America.
For example, many of the genes in the new networks are related to cancer, suggesting that certain cancer treatments that target these genes might also be useful to treat ASD.
Greenberg's lab also found that the disruption of long gene expression appears to be a distinctive signature of Rett Syndrome and related disorders.
The ascidian genome has also acquired a number of lineage - specific innovations, including a group of genes engaged in cellulose metabolism that are related to those in bacteria and fungi.
«We are learning more about the influence of genes not only underlying racing performance and disease but also about health - related traits such as risk of fracture,» she said.
Insofar, the results are also relevant for humans: 85 % of the long - lived rodents» genes are identical to human DNA, but in contrast to humans that are rather prone to illness, long - lived rodents have a very low risk to come down with age - related diseases.
Another important pathway, related to the p53 gene (a protector of the genome), is also relevant when we looked at gene expression in the skin of acne twins compared to twin controls.»
This incompletely inactivation of genes on the X chromosome, including many immunity - related genes, may help explain why females are predisposed to many autoimmune conditions and also have stronger immune responses than males.
Although BRAF gene fusions were well known to be involved in PLGGs, the study team found important differences in a related gene, CRAF, in which mutations can also lead to this type of glioma.
The researchers also identified several new genes related to anxiety behavior in flies.
The research team also tried to find a predictive set of genes in people aged 60 and above — a group that includes those more likely to develop serious flu - related complications, such as pneumonia — but failed.
The 2 percent distinction also involves an unusually large fraction of genes related to the immune system, parasite vulnerability, and infectious diseases: Chimps are resistant to malaria, and we aren't; we handle tuberculosis better than they do.
Having more schizophrenia risk - related gene variants was also associated with a greater decline in lifelong cognitive ability.
As well as Zika virus, the team has also used SHERLOCK to detect antibiotic resistance genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria, and health - related gene variants in human saliva.
For this study, the team, which also included Bernard Crespi, an evolutionary biology professor at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, and East Carolina University evolution professor Kyle Summers, focused on 76 gene variations most strongly related to schizophrenia.
New research reveals that genes related to the debilitating disorder may also provide developmental advantages
Researchers observed that the set of genes involved in memory consolidation coincided with the genes regulating Crtc1, a protein which also controls genes related to the metabolism of glucose and to cancer.
Future inquiry also relates to cephalopod genes and regulation relevant to the development and functioning of the nervous system.
They also found no increase in the levels of angiogenesis - inducing factors or in the expression of angiogenesis - related genes in metastatic lymph nodes.
The Australian team also hunted out bipolar - related genes in this way, but they went further.
The treated rodents were not only fatter but also suffered elevated levels of fasting insulin, and alterations in genes related to liver regeneration and detoxification — effects consistent with metabolic disorders in obese patients.
... The FOXP2 gene has been around for a very long time, found in similar form in distantly related vertebrate species, and it may be important not only for brain development and function but also in other tissues.»
As well as Zika virus, the team has also used SHERLOCK to detect antibiotic resistance genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria, and health - related gene variants in human saliva (Science, DOI: 10.1126 / science.aam9321).
Originally, however, they were not examining brown fat thermogenesis, but instead were looking for clues to the function of ERRβ, a protein about which little was known at the time, except that it was closely related to ERRα, appeared in brown fat cells, and also worked as a so - called nuclear receptor — a molecular switch for gene activation that can be turned on by small lipophilic molecules or a signaling protein partner.
The researchers also found that genes related to circadian rhythms (the body clock) were changed in mice exposed to e-cigarettes.
«If you can find a gene for blond hair that exists in Melanesia and nowhere else,» Myles says, «then there's no reason why those sorts of genes don't exist all over world in underrepresented populations, and affect not only hair pigmentation, but also disease - related traits.»
The ultimate outcome of their work might be not only the breeding of quinoa varieties with an even higher salt tolerance but also the crossbreeding of salt tolerance genes into related crop plants such as sugar beets or spinach.
The mutated genes also interfered with how the brain's layers and halves relate to one another, a phenomenon confirmed by previous imaging studies of the autistic brain.
The research team found that compared to bony fishes, the four species of sharks and ray examined not only had a much higher proportion of genes involved in antibody - mediated immunity, but also that several of the infection immunity - related genes were expressed only in the sharks and rays.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A scientific team led by the Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco has discovered that a common form of a gene already associated with long life also improves learning and memory, a finding that could have implications for treating age - related diseases like Alzheimer's.
By 2008, when Moir stumbled on the parallels between amyloid - beta and LL - 37, Tanzi had discovered additional genes associated with Alzheimer's that were also related to innate immunity, the part of the human immune system that is shared with worms, flies, spiders and other primitive creatures.
His group also uses novel genomics approaches to identify genes related to flavor and disease resistance.
For example, when his psoriasis flared up, the expression of genes related to inflammation and other immune responses also increased.
In addition, the researchers also found that bacteria that are closely related to one another have similar resistance genes, which might be expected as bacteria pass their genes from one generation to the next.
«Finding a SIRT3 gene mutation linked to metabolic syndrome is a big step towards developing treatments for this increasingly common collection of obesity - related illnesses,» said Dr. Verdin, who is also a UCSF professor of medicine.
They will also be able to look for genes associated with age - related cognitive decline.
b. Creating synthetic receptors or signals of cancer, i.e. when cancer related miRNA is activated, you have it also activate a synthetic gene or protein, that is expressed on the membrane surface to activate apoptosis.