Sentences with phrase «to implicate a gene»
"To implicate a gene" means to show or suggest that a specific gene may be involved or responsible for a particular trait, disease, or condition. It indicates that there is evidence connecting that gene to the observed outcome, but it does not definitively prove causation. Full definition
Analysis implicated genes involved in ATP metabolism, circadian rhythms, narcolepsy, sleep cycles in mice, and bear hibernation.
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They turned up many previously implicated genes — at least eight had been fingered prior to this study — as well as three previously undiscovered changes in one gene on chromosome 16 (of each cell's 23 pairs) that appeared to be related to the condition.
«This finding implicates both genes in telomere maintenance as well as development of pulmonary fibrosis.»
The new study of about 1200 patients from Australia, the UK and Bulgaria implicates a gene called Fat on chromosome four.
More research is needed to identify new genes, to replicate existing evidence in larger population samples and to tie implicated genes into broad disease processes, says Douglas Levinson, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
The researchers discovered new genetic variants associated with reduced albuterol response, implicating genes involved in lung capacity, immune response, and response to blockers and related medications in albuterol's weakened effect on these patients.
They identified an additional novel gene for BD (NFIX) and supported three previously implicated genes (ODZ4, MAD1L1, and TRANK1).
One of the implicated genes codes for a protein that may be involved in translating into neural signals the tremors of hair cells in the inner ear.
But although many more genes, along with external culprits, are likely to be involved, implicating the gene for LINGO1 in ET is an important step toward unraveling the roots of the condition.
Therapeutic strategies aiming at restoring the function of the implicated genes (gene and cell therapies) are very encouraging but not applicable in a near future to the variety of MDs.