We have a longstanding interest in
understanding gene expression regulation, and in our wetlab at the Sanger Institute use mouse T helper cells as a model of cell differentiation.
Not exact matches
This research tool can be used to better
understand the function of histone proteins, which play critical roles in the
regulation of
gene expression in animals and plants.
However, to make use of that information required an
understanding of
gene expression and
regulation, areas in which institute members made a conscious decision to invest and that became its strengths.
Plants perform these
regulations mainly by regulating nuclear
gene expression and multiple intracellular signaling pathways have been shown to play a role in the genomic response of plants to stress, but the processes are not well
understood.
At the nucleic acid level,
understanding the precise
regulation of
genes through analysis of
gene expression data will be of utmost importance.
The research that led to these findings is part of a larger effort to better
understand gene regulation and
expression, carried out by the GTEx Consortium, a National Institutes of Health - funded group that includes researchers from around 80 institutions founded in 2010.
While the study represents a strong start for
understanding how eQTLs affect
gene regulation and
expression, Engelhardt pointed out that she and her colleagues still do not have enough samples to
understand trans - eQTLs as deeply as they would like.
Along this line, our primary research goals are directed towards
understanding how noncoding RNAs and their RNA - binding proteins are integrated in to the
regulation of
gene expression and modulation of the host immune response during ¿ - herpesviral infection.
To
understand and analyze the
regulation of
gene expression patterns, quantitative RNA sequencing is used.
Along this line, our primary research goals are directed towards
understanding how noncoding RNAs and their RNA - binding proteins are integrated in to the
regulation of
gene expression and modulation of the host immune response during gammaherpesvirus infection.
Research Focus: I dedicate my time and effort to develop high - throughput sequencing technologies such as single cell transcriptomic, ChIP - Seq, ChIA - PET, and many more... The scientific rational is to
understand better and with a different angle, the mechanisms of epigenetic
regulation of
gene expression in (rare) immune cells, pathologically relevant in many diseases such as asthma, SLE, tuberculosis...
Methylation of mammalian DNA and histone residues are known to regulate transcription, and the discovery of demethylases that remove methylation in DNA and histones provide a basis for the
understanding of dynamic
regulation of mammalian
gene expression.
- The work, published in Nature Genetics, represents an important advance in our
understanding of
gene regulation and reveals a new layer of complexity that needs to be studied to properly interpret genomics and
gene expression in the future.
The current findings could provide important clues to determine the culture conditions for promoting the differentiation of primate ES cells into mature gametes, and to
understand molecular mechanisms of primate gametogenesis including the timing of germ cell induction, the
regulation of germ cell
gene expression, and the response to growth factors for germ cell differentiation.
His group work on
understanding the
regulation of
gene expression, especially at the single - cell level where he has pioneered analytical approaches.
To uncover molecular processes in individual cells and to
understand the full complexity of biological systems, our lab applies and develops novel microscopy and genomics based techniques to study the
regulation of
gene -
expression in single cells.
The focus of the Mar lab is to
understand how variability in
gene expression contributes to the
regulation of cellular phenotypes.
High fibre diets also contain various fatty acids such as the short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and the
understanding of synergistic effects of SCFA and phytosterols in glucose
regulation and cholesterol homeostasisis important to our
understanding of diet, lifestyle and drugs in relation to peripheral amyloidosis and
gene expression
High fibre diets also contain various fatty acids such as the short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and the
understanding of synergistic effects of SCFA and phytosterols in glucose
regulation and cholesterol homeostasisis important to our
understanding of diet, lifestyle and drugs in relation to peripheral amyloidosis and
gene expression that play an early role in the development of AD.