SANTA CLARA, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced that company management will provide a corporate overview at four financial conferences in September. Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference, New York, NY on Mon. Sept. 13th at 1:00pm ET R.W. (…)
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The impact of moderate calorie restriction on reproductive neuroendocrine function was investigated in young adult male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). The animals were subjected to either 30% calorie restriction (CR; n=5), or were fed a standard control diet (CON; n=5), (…)
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The embryo to neonate transition is a critical period of development that has significant impact on broiler production. During this time important genetic programs governing metabolism and growth are established. The goal of this work was to study the effects of early (…)
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DNA methylation primarily occurs at CpG dinucleotides in mammals and is a common epigenetic mark that plays a critical role in the regulation of gene expression. Profiling DNA methylation patterns across the genome is vital to understand DNA methylation changes that occur (…)
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BACKGROUND: Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) results from the partial deletion of 4p. This study aimed to identify and fine map the chromosome deletion regions of Chinese children with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome among the developmental delay/mental retardation (DD/MR) patients. (…)
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Water-deficit stress is detrimental for rice growth, development, and yield. Transcriptome analysis of 1-week-old rice (Oryza sativa L. var. IR64) seedling under water-deficit stress condition using Affymetrix 57 K GeneChip(R) has revealed 1,563 and 1,746 genes to be up- and (…)
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether cervical shortening of a ripe cervix at term is associated with changes in the cervical transcriptome. STUDY DESIGN: Sonographically measured cervical lengths and biopsy specimens were obtained from 19 women at (…)
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Abilities to successfully quit smoking display substantial evidence for heritability in classical and molecular genetic studies. Genome wide association (GWA) studies have demonstrated SNPs and haplotypes that distinguish successful quitters from individuals who were not able (…)
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The molecular characteristics associated with the response to treatment in glioblastomas (GBMs) remain largely unknown. We performed a retrospective study to assess the genomic characteristics associated with the response of GBMs to either first-line (…)
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Micro RNAs are small non-coding RNAs, which regulate fundamental cellular and developmental processes at the transcriptional and translational level. In breast cancer, miR-145 expression is downregulated compared with healthy control tissue. As several predicted targets of (…)
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced that company management will provide a corporate overview at four financial conferences in September.
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Genetic and nongenetic factors contribute to development of pseudoexfoliation (PEX) syndrome, a complex, age-related, generalized matrix process frequently associated with glaucoma. To identify specific genetic variants underlying its etiology, we performed a genome-wide (…)
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MOTIVATION: Whole genome microarrays are increasingly becoming the method of choice to study responses in model organisms to disease, stressors or other stimuli. However, whole genome sequences are available for only some model organisms, and there are still many species whose (…)
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BACKGROUND: Although cigarette smoking is the major risk factor for lung cancer, only 7% of female lung cancer patients in Taiwan have a history of smoking. The genetic mechanisms of carcinogenesis in non-smokers are unclear, but semaphorins have been suggested to play a role (…)
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PURPOSE: To identify the causative mutation in a canine cone-rod dystrophy (crd3) that segregates as an adult onset disorder in the Glen of Imaal Terrier breed of dog. METHODS: Glen of Imaal Terriers were ascertained for crd3 phenotype by clinical ophthalmoscopic examination, (…)
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OBJECTIVE We explored whether the distribution of adipose cell size, the estimated total number of adipose cells, and the expression of adipogenic genes in subcutaneous adipose tissue are linked to the phenotype of high visceral and low subcutaneous fat depots in obese (…)
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We took advantage of a mouse erythroid differentiation system to determine the relative contribution of transcriptional and translational control during this process. Comparison of expression data obtained with total cytoplasmic mRNAs or polysome-bound mRNAs (actively (…)
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: A major challenge in the interpretation of genomic profiling data generated from breast cancer samples is the identification of driver genes as distinct from bystander genes which do not impact tumorigenesis. One way to assess the relative importance of (…)
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During the first trimester of pregnancy, the uterine spiral arteries are remodeled, creating heavily dilated conduits that lack maternal vasomotor control but allow the placenta to meet an increasing requirement for nutrients and oxygen. To effect permanent vasodilatation, the (…)
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An acceleration of differentiation, at the expense of proliferation, is observed after exposure of various biological models to low frequency and low amplitude electric and electromagnetic fields. Following these results showing significant modifications, we try to identify the (…)
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The diagnosis of rare inherited diseases is becoming more and more complex as an increasing number of clinical conditions appear to be genetically heterogeneous. Multigenic inheritance also applies to the autosomal recessive progressive cerebellar ataxias (ARCAs), for which 14 (…)
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PURPOSE: To develop a high-throughput, cost-effective diagnostic strategy for the identification of known and new mutations in 90 retinal disease genes. DESIGN: Evidence-based study. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty patients with a variety of retinal disorders, including Leber's congenital (…)
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Interstitial deletion of 16q has emerged into a recognizable pattern of congenital malformation. We report on a 9-year-old boy with short stature, psychomotor retardation, high forehead, broad flat nasal bridge, hypertelorism, cup-shaped ears, short neck, and a normal (…)
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Background: In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), multiple subsets of patients exist displaying similar immunoglobulin (IG) gene usage with almost identical complementarity determining region 3 sequences. Among IGHV4-34 cases, two such subsets with "stereotyped" B-cell (…)
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Biochemical tests such as aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) are useful for diagnosing patients with liver disease. In this study, we tested the association between copy number variation and the hepatic biomarkers AST and ALT based on 8,842 (…)
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DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/910f92/epigenetics_tools) has announced the addition of the "Epigenetics: Tools, Diagnostics, Drugs and World Market" report to their offering. Epigenetics: Tools, Diagnostics, Drugs and (…)
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PURPOSE. Several ocular diseases involve the iris, notably including oculocutaneous albinism, pigment dispersion syndrome, and exfoliation syndrome. To screen for candidate genes that may contribute to the pathology of these diseases, genome-wide iris gene expression patterns (…)
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The chimpanzee is the only animal model for investigating the pathogenesis of viral hepatitis types A through E in humans. Studies of the host response, including microarray analyses, have relied on the close relationship between these two primate species: chimpanzee samples (…)
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DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Maven Semantic (http:/www.mavensemantic.com) announces updates to their Tissue Banking research database. The system uses the context in which a given person appears, using artificial intelligence techniques to find out information not otherwise (…)
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Gliomas are the most common type of primary brain tumours, and in this group glioblastomas (GBMs) are the higher-grade gliomas with fast progression and unfortunate prognosis. Two major aspects of glioma biology that contributes to its awful prognosis are (…)
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The mechanisms responsible for the cardiovascular mortality in type I diabetes (DM) have not been defined completely. We have shown in conscious dogs with DM that: 1) baseline coronary blood flow (CBF) was significantly decreased, 2) endothelium-dependent (…)
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BACKGROUND: Chromosomal imbalances are commonly seen in cancer and inherited genetic diseases. These imbalances may assist in the diagnosis, prognosis, and/or therapeutic management of certain neoplasms. Several methods for detecting chromosomal imbalances, such as, fluorescent (…)
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BACKGROUND: Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and Copy number copy number variation (CNV) of DNA sequences is a common feature of cancer genomes, which is thought to be linked to tumorigenesis and progression. High-density singlenucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping array are (…)
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OBJECTIVE: Although twin and family studies have shown attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to be highly heritable, genetic variants influencing the trait at a genome-wide significant level have yet to be identified. Thus additional genomewide association studies (…)
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DUBLIN-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Research and Markets (http:/www.researchandmarkets.com/research/55db96/cancer_diagnostic) has announced the addition of the "Cancer Diagnostic Testing World Markets" report to their offering. Cancer testing is one of the most important growth (…)
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Genomic aberrations are of predominant importance to the biology and clinical outcome of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), and conventional karyotype-based risk classifications are routinely used in clinical decision making in AML. One of the known limitations of (…)
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Ionic aluminum (mainly Al3+) is rhizotoxic and can be present in acid soils at concentrations high enough to inhibit root growth. Many forest tree species grow naturally in acid soils and often tolerate high concentrations of Al. Previously, we have shown (…)
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Autoimmune diseases often show a relapsing-remitting course. Here we describe characteristics of the autoreactive T cell response in the Lewis rat model of experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU), a model for the clinical heterogeneity seen in human uveitis. Depending on the (…)
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Summary While gender-based differences in heart disease have raised the possibility that estrogen (ES) or progesterone (PG) may have cardioprotective effects, recent controversy regarding hormone replacement therapy has questioned the cardiac effects of these steroids. Using (…)
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Biallelic inactivation of the NF2 gene occurs in the majority of schwannomas. This usually involves a combination of a point mutation or multiexon deletion, in conjunction with either a second point mutation or loss of heterozygosity (LOH). We have performed DNA sequence and (…)
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We have previously discovered that probes containing runs of four or more contiguous guanines are not reliable for measuring gene expression in the Human HG_U133A Affymetrix GeneChip data. These probes are not correlated with other members of their probe set, but they are (…)
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In addition to tumor invasion and angiogenesis, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)9 also contributes to carcinogenesis and tumor growth. Genetic variation that may influence MMP9 expression was evaluated among participants of the Shanghai Breast Cancer Genetics Study (SBCGS) for (…)
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