Research Article

Related GMR Articles

1/23/2017
Brazil; Chromosome Disorders; Chromosome duplication; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; Humans; male; Phenotype

Genomic disorders are genetic diseases that are caused by rearrangements of chromosomal material via deletions, duplications, and inversions of unique genomic segments at specific regions. Such rearrangements could result from recurrent non-allelic homologous recombination between low copy repeats. In cases where the breakpoints flank the low copy repeats, deletion of chromosomal segments is ... more

F.G. Reis; I.P. Pinto; L.B. Minasi; A.V. Melo; D.M. da C. Cunha; C.L. Ribeiro; C.C. da Silva; deM. Silva; A.D. da Cruz
1/23/2017
Alleles; Colorectal neoplasms; Genetic association studies; Genetic predisposition to disease; Genotype; Humans; Mexico; Odds Ratio; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; PPAR delta

PPARD encodes for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta, which plays a significant role in controlling lipid metabolism, atherosclerosis, inflammation, cancer growth, progression, and apoptosis. Accumulated evidence suggests that the polymorphism rs2016520 in PPARD is associated with lipid metabolism, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study ... more

M.A. Rosales-Reynoso; L.I. Wence-Chavez; A.R. Arredondo-Valdez; S. Dumois-Petersen; P. Barros-Núñez; M.P. Gallegos-Arreola; S.E. Flores-Martínez; J. Sánchez-Corona
1/23/2017
Computational biology; Gene expression profiling; Humans; Models, Statistical; Reproducibility of Results

Microarray gene expression technology provides a systematic approach to patient classification. However, microarray data pose a great computational challenge owing to their large dimensionality, small sample sizes, and potential correlations among genes. A recent study has shown that gene-gene correlations have a positive effect on the accuracy of classification models, in contrast to some ... more

M. Pan; J. Zhang
1/23/2017
5' Untranslated Regions; Argentina; Genetic variation; Genetics, Population; Humans; Thymidylate synthase

Thymidylate synthase (TYMS) is a key enzyme in nucleotide synthesis and therefore, an important target of many chemotherapeutic agents. Expression of TYMS mRNA is thought to be modulated by a 28-bp tandem repeat polymorphism within its 5'-untranslated region, raising the question of this variant's utility in predicting the efficacy and toxicity of cancer treatment regimens. The aim of the ... more

C. Vázquez; M. Orlova; P. Scibona; D. Arce; M.G. Pallotta; W.H. Belloso
1/23/2017
Antiviral Agents; Brazil; Fever; Genotype; HIV Infections; Humans; Incidence; Pyrophosphatases; Zidovudine

Zidovudine, the antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV infection, commonly causes adverse effects, such as systemic fever and gastrointestinal alterations. In the present study, the potential role of inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (ITPA) gene variant on the incidence of adverse events during antiretroviral therapy (ART) of HIV with zidovudine was discussed. Individuals from Northeastern ... more

A.V.C. Coelho; S.P.S. Silva; L. Zandonà; G. Stocco; G. Decorti; S. Crovella
1/23/2017
Antineoplastic Agents; Apoptosis; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell proliferation; Cell survival; Cisplatin; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; Female; Humans; Ovarian Neoplasms; RNA, Long Noncoding

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of downregulating long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) on the reversal of cisplatin resistance in CP70 ovarian cancer cells, and to identify the underlying mechanism(s) of action. An lncRNA microarray was performed to screen for downregulated lncRNAs in cisplatin-resistant CP70 cells. Expression levels of these lncRNAs were then verified in ... more

H. Yan; J.Y. Xia; F.Z. Feng
1/23/2017
Biomarkers, Tumor; Colonic Neoplasms; Humans; Models, Theoretical; Reproducibility of Results; Support vector machine

We aimed to evaluate the specificity of 12 tumor markers related to colon carcinoma and identify the most sensitive index. Bhattacharyya distance was used to evaluate the index. Then, different index combinations were used to establish a support vector machine (SVM) diagnosis model of malignant colon carcinoma. The accuracy of the model was checked. High accuracy was assumed to indicate the ... more

W.Y. Yang; G. Shi; L.P. Wu; S.T. Wei; Y.N. Huang; L.X. Tan; R.Z. Yang; C.X. Yan; E.T. Guo; H.Y. Wang; J.Z. Tong; Y. Dong; D.Z. Han
2/08/2017
Alleles; environment; Gene-Environment Interaction; Genetic association studies; Genetic predisposition to disease; Genotype; Glutathione S-Transferase pi; Glutathione transferase; Humans; Polymorphism, Genetic; Stomach neoplasms

Glutathione S-transferase (GST) is an important member of phase II metabolic enzymes; GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 belong to three subfamilies of the GST enzyme. Polymorphisms in GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 could affect detoxification processes, and increase individuals' susceptibility to cancers. We aimed to investigate the association between GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 polymorphisms and the risk of ... more

Z.H. Chen; J.F. Xian; L.P. Luo
2/08/2017
Alleles; Asian People; Case-control studies; China; Connexin 26; Connexins; Deafness; Female; Genotype; Humans; Odds Ratio; Polymorphism, Genetic; Pregnancy; Risk; Sequence Deletion

Congenital deafness is a serious and irreversible condition in humans. The GJB2 gene is implicated in the pathogenesis of autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss. Its 235delC and 30-35delG polymorphisms are reported to be associated with risk of hereditary deafness. However, the effect of the interaction between GJB2 235delC and 30-35delG and environmental factors on congenital deafness ... more

Y. Xiong; M. Zhong; J. Chen; Y.L. Yan; X.F. Lin; X. Li
2/08/2017
Breast neoplasms; Female; Gene expression; Humans; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasm Proteins; Neoplasm Staging; Prognosis

Migration and invasion enhancer 1 (MIEN1) is a membrane-anchored protein that is highly expressed in various types of cancer, and is correlated with the PI3K/AKT pathway. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of MIEN1 and its clinical pathological significance in breast cancer. We used immunohistochemical staining to examine the expression of MIEN1 in 40 samples of human ... more

H.B. Zhao; X.F. Zhang; H.B. Wang; M.Z. Zhang

Pages