Next generation sequencing and bioinformatics analysis of family genetic inheritance

AM Kanzi, JE San, B Chimukangara, E Wilkinson… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mendelian and complex genetic trait diseases continue to burden and affect society both
socially and economically. The lack of effective tests has hampered diagnosis thus, the …

Common diseases alter the physiological age-related blood microRNA profile

T Fehlmann, B Lehallier, N Schaum, O Hahn… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Aging is a key risk factor for chronic diseases of the elderly. MicroRNAs regulate post-
transcriptional gene silencing through base-pair binding on their target mRNAs. We …

Metabolome and transcriptome analyses reveal chlorophyll and anthocyanin metabolism pathway associated with cucumber fruit skin color

M Wang, L Chen, Z Liang, X He, W Liu, B Jiang, J Yan… - BMC plant biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Fruit skin color play important role in commercial value of cucumber, which is
mainly determined by the content and composition of chlorophyll and anthocyanins …

A FAK/HDAC5 signaling axis controls osteocyte mechanotransduction

T Sato, S Verma, CDC Andrade, M Omeara… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Osteocytes, cells ensconced within mineralized bone matrix, are the primary skeletal
mechanosensors. Osteocytes sense mechanical cues by changes in fluid flow shear stress …

Comparative analysis of novel MGISEQ-2000 sequencing platform vs Illumina HiSeq 2500 for whole-genome sequencing

D Korostin, N Kulemin, V Naumov, V Belova, D Kwon… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The MGISEQ-2000 developed by MGI Tech Co. Ltd.(a subsidiary of the BGI Group) is a new
competitor of such next-generation sequencing platforms as NovaSeq and HiSeq (Illumina) …

Characterization of a toxin-antitoxin system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis suggests neutralization by phosphorylation as the antitoxicity mechanism

X Yu, X Gao, K Zhu, H Yin, X Mao, JA Wojdyla… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) encodes an exceptionally large number of toxin-antitoxin
(TA) systems, supporting the hypothesis that TA systems are involved in pathogenesis. We …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic value and clinical application of next-generation sequencing for infections in immunosuppressed patients with corticosteroid therapy

S Wang, J Ai, P Cui, Y Zhu, H Wu… - Annals of translational …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a comprehensive approach for sequence-
based identification of pathogens. However, reports on the use of NGS in patients with …

Serum PIWI-interacting RNAs piR-020619 and piR-020450 are promising novel biomarkers for early detection of colorectal cancer

Z Wang, H Yang, D Ma, Y Mu, X Tan, Q Hao… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2020 - AACR
Background: Early diagnosis can significantly reduce colorectal cancer deaths. We sought to
identify serum PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) that could serve as sensitive and specific …

Comparative performance of the BGI and Illumina sequencing technology for single-cell RNA-sequencing

A Senabouth, S Andersen, Q Shi, L Shi… - NAR genomics and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The libraries generated by high-throughput single cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq)
platforms such as the Chromium from 10× Genomics require considerable amounts of …

miRSwitch: detecting microRNA arm shift and switch events

F Kern, J Amand, I Senatorov, A Isakova… - Nucleic Acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Arm selection, the preferential expression of a 3′ or 5′ mature microRNA (miRNA), is a
highly dynamic and tissue-specific process. Time-dependent expression shifts or switches …