Pathogenesis of allergic diseases and implications for therapeutic interventions

J Wang, Y Zhou, H Zhang, L Hu, J Liu, L Wang… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis (AR), allergic asthma (AAS), atopic dermatitis (AD),
food allergy (FA), and eczema are systemic diseases caused by an impaired immune …

Pathways of cellular proteostasis in aging and disease

CL Klaips, GG Jayaraj, FU Hartl - Journal of Cell Biology, 2018 - rupress.org
Ensuring cellular protein homeostasis, or proteostasis, requires precise control of protein
synthesis, folding, conformational maintenance, and degradation. A complex and adaptive …

Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

JJ Lee, R Wedow, A Okbay, E Kong, O Maghzian… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Here we conducted a large-scale genetic association analysis of educational attainment in a
sample of approximately 1.1 million individuals and identify 1,271 independent genome …

Gut microbiome modulates response to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma patients

V Gopalakrishnan, CN Spencer, L Nezi, A Reuben… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Preclinical mouse models suggest that the gut microbiome modulates tumor response to
checkpoint blockade immunotherapy; however, this has not been well-characterized in …

Environment dominates over host genetics in shaping human gut microbiota

D Rothschild, O Weissbrod, E Barkan, A Kurilshikov… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Human gut microbiome composition is shaped by multiple factors but the relative
contribution of host genetics remains elusive. Here we examine genotype and microbiome …

Copy number variation is highly correlated with differential gene expression: a pan-cancer study

X Shao, N Lv, J Liao, J Long, R Xue, N Ai, D Xu… - BMC medical …, 2019 - Springer
Background Cancer is a heterogeneous disease with many genetic variations. Lines of
evidence have shown copy number variations (CNVs) of certain genes are involved in …

Sex differences in neural mechanisms mediating reward and addiction

JB Becker, E Chartoff - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019 - nature.com
There is increasing evidence in humans and laboratory animals for biologically based sex
differences in every phase of drug addiction: acute reinforcing effects, transition from …

Determinants of genetic diversity

H Ellegren, N Galtier - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Genetic polymorphism varies among species and within genomes, and has important
implications for the evolution and conservation of species. The determinants of this variation …

A framework for data-driven analysis of materials under uncertainty: Countering the curse of dimensionality

MA Bessa, R Bostanabad, Z Liu, A Hu… - Computer Methods in …, 2017 - Elsevier
A new data-driven computational framework is developed to assist in the design and
modeling of new material systems and structures. The proposed framework integrates three …

Massive gene presence-absence variation shapes an open pan-genome in the Mediterranean mussel

M Gerdol, R Moreira, F Cruz, J Gómez-Garrido… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is an ecologically
and economically relevant edible marine bivalve, highly invasive and resilient to biotic and …