Molecular and cellular insights into the development of uterine fibroids

A Machado-Lopez, C Simón, A Mas - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Uterine leiomyomas represent the most common benign gynecologic tumor. These hormone-
dependent smooth-muscle formations occur with an estimated prevalence of~ 70% among …

The epidemiology and genetics of uterine leiomyoma

AK Styer, BR Rueda - Best practice & research Clinical obstetrics & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Race/ethnicity is the most consistent factor associated with fibroid
development.•Direct cause of genetics and the genesis of fibroids remain uncertain.•Models …

Autophagy and oxidative stress in non-communicable diseases: a matter of the inflammatory state?

D Peña-Oyarzun, R Bravo-Sagua, A Diaz-Vega… - Free Radical Biology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, are long-
lasting conditions that affect millions of people around the world. Different factors contribute …

Current challenges and future implications of exploiting the omics data into nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics for personalized diagnosis and nutrition-based care

V Singh - Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics, combined with the omics technologies, are a demanding
and an increasingly important field in personalizing nutrition-based care to understand an …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-free circulating tumor DNA analysis for breast cancer and its clinical utilization as a biomarker

R Wang, X Li, H Zhang, K Wang, J He - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the blood of cancer patients contains much information on
genetic and epigenetic profiles associated with cancer development, progression, and …

BPTF regulates growth of adult and pediatric high-grade glioma through the MYC pathway

AL Green, J DeSisto, P Flannery, R Lemma, A Knox… - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
High-grade gliomas (HGG) afflict both children and adults and respond poorly to current
therapies. Epigenetic regulators have a role in gliomagenesis, but a broad, functional …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of epigenetic factors for cancer therapy

S Yao, Z He, C Chen - Human gene therapy, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Advances in engineered recombinant nuclease have provided facile and reliable methods
for genome editing. Especially with the development of the CRISPR (clustered regularly …

Alcohol-induced epigenetic changes in cancer

RG Dumitrescu - Cancer Epigenetics for Precision Medicine: Methods …, 2018 - Springer
Chronic, heavy alcohol consumption is associated with serious negative health effects,
including the development of several cancer types. One of the pathways affected by alcohol …

Promoter methylation of DNA damage repair (DDR) genes in human tumor entities: RBBP8/CtIP is almost exclusively methylated in bladder cancer

J Mijnes, J Veeck, NT Gaisa, E Burghardt… - Clinical …, 2018 - Springer
Background Genome-wide studies identified pan-cancer genes and shared biological
networks affected by epigenetic dysregulation among diverse tumor entities. Here, we …

Prospects for incorporation of epigenetic biomarkers in human health and environmental risk assessment of chemicals

G Jeremias, FJM Gonçalves, JL Pereira… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic mechanisms have gained relevance in human health and environmental studies,
due to their pivotal role in disease, gene× environment interactions and adaptation to …