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- 1Elshaikh, Asya S Egweda
- 1Fetterman, Christina
- 1Im, Cindy
- 1Katzenback, Barbara A
- 1Lukowski, Chris
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Spring 2011
Forkhead (Fox) proteins are transcription factors that function in many processes including development, metabolism and cell cycle regulation. This gene family is divided into subfamilies that appear to originate from a common ancestor. I have identified the evolutionary selection pressures...
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Investigation of an enhancer-based regulation of LILRB1 gene and the differential functions of LILRB1 variants in natural killer cells
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) causes severe disease in immunocompromised people such as transplant patients. NK cells are crucial in controlling HCMV whereas HCMV developed multiple strategies to evade NK cell surveillance. HCMV encodes a human MHC-I homolog called UL18 to target an inhibitory...
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Looking beyond the standard genome-wide association study: Biologically-motivated methodological approaches to discover novel genetic variants associated with complex human traits and disease
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The standard approach for testing associations between common single nucleotide genetic variants (referred to as single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs) and disease entails testing disease associations for each SNP in the genome individually. This “hypothesis-free” approach has identified...
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Spring 2013
If all cells in a multicellular organism contain exactly the same genetic information, the question arises of how tissue types with distinct gene expression profiles are formed and maintained over the life of the organism. These different temporal and spatial gene expression patterns are thought...
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Fall 2015
Malignant glioma (MG), comprised of grade III (anaplastic astrocytoma) and grade IV (glioblastoma) astrocytoma, is the most common adult brain tumour, with an incidence of ~4 in 100 000 people. Despite aggressive treatment with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, survival remains dismal, with...
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Preliminary validation of a computer-based approach to find new lead molecules targeting the oncogenic Forkhead box M1 transcription factor
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The upregulation of the forkhead box M1 (FOXM1) transcription factor is directly correlated with cancer initiation, invasion, and drug resistance. Because the overexpression of FOXM1 is considered an important factor in carcinogenesis, this protein could be a relevant drug target in cancer...
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Spring 2010
Development of the vertebrate central nervous system is a complex process that relies on the accurate spatiotemporal distribution of signaling centers during embryogenesis. These signals provide cells with positional information, which is integrated via transcription factors and gene regulatory...
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Fall 2014
DNA strand displacement reaction (SDR) is a fast, isothermal, and sequence specific reaction. In SDR, an invading DNA single strand, also known as the “fuel” strand, unzips a partial duplex to form a more thermodynamically stable duplex. The complementary strand to the fuel strand is referred to...
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Spring 2012
Development of progenitor cells into myeloid cells (i.e. macrophages and neutrophils) is critical to the survival of metazoans for maintenance of homeostasis and defense against pathogens. While much is known about myeloid cell development in mammals, less is known about this process in fish. The...
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Fall 2018
Early mammalian development cannot progress without targeted temporal and spatial expression of genes. Changing the accessibility of DNA to transcriptional machinery is one critical way gene expression is controlled. This process, known as chromatin remodeling, is vital for formation of the...