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Fall 2019
Gene regulatory networks (GRN) play a central role in the specification, differentiation and function of the central nervous system (CNS) during development. During vertebrate retinal development, six types of neural cells and one type of glial cell are specified in a temporal order from a pool...
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Fall 2016
Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease which is among the leading causes of blindness in the world. Glaucoma is characterized by progressive visual field loss, caused by retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death. Both surgical glaucoma treatments and medications are available; however, they only halt...
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Anti-Cancer Mechanism of Trastuzumab via Blocking Nuclear HER2 Function and Epigenetic Mechanism of Resistance
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HER2 receptor tyrosine kinase (encoded by ERBB2 gene) is overexpressed in approximately 25% of all breast cancer tumors (known as HER2-positive breast cancers). Overexpression of HER2 causes overactivation of downstream receptor tyrosine kinase pathways including PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways and is...
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Fall 2017
Background: The trigeminal ganglion (TG) is a cluster of neuron bodies in the cranium that supplies the face and skull with sensory innervation. In the mouse, neurons of the TG supply the whisker pad that is important for spatial navigation and intraspecific communication. Specialized cells in...
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Characterisation of novel potential phosphorylation sites in the tumour suppressor Merlin in Drosophila
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Neurofibromatosis Type II is an inherited cancer that manifests as various tumours in the nervous system. Mutations and deletions in the tumour suppressor Merlin (moesin, ezrin, radixin-like protein) are linked to the development of the disease. The mechanism by which Merlin suppresses cell...
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Characterisation of the Non-Canonical Translation Initiation Factor eIF4E-3 as a Merlin Interacting Protein in Drosophila melanogaster
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Merlin is a tumour suppressor protein, the loss of which is linked to the inherited nervous system tumour syndrome Neurofibromatosis type 2 as well as sporadic tumour development. It is related to the ERM (ezrin-radixin-moesin) protein family, which is involved in linking the cytoskeleton to...
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Characterization of Cox15p, a cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor and component of the eukaryotic heme A synthase
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) converts oxygen to water as part of oxidative phosphorylation. Studies in yeast estimate that more than forty different genes are required for COX assembly. The heme A prosthetic groups are essential for COX function and defects in heme A synthesis have been shown to...
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Fall 2017
Merlin and the ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) proteins are key organizers of the cell cortex through linking membrane-associated proteins to the underlying actin cytoskeleton. Merlin and the ERM proteins have been implicated in the maintenance of cell integrity, adhesion, and motility during tissue...
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Characterization of the Protein Interaction Networks of Necdin and MAGEL2: Insight into How Loss of These Proteins Contributes to Neurodevelopmental Disease
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Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a neurocognitive developmental disorder that is caused by the deletion or inactivation of paternal genes in the chromosomal region 15q11-q13. The MAGEL2 and NDN (encoding necdin) genes are within the deleted region. Individuals with PWS tend to be obese due to...
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Characterizing the Mesolimbic Dopamine Reward Pathway in a Magel2-null Mouse, a Model of Prader-Willi Syndrome
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Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder characterized by extreme hyperphagia that can lead to severe obesity. The abnormal motivation to eat in PWS suggests a disruption in the hedonic feeding pathway, which is feeding based on reward as opposed to physiological need. Hedonic feeding is...