Search Results - "Swaggart, Kayleigh A."
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Anthropoid primate-specific retroviral element THE1B controls expression of CRH in placenta and alters gestation length
Published in PLoS biology (19-09-2018)“…Pregnancy and parturition are intricately regulated to ensure successful reproductive outcomes. However, the factors that control gestational length in humans…”
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Making a Genetic Diagnosis in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Population: Who, When, How, and at What Cost?
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-10-2019)“…To investigate the prevalence of genetic disease and its economic impact in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) by identifying and describing…”
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Annexin A6 modifies muscular dystrophy by mediating sarcolemmal repair
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-04-2014)“…Many monogenic disorders, including the muscular dystrophies, display phenotypic variability despite the same disease-causing mutation. To identify genetic…”
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Modifiers of heart and muscle function: where genetics meets physiology
Published in Experimental physiology (01-04-2014)“…New Findings What is the topic of this review? Genetic modifiers act on many different physiological aspects of muscle disease. Understanding and identifying…”
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Myoferlin is required for insulin-like growth factor response and muscle growth
Published in The FASEB journal (01-04-2010)“…Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) is a potent stimulus of muscle growth. Myoferlin is a membrane-associated protein important for muscle development and…”
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The superhealing MRL background improves muscular dystrophy
Published in Skeletal muscle (05-12-2012)“…Mice from the MRL or "superhealing" strain have enhanced repair after acute injury to the skin, cornea, and heart. We now tested an admixture of the MRL genome…”
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Detecting endogenous retrovirus-driven tissue-specific gene transcription
Published in Genome biology and evolution (01-04-2015)“…Transposable elements (TEs) comprise approximately half of the human genome, and several independent lines of investigation have demonstrated their role in…”
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Dusp6 is a genetic modifier of growth through enhanced ERK activity
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-01-2019)“…Abstract Like other single-gene disorders, muscular dystrophy displays a range of phenotypic heterogeneity even with the same primary mutation. Identifying…”
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Muscle hypertrophy induced by myostatin inhibition accelerates degeneration in dysferlinopathy
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-10-2015)“…Myostatin is a secreted signaling molecule that normally acts to limit muscle growth. As a result, there is extensive effort directed at developing drugs…”
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Genomics of preterm birth
Published in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine (01-02-2015)“…The molecular mechanisms controlling human birth timing at term, or resulting in preterm birth, have been the focus of considerable investigation, but limited…”
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Distinct genetic regions modify specific muscle groups in muscular dystrophy
Published in Physiological genomics (07-01-2011)“…Phenotypic expression in the muscular dystrophies is variable, even with the identical mutation, providing strong evidence that genetic modifiers influence…”
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Expression and Nucleotide Diversity of the Maize RIK Gene
Published in The Journal of heredity (01-07-2008)“…The K homology (KH) domain is a conserved sequence present in a wide variety of RNA-binding proteins. The rough sheath2–interacting KH domain (RIK) protein of…”
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