Search Results - "WILSON, Michael D"
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Epigenetics of Atherosclerosis: Emerging Mechanisms and Methods
Published in Trends in molecular medicine (01-04-2017)“…Atherosclerosis is a vascular pathology characterized by inflammation and plaque build-up within arterial vessel walls. Vessel occlusion, often occurring after…”
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Single cell RNA sequencing of human liver reveals distinct intrahepatic macrophage populations
Published in Nature communications (22-10-2018)“…The liver is the largest solid organ in the body and is critical for metabolic and immune functions. However, little is known about the cells that make up the…”
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Waves of Retrotransposon Expansion Remodel Genome Organization and CTCF Binding in Multiple Mammalian Lineages
Published in Cell (20-01-2012)“…CTCF-binding locations represent regulatory sequences that are highly constrained over the course of evolution. To gain insight into how these DNA elements are…”
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Rapid turnover of long noncoding RNAs and the evolution of gene expression
Published in PLoS genetics (01-07-2012)“…A large proportion of functional sequence within mammalian genomes falls outside protein-coding exons and can be transcribed into long RNAs. However, the roles…”
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Cooperativity and Rapid Evolution of Cobound Transcription Factors in Closely Related Mammals
Published in Cell (01-08-2013)“…To mechanistically characterize the microevolutionary processes active in altering transcription factor (TF) binding among closely related mammals, we compared…”
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Therapeutic Anti-Depressant Potential of Microbial GABA Produced by Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strains for GABAergic Signaling Restoration and Inhibition of Addiction-Induced HPA Axis Hyperactivity
Published in Current issues in molecular biology (22-03-2022)“…The role of the microbiota–gut–brain (MGB) axis in mood regulation and depression treatment has gained attention in recent years, as evidenced by the growing…”
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The Evolutionary Landscape of Alternative Splicing in Vertebrate Species
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (21-12-2012)“…How species with similar repertoires of protein-coding genes differ so markedly at the phenotypic level is poorly understood. By comparing organ transcriptomes…”
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Interactome Rewiring Following Pharmacological Targeting of BET Bromodomains
Published in Molecular cell (07-02-2019)“…Targeting bromodomains (BRDs) of the bromo-and-extra-terminal (BET) family offers opportunities for therapeutic intervention in cancer and other diseases…”
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ChIP-seq: Using high-throughput sequencing to discover protein–DNA interactions
Published in Methods (San Diego, Calif.) (01-07-2009)“…Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) allows specific protein–DNA interactions to be isolated. Combining ChIP with high-throughput sequencing reveals the DNA…”
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Five-Vertebrate ChIP-seq Reveals the Evolutionary Dynamics of Transcription Factor Binding
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (21-05-2010)“…Transcription factors (TFs) direct gene expression by binding to DNA regulatory regions. To explore the evolution of gene regulation, we used chromatin…”
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Independence of Repressive Histone Marks and Chromatin Compaction during Senescent Heterochromatic Layer Formation
Published in Molecular cell (27-07-2012)“…The expansion of repressive epigenetic marks has been implicated in heterochromatin formation during embryonic development, but the general applicability of…”
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Heart enhancers with deeply conserved regulatory activity are established early in zebrafish development
Published in Nature communications (26-11-2018)“…During the phylotypic period, embryos from different genera show similar gene expression patterns, implying common regulatory mechanisms. Here we set out to…”
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Spell Checking Nature: Versatility of CRISPR/Cas9 for Developing Treatments for Inherited Disorders
Published in American journal of human genetics (07-01-2016)“…Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) has arisen as a frontrunner for efficient genome engineering. However, the potentially broad…”
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Break Check: Transcription-Driven Topoisomerase II Collisions near Chromatin Loop Anchors Are Hotspots for DNA Damage and Translocations
Published in Molecular cell (25-07-2019)“…In this issue of Molecular Cell, Gothe et al. and Canela, Maman et al. demonstrate that type II topoisomerase (TOP2B/TOP2A)-mediated DNA breaks, and the…”
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Sufu- and Spop-mediated downregulation of Hedgehog signaling promotes beta cell differentiation through organ-specific niche signals
Published in Nature communications (11-10-2019)“…Human embryonic stem cell-derived beta cells offer a promising cell-based therapy for diabetes. However, efficient stem cell to beta cell differentiation has…”
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Cheminformatics-Based Identification of Potential Novel Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Natural Compounds of African Origin
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (14-01-2021)“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has impacted negatively on public health…”
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The effect of single dose albendazole (400 mg) treatment on the human gut microbiome of hookworm-infected Ghanaian individuals
Published in Scientific reports (12-07-2023)“…Microbes play a key role in human gut homeostasis, metabolic, immunologic and physiopathology of the body. A longitudinal study conducted during 2018–2021 in…”
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Candidate Cancer Driver Mutations in Distal Regulatory Elements and Long-Range Chromatin Interaction Networks
Published in Molecular cell (19-03-2020)“…A comprehensive catalog of cancer driver mutations is essential for understanding tumorigenesis and developing therapies. Exome-sequencing studies have mapped…”
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Cohesin regulates tissue-specific expression by stabilizing highly occupied cis-regulatory modules
Published in Genome research (01-11-2012)“…The cohesin protein complex contributes to transcriptional regulation in a CTCF-independent manner by colocalizing with master regulators at tissue-specific…”
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Cheminformatics-Based Study Identifies Potential Ebola VP40 Inhibitors
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (27-03-2023)“…The Ebola virus (EBOV) is still highly infectious and causes severe hemorrhagic fevers in primates. However, there are no regulatorily approved drugs against…”
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