Search Results - "Zhou, Weiyin"
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Somatic Genomics and Clinical Features of Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Retrospective Study
Published in PLoS medicine (06-12-2016)“…Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the most common histologic subtype of lung cancer and has a high risk of distant metastasis at every disease stage. We aimed to…”
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Lack of transgenerational effects of ionizing radiation exposure from the Chernobyl accident
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (14-05-2021)“…Effects of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear accident remain a topic of interest. We investigated germline de novo mutations (DNMs) in children…”
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Whole genome sequencing of skull-base chordoma reveals genomic alterations associated with recurrence and chordoma-specific survival
Published in Nature communications (03-02-2021)“…Chordoma is a rare bone tumor with an unknown etiology and high recurrence rate. Here we conduct whole genome sequencing of 80 skull-base chordomas and…”
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Mosaic chromosome Y loss is associated with alterations in blood cell counts in UK Biobank men
Published in Scientific reports (27-02-2020)“…Mosaic loss of Y chromosome (mLOY) is the most frequently detected somatic copy number alteration in leukocytes of men. In this study, we investigate blood…”
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Genome-wide association study identifies multiple new loci associated with Ewing sarcoma susceptibility
Published in Nature communications (09-08-2018)“…Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is a pediatric cancer characterized by the EWSR1 - FLI1 fusion. We performed a genome-wide association study of 733 EWS cases and 1346…”
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Detectable chromosome X mosaicism in males is rarely tolerated in peripheral leukocytes
Published in Scientific reports (13-01-2021)“…Age-related male Y and female X chromosome mosaicism is commonly observed in large population-based studies. To investigate the frequency of male X chromosome…”
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Mosaic chromosomal alterations in peripheral blood leukocytes of children in sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Nature communications (06-12-2023)“…In high-income countries, mosaic chromosomal alterations in peripheral blood leukocytes are associated with an elevated risk of adverse health outcomes,…”
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Characterizing the genetic basis of methylome diversity in histologically normal human lung tissue
Published in Nature communications (27-02-2014)“…The genetic regulation of the human epigenome is not fully appreciated. Here we describe the effects of genetic variants on the DNA methylome in human lung…”
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Evaluation of alcohol-free mouthwash for studies of the oral microbiome
Published in PloS one (27-04-2023)“…Oral bacteria play important roles in human health and disease. Oral samples collected using ethanol-containing mouthwash are widely used for oral microbiome…”
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Genome Analysis of Latin American Cervical Cancer: Frequent Activation of the PIK3CA Pathway
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-12-2015)“…Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer mortality for women living in poverty, causing more than 28,000 deaths annually in Latin America and…”
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Germline-somatic JAK2 interactions are associated with clonal expansion in myelofibrosis
Published in Nature communications (08-09-2022)“…Myelofibrosis is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) with high risk for progression to acute myeloid leukemia. Our integrated genomic analysis of up to…”
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Imaging incorporation of circulating docosahexaenoic acid into the human brain using positron emission tomography
Published in Journal of lipid research (01-07-2009)“…Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3) is a critical constituent of the brain, but its metabolism has not been measured in the human brain in vivo. In monkeys,…”
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Low-frequency variation near common germline susceptibility loci are associated with risk of Ewing sarcoma
Published in PloS one (03-09-2020)“…Background Ewing sarcoma (EwS) is a rare, aggressive solid tumor of childhood, adolescence and young adulthood associated with pathognomonic EWSR1-ETS fusion…”
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Evolution of multiple cell clones over a 29-year period of a CLL patient
Published in Nature communications (16-12-2016)“…Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a frequent B-cell malignancy, characterized by recurrent somatic chromosome alterations and a low level of point…”
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Genomic profiles and clinical presentation of chordoma
Published in Acta neuropathologica communications (12-08-2024)“…Chordoma is a rare bone cancer with variable clinical outcomes. Here, we recruited 184 sporadic chordoma patients from the US and Canada and collected their…”
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Prognostic impact of pre-transplant chromosomal aberrations in peripheral blood of patients undergoing unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplant for acute myeloid leukemia
Published in Scientific reports (22-07-2021)“…To improve risk stratification and treatment decisions for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). We…”
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Successful use of whole genome amplified DNA from multiple source types for high-density Illumina SNP microarrays
Published in BMC genomics (06-03-2018)“…The recommended genomic DNA input requirements for whole genome single nucleotide polymorphism microarrays can limit the scope of molecular epidemiological…”
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Reply to ‘Mosaic loss of chromosome Y in leukocytes matters’
Published in Nature genetics (01-01-2019)“…[...] it was an observation from our laboratory that first identified the presence of genetic mosaicism in a population sample of 'healthy' individuals7…”
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Alternative Splicing of the G Protein-Coupled Receptor Superfamily in Human Airway Smooth Muscle Diversifies the Complement of Receptors
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (01-04-2008)“…G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest signaling family in the genome, serve an expansive array of functions, and are targets for ≈50% of current…”
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XAF1 as a modifier of p53 function and cancer susceptibility
Published in Science advances (01-06-2020)“…Cancer risk is highly variable in carriers of the common R337H founder allele, possibly due to the influence of modifier genes. Whole-genome sequencing…”
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