β Cell dysfunction during progression of metabolic syndrome to type 2 diabetes

LI Hudish, JEB Reusch, L Sussel - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2019‏ - jci.org
In a society where physical activity is limited and food supply is abundant, metabolic
diseases are becoming a serious epidemic. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents a cluster …

Mitochondrial dynamics, mitophagy and cardiovascular disease

C Vásquez‐Trincado, I García‐Carvajal… - The Journal of …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cardiac hypertrophy is often initiated as an adaptive response to haemodynamic stress or
myocardial injury, and allows the heart to meet an increased demand for oxygen. Although …

Gene co-expression analysis for functional classification and gene–disease predictions

S Van Dam, U Vosa, A van der Graaf… - Briefings in …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Gene co-expression networks can be used to associate genes of unknown function with
biological processes, to prioritize candidate disease genes or to discern transcriptional …

WGCNA: an R package for weighted correlation network analysis

P Langfelder, S Horvath - BMC bioinformatics, 2008‏ - Springer
Background Correlation networks are increasingly being used in bioinformatics applications.
For example, weighted gene co-expression network analysis is a systems biology method …

Is my network module preserved and reproducible?

P Langfelder, R Luo, MC Oldham… - PLoS computational …, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
In many applications, one is interested in determining which of the properties of a network
module change across conditions. For example, to validate the existence of a module, it is …

SIRT3 deacetylates and activates OPA1 to regulate mitochondrial dynamics during stress

SA Samant, HJ Zhang, Z Hong, VB Pillai… - … and cellular biology, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
Mitochondrial morphology is regulated by the balance between two counteracting
mitochondrial processes of fusion and fission. There is significant evidence suggesting a …

The genetics of quantitative traits: challenges and prospects

TFC Mackay, EA Stone, JF Ayroles - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2009‏ - nature.com
A major challenge in current biology is to understand the genetic basis of variation for
quantitative traits. We review the principles of quantitative trait locus map** and …

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α induces fibrosis and insulin resistance in white adipose tissue

N Halberg, T Khan, ME Trujillo… - … and cellular biology, 2009‏ - Taylor & Francis
Adipose tissue can undergo rapid expansion during times of excess caloric intake. Like a
rapidly expanding tumor mass, obese adipose tissue becomes hypoxic due to the inability of …

Decoding disease: from genomes to networks to phenotypes

AK Wong, RSG Sealfon, CL Theesfeld… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Interpreting the effects of genetic variants is key to understanding individual susceptibility to
disease and designing personalized therapeutic approaches. Modern experimental …

DNA methylation profiling identifies epigenetic dysregulation in pancreatic islets from type 2 diabetic patients

M Volkmar, S Dedeurwaerder, DA Cunha… - The EMBO …, 2012‏ - embopress.org
In addition to genetic predisposition, environmental and lifestyle factors contribute to the
pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Epigenetic changes may provide the link for …