Deciphering the impact of genomic variation on function

Code of Conduct Committee (alphabetical by last name … - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Our genomes influence nearly every aspect of human biology—from molecular and cellular
functions to phenotypes in health and disease. Studying the differences in DNA sequence …

TTD: Therapeutic Target Database describing target druggability information

Y Zhou, Y Zhang, D Zhao, X Yu, X Shen… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Target discovery is one of the essential steps in modern drug development, and the
identification of promising targets is fundamental for develo** first-in-class drug. A variety …

[HTML][HTML] Sex/gender-related differences in inflammaging

F Olivieri, F Marchegiani, G Matacchione… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geroscience puts mechanisms of aging as a driver of the most common age-related
diseases and dysfunctions. Under this perspective, addressing the basic mechanisms of …

Lipidome‐and genome‐wide study to understand sex differences in circulatory lipids

R Tabassum, S Ruotsalainen… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Despite well‐recognized differences in the atherosclerotic cardiovascular
disease risk between men and women, sex differences in risk factors and sex‐specific …

Rare variants in long non-coding RNAs are associated with blood lipid levels in the TOPMed whole-genome sequencing study

Y Wang, MS Selvaraj, X Li, Z Li, JA Holdcraft… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are known to perform important regulatory functions in
lipid metabolism. Large-scale whole-genome sequencing (WGS) studies and new statistical …

Association Between Whole Blood–Derived Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number, Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

X Liu, X Sun, Y Zhang, W Jiang, M Lai… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The relationship between mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA CN) and
cardiovascular disease remains elusive. Methods and Results We performed cross …

Down-regulation of ABCA7 in human microglia, astrocyte and THP-1 cell lines by cholesterol depletion, IL-1β and TNFα, or PMA

JP Wiener, S Desire, V Garliyev, N Lyssenko III… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter subfamily A member 7 (ABCA7) is a
major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Human neural cell lines were used to investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of biological sex on human circulating lipidome: an overview of the literature

R Tabassum, E Widén, S Ripatti - Atherosclerosis, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide for both men and
women, but their prevalence and burden show marked sex differences. The existing …

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and learning and memory deficits in Neuroinflammatory diseases

V Echeverria, C Mendoza, A Iarkov - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Animal survival depends on cognitive abilities such as learning and memory to adapt to
environmental changes. Memory functions require an enhanced activity and connectivity of …

Mendelian randomization analysis revealed potential metabolic causal factors for breast cancer

M Zhou, M Henricks, V Loch, G Zhang, Y Lu, X Li - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Observational studies showed that metabolic phenotypes were associated with the risk of
develo** breast cancer (BC). However, those results are inconsistent regarding the …