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Recent studies have highlighted important roles for long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) during the complex process of carcinogenesis. H19 is an example of an lncRNA that can function either as a tumor promoter or a tumor suppressor. Here, we investigated the role of H19 in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). First, we assessed H19 expression levels in human PTC tissues and PTC cell lines using quantitative...
Previous studies have highlighted the connections between neural tube defects (NTDs) and both thyroid hormones (TH) and vitamin A. However, whether the two hormonal signaling pathways interact in NTDs has remained unclear. We measured the expression levels of TH signaling genes in human fetuses with spinal NTDs associated with maternal hyperthyroidism as well as levels of retinoic acid (RA) signaling...
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been proved to play important roles in cancer biology. To understand their expression profile and potential functions in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), we investigated the lncRNA and mRNA expression in PTC and paired adjacent noncancerous thyroid tissue using microarray. Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to validate 10 differentially...
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is mainly caused by the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1). To our knowledge, this is the first review focusing on the vital role of Pin1 in the infection of HIV-1 and the development of AIDS. We and others have demonstrated that Pin1, the only known cis-to-trans isomerase recognizing the pThr/pSer-Pro motifs in proteins, plays striking roles in...
Rosa chinensis ‘Pallida’ (Rosa L.) is one of the most important ancient rose cultivars originating from China. It contributed the ‘tea scent’ trait to modern roses. However, little information is available on the gene regulatory networks involved in scent biosynthesis and metabolism in Rosa. In this study, the transcriptome of R. chinensis ‘Pallida’ petals at different developmental stages, from flower...
Protein-l-isoaspartate (d-aspartate) O-methyltransferase 1 (PCMT1) gene encodes for the protein repair enzyme l-isoaspartate (d-aspartate) O-methyltransferase (PIMT), which is known to protect certain neural cells from Bax-induced apoptosis. Previous study has shown that PCMT1 polymorphisms rs4552 and rs4816 of infant are associated with spina bifida in the Californian population. The association...
To enhance the survival probability in cold stress, plant cells often increase their cold- and freezing-tolerance in response to low, nonfreezing temperatures by expressing some cold-related genes. In present study, a cotton gene encoding tonoplast intrinsic protein (TIP) was isolated from a cotton seedling cDNA library, and designated as GhTIP1;1. GFP fluorescent microscopy indicated that GhTIP1;1...
The distribution of the G+C content in the human genome has been studied by using a windowless technique derived from the Z curve method. The most important findings presented in this paper are twofold. First, abrupt variations of the G+C content along human chromosome sequences are the main variation patterns of G+C content. It is found that at some sites, the G+C content undergoes abrupt changes...
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