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Kenakin T. Know your molecule: pharmacological characterization of drug candidates to enhance efficacy and reduce late-stage attrition. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2024; 23:626-644. [PMID: 38890494 DOI: 10.1038/s41573-024-00958-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Despite advances in chemical, computational and biological sciences, the rate of attrition of drug candidates in clinical development is still high. A key point in the small-molecule discovery process that could provide opportunities to help address this challenge is the pharmacological characterization of hit and lead compounds, culminating in the selection of a drug candidate. Deeper characterization is increasingly important, because the 'quality' of drug efficacy, at least for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), is now understood to be much more than activation of commonly evaluated pathways such as cAMP signalling, with many more 'efficacies' of ligands that could be harnessed therapeutically. Such characterization is being enabled by novel assays to characterize the complex behaviour of GPCRs, such as biased signalling and allosteric modulation, as well as advances in structural biology, such as cryo-electron microscopy. This article discusses key factors in the assessments of the pharmacology of hit and lead compounds in the context of GPCRs as a target class, highlighting opportunities to identify drug candidates with the potential to address limitations of current therapies and to improve the probability of them succeeding in clinical development.
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- Terry Kenakin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Alhazmi S, Alharthi M, Alzahrani M, Alrofaidi A, Basingab F, Almuhammadi A, Alkhatabi H, Ashi A, Chaudhary A, Elaimi A. Copy number variations in autistic children. Biomed Rep 2024; 21:107. [PMID: 38868529 PMCID: PMC11168027 DOI: 10.3892/br.2024.1795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests as a neurodevelopmental condition marked by challenges in social communication, interaction and the performing of repetitive behaviors. The prevalence of autism increases markedly on an annual basis; however, the etiology remains incompletely understood. Cytogenetically visible chromosomal abnormalities, including copy number variations (CNVs), have been shown to contribute to the pathogenesis of ASD. More than 1% of ASD conditions can be explained based on a known genetic locus, whereas CNVs account for 5-10% of cases. However, there are no studies on the Saudi Arabian population for the detection of CNVs linked to ASD, to the best of our knowledge. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the prevalence of CNVs in autistic Saudi Arabian children. Genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of 14 autistic children along with four healthy control children and then array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) was used to detect CNVs. Bioinformatics analysis of the aCGH results showed the presence of recurrent and non-recurrent deletion/duplication CNVs in several regions of the genome of autistic children. The most frequent CNVs were 1q21.2, 3p26.3, 4q13.2, 6p25.3, 6q24.2, 7p21.1, 7q34, 7q11.1, 8p23.2, 13q32.3, 14q11.1-q11.2 and 15q11.1-q11.2. In the present study, CNVs in autistic Saudi Arabian children were identified to improve the understanding of the etiology of autism and facilitate its diagnosis. Additionally, the present study identified certain possible pathogenic genes in the CNV region associated with several developmental and neurogenetic diseases.
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- Safiah Alhazmi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Immunology Unit, King Fahad Medical Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
- Neuroscience and Geroscience Research Unit, King Fahad Medical Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
- Central Laboratory of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Immunology Unit, King Fahad Medical Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Innovation in Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
- Hematology Research Unit, King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Innovation in Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Innovation in Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Innovation in Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia
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Yeo NKW, Lim CK, Yaung KN, Khoo NKH, Arkachaisri T, Albani S, Yeo JG. Genetic interrogation for sequence and copy number variants in systemic lupus erythematosus. Front Genet 2024; 15:1341272. [PMID: 38501057 PMCID: PMC10944961 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1341272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
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Early-onset systemic lupus erythematosus presents with a more severe disease and is associated with a greater genetic burden, especially in patients from Black, Asian or Hispanic ancestries. Next-generation sequencing techniques, notably whole exome sequencing, have been extensively used in genomic interrogation studies to identify causal disease variants that are increasingly implicated in the development of autoimmunity. This Review discusses the known casual variants of polygenic and monogenic systemic lupus erythematosus and its implications under certain genetic disparities while suggesting an age-based sequencing strategy to aid in clinical diagnostics and patient management for improved patient care.
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- Nicholas Kim-Wah Yeo
- Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Clinical Translation Research, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Rheumatology and Immunology Service, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Rheumatology and Immunology Service, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Translational Immunology Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
- Rheumatology and Immunology Service, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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Kenakin T. Allostery: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2024; 388:110-120. [PMID: 37918859 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.123.001838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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With the advent of functional screening, more allosteric molecules are being discovered and developed as possible therapeutic entities. Allosteric proteins are unique because of two specific properties: 1) separate binding sites for allosteric modulators and guests and 2) mandatory alteration of receptor conformation upon binding of allosteric modulators. For G protein-coupled receptors, these properties produce many beneficial effects on pharmacologic systems that are described here. Allosteric discovery campaigns also bring with them added considerations that must be addressed for the endeavor to be successful, and these are described herein as well. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Recent years have seen the increasing presence of allosteric molecules as possible therapeutic drug candidates. The scientific procedures to characterize these are unique and require special techniques, so it is imperative that scientists understand the new concepts involved in allosteric function. This review examines the reasons why allosteric molecules should be considered as new drug entities and the techniques required to optimize the discovery process for allosteric molecules.
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- Terry Kenakin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Naidoo L, Arumugam T, Ramsuran V. Host Genetic Impact on Infectious Diseases among Different Ethnic Groups. ADVANCED GENETICS (HOBOKEN, N.J.) 2023; 4:2300181. [PMID: 38099246 PMCID: PMC10716055 DOI: 10.1002/ggn2.202300181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis (TB), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) are problematic globally, with high prevalence particularly in Africa, attributing to most of the death rates. There have been immense efforts toward developing effective preventative and therapeutic strategies for these pathogens globally, however, some remain uncured. Disease susceptibility and progression for malaria, TB, HIV, and COVID-19 vary among individuals and are attributed to precautionary measures, environment, host, and pathogen genetics. While studying individuals with similar attributes, it is suggested that host genetics contributes to most of an individual's susceptibility to disease. Several host genes are identified to associate with these pathogens. Interestingly, many of these genes and polymorphisms are common across diseases. This paper analyzes genes and genetic variations within host genes associated with HIV, TB, malaria, and COVID-19 among different ethnic groups. The differences in host-pathogen interaction among these groups, particularly of Caucasian and African descent, and which gene polymorphisms are prevalent in an African population that possesses protection or risk to disease are reviewed. The information in this review could potentially help develop personalized treatment that could effectively combat the high disease burden in Africa.
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- Lisa Naidoo
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical SciencesCollege of Health SciencesUniversity of KwaZulu‐NatalDurban4041South Africa
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical SciencesCollege of Health SciencesUniversity of KwaZulu‐NatalDurban4041South Africa
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical SciencesCollege of Health SciencesUniversity of KwaZulu‐NatalDurban4041South Africa
- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)University of KwaZulu‐NatalDurban4041South Africa
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Mead EC, Wang CA, Phung J, Fu JY, Williams SM, Merialdi M, Jacobsson B, Lye S, Menon R, Pennell CE. The Role of Genetics in Preterm Birth. Reprod Sci 2023; 30:3410-3427. [PMID: 37450251 PMCID: PMC10692032 DOI: 10.1007/s43032-023-01287-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Preterm birth (PTB), defined as the birth of a child before 37 completed weeks gestation, affects approximately 11% of live births and is the leading cause of death in children under 5 years. PTB is a complex disease with multiple risk factors including genetic variation. Much research has aimed to establish the biological mechanisms underlying PTB often through identification of genetic markers for PTB risk. The objective of this review is to present a comprehensive and updated summary of the published data relating to the field of PTB genetics. A literature search in PubMed was conducted and English studies related to PTB genetics were included. Genetic studies have identified genes within inflammatory, immunological, tissue remodeling, endocrine, metabolic, and vascular pathways that may be involved in PTB. However, a substantial proportion of published data have been largely inconclusive and multiple studies had limited power to detect associations. On the contrary, a few large hypothesis-free approaches have identified and replicated multiple novel variants associated with PTB in different cohorts. Overall, attempts to predict PTB using single "-omics" datasets including genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic biomarkers have been mostly unsuccessful and have failed to translate to the clinical setting. Integration of data from multiple "-omics" datasets has yielded the most promising results.
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- Elyse C Mead
- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, 2305, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, 2305, Australia
- Department of Maternity and Gynaecology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, 2305, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Maternal Newborn Health Innovations, Geneva, PBC, Switzerland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Domain of Health Data and Digitalization, Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Basic Science and Translational Research, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia.
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, 2305, Australia.
- Department of Maternity and Gynaecology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, 2305, Australia.
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Xu Z, Li Q, Marchionni L, Wang K. PhenoSV: interpretable phenotype-aware model for the prioritization of genes affected by structural variants. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7805. [PMID: 38016949 PMCID: PMC10684511 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43651-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
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Structural variants (SVs) represent a major source of genetic variation associated with phenotypic diversity and disease susceptibility. While long-read sequencing can discover over 20,000 SVs per human genome, interpreting their functional consequences remains challenging. Existing methods for identifying disease-related SVs focus on deletion/duplication only and cannot prioritize individual genes affected by SVs, especially for noncoding SVs. Here, we introduce PhenoSV, a phenotype-aware machine-learning model that interprets all major types of SVs and genes affected. PhenoSV segments and annotates SVs with diverse genomic features and employs a transformer-based architecture to predict their impacts under a multiple-instance learning framework. With phenotype information, PhenoSV further utilizes gene-phenotype associations to prioritize phenotype-related SVs. Evaluation on extensive human SV datasets covering all SV types demonstrates PhenoSV's superior performance over competing methods. Applications in diseases suggest that PhenoSV can determine disease-related genes from SVs. A web server and a command-line tool for PhenoSV are available at https://phenosv.wglab.org .
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- Zhuoran Xu
- Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5G2C1, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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Shapira G, Volkov H, Fabian I, Mohr DW, Bettinotti M, Shomron N, Avery RK, Arav-Boger R. Genomic Markers Associated with Cytomegalovirus DNAemia in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Viruses 2023; 15:2227. [PMID: 38005904 PMCID: PMC10674338 DOI: 10.3390/v15112227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a major pathogen after solid organ transplantation, leading to high morbidity and mortality. Transplantation from a CMV-seropositive donor to a CMV-seronegative recipient (D+/R-) is associated with high risk of CMV disease. However, that risk is not uniform, suggesting a role for host factors in immune control of CMV. To identify host genetic factors that control CMV DNAemia post transplantation, we performed a whole-exome association study in two cohorts of D+/R- kidney transplant recipients. Quantitative CMV DNA was measured for at least one year following transplantation. Several CMV-protective single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified in the first cohort (72 patients) but were not reproducible in the second cohort (126 patients). A meta-analysis of both cohorts revealed several SNPs that were significantly associated with protection from CMV DNAemia. The copy number variation of several genes was significantly different between recipients with and without CMV DNAemia. Amongst patients with CMV DNAemia in the second cohort, several variants of interest (p < 5 × 10-5), the most common of which was NLRC5, were associated with peak viral load. We provide new predictive genetic markers for protection of CMV DNAemia. These markers should be validated in larger cohorts.
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- Guy Shapira
- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel; (G.S.)
- Edmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel; (G.S.)
- Edmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel; (G.S.)
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- Johns Hopkins Genetic Resources Core Facility, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA;
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- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel; (G.S.)
- Edmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Müller M, Sauter D. The more the merrier? Gene duplications in the coevolution of primate lentiviruses with their hosts. Curr Opin Virol 2023; 62:101350. [PMID: 37651832 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2023.101350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Gene duplications are a major source of genetic diversity and evolutionary innovation. Newly formed, duplicated genes can provide a selection advantage in constantly changing environments. One such example is the arms race of HIV and related lentiviruses with innate immune responses of their hosts. In recent years, it has become clear that both sides have benefited from multiple gene duplications. For example, amplifications of antiretroviral factors such as apolipoprotein-B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-3 (APOBEC3), interferon-induced transmembrane protein (IFITM), and tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) proteins have expanded the repertoire of cell-intrinsic defense mechanisms and increased the barriers to retroviral replication and cross-species transmission. Conversely, recent studies have also shed light on how duplications of accessory lentiviral genes and Long terminal repeat (LTR) elements can provide a selection advantage in the coevolution with antiviral host proteins.
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- Martin Müller
- Institute for Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases, University Hospital Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases, University Hospital Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Pollen AA, Kilik U, Lowe CB, Camp JG. Human-specific genetics: new tools to explore the molecular and cellular basis of human evolution. Nat Rev Genet 2023; 24:687-711. [PMID: 36737647 PMCID: PMC9897628 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-022-00568-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Our ancestors acquired morphological, cognitive and metabolic modifications that enabled humans to colonize diverse habitats, develop extraordinary technologies and reshape the biosphere. Understanding the genetic, developmental and molecular bases for these changes will provide insights into how we became human. Connecting human-specific genetic changes to species differences has been challenging owing to an abundance of low-effect size genetic changes, limited descriptions of phenotypic differences across development at the level of cell types and lack of experimental models. Emerging approaches for single-cell sequencing, genetic manipulation and stem cell culture now support descriptive and functional studies in defined cell types with a human or ape genetic background. In this Review, we describe how the sequencing of genomes from modern and archaic hominins, great apes and other primates is revealing human-specific genetic changes and how new molecular and cellular approaches - including cell atlases and organoids - are enabling exploration of the candidate causal factors that underlie human-specific traits.
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- Alex A Pollen
- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Institute of Human Biology (IHB), Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Institute of Human Biology (IHB), Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Jaegle B, Pisupati R, Soto-Jiménez LM, Burns R, Rabanal FA, Nordborg M. Extensive sequence duplication in Arabidopsis revealed by pseudo-heterozygosity. Genome Biol 2023; 24:44. [PMID: 36895055 PMCID: PMC9999624 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-023-02875-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND It is apparent that genomes harbor much structural variation that is largely undetected for technical reasons. Such variation can cause artifacts when short-read sequencing data are mapped to a reference genome. Spurious SNPs may result from mapping of reads to unrecognized duplicated regions. Calling SNP using the raw reads of the 1001 Arabidopsis Genomes Project we identified 3.3 million (44%) heterozygous SNPs. Given that Arabidopsis thaliana (A. thaliana) is highly selfing, and that extensively heterozygous individuals have been removed, we hypothesize that these SNPs reflected cryptic copy number variation. RESULTS The heterozygosity we observe consists of particular SNPs being heterozygous across individuals in a manner that strongly suggests it reflects shared segregating duplications rather than random tracts of residual heterozygosity due to occasional outcrossing. Focusing on such pseudo-heterozygosity in annotated genes, we use genome-wide association to map the position of the duplicates. We identify 2500 putatively duplicated genes and validate them using de novo genome assemblies from six lines. Specific examples included an annotated gene and nearby transposon that transpose together. We also demonstrate that cryptic structural variation produces highly inaccurate estimates of DNA methylation polymorphism. CONCLUSIONS Our study confirms that most heterozygous SNP calls in A. thaliana are artifacts and suggest that great caution is needed when analyzing SNP data from short-read sequencing. The finding that 10% of annotated genes exhibit copy-number variation, and the realization that neither gene- nor transposon-annotation necessarily tells us what is actually mobile in the genome suggests that future analyses based on independently assembled genomes will be very informative.
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- Benjamin Jaegle
- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria.
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Gene Mapping and Identification of a Missense Mutation in One Copy of VRN-A1 Affects Heading Date Variation in Wheat. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24055008. [PMID: 36902439 PMCID: PMC10003625 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24055008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Heading date (HD) is an important trait for wide adaptability and yield stability in wheat. The Vernalization 1 (VRN1) gene is a key regulatory factor controlling HD in wheat. The identification of allelic variations in VRN1 is crucial for wheat improvement as climate change becomes more of a threat to agriculture. In this study, we identified an EMS-induced late-heading wheat mutant je0155 and crossed it with wide-type (WT) Jing411 to construct an F2 population of 344 individuals. Through Bulk Segregant Analysis (BSA) of early and late-heading plants, we identified a Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) for HD on chromosome 5A. Further genetic linkage analysis limited the QTL to a physical region of 0.8 Mb. Cloning and sequencing revealed three copies of VRN-A1 in the WT and mutant lines; one copy contained a missense mutation of C changed to T in exon 4 and another copy contained a mutation in intron 5. Genotype and phenotype analysis of the segregation population validated that the mutations in VRN-A1 contributed to the late HD phenotype in the mutant. Expression analysis of C- or T-type alleles in exon 4 of the WT and mutant lines indicated that this mutation led to lower expression of VRN-A1, which resulted in the late-heading of je0155. This study provides valuable information for the genetic regulation of HD and many important resources for HD refinement in wheat breeding programs.
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Zhao D, Sun H, Li H, Li C, Zhou B. A prediction model for the impact of environmental and genetic factors on cardiovascular events: development in a salt substitutes population. J Transl Med 2023; 21:62. [PMID: 36717874 PMCID: PMC9887817 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-03899-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has evolved into a serious public health issue that demands the use of suitable methods to estimate the risk of the disease. As a result, in a sample of individuals who completed a 3-year low-sodium salt or conventional salt intervention in a hypertensive environment, we constructed a 13-year cardiovascular (CV) event risk prediction model with a 10-year follow-up. METHODS A Cox proportional hazards model was used to build a prediction model based on data from 306 participants who matched the inclusion criteria. Both the discriminating power and the calibration of the prediction models were assessed. The discriminative power of the prediction model was measured using the area under the curve (AUC). Brier scores and calibration plots were used to assess the prediction model's calibration. The model was internally validated using the tenfold cross-validation method. The nomogram served as a tool for visualising the model. RESULTS Among the 306 total individuals, there were 100 cases and 206 control. In the model, there were six predictors including age, smoking, LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol), baseline SBP (systolic blood pressure), CVD (cardiovascular history), and CNV (genomic copy number variation) nsv483076. The fitted model has an AUC of 0.788, showing strong model discrimination, and a Brier score of 0.166, indicating that it was well-calibrated. According to the results of internal validation, the prediction model utilised in this study had a good level of repeatability. According to the model integrating the interaction of CNVs and baseline blood pressure, the effect of baseline SBP on CV events may be greater when nsv483076 was normal double copies than when nsv483076 was copy number variation. CONCLUSIONS The efficacy of risk prediction models for CV events that include environmental and genetic components is excellent, and they may be utilised as risk assessment tools for CV events in specific groups to offer a foundation for tailored intervention strategies.
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- Dan Zhao
- grid.412636.40000 0004 1757 9485Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, No.155, Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning China ,grid.412449.e0000 0000 9678 1884School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning China
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- grid.412636.40000 0004 1757 9485Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, No.155, Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning China
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- grid.412636.40000 0004 1757 9485Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, No.155, Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning China ,grid.412449.e0000 0000 9678 1884School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning China
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- grid.412636.40000 0004 1757 9485Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, No.155, Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning China ,grid.412449.e0000 0000 9678 1884School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning China
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, No.155, Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
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Söylev A, Çokoglu SS, Koptekin D, Alkan C, Somel M. CONGA: Copy number variation genotyping in ancient genomes and low-coverage sequencing data. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1010788. [PMID: 36516232 PMCID: PMC9873172 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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To date, ancient genome analyses have been largely confined to the study of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Copy number variants (CNVs) are a major contributor of disease and of evolutionary adaptation, but identifying CNVs in ancient shotgun-sequenced genomes is hampered by typical low genome coverage (<1×) and short fragments (<80 bps), precluding standard CNV detection software to be effectively applied to ancient genomes. Here we present CONGA, tailored for genotyping CNVs at low coverage. Simulations and down-sampling experiments suggest that CONGA can genotype deletions >1 kbps with F-scores >0.75 at ≥1×, and distinguish between heterozygous and homozygous states. We used CONGA to genotype 10,002 outgroup-ascertained deletions across a heterogenous set of 71 ancient human genomes spanning the last 50,000 years, produced using variable experimental protocols. A fraction of these (21/71) display divergent deletion profiles unrelated to their population origin, but attributable to technical factors such as coverage and read length. The majority of the sample (50/71), despite originating from nine different laboratories and having coverages ranging from 0.44×-26× (median 4×) and average read lengths 52-121 bps (median 69), exhibit coherent deletion frequencies. Across these 50 genomes, inter-individual genetic diversity measured using SNPs and CONGA-genotyped deletions are highly correlated. CONGA-genotyped deletions also display purifying selection signatures, as expected. CONGA thus paves the way for systematic CNV analyses in ancient genomes, despite the technical challenges posed by low and variable genome coverage.
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- Arda Söylev
- Department of Computer Engineering, Konya Food and Agriculture University, Konya, Turkey
- Institute for Medical Biometry and Bioinformatics, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- * E-mail: (AS); (MS)
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- Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
- * E-mail: (AS); (MS)
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Prodanov T, Bansal V. Robust and accurate estimation of paralog-specific copy number for duplicated genes using whole-genome sequencing. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3221. [PMID: 35680869 PMCID: PMC9184528 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30930-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The human genome contains hundreds of low-copy repeats (LCRs) that are challenging to analyze using short-read sequencing technologies due to extensive copy number variation and ambiguity in read mapping. Copy number and sequence variants in more than 150 duplicated genes that overlap LCRs have been implicated in monogenic and complex human diseases. We describe a computational tool, Parascopy, for estimating the aggregate and paralog-specific copy number of duplicated genes using whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Parascopy is an efficient method that jointly analyzes reads mapped to different repeat copies without the need for global realignment. It leverages multiple samples to mitigate sequencing bias and to identify reliable paralogous sequence variants (PSVs) that differentiate repeat copies. Analysis of WGS data for 2504 individuals from diverse populations showed that Parascopy is robust to sequencing bias, has higher accuracy compared to existing methods and enables prioritization of pathogenic copy number changes in duplicated genes.
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- Timofey Prodanov
- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
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Yang H, Yue B, Yang Y, Tang J, Yang S, Qi A, Qu K, Lan X, Lei C, Wei Z, Huang B, Chen H. Distribution of Copy Number Variation in SYT11 Gene and Its Association with Growth Conformation Traits in Chinese Cattle. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11020223. [PMID: 35205089 PMCID: PMC8869484 DOI: 10.3390/biology11020223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Simple Summary It is known that many different breeds of cattle are widely distributed in China. However, due to a lengthy selection of draught direction, there are obvious shortcomings in Chinese cattle, such as less meat production, slow weight gain, poor meat quality, and a lack of specialized beef cattle breeds. Animal breeding heavily benefits from molecular technologies, among which molecular genetic markers were widely used to improve the economic traits of beef cattle. Because the copy number variation (CNV) involves a longer DNA sequence or even the entire functional gene, it may have a greater impact on the phenotype. Recent studies have indicated that CNVs are widespread in the Chinese cattle genome. By investigating the effects of CNVs on gene expression and cattle traits, we aim to find those genomic variations which could significantly affect cattle traits, and which could provide a basis for genetic selection and molecular breeding of local Chinese cattle. Abstract Currently, studies of the SYT11 gene mainly focus on neurological diseases such as schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease. However, some studies have shown that the C2B domain of SYT11 can interact with RISC components and affect the gene regulation of miRNA, which is important for cell differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, and therefore has an impact on muscle growth and development in animals. The whole-genome resequencing data detected a CNV in the SYT11 gene, and this may affect cattle growth traits. In this study, CNV distribution of 672 individuals from four cattle breeds, Yunling, Pinan, Xianan, and Qinchuan, were detected by qPCR. The relationship between CNV, gene expression and growth traits was further investigated. The results showed that the proportion of multiple copy types was the largest in all cattle breeds, but there were some differences among different breeds. The normal type had higher gene expression than the abnormal copy type. The CNVs of the SYT11 gene were significantly correlated with body length, cannon circumference, chest depth, rump length, and forehead size of Yunling cattle, and was significantly correlated with the bodyweight of Xianan cattle, respectively. These data improve our understanding of the effects of CNV on cattle growth traits. Our results suggest that the CNV of SYT11 gene is a protentional molecular marker, which may be used to improve growth traits in Chinese cattle.
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- Haiyan Yang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
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- Academy of Science and Technology, Chuxiong Normal University, Chuxiong 675000, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
- Correspondence: (Z.W.); (B.H.); (H.C.)
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- Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming 650212, China
- Correspondence: (Z.W.); (B.H.); (H.C.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (H.Y.); (B.Y.); (Y.Y.); (J.T.); (S.Y.); (A.Q.); (X.L.); (C.L.)
- College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China
- Correspondence: (Z.W.); (B.H.); (H.C.)
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Jasinska AJ, Pandrea I, Apetrei C. CCR5 as a Coreceptor for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses: A Prototypic Love-Hate Affair. Front Immunol 2022; 13:835994. [PMID: 35154162 PMCID: PMC8829453 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.835994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
CCR5, a chemokine receptor central for orchestrating lymphocyte/cell migration to the sites of inflammation and to the immunosurveillance, is involved in the pathogenesis of a wide spectrum of health conditions, including inflammatory diseases, viral infections, cancers and autoimmune diseases. CCR5 is also the primary coreceptor for the human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs), supporting its entry into CD4+ T lymphocytes upon transmission and in the early stages of infection in humans. A natural loss-of-function mutation CCR5-Δ32, preventing the mutated protein expression on the cell surface, renders homozygous carriers of the null allele resistant to HIV-1 infection. This phenomenon was leveraged in the development of therapies and cure strategies for AIDS. Meanwhile, over 40 African nonhuman primate species are long-term hosts of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), an ancestral family of viruses that give rise to the pandemic CCR5 (R5)-tropic HIV-1. Many natural hosts typically do not progress to immunodeficiency upon the SIV infection. They have developed various strategies to minimize the SIV-related pathogenesis and disease progression, including an array of mechanisms employing modulation of the CCR5 receptor activity: (i) deletion mutations abrogating the CCR5 surface expression and conferring resistance to infection in null homozygotes; (ii) downregulation of CCR5 expression on CD4+ T cells, particularly memory cells and cells at the mucosal sites, preventing SIV from infecting and killing cells important for the maintenance of immune homeostasis, (iii) delayed onset of CCR5 expression on the CD4+ T cells during ontogenetic development that protects the offspring from vertical transmission of the virus. These host adaptations, aimed at lowering the availability of target CCR5+ CD4+ T cells through CCR5 downregulation, were countered by SIV, which evolved to alter the entry coreceptor usage toward infecting different CD4+ T-cell subpopulations that support viral replication yet without disruption of host immune homeostasis. These natural strategies against SIV/HIV-1 infection, involving control of CCR5 function, inspired therapeutic approaches against HIV-1 disease, employing CCR5 coreceptor blocking as well as gene editing and silencing of CCR5. Given the pleiotropic role of CCR5 in health beyond immune disease, the precision as well as costs and benefits of such interventions needs to be carefully considered.
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- Anna J. Jasinska
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Eye on Primates, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Claireaux M, Robinot R, Kervevan J, Patgaonkar M, Staropoli I, Brelot A, Nouël A, Gellenoncourt S, Tang X, Héry M, Volant S, Perthame E, Avettand-Fenoël V, Buchrieser J, Cokelaer T, Bouchier C, Ma L, Boufassa F, Hendou S, Libri V, Hasan M, Zucman D, de Truchis P, Schwartz O, Lambotte O, Chakrabarti LA. Low CCR5 expression protects HIV-specific CD4+ T cells of elite controllers from viral entry. Nat Commun 2022; 13:521. [PMID: 35082297 PMCID: PMC8792008 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28130-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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HIV elite controllers maintain a population of CD4 + T cells endowed with high avidity for Gag antigens and potent effector functions. How these HIV-specific cells avoid infection and depletion upon encounter with the virus remains incompletely understood. Ex vivo characterization of single Gag-specific CD4 + T cells reveals an advanced Th1 differentiation pattern in controllers, except for the CCR5 marker, which is downregulated compared to specific cells of treated patients. Accordingly, controller specific CD4 + T cells show decreased susceptibility to CCR5-dependent HIV entry. Two controllers carried biallelic mutations impairing CCR5 surface expression, indicating that in rare cases CCR5 downregulation can have a direct genetic cause. Increased expression of β-chemokine ligands upon high-avidity antigen/TCR interactions contributes to autocrine CCR5 downregulation in controllers without CCR5 mutations. These findings suggest that genetic and functional regulation of the primary HIV coreceptor CCR5 play a key role in promoting natural HIV control.
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- Mathieu Claireaux
- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub, Department of Computational Biology, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub, Department of Computational Biology, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- AP-HP Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Microbiologie clinique, Paris, France.,CNRS 8104, INSERM U1016, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub, Department of Computational Biology, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Biomics Platform, C2RT, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Biomics Platform, C2RT, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Biomics Platform, C2RT, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- INSERM U1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Cytometry and Biomarkers (CB UTechS), Translational Research Center, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Cytometry and Biomarkers (CB UTechS), Translational Research Center, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1184, Université Paris Sud, CEA, Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,AP-HP, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Paris Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Virus and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Paris, France. .,CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France.
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Song RH, Gao CQ, Zhao J, Zhang JA. An Update Evolving View of Copy Number Variations in Autoimmune Diseases. Front Genet 2022; 12:794348. [PMID: 35126462 PMCID: PMC8810490 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.794348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Autoimmune diseases (AIDs) usually share possible common mechanisms, i.e., a defect in the immune tolerance exists due to diverse causes from central and peripheral tolerance mechanisms. Some genetic variations including copy number variations (CNVs) are known to link to several AIDs and are of importance in the susceptibility to AIDs and the potential therapeutic responses to medicines. As an important source of genetic variants, DNA CNVs have been shown to be very common in AIDs, implying these AIDs may possess possible common mechanisms. In addition, some CNVs are differently distributed in various diseases in different ethnic populations, suggesting that AIDs may have their own different phenotypes and different genetic and/or environmental backgrounds among diverse populations. Due to the continuous advancement in genotyping technology, such as high-throughput whole-genome sequencing method, more susceptible variants have been found. Moreover, further replication studies should be conducted to confirm the results of studies with different ethnic cohorts and independent populations. In this review, we aim to summarize the most relevant data that emerged in the past few decades on the relationship of CNVs and AIDs and gain some new insights into the issue.
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Zhang X, Zhu Y, Kremling KAG, Romay MC, Bukowski R, Sun Q, Gao S, Buckler ES, Lu F. Genome-wide analysis of deletions in maize population reveals abundant genetic diversity and functional impact. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:273-290. [PMID: 34661697 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03965-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Two read depth methods were jointly used in next-generation sequencing data to identify deletions in maize population. GWAS by deletions were analyzed for gene expression pattern and classical traits, respectively. Many studies have confirmed that structural variation (SV) is pervasive throughout the maize genome. Deletion is one type of SV that may impact gene expression and cause phenotypic changes in quantitative traits. In this study, two read count approaches were used to analyze the deletions in the whole-genome sequencing data of 270 maize inbred lines. A total of 19,754 deletion windows overlapped 12,751 genes, which were unevenly distributed across the genome. The deletions explained population structure well and correlated with genomic features. The deletion proportion of genes was determined to be negatively correlated with its expression. The detection of gene expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) indicated that local eQTL were fewer but had larger effects than distant ones. The common associated genes were related to basic metabolic processes, whereas unique associated genes with eQTL played a role in the stress or stimulus responses in multiple tissues. Compared with the eQTL detected by SNPs derived from the same sequencing data, 89.4% of the associated genes could be detected by both markers. The effect of top eQTL detected by SNPs was usually larger than that detected by deletions for the same gene. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) on flowering time and plant height illustrated that only a few loci could be consistently captured by SNPs, suggesting that combining deletion and SNP for GWAS was an excellent strategy to dissect trait architecture. Our findings will provide insights into characteristic and biological function of genome-wide deletions in maize.
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- Xiao Zhang
- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Southwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
- Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, 175 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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- Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, 175 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, 175 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Bioinformatics Facility, Institute of Biotechnology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Bioinformatics Facility, Institute of Biotechnology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Southwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, 175 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY, USA
- USDA-ARS, R. W. Holley Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, 175 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY, USA.
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Nirmal LA, Jacob S. The impact of COVID-19 in curbing the goals of ensuring sustainable development of life on land (SDG 15) and below water (SDG 14). COVID-19 AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2022. [PMCID: PMC9335019 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91307-2.00012-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The widespread coronavirus pandemic has halted the progress of the sustainable development goals (SDG) proposed by the United Nations. This pandemic has already shattered the economy of not only the developing countries but also the developed nations. During this period, the primary focus was on the healthcare sector, while other developmental progress wasn’t considered essential. Since the duration of the pandemic couldn’t be predicted, the SDGs are now the second priority. This chapter emphasizes on the impacts which may have caused by COVID-19 on two specific SDGs, which involve the sustainable development of marine, coastal, terrestrial, and inland aquatic ecosystem. The improper disposal of COVID-19-associated wastes, such as medical equipment, plastics, masks, and gloves, is a threat to both the lives on land and below water. Complete lockdown led to improper treatment of wastewaters before being discharged into water bodies, and waterlog caused by COVID-19 wastes in beaches resulted in the damage of aquatic ecosystem. On the contrary, the revival of the marine ecosystem closer to the coastline due to the world’s reduced economic activity is considered as an advantage. This pandemic provided a short-term success in preventing deforestation and reduced poaching, promoting the forest ecosystem. But in the long run, lack of jobs and unemployment might lead to increased cutting of trees to earn the living. Thus COVID-19 may have influenced bringing both positives and negatives to the SDGs, and these provide us with the challenges and opportunities to accomplish these goals.
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Picton ACP, Paximadis M, Koor GW, Bharuthram A, Shalekoff S, Lassauniere R, Ive P, Tiemessen CT. Reduced CCR5 Expression and Immune Quiescence in Black South African HIV-1 Controllers. Front Immunol 2021; 12:781263. [PMID: 34987508 PMCID: PMC8720782 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.781263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Unique Individuals who exhibit either suppressive HIV-1 control, or the ability to maintain low viral load set-points and preserve their CD4+ T cell counts for extended time periods in the absence of antiretroviral therapy, are broadly termed HIV-1 controllers. We assessed the extent to which black South African controllers (n=9), differ from uninfected healthy controls (HCs, n=22) in terms of lymphocyte and monocyte CCR5 expression (density and frequency of CCR5-expressing cells), immune activation as well as peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) mitogen-induced chemokine/cytokine production. In addition, relative CD4+ T cell CCR5 mRNA expression was assessed in a larger group of controllers (n=20) compared to HCs (n=10) and HIV-1 progressors (n=12). Despite controllers having significantly higher frequencies of activated CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (HLA-DR+) compared to HCs, CCR5 density was significantly lower in these T cell populations (P=0.039 and P=0.064, respectively). This lower CCR5 density was largely attributable to controllers with higher VLs (>400 RNA copies/ml). Significantly lower CD4+ T cell CCR5 density in controllers was maintained (P=0.036) when HCs (n=12) and controllers (n=9) were matched for age. CD4+ T cell CCR5 mRNA expression was significantly less in controllers compared to HCs (P=0.007) and progressors (P=0.002), whereas HCs and progressors were similar (P=0.223). The levels of soluble CD14 in plasma did not differ between controllers and HCs, suggesting no demonstrable monocyte activation. While controllers had lower monocyte CCR5 density compared to the HCs (P=0.02), significance was lost when groups were age-matched (P=0.804). However, when groups were matched for both CCR5 promoter haplotype and age (n=6 for both) reduced CCR5 density on monocytes in controllers relative to HCs was highly significant (P=0.009). Phytohemagglutinin-stimulated PBMCs from the controllers produced significantly less CCL3 (P=0.029), CCL4 (P=0.008) and IL-10 (P=0.028) compared to the HCs, which was largely attributable to the controllers with lower VLs (<400 RNA copies/ml). Our findings support a hypothesis of an inherent (genetic) predisposition to lower CCR5 expression in individuals who naturally control HIV-1, as has been suggested for Caucasian controllers, and thus, likely involves a mechanism shared between ethnically divergent population groups.
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- Anabela C. P. Picton
- Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Virology, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- *Correspondence: Maria Paximadis,
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- Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Virology, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Virology, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Virology, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Virus Research and Development Laboratory, Department of Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Virology, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Clinical HIV Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Virology, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Chlamydia trachomatis Stimulation Enhances HIV-1 Susceptibility through the Modulation of a Member of the Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins. J Invest Dermatol 2021; 142:1338-1348.e6. [PMID: 34662561 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sexually transmitted infections such as Chlamydia trachomatis can enhance HIV-1 infection. However, the molecular mechanisms modulating the enhancement of HIV-1 infectivity and replication during HIV-1/sexually transmitted infections coinfection remain elusive. In this study, we performed an ex vivo infection of HIV-1 in PBMCs of C. trachomatis‒infected patients and observed a significant increase in HIV-1 p24 levels compared with those in cells from healthy donors. Similarly, C. trachomatis‒stimulated PBMCs from healthy donors showed enhanced susceptibility to HIV-1. C. trachomatis‒stimulated CD4 T cells also harbored more HIV-1 copy numbers. RNA sequencing data revealed the upregulation of CCL3L1/CCL3L3, a paralog of CCL3 in C. trachomatis‒stimulated CD4 T cells infected with HIV-1. Furthermore, an increase in CCL3L1/CCL3L3 expression levels correlated with HIV-1 replication in C. trachomatis‒stimulated cells. However, the addition of exogenous CCL3L1 reduces HIV-1 infection of healthy cells, indicating a dual role of CCL3L1 in HIV-1 infection. Further investigation revealed that a knockout of CCL3L1/CCL3L3 in Jurkat T cells rescued the increased susceptibility of C. trachomatis‒stimulated cells to HIV-1 infection. These results reveal a role for CCL3L1/CCL3L3 in enhancing HIV-1 replication and production and highlight a mechanism for the enhanced susceptibility to HIV-1 among C. trachomatis‒infected patients.
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CCL3L3-null status is associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19172. [PMID: 34580371 PMCID: PMC8476559 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98531-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The correlation between copy number variation (CNV) and the susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been reported for various immunity-related genes. However, the contribution of CNVs to SLE susceptibility awaits more investigation. To evaluate the copy numbers in immunity-related genes such as TNFAIP3, TNIP1, IL12B, TBX21 (T-bet), TLR7, C4A, C4B, CCL3L1, and CCL3L3, the modified real competitive polymerase chain reaction (mrcPCR) assay was employed, and the association between the copy numbers and SLE susceptibility was analyzed in 334 SLE patients and 338 controls. CCL3L3-null status was significantly associated with SLE susceptibility (OR > 18, P < 0.0001), which remained significant by Bonferroni's correction (corrected P = 0.0007). However, the significant association between C4B low-copy status and SLE susceptibility (OR = 1.6051, P = 0.0331) became non-significant by Bonferroni's correction (corrected P = 0.3938). Except for these results, no other significant association between SLE susceptibility and copy number status in other genes was observed. The CCL3L3-null status may be a significant factor for SLE susceptibility.
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Chiliński M, Sengupta K, Plewczynski D. From DNA human sequence to the chromatin higher order organisation and its biological meaning: Using biomolecular interaction networks to understand the influence of structural variation on spatial genome organisation and its functional effect. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 121:171-185. [PMID: 34429265 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The three-dimensional structure of the human genome has been proven to have a significant functional impact on gene expression. The high-order spatial chromatin is organised first by looping mediated by multiple protein factors, and then it is further formed into larger structures of topologically associated domains (TADs) or chromatin contact domains (CCDs), followed by A/B compartments and finally the chromosomal territories (CTs). The genetic variation observed in human population influences the multi-scale structures, posing a question regarding the functional impact of structural variants reflected by the variability of the genes expression patterns. The current methods of evaluating the functional effect include eQTLs analysis which uses statistical testing of influence of variants on spatially close genes. Rarely, non-coding DNA sequence changes are evaluated by their impact on the biomolecular interaction network (BIN) reflecting the cellular interactome that can be analysed by the classical graph-theoretic algorithms. Therefore, in the second part of the review, we introduce the concept of BIN, i.e. a meta-network model of the complete molecular interactome developed by integrating various biological networks. The BIN meta-network model includes DNA-protein binding by the plethora of protein factors as well as chromatin interactions, therefore allowing connection of genomics with the downstream biomolecular processes present in a cell. As an illustration, we scrutinise the chromatin interactions mediated by the CTCF protein detected in a ChIA-PET experiment in the human lymphoblastoid cell line GM12878. In the corresponding BIN meta-network the DNA spatial proximity is represented as a graph model, combined with the Proteins-Interaction Network (PIN) of human proteome using the Gene Association Network (GAN). Furthermore, we enriched the BIN with the signalling and metabolic pathways and Gene Ontology (GO) terms to assert its functional context. Finally, we mapped the Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) from the GWAS studies and identified the chromatin mutational hot-spots associated with a significant enrichment of SNPs related to autoimmune diseases. Afterwards, we mapped Structural Variants (SVs) from healthy individuals of 1000 Genomes Project and identified an interesting example of the missing protein complex associated with protein Q6GYQ0 due to a deletion on chromosome 14. Such an analysis using the meta-network BIN model is therefore helpful in evaluating the influence of genetic variation on spatial organisation of the genome and its functional effect in a cell.
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- Mateusz Chiliński
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland; Laboratory of Functional and Structural Genomics, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Functional and Structural Genomics, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland; Laboratory of Functional and Structural Genomics, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
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Lo Faro V, Ten Brink JB, Snieder H, Jansonius NM, Bergen AA. Genome-wide CNV investigation suggests a role for cadherin, Wnt, and p53 pathways in primary open-angle glaucoma. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:590. [PMID: 34348663 PMCID: PMC8336345 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07846-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To investigate whether copy number variations (CNVs) are implicated in molecular mechanisms underlying primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), we used genotype data of POAG individuals and healthy controls from two case-control studies, AGS (n = 278) and GLGS-UGLI (n = 1292). PennCNV, QuantiSNP, and cnvPartition programs were used to detect CNV. Stringent quality controls at both sample and marker levels were applied. The identified CNVs were intersected in CNV region (CNVR). After, we performed burden analysis, CNV-genome-wide association analysis, gene set overrepresentation and pathway analysis. In addition, in human eye tissues we assessed the expression of the genes lying within significant CNVRs. RESULTS We reported a statistically significant greater burden of CNVs in POAG cases compared to controls (p-value = 0,007). In common between the two cohorts, CNV-association analysis identified statistically significant CNVRs associated with POAG that span 11 genes (APC, BRCA2, COL3A1, HLA-DRB1, HLA-DRB5, HLA-DRB6, MFSD8, NIPBL, SCN1A, SDHB, and ZDHHC11). Functional annotation and pathway analysis suggested the involvement of cadherin, Wnt signalling, and p53 pathways. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that CNVs may have a role in the susceptibility of POAG and they can reveal more information on the mechanism behind this disease. Additional genetic and functional studies are warranted to ascertain the contribution of CNVs in POAG.
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- Valeria Lo Faro
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Departments of Clinical Genetics and Ophthalmology, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AMC), Location AMC K2-217
- AMC-UvA, P.O.Box 22700, 1100 DE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Clinical Genetics and Ophthalmology, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AMC), Location AMC K2-217
- AMC-UvA, P.O.Box 22700, 1100 DE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Clinical Genetics and Ophthalmology, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AMC), Location AMC K2-217
- AMC-UvA, P.O.Box 22700, 1100 DE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. .,Department of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. .,Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN-KNAW), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Stark TL, Kaufman RS, Maltepes MA, Chi PB, Liberles DA. Detecting Selection on Segregating Gene Duplicates in a Population. J Mol Evol 2021; 89:554-564. [PMID: 34341836 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-021-10024-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gene duplication is a fundamental process that has the potential to drive phenotypic differences between populations and species. While evolutionarily neutral changes have the potential to affect phenotypes, detecting selection acting on gene duplicates can uncover cases of adaptive diversification. Existing methods to detect selection on duplicates work mostly inter-specifically and are based upon selection on coding sequence changes, here we present a method to detect selection directly on a copy number variant segregating in a population. The method relies upon expected relationships between allele (new duplication) age and frequency in the population dependent upon the effective population size. Using both a haploid and a diploid population with a Moran Model under several population sizes, the neutral baseline for copy number variants is established. The ability of the method to reject neutrality for duplicates with known age (measured in pairwise dS value) and frequency in the population is established through mathematical analysis and through simulations. Power is particularly good in the diploid case and with larger effective population sizes, as expected. With extension of this method to larger population sizes, this is a tool to analyze selection on copy number variants in any natural or experimentally evolving population. We have made an R package available at https://github.com/peterbchi/CNVSelectR/ which implements the method introduced here.
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- Tristan L Stark
- Department of Biology and Center for Computational Genetics and Genomics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA.
- Discipline of Mathematics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.
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- Department of Biology and Center for Computational Genetics and Genomics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Computational Genetics and Genomics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Computational Genetics and Genomics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 19085, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Computational Genetics and Genomics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA.
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Chen S, Xie ZX, Yuan YJ. Discovering and genotyping genomic structural variations by yeast genome synthesis and inducible evolution. FEMS Yeast Res 2021; 20:5809967. [PMID: 32188997 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foaa012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Genomic structural variations (SVs) promote the evolution of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and play an important role in phenotypic diversities. Yeast genomic structures can be remodeled by design and bottom-up synthesis. The synthesis of yeast genome creates novel copy number variations (CNVs) and SVs and develops new strategies to discover gene functions. Further, an inducible evolution system SCRaMbLE, consisted of 3,932 loxPsym sites, was incorporated on synthetic yeast genome. SCRaMbLE enables genomic rearrangements at will and rapidly generates chromosomal number variations, and massive SVs under customized conditions. The impacts of genetic variations on phenotypes can be revealed by genome analysis and chromosome restructuring. Yeast genome synthesis and SCRaMbLE provide a new research paradigm to explore the genotypic mechanisms of phenotype diversities, and can be used to improve biological traits and optimize industrial chassis.
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- Si Chen
- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, People's Republic of China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, People's Republic of China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, People's Republic of China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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Qiu Y, Ding R, Zhuang Z, Wu J, Yang M, Zhou S, Ye Y, Geng Q, Xu Z, Huang S, Cai G, Wu Z, Yang J. Genome-wide detection of CNV regions and their potential association with growth and fatness traits in Duroc pigs. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:332. [PMID: 33964879 PMCID: PMC8106131 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07654-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background In the process of pig breeding, the average daily gain (ADG), days to 100 kg (AGE), and backfat thickness (BFT) are directly related to growth rate and fatness. However, the genetic mechanisms involved are not well understood. Copy number variation (CNV), an important source of genetic diversity, can affect a variety of complex traits and diseases and has gradually been thrust into the limelight. In this study, we reported the genome-wide CNVs of Duroc pigs using SNP genotyping data from 6627 animals. We also performed a copy number variation region (CNVR)-based genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for growth and fatness traits in two Duroc populations. Results Our study identified 953 nonredundant CNVRs in U.S. and Canadian Duroc pigs, covering 246.89 Mb (~ 10.90%) of the pig autosomal genome. Of these, 802 CNVRs were in U.S. Duroc pigs with 499 CNVRs were in Canadian Duroc pigs, indicating 348 CNVRs were shared by the two populations. Experimentally, 77.8% of nine randomly selected CNVRs were validated through quantitative PCR (qPCR). We also identified 35 CNVRs with significant association with growth and fatness traits using CNVR-based GWAS. Ten of these CNVRs were associated with both ADG and AGE traits in U.S. Duroc pigs. Notably, four CNVRs showed significant associations with ADG, AGE, and BFT, indicating that these CNVRs may play a pleiotropic role in regulating pig growth and fat deposition. In Canadian Duroc pigs, nine CNVRs were significantly associated with both ADG and AGE traits. Further bioinformatic analysis identified a subset of potential candidate genes, including PDGFA, GPER1, PNPLA2 and BSCL2. Conclusions The present study provides a necessary supplement to the CNV map of the Duroc genome through large-scale population genotyping. In addition, the CNVR-based GWAS results provide a meaningful way to elucidate the genetic mechanisms underlying complex traits. The identified CNVRs can be used as molecular markers for genetic improvement in the molecular-guided breeding of modern commercial pigs. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-021-07654-7.
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- Yibin Qiu
- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Wens Breeding Swine Technology Co., Ltd., Yunfu, Guangdong, 527400, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Wens Breeding Swine Technology Co., Ltd., Yunfu, Guangdong, 527400, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China.,Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Wens Breeding Swine Technology Co., Ltd., Yunfu, Guangdong, 527400, People's Republic of China.,Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China. .,Guangdong Wens Breeding Swine Technology Co., Ltd., Yunfu, Guangdong, 527400, People's Republic of China. .,Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Animal Science and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, People's Republic of China. .,Lingnan Guangdong Laboratory of Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China.
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How should we theorize about justice in the genomic era? Politics Life Sci 2021; 40:106-125. [PMID: 33949837 DOI: 10.1017/pls.2021.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The sequencing of the human genome and advances in gene therapy and genomic editing, coupled with embryo selection techniques and a potential gerontological intervention, are some examples of the rapid technological advances of the "genetic revolution." This article addresses the methodological issue of how we should theorize about justice in the genomic era. Invoking the methodology of non-ideal theory, I argue that theorizing about justice in the genomic era entails theorizing about (1) the new inequalities that the genetic revolution could exacerbate (e.g., genetic discrimination, disability-related injustices, and gender inequality), and (2) those inequalities that the genetic revolution could help us mitigate (e.g., the risks of disease in early and late life). By doing so, normative theorists can ensure that we develop an account of justice that takes seriously not only individual rights, equality of opportunity, the cultural and sociopolitical aspects of disability, and equality between the sexes, but also the potential health benefits (to both individuals and populations) of attending to the evolutionary causes of morbidity and disability.
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Copy number variation: Characteristics, evolutionary and pathological aspects. Biomed J 2021; 44:548-559. [PMID: 34649833 PMCID: PMC8640565 DOI: 10.1016/j.bj.2021.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Copy number variants (CNVs) were the subject of extensive research in the past years. They are common features of the human genome that play an important role in evolution, contribute to population diversity, development of certain diseases, and influence host–microbiome interactions. CNVs have found application in the molecular diagnosis of many diseases and in non-invasive prenatal care, but their full potential is only emerging. CNVs are expected to have a tremendous impact on screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of several disorders, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. Here, we comprehensively review basic definitions of the term CNV, outline mechanisms and factors involved in CNV formation, and discuss their evolutionary and pathological aspects. We suggest a need for better defined distinguishing criteria and boundaries between known types of CNVs.
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Zhong Q, Lu M, Yuan W, Cui Y, Ouyang H, Fan Y, Wang Z, Wu C, Qiao J, Hang J. Eight-lncRNA signature of cervical cancer were identified by integrating DNA methylation, copy number variation and transcriptome data. J Transl Med 2021; 19:58. [PMID: 33557879 PMCID: PMC8045209 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-02705-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Copy number variation (CNV) suggests genetic changes in malignant tumors. Abnormal expressions of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) resulted from genomic and epigenetic abnormalities play a driving role in tumorigenesis of cervical cancer. However, the role of lncRNAs-related CNV in cervical cancer remained largely unclear. METHODS The data of messenger RNAs (mRNAs), DNA methylation, and DNA copy number were collected from 292 cervical cancer specimens. The prognosis-related subtypes of cervical cancer were determined by multi-omics integration analysis, and protein-coding genes (PCGs) and lncRNAs with subtype-specific expressions were identified. The CNV pattern of the subtype-specific lncRNAs was analyzed to identify the subtype-specific lncRNAs. A prognostic risk model based on lncRNAs was established by least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO). RESULTS Multi-omics integration analysis identified three molecular subtypes incorporating 617 differentially expressed lncRNAs and 1395 differentially expressed PCGs. The 617 lncRNAs were found to intersect with disease-related lncRNAs. Functional enrichment showed that 617 lncRNAs were mainly involved in tumor metabolism, immunity and other pathways, such as p53 and cAMP signaling pathways, which are closely related to the development of cervical cancer. Finally, according to CNV pattern consistent with differential expression analysis, we established a lncRNAs-based signature consisted of 8 lncRNAs, namely, RUSC1-AS1, LINC01990, LINC01411, LINC02099, H19, LINC00452, ADPGK-AS1, C1QTNF1-AS1. The interaction of the 8 lncRNAs showed a significantly poor prognosis of cervical cancer patients, which has also been verified in an independent dataset. CONCLUSION Our study expanded the network of CNVs and improved the understanding on the regulatory network of lncRNAs in cervical cancer, providing novel biomarkers for the prognosis management of cervical cancer patients.
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- Qihang Zhong
- Institute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, HaiDian District, No. 38 XueYuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.,Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, HaiDian District, No. 49 North HuaYuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, HaiDian District, No. 49 North HuaYuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.,National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing, 100191, China.,Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproductive Technology, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100091, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, HaiDian District, No. 49 North HuaYuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Diseases of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510150, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, HaiDian District, No. 38 XueYuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, HaiDian District, No. 49 North HuaYuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China. .,National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproductive Technology, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, HaiDian District, No. 49 North HuaYuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China. .,National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Key Laboratory of Assisted Reproduction, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproductive Technology, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Reyes-Alcaraz A, Y. Lucero Garcia-Rojas E, A. Bond R, K. McConnell B. Allosteric Modulators for GPCRs as a Therapeutic Alternative with High Potential in Drug Discovery. Mol Pharmacol 2020. [DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.91838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The superfamily of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) consists of biological microprocessors that can activate multiple signaling pathways. Most GPCRs have an orthosteric pocket where the endogenous ligand(s) typically binds. Conversely, allosteric ligands bind to GPCRs at sites that are distinct from the orthosteric binding region and they modulate the response elicited by the endogenous ligand. Allosteric ligands can also switch the response of a GPCR after ligand binding to a unique signaling pathway, these ligands are termed biased allosteric modulators. Thus, the development of allosteric ligands opens new and multiple ways in which the signaling pathways of GPCRs can be manipulated for potential therapeutic benefit. Furthermore, the mechanisms by which allosteric ligands modulate the effects of endogenous ligands have provided new insights into the interactions between allosteric ligands and GPCRs. These new findings have a high potential to improve drug discovery and development and, therefore, creating the need for better screening methods for allosteric drugs to increase the chances of success in the development of allosteric modulators as lead clinical compounds.
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Lamb HJ, Hayes BJ, Nguyen LT, Ross EM. The Future of Livestock Management: A Review of Real-Time Portable Sequencing Applied to Livestock. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E1478. [PMID: 33317066 PMCID: PMC7763041 DOI: 10.3390/genes11121478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Oxford Nanopore Technologies' MinION has proven to be a valuable tool within human and microbial genetics. Its capacity to produce long reads in real time has opened up unique applications for portable sequencing. Examples include tracking the recent African swine fever outbreak in China and providing a diagnostic tool for disease in the cassava plant in Eastern Africa. Here we review the current applications of Oxford Nanopore sequencing in livestock, then focus on proposed applications in livestock agriculture for rapid diagnostics, base modification detection, reference genome assembly and genomic prediction. In particular, we propose a future application: 'crush-side genotyping' for real-time on-farm genotyping for extensive industries such as northern Australian beef production. An initial in silico experiment to assess the feasibility of crush-side genotyping demonstrated promising results. SNPs were called from simulated Nanopore data, that included the relatively high base call error rate that is characteristic of the data, and calling parameters were varied to understand the feasibility of SNP calling at low coverages in a heterozygous population. With optimised genotype calling parameters, over 85% of the 10,000 simulated SNPs were able to be correctly called with coverages as low as 6×. These results provide preliminary evidence that Oxford Nanopore sequencing has potential to be used for real-time SNP genotyping in extensive livestock operations.
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- Harrison J. Lamb
- Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia; (B.J.H.); (L.T.N.); (E.M.R.)
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Inflammation, HIV, and Immune Quiescence: Leveraging on Immunomodulatory Products to Reduce HIV Susceptibility. AIDS Res Treat 2020; 2020:8672850. [PMID: 33178456 PMCID: PMC7609152 DOI: 10.1155/2020/8672850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The relationship between inflammation and HIV has been a focus of research over the last decade. In HIV-infected individuals, increased HIV-associated immune activation significantly correlated to disease progression. While genital inflammation (GI) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of HIV acquisition and transmission, immune correlates for reduced risk remain limited. In certain HIV-exposed seronegative individuals, an immune quiescent phenotype characterized reduced risk. Immune quiescence is defined by specific, targeted, highly regulated immune responses that hinder overt inflammation or immune activation. Targeted management of inflammation, therefore, is a plausible strategy to mitigate HIV risk and slow disease progression. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as hydroxychloroquine and aspirin have shown encouraging preliminary results in low-risk women by reducing systemic and genital immune activation. A topical NSAID, containing ibuprofen, is effective in treating vulvovaginal inflammation. Additionally, the glucocorticoids (GCs), prednisolone, and dexamethasone are used to treat HIV-associated immune activation. Collectively, these data inform on immune-modulating drugs to reduce HIV risk. However, the prolonged use of these pharmaceutical drugs is associated with adverse effects, both systemically and to a lesser extent topically. Natural products with their reduced side effects coupled with anti-inflammatory properties render them viable options. Lactic acid (LA) has immunomodulatory properties. LA regulates the genital microbiome by facilitating the growth of Lactobacillus species, while simultaneously limiting bacterial species that cause microbial dysbiosis and GI. Glycerol monolaurate, besides being anti-inflammatory, also inhibited SIV infections in rhesus macaques. The proposed pharmaceutical and natural products could be used in combination with either antiretrovirals for treatment or preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention. This review provides a summary on the associations between inflammation, HIV risk, and disease progression. Furthermore, we use the knowledge from immune quiescence to exploit the use of pharmaceutical and natural products as strategic interventions to manage inflammation, toward mitigating HIV infections.
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Li Z, Simianer H. Pan-genomic open reading frames: A potential supplement of single nucleotide polymorphisms in estimation of heritability and genomic prediction. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008995. [PMID: 32833967 PMCID: PMC7470747 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pan-genomic open reading frames (ORFs) potentially carry protein-coding gene or coding variant information in a population. In this study, we suggest that pan-genomic ORFs are promising to be utilized in estimation of heritability and genomic prediction. A Saccharomyces cerevisiae dataset with whole-genome SNPs, pan-genomic ORFs, and the copy numbers of those ORFs is used to test the effectiveness of ORF data as a predictor in three prediction models for 35 traits. Our results show that the ORF-based heritability can capture more genetic effects than SNP-based heritability for all traits. Compared to SNP-based genomic prediction (GBLUP), pan-genomic ORF-based genomic prediction (OBLUP) is distinctly more accurate for all traits, and the predictive abilities on average are more than doubled across all traits. For four traits, the copy number of ORF-based prediction(CBLUP) is more accurate than OBLUP. When using different numbers of isolates in training sets in ORF-based prediction, the predictive abilities for all traits increased as more isolates are added in the training sets, suggesting that with very large training sets the prediction accuracy will be in the range of the square root of the heritability. We conclude that pan-genomic ORFs have the potential to be a supplement of single nucleotide polymorphisms in estimation of heritability and genomic prediction.
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- Zhengcao Li
- Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Center for Integrated Breeding Research, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Center for Integrated Breeding Research, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Mohamad Isa II, Jamaluddin J, Achim NH, Abubakar S. Population-specific profiling of CCL3L1 copy number of the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia and the implication on HIV susceptibility. Gene 2020; 754:144821. [PMID: 32497559 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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CC chemokine ligand 3 like-1 (CCL3L1) encodes for CCL3L1 protein, which is a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) suppressive chemokine and a potent ligand of HIV CCR5 co-receptor. CCL3L1 exhibits variation in the gene copy number (CN) and could influence HIV susceptibility through gene dosage effect. The study aims to determine the distribution of CCL3L1 CN among HIV subjects of Malay, Chinese, and Indian ethnics in Malaysia and to evaluate the impact of CCL3L1 CN on susceptibility to HIV. This study involved 182 HIV patients who attended outpatient clinics of three hospitals in Malaysia and 150 non-HIV (control) subjects. Typing of CCL3L1 CN was conducted via multiplex paralogue ratio tests (PRTs), followed by validation of the CCL3L1 CN by microsatellite analyses. Both Malay and Indian HIV subjects had the CN mode of two, while the CN mode for the Chinese was four. The CCL3L1 gene CN was found to be strongly associated with ethnicity (p < 0.001) with the diverse distribution of CCL3L1 CN between the Malay (range = 0-6), Chinese (range = 0-9), and Indian (range = 1-4) ethnic groups. CCL3L1 CN higher than and equal to the average was associated with reduced HIV susceptibility among the Malays (p < 0.05). However, the negative results found for the Indian and Chinese need to be further analysed in a larger sample size.
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- Irma Izani Mohamad Isa
- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Levine AJ, Soontornniyomkij V, Masliah E, Sinsheimer JS, Ji SS, Horvath S, Singer EJ, Kallianpur A, Moore DJ. A candidate gene study of intermediate histopathological phenotypes in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. J Neurovirol 2020; 26:496-508. [PMID: 32394397 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-020-00846-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) describe a spectrum of neuropsychological impairment caused by HIV-1 infection. While the sequence of cellular and physiological events that lead to HAND remains obscure, it likely involves chronic neuroinflammation. Host genetic markers that increase the risk for HAND have been reported, but replication of such studies is lacking, possibly due to inconsistent application of a behavioral phenotype across studies. In the current study, we used histopathologic phenotypes in order to validate putative risk alleles for HAND. The National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium, a longitudinal study of the neurologic manifestations of HIV. Data and specimens were obtained from 175 HIV-infected adults. After determining several potential covariates of neurocognitive functioning, we quantified levels of six histopathological markers in the frontal lobe in association with neurocognitive functioning: SYP, MAP 2, HLA-DR, Iba1, GFAP, and β-amyloid. We then determined alleles of 15 candidate genes for their associations with neurocognitive functioning and histopathological markers. Finally, we identified the most plausible causal pathway based on our data using a multi-stage linear regression-based mediation analysis approach. None of the genetic markers were associated with neurocognitive functioning. Of the histopathological markers, only MAP 2 and SYP were associated with neurocognitive functioning; however, MAP 2 and SYP did not vary as a function of genotype. Mediation analysis suggests a causal pathway in which presynaptic degeneration (SYP) leads to somatodendritic degeneration (MAP 2) and ultimately neurocognitive impairment. This study did not support the role of host genotype in the histopathology underlying HAND. The findings lend further support for synaptodendritic degeneration as the proximal underlying neuropathological substrate of HAND.
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- Andrew J Levine
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Departments of Neurosciences and Pathology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Departments of Human Genetics and Computational Biology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Genomic Medicine, Medicine, & Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic/Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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Alshawaqfeh M, Al Kawam A, Serpedin E, Datta A. Robust Recurrent CNV Detection in the Presence of Inter-Subject Variability. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2020; 17:1056-1067. [PMID: 30387737 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2018.2878560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The study of recurrent copy number variations (CNVs) plays an important role in understanding the onset and evolution of complex diseases such as cancer. Array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) is a widely used microarray based technology for identifying CNVs. However, due to high noise levels and inter-sample variability, detecting recurrent CNVs from aCGH data remains a challenging topic. This paper proposes a novel method for identification of the recurrent CNVs. In the proposed method, the noisy aCGH data is modeled as the superposition of three matrices: a full-rank matrix of weighted piece-wise generating signals accounting for the clean aCGH data, a Gaussian noise matrix to model the inherent experimentation errors and other sources of error, and a sparse matrix to capture the sparse inter-sample (sample-specific) variations. We demonstrated the ability of our method to separate accurately recurrent CNVs from sample-specific variations and noise in both simulated (artificial) data and real data. The proposed method produced more accurate results than current state-of-the-art methods used in recurrent CNV detection and exhibited robustness to noise and sample-specific variations.
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Mapping the extent of heterogeneity of human CCR5+ CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood and lymph nodes. AIDS 2020; 34:833-848. [PMID: 32044843 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND CD4 T cells that express the chemokine receptor, CCR5, are the most important target of HIV-1 infection, but their functions, phenotypes and anatomical locations are poorly understood. We aimed to use multiparameter flow cytometry to better define the full breadth of these cells. METHODS High-parameter fluorescence flow and mass cytometry were optimized to analyse subsets of CCR5 memory CD4 T cells, including CD25CD127 Tregs, CXCR3CCR6- Th1-like, CCR6CD161CXCR3- Th17-like, integrins α4ß7 gut-homing, CCR4 skin-homing, CD62L lymph node-homing, CD38HLA-DR activated cells, and CD27-CD28- cytotoxic T lymphocytes, in a total of 22 samples of peripheral blood, ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsies of lymph nodes and excised tonsils. CCR5 antigen-specific CD4 T cells were studied using the OX40 flow-based assay. RESULTS 10-20% of CCR5 memory CD4 T cells were Tregs, 10-30% were gut-homing, 10-30% were skin-homing, 20-40% were lymph node-homing, 20-50% were Th1-like and 20-40% were Th17-like cells. Up to 30% were cytotoxic T lymphocytes in CMV-seropositive donors, including cells that were either CCR5Granzyme K or CCR5Granzyme B. When all possible phenotypes were exhaustively analysed, more than 150 different functional and trafficking subsets of CCR5 CD4 T cells were seen. Moreover, a small population of resident CD69Granzyme KCCR5 CD4 T cells was found in lymphoid tissues. CMV- and Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD4 T cells were predominantly CCR5. CONCLUSION These results reveal for the first time the prodigious heterogeneity of function and trafficking of CCR5 CD4 T cells in blood and in lymphoid tissue, with significant implications for rational approaches to prophylaxis for HIV-1 infection and for purging of the HIV-1 reservoir in those participants already infected.
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COMT Val158Met Polymorphism, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Nadir CD4 Synergistically Increase Risk of Neurocognitive Impairment in Men Living With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2020; 81:e148-e157. [PMID: 31107306 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The Val allele of the Val158Met single-nucleotide polymorphism of the catechol-o-methyltransferase gene (COMT) results in faster metabolism and reduced bioavailability of dopamine (DA). Among persons living with HIV, Val carriers display neurocognitive deficits relative to Met carriers, presumably due to exacerbation of HIV-related depletion of DA. COMT may also impact neurocognition by modulating cardiometabolic function, which is often dysregulated among persons living with HIV. We examined the interaction of COMT, cardiometabolic risk, and nadir CD4 on neurocognitive impairment (NCI) among HIV+ men. METHODS Three hundred twenty-nine HIV+ men underwent COMT genotyping and neurocognitive and neuromedical assessments. Cohort-standardized z scores for body mass index, systolic blood pressure, glucose, triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol were averaged to derive a cardiometabolic risk score (CMRS). NCI was defined as demographically adjusted global deficit score of ≥0.5. Logistic regression modeled NCI as a function of COMT, CMRS, and their interaction, covarying for estimated premorbid function, race/ethnicity, and HIV-specific characteristics. Follow-up analysis included the 3-way interaction of COMT, CMRS, and nadir CD4. RESULTS Genotypes were 81 (24.6%) Met/Met, 147 (44.7%) Val/Met, and 101 (30.7%) Val/Val. COMT interacted with CMRS (P = 0.02) such that higher CMRS increased risk of NCI among Val/Val [odds ratio (OR) = 2.13, P < 0.01], but not Val/Met (OR = 0.93, P > 0.05) or Met/Met (OR = 0.92, P > 0.05) carriers. Among Val/Val, nadir CD4 moderated the effect of CMRS (P < 0.01) such that higher CMRS increased likelihood of NCI only when nadir CD4 <180. DISCUSSION Results suggest a tripartite model by which genetically driven low DA reserve, cardiometabolic dysfunction, and historical immunosuppression synergistically enhance risk of NCI among HIV+ men, possibly due to neuroinflammation and oxidative stress.
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Yamasaki M, Makino T, Khor SS, Toyoda H, Miyagawa T, Liu X, Kuwabara H, Kano Y, Shimada T, Sugiyama T, Nishida H, Sugaya N, Tochigi M, Otowa T, Okazaki Y, Kaiya H, Kawamura Y, Miyashita A, Kuwano R, Kasai K, Tanii H, Sasaki T, Honda M, Tokunaga K. Sensitivity to gene dosage and gene expression affects genes with copy number variants observed among neuropsychiatric diseases. BMC Med Genomics 2020; 13:55. [PMID: 32223758 PMCID: PMC7104509 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-020-0699-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Copy number variants (CNVs) have been reported to be associated with diseases, traits, and evolution. However, it is hard to determine which gene should have priority as a target for further functional experiments if a CNV is rare or a singleton. In this study, we attempted to overcome this issue by using two approaches: by assessing the influences of gene dosage sensitivity and gene expression sensitivity. Dosage sensitive genes derived from two-round whole-genome duplication in previous studies. In addition, we proposed a cross-sectional omics approach that utilizes open data from GTEx to assess the effect of whole-genome CNVs on gene expression. METHODS Affymetrix Genome-Wide SNP Array 6.0 was used to detect CNVs by PennCNV and CNV Workshop. After quality controls for population stratification, family relationship and CNV detection, 287 patients with narcolepsy, 133 patients with essential hypersomnia, 380 patients with panic disorders, 164 patients with autism, 784 patients with Alzheimer disease and 1280 healthy individuals remained for the enrichment analysis. RESULTS Overall, significant enrichment of dosage sensitive genes was found across patients with narcolepsy, panic disorders and autism. Particularly, significant enrichment of dosage-sensitive genes in duplications was observed across all diseases except for Alzheimer disease. For deletions, less or no enrichment of dosage-sensitive genes with deletions was seen in the patients when compared to the healthy individuals. Interestingly, significant enrichments of genes with expression sensitivity in brain were observed in patients with panic disorder and autism. While duplications presented a higher burden, deletions did not cause significant differences when compared to the healthy individuals. When we assess the effect of sensitivity to genome dosage and gene expression at the same time, the highest ratio of enrichment was observed in the group including dosage-sensitive genes and genes with expression sensitivity only in brain. In addition, shared CNV regions among the five neuropsychiatric diseases were also investigated. CONCLUSIONS This study contributed the evidence that dosage-sensitive genes are associated with CNVs among neuropsychiatric diseases. In addition, we utilized open data from GTEx to assess the effect of whole-genome CNVs on gene expression. We also investigated shared CNV region among neuropsychiatric diseases.
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- Maria Yamasaki
- Department of Health Data Science Research, Healthy Aging Innovation Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Genome Medical Science Project (Toyama), National Center for for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Genome Medical Science Project (Toyama), National Center for for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
- Department of Child Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division for Counseling and Support, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Asunaro Hospital for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mie, Japan
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- Unit of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Koseikai Michinoo Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Panic Disorder Research Center, Warakukai Med Corp, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Bioresource Science Branch, Center for Bioresources, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Bioresource Science Branch, Center for Bioresources, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Asahigawaso Research Institute, Asahigawaso Medical-Welfare Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Physical and Mental Health, Mie University, Tsu, Mie Japan
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- Division of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Genome Medical Science Project (Toyama), National Center for for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Botton MR, Lu X, Zhao G, Repnikova E, Seki Y, Gaedigk A, Schadt EE, Edelmann L, Scott SA. Structural variation at the CYP2C locus: Characterization of deletion and duplication alleles. Hum Mutat 2020; 40:e37-e51. [PMID: 31260137 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The human CYP2C locus harbors the polymorphic CYP2C18, CYP2C19, CYP2C9, and CYP2C8 genes, and of these, CYP2C19 and CYP2C9 are directly involved in the metabolism of ~15% of all medications. All variant CYP2C19 and CYP2C9 star (*) allele haplotypes currently cataloged by the Pharmacogene Variation (PharmVar) Consortium are defined by sequence variants. To determine if structural variation also occurs at the CYP2C locus, the 10q23.33 region was interrogated across deidentified clinical chromosomal microarray (CMA) data from 20,642 patients tested at two academic medical centers. Fourteen copy number variants that affected the coding region of CYP2C genes were detected in the clinical CMA cohorts, which ranged in size from 39.2 to 1,043.3 kb. Selected deletions and duplications were confirmed by MLPA or ddPCR. Analysis of the clinical CMA and an additional 78,839 cases from the Database of Genomic Variants (DGV) and ClinGen (total n = 99,481) indicated that the carrier frequency of a CYP2C structural variant is ~1 in 1,000, with ~1 in 2,000 being a CYP2C19 full gene or partial-gene deletion carrier, designated by PharmVar as CYP2C19*36 and *37, respectively. Although these structural variants are rare in the general population, their detection will likely improve metabolizer phenotype prediction when interrogated for research and/or clinical testing.
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- Mariana R Botton
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.,Sema4, A Mount Sinai venture, Stamford, Connecticut
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.,Sema4, A Mount Sinai venture, Stamford, Connecticut
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- Sema4, A Mount Sinai venture, Stamford, Connecticut
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- Clinical Genetics and Genomics Laboratories, Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.,School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutic Innovation, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.,Sema4, A Mount Sinai venture, Stamford, Connecticut
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.,Sema4, A Mount Sinai venture, Stamford, Connecticut
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.,Sema4, A Mount Sinai venture, Stamford, Connecticut
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Concordance rate between copy number variants detected using either high- or medium-density single nucleotide polymorphism genotype panels and the potential of imputing copy number variants from flanking high density single nucleotide polymorphism haplotypes in cattle. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:205. [PMID: 32131735 PMCID: PMC7057620 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6627-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background The trading of individual animal genotype information often involves only the exchange of the called genotypes and not necessarily the additional information required to effectively call structural variants. The main aim here was to determine if it is possible to impute copy number variants (CNVs) using the flanking single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) haplotype structure in cattle. While this objective was achieved using high-density genotype panels (i.e., 713,162 SNPs), a secondary objective investigated the concordance of CNVs called with this high-density genotype panel compared to CNVs called from a medium-density panel (i.e., 45,677 SNPs in the present study). This is the first study to compare CNVs called from high-density and medium-density SNP genotypes from the same animals. High (and medium-density) genotypes were available on 991 Holstein-Friesian, 1015 Charolais, and 1394 Limousin bulls. The concordance between CNVs called from the medium-density and high-density genotypes were calculated separately for each animal. A subset of CNVs which were called from the high-density genotypes was selected for imputation. Imputation was carried out separately for each breed using a set of high-density SNPs flanking the midpoint of each CNV. A CNV was deemed to be imputed correctly when the called copy number matched the imputed copy number. Results For 97.0% of CNVs called from the high-density genotypes, the corresponding genomic position on the medium-density of the animal did not contain a called CNV. The average accuracy of imputation for CNV deletions was 0.281, with a standard deviation of 0.286. The average accuracy of imputation of the CNV normal state, i.e. the absence of a CNV, was 0.982 with a standard deviation of 0.022. Two CNV duplications were imputed in the Charolais, a single CNV duplication in the Limousins, and a single CNV duplication in the Holstein-Friesians; in all cases the CNV duplications were incorrectly imputed. Conclusion The vast majority of CNVs called from the high-density genotypes were not detected using the medium-density genotypes. Furthermore, CNVs cannot be accurately predicted from flanking SNP haplotypes, at least based on the imputation algorithms routinely used in cattle, and using the SNPs currently available on the high-density genotype panel.
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Zhao L, Lee VHF, Ng MK, Yan H, Bijlsma MF. Molecular subtyping of cancer: current status and moving toward clinical applications. Brief Bioinform 2020; 20:572-584. [PMID: 29659698 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bby026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cancer is a collection of genetic diseases, with large phenotypic differences and genetic heterogeneity between different types of cancers and even within the same cancer type. Recent advances in genome-wide profiling provide an opportunity to investigate global molecular changes during the development and progression of cancer. Meanwhile, numerous statistical and machine learning algorithms have been designed for the processing and interpretation of high-throughput molecular data. Molecular subtyping studies have allowed the allocation of cancer into homogeneous groups that are considered to harbor similar molecular and clinical characteristics. Furthermore, this has helped researchers to identify both actionable targets for drug design as well as biomarkers for response prediction. In this review, we introduce five frequently applied techniques for generating molecular data, which are microarray, RNA sequencing, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, NanoString and tissue microarray. Commonly used molecular data for cancer subtyping and clinical applications are discussed. Next, we summarize a workflow for molecular subtyping of cancer, including data preprocessing, cluster analysis, supervised classification and subtype characterizations. Finally, we identify and describe four major challenges in the molecular subtyping of cancer that may preclude clinical implementation. We suggest that standardized methods should be established to help identify intrinsic subgroup signatures and build robust classifiers that pave the way toward stratified treatment of cancer patients.
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- Lan Zhao
- Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Centre for Mathematical Imaging and Vision and Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Laboratory for Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Center Amsterdam and Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lee YL, Bosse M, Mullaart E, Groenen MAM, Veerkamp RF, Bouwman AC. Functional and population genetic features of copy number variations in two dairy cattle populations. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:89. [PMID: 31992181 PMCID: PMC6988284 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6496-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Copy Number Variations (CNVs) are gain or loss of DNA segments that are known to play a role in shaping a wide range of phenotypes. In this study, we used two dairy cattle populations, Holstein Friesian and Jersey, to discover CNVs using the Illumina BovineHD Genotyping BeadChip aligned to the ARS-UCD1.2 assembly. The discovered CNVs were investigated for their functional impact and their population genetics features. RESULTS We discovered 14,272 autosomal CNVs, which were aggregated into 1755 CNV regions (CNVR) from 451 animals. These CNVRs together cover 2.8% of the bovine autosomes. The assessment of the functional impact of CNVRs showed that rare CNVRs (MAF < 0.01) are more likely to overlap with genes, than common CNVRs (MAF ≥ 0.05). The Population differentiation index (Fst) based on CNVRs revealed multiple highly diverged CNVRs between the two breeds. Some of these CNVRs overlapped with candidate genes such as MGAM and ADAMTS17 genes, which are related to starch digestion and body size, respectively. Lastly, linkage disequilibrium (LD) between CNVRs and BovineHD BeadChip SNPs was generally low, close to 0, although common deletions (MAF ≥ 0.05) showed slightly higher LD (r2 = ~ 0.1 at 10 kb distance) than the rest. Nevertheless, this LD is still lower than SNP-SNP LD (r2 = ~ 0.5 at 10 kb distance). CONCLUSIONS Our analyses showed that CNVRs detected using BovineHD BeadChip arrays are likely to be functional. This finding indicates that CNVs can potentially disrupt the function of genes and thus might alter phenotypes. Also, the population differentiation index revealed two candidate genes, MGAM and ADAMTS17, which hint at adaptive evolution between the two populations. Lastly, low CNVR-SNP LD implies that genetic variation from CNVs might not be fully captured in routine animal genetic evaluation, which relies solely on SNP markers.
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- Young-Lim Lee
- Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics, P.O. Box 338, Wageningen, AH, 6700, the Netherlands.
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- Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics, P.O. Box 338, Wageningen, AH, 6700, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics, P.O. Box 338, Wageningen, AH, 6700, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics, P.O. Box 338, Wageningen, AH, 6700, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics, P.O. Box 338, Wageningen, AH, 6700, the Netherlands
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Jamaluddin J, Mohd Khair NK, Vinodamaney SD, Othman Z, Abubakar S. Copy number variation of CCL3L1 among three major ethnic groups in Malaysia. BMC Genet 2020; 21:1. [PMID: 31900126 PMCID: PMC6942282 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-019-0803-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background C-C motif Chemokine Ligand 3 Like 1 (CCL3L1) is a multiallelic copy number variable, which plays a crucial role in immunoregulatory and hosts defense through the production of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α. Variable range of the CCL3L1 copies from 0 to 14 copies have been documented in several different populations. However, there is still lack of report on the range of CCL3L1 copy number exclusively among Malaysians who are a multi-ethnic population. Thus, this study aims to extensively examine the distribution of CCL3L1 copy number in the three major populations from Malaysia namely Malay, Chinese and Indian. A diploid copy number of CCL3L1 for 393 Malaysians (Malay = 178, Indian = 90, and Chinese = 125) was quantified using Paralogue Ratio Tests (PRTs) and then validated with microsatellites analysis. Results To our knowledge, this is the first report on the CCL3L1 copy number that has been attempted among Malaysians and the Chinese ethnic group exhibits a diverse pattern of CCL3L1 distribution copy number from the Malay and Indian (p < 0.0001). The CCL3L1 ranged from 0 to 8 copies for both the Malay and Indian ethnic groups while 0 to 10 copies for the Chinese ethnic. Consequently, the CCL3L1 copy number among major ethnic groups in the Malaysian population is found to be significantly varied when compared to the European population (p < 0.0001). The mean/median reported for the Malay, Chinese, Indian, and European are 2.759/2.869, 3.453/3.290, 2.437/1.970 and 2.001/1.940 respectively. Conclusion This study reveals the existence of genetic variation of CCL3L1 in the Malaysian population, and suggests by examining genetic diversity on the ethnicity, and specific geographical region could help in reconstructing human evolutionary history and for the prediction of disease risk related to the CCL3L1 copy number.
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- Jalilah Jamaluddin
- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Copy Number Variation of the CADM2 Gene and Its Association with Growth Traits in Yak. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:ani9121008. [PMID: 31766342 PMCID: PMC6940794 DOI: 10.3390/ani9121008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 11/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Cell adhesion molecule 2 (CADM2), also known as synaptic cell adhesion molecule 2 (SYNCAM2), is the mediator of synaptic signals enriched in the brain. Overlaps between copy number variation (CNV) regions in CADM2 and quantitative trait loci (QTL) related to body weight have been clarified in a previous study. In this study, two loci were amplified in the CADM2 gene (CNV1: 235,915 bp, exon 1 and partial intron 1; CNV2: 60,430 bp, intron 9) to explore the relationship between CNV types in the CADM2 gene and growth traits in 350 Ashidan yaks. Association analysis illustrated that no significant effect was found on growth traits in CNV1. However, the CNV2 mutation had a significant effect on body weight at the sixth month (p < 0.05). Individuals with the gain-type copy number variation CNV2 were significantly superior to those with loss- or normal-type in terms of body weight (p < 0.05). In summary, this study confirmed that CADM2-CNVs affect growth traits in yaks, and may be candidate genes for successful yak breeding and genetics projects. Abstract Copy number variation (CNV) is currently accepted as a common source of genetic variation. It is reported that CNVs may influence the resistance to disease and complex economic traits, such as residual feed intake, muscle formation, and fat deposition in livestock. Cell adhesion molecule 2 (CADM2) is expressed widely in the brain and adipose tissue and can regulate body weight through the central nervous system. Growth traits are important economic traits for animal selection. In this study, we aimed to explore the effect of CADM2 gene copy number variants on yak growth traits. Here, two CNVs in the CADM2 gene were investigated using the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), and the association of the CNVs with growth traits in yak was analyzed using statistical methods by SPSS software. Differences were considered significant if the p value was < 0.05. Statistical analysis indicated significant association of CADM2-CNV2 with the body weight of the Chinese Ashidan yak. A significant effect of CNV2 (p < 0.05) was found on body weight at 6 months. In CNV2, the gain-type copy number variation exhibited greater performance than the other variants, with greater body weight observed at 6 months (p < 0.05). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to investigate the function of CADM2-CNVs and their association with growth traits in animals. This may be a useful candidate marker in marker-assisted selection of yaks.
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Dahmani CA, Benzaoui A, Amroun H, Zemani-Fodil F, Petit-Teixeira E, Boudjema A. Association study of copy number variants in CCL3L1, FCGR3A and FCGR3B genes with risk of ankylosing spondylitis in a West Algerian population. Int J Immunogenet 2019; 46:437-443. [PMID: 31433132 DOI: 10.1111/iji.12454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were explored in the Algerian population to evaluate associated ankylosing spondylitis (AS) genetic risk factors, but no study has identified the impact of copy number variations (CNVs). The aim of the study was to determine whether CNVs of CCL3L1, FCGR3A and FCGR3B genes were also associated with the susceptibility of AS disease in Algerian population. The data set of the current study is composed of 81 patients with AS and 119 healthy controls. All samples were genotyped by digital droplet PCR (ddPCR). Chi-square test and OR calculation were used to evaluate association between CNVs and AS and the risk associated with copy numbers (CN). In results, FCGR3A CN less than two copies (<2) was significantly increased in spondylitis patients (p = .0001, OR = 7.74 [2.32-25.74]). Additionally, FCGR3A CN < 2 copies association was present only in HLA-B27 (-) patients. We have concluded that FCGR3A deletions have an independent effect on AS regarding HLA-B27 status. This is the first study that investigated the CCL3L1 CNVs in relation to AS risk disease. It reveals that CCL3L1 and FCGR3B CNVs may not be involved in susceptibility to AS risk in the Algerian population.
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- Chahinez Amira Dahmani
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire/Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf (USTO-MB), Oran, Algeria
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- Service de Rhumatologie/Centre Hospitalo-universitaire d'Oran (CHUO), Oran, Algeria
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- Laboratoire d'Immunogénétique et de Transplantation, Département d'Immunologie, Institut Pasteur d'Algérie à Alger, Oran, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire/Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf (USTO-MB), Oran, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire/Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf (USTO-MB), Oran, Algeria
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Liu H, Gu X, Wang G, Huang Y, Ju S, Huang J, Wang X. Copy number variations primed lncRNAs deregulation contribute to poor prognosis in colorectal cancer. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 11:6089-6108. [PMID: 31442207 PMCID: PMC6738420 DOI: 10.18632/aging.102168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Copy number variations (CNVs) are crucial genetic change elements in malignancies, and lncRNAs deregulation induced by genomic and epigenomic aberrations plays key driving role in tumorigenesis, including colorectal cancer (CRC). However, effects of CNVs associated with lncRNAs in CRC is largely unknown. Here, we perform integrative analysis considering messenger RNA expression levels, DNA methylation and DNA copy numbers from 289 cases of CRC specimens. There are five prognostic subtypes of CRC determined by multi-omics integration, and differentially expressed lncRNAs (DE-lncRNAs) are acquired among five subtypes and normal cases. Finally, CNVs pattern matched with DE-lncRNAs reveals a signature including 10 lncRNAs (LOC101927604, LOC105377267, CASC15, LINC-PINT, CLDN10-AS1, C14orf132, LMF1, LINC00675, CCDC144NL-AS1, LOC284454), conspicuously contributing to poor prognosis in CRC, which can be validated in another independent dataset. Together, our research is interested in copy number changes relevant with lncRNAs, not only expending the spectrum of CNVs, but also perfecting the regulation network of lncRNAs in CRC. The main purpose is to provide novel biomarkers for prognostic managements of CRC patients.
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- Huimin Liu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.,Clinical Biobank, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.,Clinical Biobank, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Clinical Biobank, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.,Clinical Biobank, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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