2020
Genetically-regulated transcriptomics & copy number variation of proctitis points to altered mitochondrial and DNA repair mechanisms in individuals of European ancestry
Pathak GA, Polimanti R, Silzer TK, Wendt FR, Chakraborty R, Phillips NR. Genetically-regulated transcriptomics & copy number variation of proctitis points to altered mitochondrial and DNA repair mechanisms in individuals of European ancestry. BMC Cancer 2020, 20: 954. PMID: 33008348, PMCID: PMC7530964, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-020-07457-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole blood tissuesCopy number variationsNumber variationsGene expressionGenome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0Mitochondrial apoptosis regulationRNA-seq informationGenetic variantsDNA repair mechanismsGene expression changesDNA repair processesGene expression associationsGene expression profilesGene network informationDNA repair genesCopy number dataCopy number analysisGene OntologyApoptosis regulationDNA repairEnriched pathwaysEnriched processesOrganismal injuryTranscriptomic profilesExpression changes
2010
GSTT1 and GSTM1 gene polymorphisms in European and African populations
Piacentini S, Polimanti R, Porreca F, Martínez-Labarga C, De Stefano GF, Fuciarelli M. GSTT1 and GSTM1 gene polymorphisms in European and African populations. Molecular Biology Reports 2010, 38: 1225-1230. PMID: 20563854, DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0221-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutathione S-transferaseGene frequency distributionsAfrican populationsNucleotide substitutionsHuman diseasesSNP analysisAfrica originAllele-specific PCRGene deletionPCR analysisS-transferaseSpecific PCRMultiplex PCR analysisWorldwide populationAllelic frequenciesPharmacogenomic studiesGST variantsImportant insightsPolymorphismSuperfamilyPopulation sampleGSTM1 gene polymorphismsPhenotype frequenciesGene polymorphismsGenes