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Genes, Volume 14, Issue 9

September 2023 - 169 articles

Cover Story: The epigenetic clock uses DNA methylation to calculate the metric of “epigenetic age”. Epigenetic age acceleration (epigenetic > chronological age) has been repeatedly linked to pediatric asthma and allergic disease, demonstrating its potential as a diagnostic biomarker. However, questions remain about the accuracy and utility of epigenetic clocks in children. This review examines the most used current epigenetic clocks and details the associations between epigenetic age acceleration and asthma/allergic disease. We explore the potential of the epigenetic clock as a biomarker for asthma and discuss the need for a pediatric epigenetic clock that is accurate in blood samples in order to maximize the utility of this powerful tool. View this paper
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Articles (169)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,144 Views
14 Pages

Homoplasy of Retrotransposon Insertions in Toothed Whales

  • Liliya Doronina,
  • Lynn Ogoniak and
  • Jürgen Schmitz

21 September 2023

Retrotransposon insertion patterns facilitate a virtually homoplasy-free picture of phylogenetic history. Still, a few most likely random parallel insertions or deletions result in rare cases of homoplasy in primates. The following question arises: h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,149 Views
15 Pages

The Chloroplast Genome of Endive (Cichorium endivia L.): Cultivar Structural Variants and Transcriptome Responses to Stress Due to Rain Extreme Events

  • Giulio Testone,
  • Michele Lamprillo,
  • Maria Gonnella,
  • Giuseppe Arnesi,
  • Anatoly Petrovich Sobolev,
  • Riccardo Aiese Cigliano and
  • Donato Giannino

21 September 2023

The chloroplast (cp) genome diversity has been used in phylogeny studies, breeding, and variety protection, and its expression has been shown to play a role in stress response. Smooth- and curly-leafed endives (Cichorium endivia var. latifolium and v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,538 Views
9 Pages

Aromatic L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency Screening by Analysis of 3-O-Methyldopa in Dried Blood Spots: Results of a Multicentric Study in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  • Susanna Rizzi,
  • Carlotta Spagnoli,
  • Melissa Bellini,
  • Carlo Alberto Cesaroni,
  • Elisabetta Spezia,
  • Patrizia Bergonzini,
  • Elisa Caramaschi,
  • Luca Soliani,
  • Emanuela Claudia Turco and
  • Benedetta Piccolo
  • + 5 authors

21 September 2023

Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) is a rare recessive metabolic disorder caused by pathogenic homozygous or compound heterozygous variants in the dopa decarboxylase (DDC) gene. Adeno-associated viral vector-mediated gene transfer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,726 Views
13 Pages

21 September 2023

Exocarp color is a commercially essential quality for pear which can be divided into two types: green and russet. The occurrence of russet color is associated with deficiencies and defects in the cuticular and epidermal layers, which affect the struc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,483 Views
13 Pages

21 September 2023

Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is an enzyme that degrades anandamide, an endocannabinoid that modulates mesolimbic dopamine release and, consequently, influences states of well-being. Despite these known interactions, the specific role of FAAH in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,501 Views
23 Pages

20 September 2023

Salinity is amongst the serious abiotic stresses cotton plants face, impairing crop productivity. Foliar application of β-alanine is employed to improve salt tolerance in various crops, but the exact mechanism behind it is not yet completely und...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,788 Views
25 Pages

Genomics of Treatable Traits in Asthma

  • Antonio Espuela-Ortiz,
  • Elena Martin-Gonzalez,
  • Paloma Poza-Guedes,
  • Ruperto González-Pérez and
  • Esther Herrera-Luis

20 September 2023

The astounding number of genetic variants revealed in the 15 years of genome-wide association studies of asthma has not kept pace with the goals of translational genomics. Moving asthma diagnosis from a nonspecific umbrella term to specific phenotype...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,743 Views
10 Pages

20 September 2023

Renal hypouricemia (RHUC) is a rare hereditary disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in the SLC22A12 (RHUC type 1) or SLC2A9 (RHUC type 2) genes, encoding urate transporters URAT1 and GLUT9, respectively, that reabsorb urate in the renal prox...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,337 Views
12 Pages

Epigenetic Findings in Twins with Esophageal Atresia

  • Michal Błoch,
  • Piotr Gasperowicz,
  • Sylwester Gerus,
  • Katarzyna Rasiewicz,
  • Arleta Lebioda,
  • Pawel Skiba,
  • Rafal Płoski,
  • Dariusz Patkowski,
  • Pawel Karpiński and
  • Robert Śmigiel

20 September 2023

Esophageal atresia (EA) is the most common malformation of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The estimated incidence of EA is 1 in 3500 births. EA is more frequently observed in boys and in twins. The exact cause of isolated EA remains unknown; a mul...

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Genes - ISSN 2073-4425