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    Periostin facilitates ovarian cancer recurrence by enhancing cancer stemness

    The lethality of epithelial ovarian cancer (OC) is largely due to a high rate of recurrence and development of chemoresistance, which requires synergy between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment (TME) ...

    Zhiqing Huang, Olivia Byrd, Sarah Tan, Katrina Hu, Bailey Knight in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Dynamic chromatin architecture of the porcine adipose tissues with weight gain and loss

    Using an adult female miniature pig model with diet-induced weight gain/weight loss, we investigated the regulatory mechanisms of three-dimensional (3D) genome architecture in adipose tissues (ATs) associated ...

    Long **, Danyang Wang, Jiaman Zhang, Pengliang Liu, Yujie Wang in Nature Communications (2023)

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    A pig BodyMap transcriptome reveals diverse tissue physiologies and evolutionary dynamics of transcription

    A comprehensive transcriptomic survey of pigs can provide a mechanistic understanding of tissue specialization processes underlying economically valuable traits and accelerate their use as a biomedical model. ...

    Long **, Qianzi Tang, Silu Hu, Zhongxu Chen, Xuming Zhou, Bo Zeng in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Sperm DNA methylation altered by THC and nicotine: Vulnerability of neurodevelopmental genes with bivalent chromatin

    Men consume the most nicotine and cannabis products but impacts on sperm epigenetics are poorly characterized. Evidence suggests that preconception exposure to these drugs alters offspring neurodevelopment. Ep...

    Rose Schrott, Maya Rajavel, Kelly Acharya, Zhiqing Huang in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Epigenetic alterations in cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (Por) in sperm of rats exposed to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

    As marijuana legalization is increasing, research regarding possible long-term risks for users and their offspring is needed. Little data exists on effects of paternal tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) exposure prior...

    Kelly S. Acharya, Rose Schrott, Carole Grenier, Zhiqing Huang in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Molecular Profiles and Metastasis Markers in Chinese Patients with Gastric Carcinoma

    The goal of this work was to investigate the molecular profiles and metastasis markers in Chinese patients with gastric carcinoma (GC). In total, we performed whole exome sequencing (WES) on 74 GC patients wit...

    Chao Chen, Chunmei Shi, **aochun Huang, Jianwei Zheng, Zhongyi Zhu in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Blood monocyte transcriptome and epigenome analyses reveal loci associated with human atherosclerosis

    Little is known regarding the epigenetic basis of atherosclerosis. Here we present the CD14+ blood monocyte transcriptome and epigenome signatures associated with human atherosclerosis. The transcriptome signa...

    Yongmei Liu, Lindsay M. Reynolds, **gzhong Ding, Li Hou in Nature Communications (2017)

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    Akirin2 regulates proliferation and differentiation of porcine skeletal muscle satellite cells via ERK1/2 and NFATc1 signaling pathways

    Akirin2, a novel nuclear factor, plays an important role in myogenesis. To investigate the role of Akirin2 in proliferation and differentiation of porcine skeletal muscle satellite cells, Akirin2 overexpressio...

    **aoling Chen, Yanliu Luo, Zhiqing Huang, Gang Jia, Guangmang Liu in Scientific Reports (2017)