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Molecular diagnostics

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Genomic Characterization of Mycobacterium lepraeto Explore Transmission Patterns Identifies New Subtype in Bangladesh

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi

Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy, is an unculturable bacterium with a considerably reduced genome (3.27 Mb) compared to homologues mycobacteria from the same ancestry. In 2001, the genome ofM. lepraewas first described and subsequently ...

Frontiers Media SA2020

Toward a Consensus View of Mammalian Adipocyte Stem and Progenitor Cell Heterogeneity

Bart Deplancke, Pernille Yde Rainer, Radiana Ferrero

White adipose tissue (WAT) is a cellularly heterogeneous endocrine organ that not only serves as an energy reservoir, but also actively participates in metabolic homeostasis. Among the main constituents of adipose tissue are adipocytes, which arise from ad ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON2020

Microfluidic systems for cancer diagnostics

Sebastian Maerkl

Although not employed in the clinic as of yet, microfluidic systems are likely to become a key technology for cancer diagnostics and prognosis. Microfluidic devices have been developed for the analysis of various biomarkers including circulating tumor cell ...

2020

Mutations in VSX2, SOX2, and FOXE3 Identified in Patients with Micro-/Anophthalmia

Daniel Francis Schorderet

Anophthalmia and microphthalmia (A/M) are rare distinct phenotypes that represent a continuum of structural developmental eye defects. Here, we describe three probands from an Egyptian population with various forms of A/M: two patients with bilateral anoph ...

2019

Large-scale variational inference for Bayesian joint regression modelling of high-dimensional genetic data

Hélène Ruffieux

Genetic association studies have become increasingly important in understanding the molecular bases of complex human traits. The specific analysis of intermediate molecular traits, via quantitative trait locus (QTL) studies, has recently received much atte ...

EPFL2019

The mitophagy activator urolithin A is safe and induces a molecular signature of improved mitochondrial and cellular health in humans

Johan Auwerx, Patrick Aebischer, Dongryeol Ryu, Pénélope Andreux

Urolithin A (UA) is a natural dietary, microflora-derived metabolite shown to stimulate mitophagy and improve muscle health in old animals and in preclinical models of aging(1). Here, we report the results of a first-in-human clinical trial in which we adm ...

NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP2019

A cell fitness selection model for neuronal survival during development

Gioele La Manno

Developmental cell death plays an important role in the construction of functional neural circuits. In vertebrates, the canonical view proposes a selection of the surviving neurons through stochastic competition for target-derived neurotrophic signals, imp ...

Nature Research2019

Elucidating regulatory mechanisms shaping the transcriptome and proteome of the gut immune response in Drosophila melanogaster

Michael Vincent Frochaux

Work on Drosophila melanogaster paved the way to our current understanding of modern genetics. Since then, this model organism has contributed greatly to various fields such as neurobiology, development, and immunology. The discovery and analysis of the va ...

EPFL2019

Aerolysin, a Powerful Protein Sensor for Fundamental Studies and Development of Upcoming Applications

Françoise Gisou van der Goot Grunberg

The nanopore electrical approach is a breakthrough in single molecular level detection of particles as small as ions, and complex as biomolecules. This technique can be used for molecule analysis and characterization as well as for the understanding of con ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019