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  • Gene networks during cardiogenesis and skeletal myogenesis

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    Ma, Hsiao-Yen
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    Organismal development requires a precisely orchestrated transcriptional program to correctly deploy genetic information into the genome. This process requires sophisticated gene regulatory networks at multiple spatial and temporal levels from early embryonic development to adult physiological conditions. Molecular differences that define cell types are set up during the pattern formation...
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    . Gross – Committee Member Dr. Theresa Filtz – Committee Member Dr. Lin Jing – Committee Member Dr

  • Gene regulatory networks during muscle development

    Creator:
    Eng, Diana G.
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    Congenital myopathies are caused by heritable mutations in particular genes. Genes mutated in congenital muscular dystrophies often encode cytoskeletal proteins, which contribute to the shape and movement of cells. We would like to know how such molecular defects lead to the muscle weakness in patients. It is therefore important to...
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    (Kioussi et al., 2002; Lin et al., 1999; Ryan et al., 1998). Expression of Pitx2 in lateral plate

  • The function of the homeobox transcription factor Pitx2 during mammalian skeletal muscle development

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    Shih, Hung Ping
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    Homeodomain transcription factors control developmental processes. They pattern body formation, specify cell lineages and switch the onset of gene regulatory cascades. Pitx2, a bicoid-related homeodomain transcription factor, is asymmetrically expressed in the left lateral plate mesoderm and mesoderm-derived tissues. Pitx2 null mice are characterized by failure of body wall closure,...
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    al., 1997; Cheng et al., 2004). The dermomyotome appears to be further subdivided by partially

  • Roles of homeodomain transcription factors during organogenesis

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    Xu, Jun
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    The spatial and temporal patterning of sequence specific transcription factors (SSTFs) contributes to cell type specification and organ formation during embryogenesis. Homeodomain transcription factors are evolutionally conserved among invertebrate and vertebrate animals. They are responsible for body segmentation and organogenesis. Lbx1 and Pitx2 both are homeodomain transcription factors contributing to...
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    committed to diverse cellular fates (Cheng et al., 2005, Brohl et al., 2008, Huang et al., 2008). It has

  • Modulation of metabolic syndrome by soy isoflavones : in-vitro and in-vivo models

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    Luo, Ting
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    Metabolic syndrome is a problem affecting people around the world. In a number of studies, soy intake has been documented to possess antidiabetic and anticardiovascular effect. My project is focused on the impact of the intake of compounds found within soy, the isoflavones, their impact on metabolic syndrome symptoms, and...
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    I wanted. I also would like to give thanks to my best friends, Yiming, Yi, Lin, and Cece. I would

  • Transcriptional networks controlled by the fatty acid regulators FAR-1 and FAR-2

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    Bredeweg, Erin L.
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    Fungi are capable of growth on a wide variety of carbon sources, both living and dead. They can produce an arsenal of enzymes and transporters for harvesting sugars, polysaccharides, amino acids, lipids and micronutrients from their environments [1]. Within the nucleus of a cell, transcription factors (TF) control whether genes...
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  • Role of Transcriptional Factor COUP-TF-interacting Proteins in Skin Permeability Barrier Development, and in Skin Carcinogenesis, and Role of Lipids in Atopic Dermatitis

    Creator:
    Li, Shan
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    Mammalian skin is the largest organ of the body and serves as a barrier to protect the body against chemical, mechanical and pathogenic insults as well as water loss. The epidermis is formed from the primitive ectoderm into a multilayered stratified epithelium, consisting of basal, spinous, granular and outermost cornified...
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  • Age-related loss of Nrf2, a novel mechanism for the potential attenuation of xenobiotic detoxification capacity

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    Smith, Eric Jonathan
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    Nuclear Factor, Erythroid Derived 2, Like 2 (NFE2L2 or Nrf2) is the primary transcription factor in cellular defense against oxidative and xenobiotic stresses in higher eukaryotes. This basic leucine zipper transcription factor regulates over 200 antioxidant, detoxification, and lipid metabolizing genes by binding to the Antioxidant Response Element (ARE; a...
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