Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
Acquired Epigenetic And Chromosomal Changes In Women Treated For Breast Cancer, Noran Aboalela
Acquired Epigenetic And Chromosomal Changes In Women Treated For Breast Cancer, Noran Aboalela
Theses and Dissertations
Improved survival for women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer (BC) has been accompanied by the development/persistence of psychoneurological symptoms (PNS) that compromise their quality of life. The biological basis for these PNS is unknown, but could reflect the acquisition of soma-wide chromosomal/epigenetic alterations. An important first step in testing this hypothesis is to determine if somatic genetic/epigenetic changes arise and persist following treatment. To answer this question we longitudinally studied 71 women (ages 23-71) with early-stage BC and collected measures before chemotherapy (baseline), and 4 weeks (mid-chemo); six months (during radiation therapy for a subset of women); and one year …
Structural And Functional Characterization Of The Mbd2-Nurd Co-Repressor Complex, Megha Desai
Structural And Functional Characterization Of The Mbd2-Nurd Co-Repressor Complex, Megha Desai
Theses and Dissertations
The MBD2-NuRD co-repressor complex is an epigenetic regulator of the developmental silencing of embryonic and fetal β-type globin genes in adult erythroid cells as well as aberrant methylation-dependent silencing of tumor suppressor genes in neoplastic diseases. Biochemical characterization of the MBD2-NuRD complex in chicken erythroid cells identified RbAp46/48, HDAC1/2, MTA1/2/3, p66α/β, Mi2α/β and MBD2 to comprise this multi-protein complex.
In the work presented in Chapter 2, we have pursued biophysical and molecular studies to describe a previously uncharacterized domain of human MBD2 (MBD2IDR). Biophysical analyses show that MBD2IDR is an intrinsically disordered region (IDR). Despite this inherent …
Methods For Integrative Analysis Of Genomic Data, Paul Manser
Methods For Integrative Analysis Of Genomic Data, Paul Manser
Theses and Dissertations
In recent years, the development of new genomic technologies has allowed for the investigation of many regulatory epigenetic marks besides expression levels, on a genome-wide scale. As the price for these technologies continues to decrease, study sizes will not only increase, but several different assays are beginning to be used for the same samples. It is therefore desirable to develop statistical methods to integrate multiple data types that can handle the increased computational burden of incorporating large data sets. Furthermore, it is important to develop sound quality control and normalization methods as technical errors can compound when integrating multiple genomic …