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Identification of genetic variants related to metabolic syndrome by next-generation sequencing
Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of conditions associated with glucose intolerance, hypertension, abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance that increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D ...
Sanghoo Lee +8 more
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Parkinson's disease biomarkers: perspective from the NINDS Parkinson's Disease Biomarkers Program [PDF]
Biomarkers for Parkinson's disease (PD) diagnosis, prognostication and clinical trial cohort selection are an urgent need. While many promising markers have been discovered through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Parkinson's ...
Albin, Roger +25 more
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Within the era of molecularly targeted anticancer agents, it has become increasingly important to provide proof of mechanism as early on as possible in the drug development cycle, especially in the clinic. Selective activation of apoptosis is often cited as one of the major goals of cancer chemotherapy.
Ward, T. H. +7 more
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Background Clinically useful biomarkers for patient stratification and monitoring of disease progression and drug response are in big demand in drug development and for addressing potential safety concerns.
Martin Letzkus +14 more
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In the popular Biomarker Jeopardy session, Sandra E. Kurtin, PhD, ANP-C, AOCN®, Alyssa Henglefelt, PharmD, BCOP, and Haleigh Mistry, MS, PA-C, paired biomarkers with tumor types for which their expression is most commonly used to determine targeted therapy, identified key assays used to measure common biomarkers, and discussed guidelines for biomarker ...
Kurtin, Sandra E. +2 more
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Stable Feature Selection for Biomarker Discovery [PDF]
Feature selection techniques have been used as the workhorse in biomarker discovery applications for a long time. Surprisingly, the stability of feature selection with respect to sampling variations has long been under-considered.
He, Zengyou, Yu, Weichuan
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Diabetic mellitus (DM) is a disease that affects glucose homeostasis and causes complications, such as diabetic nephropathy (DN). For early diagnosis of DN, microalbuminuria is currently one of the most frequently used biomarkers.
Yoshitoshi Hirao +8 more
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Clinical applications of squamous cell carcinoma antigen-immunoglobulins M to monitor chronic hepatitis C [PDF]
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the main cause of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis in Western countries. Over time, the majority of cirrhotic patients develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most common fatal cancers worldwide - fourth for ...
Fassina, Giorgio +3 more
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A targeted solution for estimating the cell-type composition of bulk samples
Background To avoid false-positive findings and detect cell-type specific associations in methylation and transcription investigations with bulk samples, it is critical to know the proportions of the major cell-types.
Edwin J. C. G. van den Oord +4 more
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Introduction COPD exacerbations are heterogeneous and can be triggered by bacterial, viral, or noninfectious insults. Exacerbations are also heterogeneous in neutrophilic or eosinophilic inflammatory responses.
Arindam Chakrabarti +13 more
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