Autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis,
multiple sclerosis, autoimmune hepatitis, and inflammatory bowel disease have complex …

Background: Observational studies have suggested that the risks of non-communicable
diseases in voluntary migrants become similar to those in the host population after one or …

Social insects enjoy great ecological success. The success of social insects stems from the
remarkable levels of phenotypic plasticity displayed by colony members. This …

Traditional treatments for cancer include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery.
Recently, epigenetic inhibitors have been found to be very effective in cancer treatment …

Background Next-generation sequencing techniques such as ChIP-seq allow researchers to
investigate the genomic position of nuclear components and events. These experiments …

Recurrent apnea with intermittent hypoxia (IH) is a major clinical problem in infants born
preterm. Recent epidemiological studies showed that adults who were born preterm exhibit …

Syncytin-1 is a member of human endogenous retroviral W gene family (HERVW1). Known
to be expressed in human placental trophoblast, syncytin-1 protein mediates the fusion of …

Epigenetics is the study of all heritable changes in gene expression and chromatin
organization that are caused by mechanisms independent of the DNA sequence itself …

The DNA of all organisms is metabolically active due to persistent endogenous DNA
damage, repair, and enzyme-mediated base modification pathways important for epigenetic …

Rats are excellent experimental models for studying breast cancer, but rat strains differ in
susceptibility. Among the four strains used in this study, Fischer rats are less susceptible to …