Browsing by Subject "Cluster Analysis"

The essential and downstream common proteins of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A protein-protein interaction network analysis.

Mao, Yimin; Kuo, Su-Wei; Chen, Le; Heckman, CJ; Jiang, MC (PloS one, 2017-01)

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a devastative neurodegenerative disease characterized by selective loss of motoneurons. While several breakthroughs have been made in identifying ALS genetic defects, the detailed molecular ...

Transient compartmentalization of simian immunodeficiency virus variants in the breast milk of african green monkeys.

Ho, Carrie; Wu, Steven; Amos, Joshua D; Colvin, Lisa; Smith, Shannon D; Wilks, Andrew B; Demarco, C Todd; ... (12 authors) (J Virol, 2013-10)

Natural hosts of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), African green monkeys (AGMs), rarely transmit SIV via breast-feeding. In order to examine the genetic diversity of breast milk SIV variants in this limited-transmission ...

Use of 16S ribosomal RNA gene analyses to characterize the bacterial signature associated with poor oral health in West Virginia.

Olson, Joan C; Cuff, Christopher F; Lukomski, Slawomir; Lukomska, Ewa; Canizales, Yeremi; Wu, Bei; Crout, Richard J; ... (13 authors) (BMC Oral Health, 2011-03-01)

BACKGROUND: West Virginia has the worst oral health in the United States, but the reasons for this are unclear. This pilot study explored the etiology of this disparity using culture-independent analyses to identify bacterial ...