Browsing by Author "Shi, Qiong"

Associations between expression levels of nucleotide excision repair proteins in lymphoblastoid cells and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Han, Peng; Liu, Hongliang; Shi, Qiong; Liu, Zhensheng; Troy, Jesse D; Lee, Walter T; Zevallos, Jose P; ... (10 authors) (Molecular carcinogenesis, 2018-06)

Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, and nucleotide excision repair (NER) is involved in SCCHN susceptibility. In this analysis of 349 newly diagnosed SCCHN patients ...

Genetic variants in the metzincin metallopeptidase family genes predict melanoma survival.

Xu, Yinghui; Wang, Yanru; Liu, Hongliang; Shi, Qiong; Zhu, Dakai; Amos, Christopher I; Fang, Shenying; ... (12 authors) (Molecular carcinogenesis, 2018-01)

Metzincins are key molecules in the degradation of the extracellular matrix and play an important role in cellular processes such as cell migration, adhesion, and cell fusion of malignant tumors, including cutaneous melanoma ...

Two Antarctic penguin genomes reveal insights into their evolutionary history and molecular changes related to the Antarctic environment.

Li, Cai; Zhang, Yong; Li, Jianwen; Kong, Lesheng; Hu, Haofu; Pan, Hailin; Xu, Luohao; ... (41 authors) (Gigascience, 2014)

BACKGROUND: Penguins are flightless aquatic birds widely distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The distinctive morphological and physiological features of penguins allow them to live an aquatic life, and some of them have ...