Browsing by Subject "complex disease"
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(2018-04-10)Department: Biological SciencesPreterm birth (PTB), or birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation, is the leading cause of newborn death worldwide. Despite its toll on human lives and economies, however, our understanding of its pathogenesis and ...
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(2005-07-23)Department: Biomedical InformaticsTrait heterogeneity, which exists when a trait has been defined with insufficient specificity such that it is actually two or more distinct traits, has been implicated as a confounding factor in traditional statistical ...
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(2010-12-17)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyCommon, complex diseases are not caused by a single gene mutation but rather have genetic and environmental components. As a subset, autoimmune diseases also possess robust gene expression signatures that have both genetic ...
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(2010-12-21)Department: Human GeneticsGrowing interest and burgeoning technology for discovering genetic mechanisms that influence disease processes have ushered in a flood of genetic association studies over the last decade, yet little heritability in highly ...