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Bhullar BA Marugán-Lobón J Racimo F Bever GS Rowe TB Norell MA Abzhanov A 《Nature》2012,487(7406):223-226
The interplay of evolution and development has been at the heart of evolutionary theory for more than a century. Heterochrony—change in the timing or rate of developmental events—has been implicated in the evolution of major vertebrate lineages such as mammals, including humans. Birds are the most speciose land vertebrates, with more than 10,000 living species representing a bewildering array of ecologies. Their anatomy is radically different from that of other vertebrates. The unique bird skull houses two highly specialized systems: the sophisticated visual and neuromuscular coordination system allows flight coordination and exploitation of diverse visual landscapes, and the astonishing variations of the beak enable a wide range of avian lifestyles. Here we use a geometric morphometric approach integrating developmental, neontological and palaeontological data to show that the heterochronic process of paedomorphosis, by which descendants resemble the juveniles of their ancestors, is responsible for several major evolutionary transitions in the origin of birds. We analysed the variability of a series of landmarks on all known theropod dinosaur skull ontogenies as well as outgroups and birds. The first dimension of variability captured ontogeny, indicating a conserved ontogenetic trajectory. The second dimension accounted for phylogenetic change towards more bird-like dinosaurs. Basally branching eumaniraptorans and avialans clustered with embryos of other archosaurs, indicating paedomorphosis. Our results reveal at least four paedomorphic episodes in the history of birds combined with localized peramorphosis (development beyond the adult state of ancestors) in the beak. Paedomorphic enlargement of the eyes and associated brain regions parallels the enlargement of the nasal cavity and olfactory brain in mammals. This study can be a model for investigations of heterochrony in evolutionary transitions, illuminating the origin of adaptive features and inspiring studies of developmental mechanisms. 相似文献
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Inherent toxicity of aggregates implies a common mechanism for protein misfolding diseases 总被引:68,自引:0,他引:68
Bucciantini M Giannoni E Chiti F Baroni F Formigli L Zurdo J Taddei N Ramponi G Dobson CM Stefani M 《Nature》2002,416(6880):507-511
A range of human degenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, light-chain amyloidosis and the spongiform encephalopathies, is associated with the deposition in tissue of proteinaceous aggregates known as amyloid fibrils or plaques. It has been shown previously that fibrillar aggregates that are closely similar to those associated with clinical amyloidoses can be formed in vitro from proteins not connected with these diseases, including the SH3 domain from bovine phosphatidyl-inositol-3'-kinase and the amino-terminal domain of the Escherichia coli HypF protein. Here we show that species formed early in the aggregation of these non-disease-associated proteins can be inherently highly cytotoxic. This finding provides added evidence that avoidance of protein aggregation is crucial for the preservation of biological function and suggests common features in the origins of this family of protein deposition diseases. 相似文献
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Molecular basis of xeroderma pigmentosum group C DNA recognition by engineered meganucleases 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Redondo P Prieto J Muñoz IG Alibés A Stricher F Serrano L Cabaniols JP Daboussi F Arnould S Perez C Duchateau P Pâques F Blanco FJ Montoya G 《Nature》2008,456(7218):107-111
Xeroderma pigmentosum is a monogenic disease characterized by hypersensitivity to ultraviolet light. The cells of xeroderma pigmentosum patients are defective in nucleotide excision repair, limiting their capacity to eliminate ultraviolet-induced DNA damage, and resulting in a strong predisposition to develop skin cancers. The use of rare cutting DNA endonucleases-such as homing endonucleases, also known as meganucleases-constitutes one possible strategy for repairing DNA lesions. Homing endonucleases have emerged as highly specific molecular scalpels that recognize and cleave DNA sites, promoting efficient homologous gene targeting through double-strand-break-induced homologous recombination. Here we describe two engineered heterodimeric derivatives of the homing endonuclease I-CreI, produced by a semi-rational approach. These two molecules-Amel3-Amel4 and Ini3-Ini4-cleave DNA from the human XPC gene (xeroderma pigmentosum group C), in vitro and in vivo. Crystal structures of the I-CreI variants complexed with intact and cleaved XPC target DNA suggest that the mechanism of DNA recognition and cleavage by the engineered homing endonucleases is similar to that of the wild-type I-CreI. Furthermore, these derivatives induced high levels of specific gene targeting in mammalian cells while displaying no obvious genotoxicity. Thus, homing endonucleases can be designed to recognize and cleave the DNA sequences of specific genes, opening up new possibilities for genome engineering and gene therapy in xeroderma pigmentosum patients whose illness can be treated ex vivo. 相似文献
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This paper utilizes for the first time age‐structured human capital data for economic growth forecasting. We concentrate on pooled cross‐country data of 65 countries over six 5‐year periods (1970–2000) and consider specifications chosen by model selection criteria, Bayesian model averaging methodologies based on in‐sample and out‐of‐sample goodness of fit and on adaptive regression by mixing. The results indicate that forecast averaging and exploiting the demographic dimension of education data improve economic growth forecasts systematically. In particular, the results are very promising for improving economic growth predictions in developing countries. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Almudena Fuster-Matanzo Jerónimo Jurado-Arjona Stefano Benvegnù Esther García Patricia Martín-Maestro Raquel Gómez-Sintes Félix Hernández Jesús Ávila 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2017,74(6):1153-1163
Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) is a serine-threonine kinase implicated in multiple processes and signaling pathways. Its dysregulation is associated with different pathological conditions including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Here we demonstrate how changes in GSK-3β activity and/or levels regulate the production and subsequent secretion of fractalkine, a chemokine involved in the immune response that has been linked to AD and to other different neurological disorders. Treatment of primary cultured neurons with GSK-3β inhibitors such as lithium and AR-A014418 decreased full-length fractalkine in total cell extracts. Opposite effects were observed after neuron transduction with a lentiviral vector overexpressing the kinase. Biotinylation assays showed that those changes mainly affect the plasma membrane-associated form of the protein, an observation that positively correlates with changes in the levels of its soluble form. These effects were confirmed in lithium-treated wild type (wt) mice and in GSK-3β transgenic animals, as well as in brain samples from AD patients, evident as age-dependent (animals) or Braak stage dependent changes (humans) in both the membrane-bound and the soluble forms of the protein. Further immunohistochemical analyses demonstrated how GSK-3β exerts these effects by affecting the trafficking of the chemokine from the Golgi to the plasma membrane, in different and opposite ways when the levels/activity of the kinase are increased or decreased. This work provides for the first time a mechanism linking GSK-3β and fractalkine both in vitro and in vivo, with important implications for neurological disorders and especially for AD, in which levels of this chemokine might be useful as a diagnostic tool. 相似文献
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Quesada V Conde L Villamor N Ordóñez GR Jares P Bassaganyas L Ramsay AJ Beà S Pinyol M Martínez-Trillos A López-Guerra M Colomer D Navarro A Baumann T Aymerich M Rozman M Delgado J Giné E Hernández JM González-Díaz M Puente DA Velasco G Freije JM Tubío JM Royo R Gelpí JL Orozco M Pisano DG Zamora J Vázquez M Valencia A Himmelbauer H Bayés M Heath S Gut M Gut I Estivill X López-Guillermo A Puente XS Campo E López-Otín C 《Nature genetics》2012,44(1):47-52
Here we perform whole-exome sequencing of samples from 105 individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the most frequent leukemia in adults in Western countries. We found 1,246 somatic mutations potentially affecting gene function and identified 78 genes with predicted functional alterations in more than one tumor sample. Among these genes, SF3B1, encoding a subunit of the spliceosomal U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP), is somatically mutated in 9.7% of affected individuals. Further analysis in 279 individuals with CLL showed that SF3B1 mutations were associated with faster disease progression and poor overall survival. This work provides the first comprehensive catalog of somatic mutations in CLL with relevant clinical correlates and defines a large set of new genes that may drive the development of this common form of leukemia. The results reinforce the idea that targeting several well-known genetic pathways, including mRNA splicing, could be useful in the treatment of CLL and other malignancies. 相似文献
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Genetic Analysis of Psoriasis Consortium & the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium Strange A Capon F Spencer CC Knight J Weale ME Allen MH Barton A Band G Bellenguez C Bergboer JG Blackwell JM Bramon E Bumpstead SJ Casas JP Cork MJ Corvin A Deloukas P Dilthey A Duncanson A Edkins S Estivill X Fitzgerald O Freeman C Giardina E Gray E Hofer A Hüffmeier U Hunt SE Irvine AD Jankowski J Kirby B Langford C Lascorz J Leman J Leslie S Mallbris L Markus HS Mathew CG McLean WH McManus R 《Nature genetics》2010,42(11):985-990
To identify new susceptibility loci for psoriasis, we undertook a genome-wide association study of 594,224 SNPs in 2,622 individuals with psoriasis and 5,667 controls. We identified associations at eight previously unreported genomic loci. Seven loci harbored genes with recognized immune functions (IL28RA, REL, IFIH1, ERAP1, TRAF3IP2, NFKBIA and TYK2). These associations were replicated in 9,079 European samples (six loci with a combined P < 5 × 10?? and two loci with a combined P < 5 × 10??). We also report compelling evidence for an interaction between the HLA-C and ERAP1 loci (combined P = 6.95 × 10??). ERAP1 plays an important role in MHC class I peptide processing. ERAP1 variants only influenced psoriasis susceptibility in individuals carrying the HLA-C risk allele. Our findings implicate pathways that integrate epidermal barrier dysfunction with innate and adaptive immune dysregulation in psoriasis pathogenesis. 相似文献
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Luis A. Cea Carlos Puebla Bruno A. Cisterna Rosalba Escamilla Aníbal A. Vargas Marina Frank Paloma Martínez-Montero Carmen Prior Jesús Molano Isabel Esteban-Rodríguez Ignacio Pascual Pía Gallano Gustavo Lorenzo Héctor Pian Luis C. Barrio Klaus Willecke Juan C. Sáez 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2016,73(13):2583-2599
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Last Night a Shrinkage Saved My Life: Economic Growth,Model Uncertainty and Correlated Regressors 下载免费PDF全文
Paul Hofmarcher Jesús Crespo Cuaresma Bettina Grün Kurt Hornik 《Journal of forecasting》2015,34(2):133-144
We compare the predictive ability of Bayesian methods which deal simultaneously with model uncertainty and correlated regressors in the framework of cross‐country growth regressions. In particular, we assess methods with spike and slab priors combined with different prior specifications for the slope parameters in the slab. Our results indicate that moving away from Gaussian g‐priors towards Bayesian ridge, LASSO or elastic net specifications has clear advantages for prediction when dealing with datasets of (potentially highly) correlated regressors, a pervasive characteristic of the data used hitherto in the econometric literature. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Icía Santos-Zas Uxía Gurriarán-Rodríguez Tania Cid-Díaz Gabriela Figueroa Jessica González-Sánchez Mónica Bouzo-Lorenzo Carlos S. Mosteiro José Señarís Felipe F. Casanueva Xesús Casabiell Rosalía Gallego Yolanda Pazos Vincent Mouly Jesús P. Camiña 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2016,73(3):617-635