Neurotrophin-3 (NT3) is a growth factor found in many body tissues including the heart, intestines, skin, nervous system and in skeletal muscles including muscle spindles (Murase et al., 1994). NT3 is required for the...Neurotrophin-3 (NT3) is a growth factor found in many body tissues including the heart, intestines, skin, nervous system and in skeletal muscles including muscle spindles (Murase et al., 1994). NT3 is required for the survival, correct connectivity and function of sensory (“proprioceptive”) afferents that innervate muscle spindles;these neurons express receptors for NT3 including tropomyocin receptor kinase C. These proprioceptive afferents are important for normal movement (Boyce and Mendell, 2014) and signals from muscle spindles are important for recovery of limb movement (e.g., after spinal cord lateral hemisection)(Takeoka et al., 2014). The level of NT3 declines in most tissues during postnatal development;its level is low in adult and elderly humans and other mammals (Murase et al., 1994). Elevation of NT3 has been shown to improve outcome in various animal models of neurological disease and injury. For example, many groups have shown that delivery of NT3 directly into the central nervous system promotes recovery after spinal cord injury but this often involved invasive routes or gene therapy (Boyce and Mendell, 2014;Petrosyan et al., 2015;Wang et al., 2018).展开更多
Background Major depressive disorder(MDD)is a common psychiatric disease and a leading cause of disability worldwide.Handgrip strength(HGS)as an objective physical fitness test is a practical index for identifying man...Background Major depressive disorder(MDD)is a common psychiatric disease and a leading cause of disability worldwide.Handgrip strength(HGS)as an objective physical fitness test is a practical index for identifying many diseases.Previous studies drew different conclusions about the relationship between HGS and MDD.Aims We aim to explore whether HGS has an effect on the risk of MDD.Methods HGS-related single-nucleotide polymorphisms identified by a genome-wide association study were used as instrumental variables in this Mendelian randomisation(MR)study.Summary data on MDD were obtained from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.Four methods were applied,including inverse variance weighted(IVW),MR Egger,weighted median and weighted mode.Additional sensitivity analyses,including leave-one-out,heterogeneity test,pleiotropy test and confounders identification,were conducted to test the robustness of our results.Results Each 1 kg increase in left HGS is associated with a 21.95%reduction in the risk of MDD(OR_(IVW)=0.781,95%CI:0.650 to 0.937,p=0.009),while no significant correlation exists in the estimation of right HGS(p=0.146).Sensitivity analyses demonstrated statistical significance(β_(IVW)=−0.195,p=0.023)after excluding some genetic loci that cause pleiotropy.Conclusions Increased left HGS is associated with a reduced risk of MDD.In the future,it may be used as an index for the clinical screening,observation and treatment of MDD.展开更多
This paper reviews the authors research since 2018 on Mendels gene assumption. The main conclusion is that Morgans misreading of Mendels gene assumption would lead to the inevitable Copernican-like revolution (geocent...This paper reviews the authors research since 2018 on Mendels gene assumption. The main conclusion is that Morgans misreading of Mendels gene assumption would lead to the inevitable Copernican-like revolution (geocentrism replaced by heliocentrism) in genetics. The evidence for this judgment comes from written records in Morgans The Theory of the Gene. The result of Mendels experiment proposed the second question of genetics (template question), aim at which he assumed the gene was the element controlling individual specification. This led to dualistic genetics (two elements forming the germplasm). However, the gene located by Morgan was germplasm able to give rise to the individualthe answer to the first question of genetics. It ushered in gene-monistic genetics. The confirmation of the gene as DNA has opened a new era of physical verification of gene intension. The inability of DNA to build 3,5-phosphodiester bonds revealed that the gene has neither the ability to produce individuals nor is it self-replicating;consequently, the basis of gene monistic genetics completely collapsed. Instead, the universal fact that the eggs transcriptase initiates DNA (genome) transcription giving rise to the individual (unless accidents occur) confirms that Mendelian dualistic genetics is scientific genetics.展开更多
The physical mechanism of heredity or inheritance of genes is a quantum mechanical and/or quantum computational process. A theory of bio-quantum genetics is established in this paper. Principle of Bio-quantum Genetics...The physical mechanism of heredity or inheritance of genes is a quantum mechanical and/or quantum computational process. A theory of bio-quantum genetics is established in this paper. Principle of Bio-quantum Genetics is suggested. I propose and define the soft-genes of genetics controlling the processes of heredity or inheritance of genes. This research deals with the quantum mechanisms of Mendel plant heredity and family inheritance as examples of bio-quantum genetics, deepening our understanding of heredity or inheritance. I believe that more contributions will be made to promote researches of bio-quantum genetics or quantum biology at large.展开更多
The leptin（ LP） receptor gene heterozygous mice were mated in four ways. Genomic DNA was extracted from offspring tails and analyzed by PCR. The result showed that the ratios of the offspring genotypes fit the Mende...The leptin（ LP） receptor gene heterozygous mice were mated in four ways. Genomic DNA was extracted from offspring tails and analyzed by PCR. The result showed that the ratios of the offspring genotypes fit the Mendel＇s laws. The male and female LP^（-/-）mice（ DB / DB mice） were infertile. LP^（-/-）mice could be effectively bred by mating of male and female LP^（＋/-）mice. PCR methods could identify LP^（-/-）mice precisely.展开更多
Background:The specific role of statins in the field of ophthalmology is not clear.Statins have the advantages of pleiotropic,relatively safety and low cost,and are a promising choice for the prevention and management...Background:The specific role of statins in the field of ophthalmology is not clear.Statins have the advantages of pleiotropic,relatively safety and low cost,and are a promising choice for the prevention and management of eye diseases.Nevertheless,there is a divergence of findings regarding the correlation between statin treatment and ocular conditions.Hence,our intention is to investigate the impact of statins on eye conditions through the utilization of Mendelian randomization(MR).Methods:The UK Biobank provided data on five statins,while the FinnGen database provided data on six eye diseases,including age-related macular degeneration,glaucoma,diabetic retinopathy,senile cataract,drug-induced cataract,and other cataracts.Causality exploration involved the utilization of various methods including inverse variance weighted(IVW),weighted median,weighted multivariate(weighted mode),and MR-Egger regression.To assess the reliability of the findings,funnel analysis,MR-Egger regression,leave-one-out method,and Cochran’s Q test were employed.Additionally,reverse MR analysis was performed to evaluate the potential for reverse causality between statin use and eye diseases.Results:Based on IVW analysis,there were three pairs of positive results with significant(P<0.05)causal relationship,including atorvastatin and drug-induced cataract(odds ratio(OR)=1.65E-05,95%confidence interval(CI):2.24E-09–0.12;P_(IVW)=0.02),rosuvastatin and drug-induced cataract(OR=2.77E-18,95%CI:7.53E-35–0.1;P_(IVW)=0.04)and fluvastatin with senile cataract(OR=0.5,95%CI:0.25–0.99;P_(IVW)=0.05).No significant causal relationship was observed between other types of statins and eye diseases.Sensitivity analysis found that the results were robust.Reverse MR analysis indicated no evidence of reverse causality between statin use and the examined eye diseases.Conclusion:Our study finally verified the strong causal relationship between three drugs and two diseases(atorvastatin and rosuvastatin and drug cataract,fluvastatin and senile cataract).This study confirms that statins may reduce the risk of certain eye diseases and provides new insights into the prevention and treatment of eye diseases.Furthermore,the lack of reverse causality reinforces the reliability of these associations.展开更多
Dear Editor,As Gregor Mendel conducted his groundbreaking crossbreeding experiments with peas that revealed the laws of inheritance(Mendel,1866),he also observed an“essential difference”in the inheritance patterns b...Dear Editor,As Gregor Mendel conducted his groundbreaking crossbreeding experiments with peas that revealed the laws of inheritance(Mendel,1866),he also observed an“essential difference”in the inheritance patterns between“variable hybrids”such as sexual pea and“constant hybrids”like hawkweed(Pilosella piloselloides),which he described in letters to the prominent botanist Carl Nageli(van Dijk and Ellis,2016).Subsequent investigations in hawkweed by Ostenfeld(1904)first revealed the phenomenon of apomixis.展开更多
When blood DNA was digested with Taq I and monitored for RFLP with a human cDNA probe from the 21-hydroxylase genes (pC21/3c)in our laboratory, besides two characteristic restriction fragments 3.2 kb and 3.7 kb, an ex...When blood DNA was digested with Taq I and monitored for RFLP with a human cDNA probe from the 21-hydroxylase genes (pC21/3c)in our laboratory, besides two characteristic restriction fragments 3.2 kb and 3.7 kb, an extra 5.6 kb band was revealed. This extra band appears both in normal Chinese individuals and in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The frequency is high (1/40 in phenotypically normal individuals and 1/18 in CAH patients). Evidently there is no selective pressure which is exerted展开更多
基金funded by the Brain Research Trust,the Rosetrees Trust and the International Spinal Research Trusta grant from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme(FP/2007-2013)+5 种基金ERC Grant Agreement n.309731by a Research Councils UK Academic Fellowshipby the Medical Research Council(MRC)and the British Pharmacological Society(BPS)’s Integrative Pharmacology Fundsupported by the Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trusta Capacity Building Award in Integrative Mammalian Biology funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BPSHigher Education Funding Council for England,Knowledge Transfer Partnerships,MRC and Scottish Funding Council
文摘Neurotrophin-3 (NT3) is a growth factor found in many body tissues including the heart, intestines, skin, nervous system and in skeletal muscles including muscle spindles (Murase et al., 1994). NT3 is required for the survival, correct connectivity and function of sensory (“proprioceptive”) afferents that innervate muscle spindles;these neurons express receptors for NT3 including tropomyocin receptor kinase C. These proprioceptive afferents are important for normal movement (Boyce and Mendell, 2014) and signals from muscle spindles are important for recovery of limb movement (e.g., after spinal cord lateral hemisection)(Takeoka et al., 2014). The level of NT3 declines in most tissues during postnatal development;its level is low in adult and elderly humans and other mammals (Murase et al., 1994). Elevation of NT3 has been shown to improve outcome in various animal models of neurological disease and injury. For example, many groups have shown that delivery of NT3 directly into the central nervous system promotes recovery after spinal cord injury but this often involved invasive routes or gene therapy (Boyce and Mendell, 2014;Petrosyan et al., 2015;Wang et al., 2018).
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(81801345)the Planning Project of Guangdong Province of China(2019B030316001).
文摘Background Major depressive disorder(MDD)is a common psychiatric disease and a leading cause of disability worldwide.Handgrip strength(HGS)as an objective physical fitness test is a practical index for identifying many diseases.Previous studies drew different conclusions about the relationship between HGS and MDD.Aims We aim to explore whether HGS has an effect on the risk of MDD.Methods HGS-related single-nucleotide polymorphisms identified by a genome-wide association study were used as instrumental variables in this Mendelian randomisation(MR)study.Summary data on MDD were obtained from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.Four methods were applied,including inverse variance weighted(IVW),MR Egger,weighted median and weighted mode.Additional sensitivity analyses,including leave-one-out,heterogeneity test,pleiotropy test and confounders identification,were conducted to test the robustness of our results.Results Each 1 kg increase in left HGS is associated with a 21.95%reduction in the risk of MDD(OR_(IVW)=0.781,95%CI:0.650 to 0.937,p=0.009),while no significant correlation exists in the estimation of right HGS(p=0.146).Sensitivity analyses demonstrated statistical significance(β_(IVW)=−0.195,p=0.023)after excluding some genetic loci that cause pleiotropy.Conclusions Increased left HGS is associated with a reduced risk of MDD.In the future,it may be used as an index for the clinical screening,observation and treatment of MDD.
文摘This paper reviews the authors research since 2018 on Mendels gene assumption. The main conclusion is that Morgans misreading of Mendels gene assumption would lead to the inevitable Copernican-like revolution (geocentrism replaced by heliocentrism) in genetics. The evidence for this judgment comes from written records in Morgans The Theory of the Gene. The result of Mendels experiment proposed the second question of genetics (template question), aim at which he assumed the gene was the element controlling individual specification. This led to dualistic genetics (two elements forming the germplasm). However, the gene located by Morgan was germplasm able to give rise to the individualthe answer to the first question of genetics. It ushered in gene-monistic genetics. The confirmation of the gene as DNA has opened a new era of physical verification of gene intension. The inability of DNA to build 3,5-phosphodiester bonds revealed that the gene has neither the ability to produce individuals nor is it self-replicating;consequently, the basis of gene monistic genetics completely collapsed. Instead, the universal fact that the eggs transcriptase initiates DNA (genome) transcription giving rise to the individual (unless accidents occur) confirms that Mendelian dualistic genetics is scientific genetics.
文摘The physical mechanism of heredity or inheritance of genes is a quantum mechanical and/or quantum computational process. A theory of bio-quantum genetics is established in this paper. Principle of Bio-quantum Genetics is suggested. I propose and define the soft-genes of genetics controlling the processes of heredity or inheritance of genes. This research deals with the quantum mechanisms of Mendel plant heredity and family inheritance as examples of bio-quantum genetics, deepening our understanding of heredity or inheritance. I believe that more contributions will be made to promote researches of bio-quantum genetics or quantum biology at large.
文摘The leptin（ LP） receptor gene heterozygous mice were mated in four ways. Genomic DNA was extracted from offspring tails and analyzed by PCR. The result showed that the ratios of the offspring genotypes fit the Mendel＇s laws. The male and female LP^（-/-）mice（ DB / DB mice） were infertile. LP^（-/-）mice could be effectively bred by mating of male and female LP^（＋/-）mice. PCR methods could identify LP^（-/-）mice precisely.
基金the Education Department of Hebei Province(Project No.QN2016145)and the University Student Research Project of Chengde Medical University(2024038)for the funding support.
文摘Background:The specific role of statins in the field of ophthalmology is not clear.Statins have the advantages of pleiotropic,relatively safety and low cost,and are a promising choice for the prevention and management of eye diseases.Nevertheless,there is a divergence of findings regarding the correlation between statin treatment and ocular conditions.Hence,our intention is to investigate the impact of statins on eye conditions through the utilization of Mendelian randomization(MR).Methods:The UK Biobank provided data on five statins,while the FinnGen database provided data on six eye diseases,including age-related macular degeneration,glaucoma,diabetic retinopathy,senile cataract,drug-induced cataract,and other cataracts.Causality exploration involved the utilization of various methods including inverse variance weighted(IVW),weighted median,weighted multivariate(weighted mode),and MR-Egger regression.To assess the reliability of the findings,funnel analysis,MR-Egger regression,leave-one-out method,and Cochran’s Q test were employed.Additionally,reverse MR analysis was performed to evaluate the potential for reverse causality between statin use and eye diseases.Results:Based on IVW analysis,there were three pairs of positive results with significant(P<0.05)causal relationship,including atorvastatin and drug-induced cataract(odds ratio(OR)=1.65E-05,95%confidence interval(CI):2.24E-09–0.12;P_(IVW)=0.02),rosuvastatin and drug-induced cataract(OR=2.77E-18,95%CI:7.53E-35–0.1;P_(IVW)=0.04)and fluvastatin with senile cataract(OR=0.5,95%CI:0.25–0.99;P_(IVW)=0.05).No significant causal relationship was observed between other types of statins and eye diseases.Sensitivity analysis found that the results were robust.Reverse MR analysis indicated no evidence of reverse causality between statin use and the examined eye diseases.Conclusion:Our study finally verified the strong causal relationship between three drugs and two diseases(atorvastatin and rosuvastatin and drug cataract,fluvastatin and senile cataract).This study confirms that statins may reduce the risk of certain eye diseases and provides new insights into the prevention and treatment of eye diseases.Furthermore,the lack of reverse causality reinforces the reliability of these associations.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32025028,32188102,32401928)the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(CAAS-ASTIP-2021-CNRRI)+1 种基金the Nanfan special project,CAAS(YBXM2433)the Project of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City(SCKJ-JYRC-2024-58).
文摘Dear Editor,As Gregor Mendel conducted his groundbreaking crossbreeding experiments with peas that revealed the laws of inheritance(Mendel,1866),he also observed an“essential difference”in the inheritance patterns between“variable hybrids”such as sexual pea and“constant hybrids”like hawkweed(Pilosella piloselloides),which he described in letters to the prominent botanist Carl Nageli(van Dijk and Ellis,2016).Subsequent investigations in hawkweed by Ostenfeld(1904)first revealed the phenomenon of apomixis.
文摘When blood DNA was digested with Taq I and monitored for RFLP with a human cDNA probe from the 21-hydroxylase genes (pC21/3c)in our laboratory, besides two characteristic restriction fragments 3.2 kb and 3.7 kb, an extra 5.6 kb band was revealed. This extra band appears both in normal Chinese individuals and in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The frequency is high (1/40 in phenotypically normal individuals and 1/18 in CAH patients). Evidently there is no selective pressure which is exerted
