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Detecting non-neutral heterogeneity across a region of DNA sequence in the ratio of polymorphism to divergence 总被引:11,自引:4,他引:7
Natural selection, in the form of balancing selection or selective sweeps,
can result in a decoupling of the amounts of molecular polymorphism and
divergence. Thus natural selection can cause some areas of DNA sequence to
have greater silent polymorphism, relative to divergence between species,
than other areas. It would be useful to have a statistical test for
heterogeneity in the polymorphism to divergence ratio across a region of
DNA sequence, one that could identify heterogeneity greater than that
expected from the neutral processes of mutation, drift, and recombination.
The only currently available test requires that a region be arbitrarily
divided into sections that are compared with each other, and the
subjectivity of this division could be problematic. Here a test is proposed
in which runs of polymorphic and fixed sites are counted, where a "run" is
a set of one or more sites of one type preceded and followed by the other
type. The number of runs is smaller than otherwise expected if
polymorphisms are clumped together. By simulating neutral evolution and
comparing the observed number of runs to the simulations, a statistical
test is possible which does not require any a priori decisions about
subdivision.
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Janine JH Oosterhof G Jolanda Elving Ietse Stokroos Arie van nieuw Amerongen Henny C van der Mei Henk J Busscher 《Biofouling》2013,29(6):347-353
The integrity of biofilms on voice prostheses used to rehabilitate speech in laryngectomized patients causes unwanted increases in airflow resistance, impeding speech. Biofilm integrity is ensured by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). This study aimed to determine whether synthetic salivary peptides or mucolytics, including N-acetylcysteine and ascorbic acid, influence the integrity of voice prosthetic biofilms. Biofilms were grown on voice prostheses in an artificial throat model and exposed to synthetic salivary peptides, mucolytics and two different antiseptics (chlorhexidine and Triclosan). Synthetic salivary peptides did not reduce the air flow resistance of voice prostheses after biofilm formation. Although both chlorhexidine and Triclosan reduced microbial numbers on the prostheses, only the Triclosan-containing positive control reduced the air flow resistance. Unlike ascorbic acid, the mucolytic N-acetylcysteine removed most EPS from the biofilms and induced a decrease in air flow resistance. 相似文献
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María Eugenia Sabatino Liliana del Valle Sosa Juan Pablo Petiti Jorge Humberto Mukdsi Iván Darío Mascanfroni Claudia Gabriela Pellizas Silvina Gutiérrez Alicia Inés Torres Ana Lucía De Paul 《Experimental cell research》2013
Toll like receptor 4 (TLR4) has been characterized for its ability to recognize bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Considering that infections or inflammatory processes might contribute to the progression of pituitary tumors, we analyzed the TLR4 functional role by evaluating the LPS effect on lactotroph proliferation in primary cultures from experimental pituitary tumors, and examined the involvement of PI3K-Akt and NF-κB activation in this effect. In addition, the role of 17β-estradiol as a possible modulator of LPS-induced PRL cell proliferation was further investigated. In estrogen-induced hyperplasic pituitaries, LPS triggered lactotroph cell proliferation. However, endotoxin failed to increase the number of lactotrophs taking up BrdU in normal pituitaries. Moreover, incubation with anti-TLR4 antibody significantly reduced LPS-induced lactotroph proliferation, suggesting a functional role of this receptor. As a sign of TLR4 activation, an LPS challenge increased IL-6 release in normal and tumoral cells. By flow cytometry, TLR4 baseline expression was revealed at the plasma membrane of tumoral lactotrophs, without changes noted in the percentage of double PRL/TLR4 positive cells after LPS stimulus. Increases in TLR4 intracellular expression were detected as well as rises in CD14, p-Akt and NF-κB after an LPS challenge, as assessed by western blotting. The TLR4/PRL and PRL/NF-κB co-localization was also corroborated by immunofluorescence and the involvement of PI3K/Akt signaling in lactotroph proliferation and IL-6 release was revealed through the PI3K inhibitor Ly-294002. In addition, 17β-estradiol attenuated the LPS-evoked increase in tumoral lactotroph proliferation and IL-6 release. Collectively these results demonstrate the presence of functional TLR4 in lactotrophs from estrogen-induced hyperplasic pituitaries, which responded to the proliferative stimulation and IL-6 release induced by LPS through TLR4/CD14, with a contribution of the PI3K-Akt and NF-κB signaling pathways. 相似文献
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Improved tests for heterogeneity across a region of DNA sequence in the ratio of polymorphism to divergence 总被引:15,自引:9,他引:6
The neutral theory of molecular evolution predicts that the ratio of
polymorphisms to fixed differences should be fairly uniform across a region
of DNA sequence. Significant heterogeneity in this ratio can indicate the
effects of balancing selection, selective sweeps, mildly deleterious
mutations, or background selection. Comparing an observed heterogeneity
statistic with simulations of the heterogeneity resulting from random
phylogenetic and sampling variation provides a test of the statistical
significance of the observed pattern. When simulated data sets containing
heterogeneity in the polymorphism-to-divergence ratio are examined,
different statistics are most powerful for detecting different patterns of
heterogeneity. The number of runs is most powerful for detecting patterns
containing several peaks of polymorphism; the Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic
is most powerful for detecting patterns in which one end of the gene has
high polymorphism and the other end has low polymorphism; and a newly
developed statistic, the mean sliding G statistic, is most powerful for
detecting patterns containing one or two peaks of polymorphism with reduced
polymorphism on either side. Nine out of 27 genes from the Drosophila
melanogaster subgroup exhibit heterogeneity that is significant under at
least one of these three tests, with five of the nine remaining significant
after a correction for multiple comparisons, suggesting that detectable
evidence for the effects of some kind of selection is fairly common.
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Ali C Akyildiz Lambert Speelman Harald van Brummelen Miguel A Gutiérrez Renu Virmani Aad van der Lugt Anton FW van der Steen Jolanda J Wentzel Frank JH Gijsen 《Biomedical engineering online》2011,10(1):25