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ArticleBiological research for nursing2018

Mechanisms and Measurement of Changes in Gene Expression.

Komal P Singh, Christine Miaskowski, Anand A Dhruva, Elena Flowers, Kord M Kober

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3 · Its place in the literature

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Komal P Singh1 Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Christine Miaskowski1 Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Anand A Dhruva2 School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Elena Flowers1 Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Kord M Kober1 Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Funding

Symptoms Clusters in Oncology Patients Receiving ChemotherapyR01CA134900 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI AOUIZERAT, BRADLEY E, MIASKOWSKI, CHRISTINE A. · 2009 to 2014
$5.9M
Symptom Management After Breast Cancer SurgeryR01CA107091 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MIASKOWSKI, CHRISTINE A. · 2003 to 2008
$4.5M
Biobehavioral Research Training Program in Symptom ScienceT32NR016920 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MIASKOWSKI, CHRISTINE A., WEISS, SANDRA JEAN · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
Advancing the Science of Symptom Management in Oncology PatientsK05CA168960 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MIASKOWSKI, CHRISTINE A. · 2013 to 2017
$453k
NCI NIH HHS K05 CA168960NCI NIH HHS R01 CA107091NCI NIH HHS R01 CA134900NINR NIH HHS T32 NR016920
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on gene expression (GE) provides insights into the physiology of a cell or group of cells at a given point in time. Studies of changes in GE can be used to identify patients at higher risk for various medical conditions, a higher symptom burden, and/or the adverse consequences associated with various treatments. The aims of this article are as follows: (1) to describe the different types of RNA transcripts, (2) to describe the processes involved in GE (i.e., RNA transcription, epigenetics, and posttranscriptional modifications), (3) to describe common sources of variation in GE, (4) to describe the most common methods used to measure GE, and (5) to discuss factors to consider when choosing tissue for a GE study. This article begins with an overview of the mechanisms involved in GE. Then, the factors that can influence the findings from GE experiments (e.g., tissue specificity, host age, host gender, and time of sample collection) are described and potential solutions are presented. This article concludes with a discussion of how the types of tissue used in GE studies can affect study findings. Given that the costs associated with the measurement of changes in GE are decreasing and the methods to analyze GE data are becoming easier to use, nurse scientists need to understand the basic principles that underlie any GE study.

Indexed as

Environmental MonitoringRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalSequence Analysis, RNAAge FactorsEpigenomicsGene ExpressionHumansMaleTranscriptional Activationepigeneticsgene expressionmicroarrayquantitative polymerase chain reactionribonucleic acid sequencingtranscription

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PMID29706088
PMCPMC6346310

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