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  • A transcriptome-wide association study among 97,898 women to identify candidate susceptibility genes for epithelial ovarian cancer risk 
    Lu, Yingchang; Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia; Wu, Lang; Guo, Xingyi; Li, Bingshan; Schildkraut, Joellen M.; Im, HaeKyung; Chen, Yian A.; Permuth, Jennifer B.; Reid, Brett M.; Teer, Jamie K.; Moysich, Kirsten B.; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Arun, Banu K.; Bandera, Elisa V.; Barkardottir, Rosa B.; Barnes, Daniel R.; Benitez, Javier; Bjorge, Line; Brenton, James; Butzow, Ralf; Caldes, Trinidad; Caligo, Maria A.; Campbell, Ian; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; Couch, Fergus J.; Cramer, Daniel W.; Daly, Mary B.; DeFazio, Anna; Dennis, Joe; Diez, Orland; Domchek, Susan M.; Dörk, Thilo; Easton, Douglas F.; Eccles, Diana M.; Fasching, Peter A.; Fortner, Renée T.; Fountzilas, George; Friedman, Eitan; Ganz, Patricia A.; Garber Judy; Giles, Graham G.; Godwin, Andrew K.; Goldgar, David E.; Goodman, Marc T.; Greene, Mark H.; Gronwald, Jacek; Hamann, Ute; Heitz, Florian; Hildebrandt, Michelle A.T.; Høgdall, Claus K.; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Hulick, Peter J.; Huntsman, David G.; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Isaacs, Claudine; Jakubowska, Anna; James, Paul; Karlan, Beth Y.; Kelemen, Linda E.; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Kjaer, Susanne K.; Kwong, Ava; Le, Nhu D.; Leslie, Goska; Lesueur, Fabienne; Levine, Douglas A.; Mattiello, Amalia; May, Taymaa; McGuffog, Lesley; McNeish, Iain A.; Merritt, Melissa A.; Modugno, Francesmary; Montagna, Marco; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Nielsen, Finn C.; Nikitina-Zake, Liene; Nussbaum, Robert L.; Offit, Kenneth; Olah, Edith; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Olson, Sara H.; Olsson, Håkan K.; Osorio, Ana; Park, Sue K.; Parsons, Michael T.; Peeters, Petra H.M.; Pejovic, Tanja; Peterlongo, Paolo; Phelan, Catherine M.; Pujana, Miquel Angel; Ramus, Susan J.; Rennert, Gad; Risch, Harvey; Rodriguez, Gustavo C.; Rodríguez-Antona, Cristina; Romieu, Isabelle; Rookus, Matti A.; Rossing, Mary Anne; Rzepecka, Iwona K.; Sandler, Dale P.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Setiawan, Veronica W.; Sharma, Priyanka; Sieh, Weiva; Simard, Jacques; Singer, Christian F.; Song, Honglin; Southey, Melissa C.; Spurdle, Amanada B.; Sutphen, Rebecca; Swerdlow, Anthony J.; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Teo, Soo H.; Thomassen, Mads; Tischkowitz, Marc; Toland, Amanda E.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Tung, Nadine; Tworoger, Shelley S.; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Vanderstichele, Adriaan; Vega, Ana; Edwards, Digna Velez; Webb, Penelope M.; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Wentzensen, Nicolas; White, Emily; Wolk, Alicja; Wu, Anna H.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Zorn, Kristin K.; Gayther, Simon A.; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Berchuck, Andrew; Goode, Ellen L.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Sellers, Thomas A.; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Zheng, Wei; Long, Jirong (American Association for Cancer Research, 2018-09)
    Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified approximately 35 loci associated with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) risk. The majority of GWAS-identified disease susceptibility variants are located in ...
  • Transcriptome-wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen-receptor status 
    Feng, Helian; Gusev, Alexander; Pasaniuc, Bogdan; Wu, Lang; Long, Jirong; Abu-full, Zomoroda; Aittomäki, Kristiina; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Arason, Adalgeir; Arndt, Volker; Aronson, Kristan J.; Arun, Banu K.; Asseryanis, Ella; Auer, Paul L.; Azzollini, Jacopo; Balmana, Judith; Barkardottir, Rosa B.; Barnes, Daniel R.; Barrowdale, Daniel; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Behrens, Sabine; Benitez, Javier; Bermisheva, Marina; Białkowska, Katarzyna; Blanco, Ana; Blomqvist, Carl; Boeckx, Bram; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Bonanni, Bernardo; Borg, Ake; Brauch, Hiltrud; Brenner, Hermann; Briceno, Ignacio; Broeks, Annegien; Bruning, Thomas; Burwinkel, Barbara; Cai, Qiuyin; Caldés, Trinidad.; Caligo, Maria A.; Campbell, Ian; Canisius, Sander; Campa, Daniele; Carter, Brian D.; Carter, Jonathan; Castelao, Jose E.; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chanock, Stephen J.; Christiansen, Hans; Chung, Wendy K.; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; Clarke, Christine L.; Couch, Fergus J.; Cox, Angela; Cross, Simon S.; Cybulski, Cezary; Czene, Kamila; Daly, Mary B.; De la Hoya, Miguel; De Leeneer, Kim; Dennis, Joe; Devilee, Peter; Diez, Orland; Domchek, Susan M.; Dork, Thilo; Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel; Dunning, Alison M.; Dwek, Miriam; Eccles, Diana M.; Ejlertsen, Bent; Ellberg, Carolina; Engel, Christoph; Eriksson, Mikael; Fasching, Peter A.; Fletcher, Olivia; Flyger, Henrik; Fostira, Florentia; Friedman, Eitan; Fritschi, Lin; Frost, Debra; Gabrielson, Marike; Ganz, Patricia A.; Gapstur, Susan M.; Garber, Judy; Garcia-Closas, Montserrat; Garcia-Saenz, Jose A.; Gaudet, Mia M.; Giles, Graham G.; Glendon, Gord; Godwin, Andrew K.; Goldberg, Mark S.; Goldgar, David E.; Gonzalez-Neira, Anna; Greene, Mark H.; Gronwald, Jacek; Guénel, Pascal; Haiman, Christopher A.; Hall, Per; Hamann, Ute; Hake, Christopher; He, Wei; Heyworth, Jane; Hogervorst, Frans B.L.; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Hooning, Maartje J.; Hoover, Robert N.; Hopper, John L.; Huang, Guanmengqian; Humphreys, Keith; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Isaacs, Claudine; Jakimovska, Milena; Jakubowska, Anna; James, Paul; Janavicius, Ramunas; Jankowitz, Rachel C.; John, Esther M.; Johnson, Nichola; Joseph, Vijai; Jung, Audrey; Karlan, Beth Y.; Khusnutdinova, Elza; Kiiski, Johanna I.; Konstantopoulou, Irene; Kristensen, Vessela; Laitman, Yael; Lambrechts, Diether; Lazaro, Conxi; Leroux, Dominique; Leslie, Goska; Lester, Jenny; Lesueur, Fabienne; Lindor, Noralane; Lindstrom, Sara; Lo, Wing-Yee; Loud, Jennifer T.; Lubinski, Jan; Makalic, Enes; Mannermaa, Arto; Manoochehri, Mehdi; Manoukian, Siranoush; Margolin, Sara; Martens, John W.M.; Martinez, Maria E.; Matricardi, Laura; Maurer, Tabea; Mavroudis, Dimitrios; McGuffog, Lesley; Meindl, Alfons; Menon, Usha; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Kapoor, Pooja M.; Miller, Austin; Montagna, Marco; Moreno, Fernando; Moserle, Lidia; Mulligan, Anna M.; Muranen, Taru A.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Nevelsteen, Ines; Nielsen, Finn C.; Nikitina-Zake, Liene; Offit, Kenneth; Olah, Edith; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Olsson, Hakan; Osorio, Ana; Papp, Janos; Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won; Parsons, Michael T.; Pedersen, Inge S.; Peixoto, Ana; Peterlongo, Paolo; Peto, Julian; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Phillips, Kelly-Anne; Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana; Poppe, Bruce; Pradhan, Nisha; Prajzendanc, Karolina; Presneau, Nadege; Punie, Kevin; Pylkäs, Katri; Radice, Paolo; Rantala, Johanna; Rashid, Muhammad Usman; Rennert, Gad; Risch, Harvey A.; Robson, Mark; Romero, Atocha; Saloustros, Emmanouil; Sandler, Dale P.; Santos, Catarina; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Schmidt, Daniel F.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Schoemaker, Minouk J.; Scott, Rodney J.; Sharma, Priyanka; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Simard, Jacques; Singer, Christian F.; Skytte, Anne-Bine; Soucy, Penny; Southey, Melissa C.; Spinelli, John J.; Spurdle, Amanda B.; Stone, Jennifer; Swerdlow, Anthony J.; Tapper, William J.; Taylor, Jack A.; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Terry, Mary Beth; Teule, Alex; Thomassen, Mads; Thöne, Kathrin; Thull, Darcy L.; Tischkowitz, Marc; Toland, Amanda E.; Tollenaar, Rob A.E.M.; Torres, Diana; Truong, Therese; Tung, Nadine; Vachon, Celine M.; Van den Ouweland, Ans M.W.; Van Asperen, Christi J.; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Vega, Ana; Viel, Alessandra; Vieiro-Balo, Paula; Wang, Qin; Wappenschmidt, Barbara; Weinberg, Clarice R.; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Wendt, Camilla; Winqvist, Robert; Yang, Xiaohong R.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Ziogas, Argyrios; Milne, Roger L.; Easton., Douglas F.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Zheng, Wei; Kraft, Peter; Jiang, Xia (Wiley, 2020-07)
    Previous transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast ...
  • Transcriptomic analysis of a Sorghum bicolor landrace identifies a role for beta-alanine betaine biosynthesis in drought tolerance 
    Devnarain, Natrisha; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Van der Westhuyzen, Chris; Becker, John V.W.; O'Kennedy, Martha Magaretha (Elsevier, 2019-12)
    Sorghum is indigenous to Africa and a remarkably drought tolerant cereal crop. In this study, the genetic response mechanisms involved in sorghum's tolerance to progressive water deficit and re-watering were investigated ...
  • Transcriptomic analysis of Ehrlichia ruminantium during the developmental stages in bovine and tick cell culture 
    Tjale, Mabotse A.; Pretorius, Alri; Josemans, Antoinette; Van Kleef, Mirinda; Liebenberg, Junita (Elsevier, 2018-01)
    The use of bioinformatics tools to search for possible vaccine candidates has been successful in recent years. In an attempt to search for additional vaccine candidates or improve the current heartwater vaccine design, a ...
  • Transcriptomic analysis of salivary glands of ornithodoros brasiliensis aragao, 1923, the agent of a neotropical tick-toxicosis syndrome in humans 
    Reck, Jose; Webster, Anelise; Dall’Agnol, Bruno; Pienaar, Ronel; De Castro, Minique H.; Featherston, Jonathan; Mans, Ben J. (Barend Johannes) (Frontiers Media, 2021-08-06)
    Tick salivary glands produce and secrete a variety of compounds that modulate host responses and ensure a successful blood meal. Despite great progress made in the identification of ticks salivary compounds in recent years, ...
  • Transcriptomic analysis of the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, across all stages of the lifecycle 
    Bartley, Kathryn; Chen, Wan; Mills, Richard I. Lloyd; Nunn, Francesca; Price, Daniel R.G.; Rombauts, Stephane; Van de Peer, Yves; Roy, Lise; Nisbet, Alasdair J.; Burgess, Stewart T.G. (BMC, 2021-04)
    BACKGROUND: The blood feeding poultry red mite (PRM), Dermanyssus gallinae, causes substantial economic damage to the egg laying industry worldwide, and is a serious welfare concern for laying hens and poultry house workers. ...
  • The transcriptomic changes associated with the development of social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis 
    Aumer, Denise; Mumoki, F.N. (Fiona); Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Moritz, Robin F.A. (Springer, 2018-04)
    Social insects are characterized by the division of labor. Queens usually dominate reproduction, whereas workers fulfill non-reproductive age-dependent tasks to maintain the colony. Although workers are typically sterile, ...
  • Transcriptomic responses of a simplified soil microcosm to a plant pathogen and its biocontrol agent reveal a complex reaction to harsh habitat 
    Perazzolli, Michele; Herrero, Noemí; Sterck, Lieven; Lenzi, Luisa; Pellegrini, Alberto; Puopolo, Gerardo; Van de Peer, Yves; Pertot, Ilaria (BioMed Central, 2016-10-27)
    BACKGROUND : Soil microorganisms are key determinants of soil fertility and plant health. Soil phytopathogenic fungi are one of the most important causes of crop losses worldwide. Microbial biocontrol agents have been ...
  • Transcriptomics advancement in the complex response of plants to viroid infection 
    Joubert, Melissa; Van den Berg, Noelani; Theron, Jacques; Swart, Velushka (International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022-07-12)
    Viroids are the smallest plant pathogens, consisting of a single-stranded circular RNA of less than 500 ribonucleotides in length. Despite their noncoding nature, viroids elicit disease symptoms in many economically ...
  • Transcriptomics and methylomics study on the effect of iodine-containing drug FS-1 on Escherichia coli ATCC BAA-196 
    Korotetskiy, Ilya S.; Jumagaziyeva, Ardak B.; Shilov, Sergey V.; Kuznetsova, Tatyana V.; Myrzabayeva, Auyes N.; Iskakbayeva, Zhanar A.; Ilin, Aleksandr I.; Joubert, Monique; Taukobong, Setshaba; Reva, Oleg N. (Future Medicine Ltd., 2021-09)
    AIM : Promising results on application of iodine-containing nano-micelles, FS-1, against antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli was demonstrated. MATERIALS AMD METHODS : RNA sequencing for transcriptomics and the complete ...
  • Transdermal fentanyl death pact 
    Blumenthal, Ryan; Roth, Lisa Barbara (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2022-06)
    We report the case of a double suicide in an elderly couple, which occurred during COVID-19 lockdown. According to the son, this was a premeditated death pact, which was carefully planned. The parents had stockpiled fentanyl ...
  • A transdisciplinary approach to address climate change adaptation for human health and well-being in Africa 
    Wright, Caradee Yael; Moore, Candice Eleanor; Chersich, Matthew; Hester, Rebecca; Schwerdtle, Patricia Nayna; Mbayo, Guy Kakumbi; Akong, Charles Ndika; Butler, Colin D. (MDPI Publishing, 2021-04-17)
    The health sector response to dealing with the impacts of climate change on human health, whether mitigative or adaptive, is influenced by multiple factors and necessitates creative approaches drawing on resources across ...
  • A transdisciplinary exploration : reading peace education and teaching English to speakers of other languages through multiple literacies theory 
    Kruger, Frans; Evans, Rinelle (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2018-09-17)
    Since the early 1990s peace education has increasingly informed the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). More recently, this transdisciplinary dialogue has found expression in approaches such ...
  • A transdisciplinary multiscaled approach to engage with green infrastructure planning, restoration and use in sub-Saharan Africa 
    Breed, Christina A.; Engemann, Kristine; Pasgaard, Maya (Springer, 2024)
    The systematic integration of green infrastructure (GI) concepts in urban planning shows promise to reduce environmental hazards; while creating sociocultural benefits. However, cities in sub-Saharan Africa face rapid ...
  • Transdisciplinary teaching practices for data science education : a comprehensive framework for integrating disciplines 
    Msweli, Nkosikhona Theoren; Mawela, Tendani; Twinomurinzi, Hossana (Elsevier, 2023)
    Teaching data science programmes poses challenges for instructors due to the transdisciplinarity of the field and the diverse backgrounds and skill levels of students. Effective data science education requires a ...
  • Transesterification reaction for biodiesel production from soybean oil using Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 nanomagnetic catalyst : kinetic study 
    Mapossa, António Benjamim; Dantas, Joelda; Costa, Ana C.F.M. (Wiley, 2020-06)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • The transfer and commercialisation of technology from South Africa to foreign markets in the financial services industry 
    Lubbe, Francois H.; Brent, Alan Colin (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2009-11)
    International technology transfer (ITT) processes are complex, risky, and often fail. When financial services organisations have the opportunity to transfer their business model and core technologies to a foreign market, ...
  • Transfer effects of eye-hand co-ordination skills from the right to the left cerebral hemispheres in South African schoolboy rugby players 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); De Wet, K.B.; Van Vuuren, Bernard J.; Joubert, Annie M.; Lottering, Mona-Liza; Van Wyk, Gerrit J.U. (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2006-03)
  • Transfer of genetic material between the chloroplast and nucleus : how is it related to stress in plants? 
    Cullis, C.A. (Christoper Ashley); Vorster, Barend Juan; Van der Vyver, Christell; Kunert, Karl J. (Oxford University Press, 2008)
    BACKGROUND: The presence of chloroplast-related DNA sequences in the nuclear genome is generally regarded as a relic of the process by which genes have been transferred from the chloroplast to the nucleus. The remaining ...
  • Transfer of three species of Namakwanus Scholtz & Howden to Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz or to Namaphilus gen. nov., with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeinae) 
    Deschodt, Christian M.; Davis, Adrian L.V. (Transvaal Museum, 2017)
    Taxonomic changes are made in the Byrrhidium group of Canthonini dung beetles. The genera Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011 and Namakwanus Scholtz & Howden, 1987 currently comprise one and four species, respectively. ...