epigenetic change

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noun
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/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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Most of the examples of unscheduledepigeneticchangecome from flowering plants, with a few from fungi.
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Mild hyperplasia is common and also reversible in normal nasopharyngeal epithelium: is there any subtle genetic andepigeneticchangein these lesions?
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One example of anepigeneticchangein eukaryotic biology is the process of cellular differentiation.
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Thisepigeneticchangeleads to the loss of tumor suppressor gene function through two possible mechanisms.
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Thus, the interchromosomal effect might be mediated by epigenetic changes in chromosome packaging induced by a rearranged chromosome somewhere in the genome.
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Point mutations in key regulatory genes, epigenetic changes, abnormal chromosome numbers and chromosomal rearrangements are frequently observed in tumour cells.
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These results suggest that genetic and epigenetic changes in the tumour stroma alter epithelial - stroma interactions to support tumour progression.
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Early nutrition, epigenetic changes at transposons and imprinted genes, and enhanced susceptibility to adult chronic diseases.
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Furthermore, there is no work on whether epigenetic changes either underlie or modulate these transcriptional networks.
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It is interesting to point out that the genetic changes observed here are parallel to the epigenetic changes related to growth temperature.
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This hypothetical link between cosmic radiation and epigenetic changes may only be the tip of the iceberg regarding background radiation effects.
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In addition to germline, and somatic, sequence alterations, epigenetic changes in many genes are likely to play an important role in the pathobiology of breast cancer.
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This reprogramming is likely required for totipotency of the newly formed embryo and erasure of acquired epigenetic changes.
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Evidence for related epigenetic changes has come from human studies on alcohol, nicotine and opiate use.
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Epigenetic changes of this type thus have the potential to direct increased frequencies of permanent genetic mutation.
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Future research may also focus on epigenetic changes that mediate the impact of psychotherapy on personality and behaviour.
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Change is inherently brought about via phenomena at the genetic level mutations, chromosomal rearrangements and epigenetic changes.
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Therefore, when referring to chromosome instability, epigenetic changes can also come into play.
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Only a few examples of signaling pathways leading to epigenetic changes that alter cell fate currently exist, and we will focus on one of them.
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Epigenetic changes are involved in the early stages of cancer initiation by altering ductulogenesis.
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