This project aims to conduct genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in two anatomically different upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer sites in two populations with distinctly different disease rates and genetic profiles. One population has very high rates for both esophageal squamous cel...
Recent studies have demonstrated direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into a range of somatic cell types, but to date stem/progenitor cells have only been reprogrammed for the blood and neuronal lineages. We previously reported generation of induced hepatocyte-like (iHep) cells by transduction of Gat...
O-glycosylation is a critical post-translational modification (PTM) regulating protein function, yet its role in plant transcription factors remains poorly understood.
