Browsing by Author "Taki, Faten A."
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A Comprehensive Approach to Identify Reliable Reference Gene Candidates to Investigate the Link between Alcoholism and Endocrinology in Sprague-Dawley Rats
Taki, Faten A.; Abdel-Rahman, Abdel A.; Zhang, Baohong (2014)Gender and hormonal differences are often correlated with alcohol dependence and related complications like addiction and breast cancer. Estrogen (E2) is an important sex hormone because it serves as a key protein involved ... -
Dose-Dependent Effects of GLD-2 and GLD-1 on Germline Differentiation and Dedifferentiation in the Absence of PUF-8
Park, Youngyong; O’Rourke, Samuel; Taki, Faten A.; Alfhili, Mohammad A.; Hee Lee, Myon (2020-01-24)PUMILIO/FBF (PUF) proteins have a conserved function in stem cell regulation. Caenorhabditis elegans PUF-8 protein inhibits the translation of target mRNAs by interacting with PUF binding element (PBE) in the 30 untranslated ... -
Nicotine exposure and transgenerational impact: a prospective study on small regulatory microRNAs
Taki, Faten A.; Pan, Xiaoping; Lee, Myon-Hee; Zhang, Baohong (2014-12-17)Early developmental stages are highly sensitive to stress and it has been reported that pre-conditioning with tobacco smoking during adolescence predisposes those youngsters to become smokers as adults. However, the molecular ... -
Triclosan Disrupts SKN-1/Nrf2- Mediated Oxidative Stress Response in C. elegans and Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Yoon, Dong Suk; Choi, Yoorim; Cha, Dong Seok; Zhang, Peng; Choi, Seong Mi; Alfhili, Mohammad A.; Polli, Joseph Ryan; Pendergrass, DeQwon; Taki, Faten A.; Kapalavavi, Brahmam; Pan, Xiaoping; Zhang, Baohong; Blackwell, T. Keith; Lee, Jin Woo; Lee, Myon-Hee (2017-10-03)Triclosan (TCS), an antimicrobial chemical with potential endocrine-disrupting properties, may pose a risk to early embryonic development and cellular homeostasis during adulthood. Here, we show that TCS induces toxicity ...