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proteomics
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indianexpress.comscience14 days ago
Plasma protein patterns linked to higher risk of age-related diseases
A study using Somascan technology measured approximately 7,000 proteins and found organ-specific clocks associated with elevated rates of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, dementia, and several cancers. The clocks also showed sensitivity to lifestyle factors including…
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link.springer.comscience65 days ago
Thousands of Previously Uncatalogued Micropeptides Given Formal Name 'Peptideins' and Added to Major Databases
An effort announced today in Nature gives thousands of previously overlooked molecules encoded by the human genome the official name peptideins. The reclassification includes them in major gene and protein databases used by the life-sciences community. Some peptideins have been i…
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ncbi.nlm.nih.govscience68 days ago
Ribosome Profiling of 80 Human Hearts Identifies Hundreds of Small Proteins Encoded by Previously Non-Coding Regions
In 2019 systems biologist Sebastiaan van Heesch used ribosome profiling on donated hearts, many from end-stage heart failure patients, and discovered hundreds of mini-proteins encoded by noncoding genome regions. Many of the dark proteins targeted mitochondria, potentially affect…