Aging is not a disease: distinguishing age-related macular degeneration from aging

D Ardeljan, CC Chan - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2013 - Elsevier
… The appearance of the photoreceptors in C and D is a post-mortem artifact unrelated to
the finding of drusen. INL: inner nuclear layer, OPL: outer plexiform layer, ONL: outer nuclear …

The human long interspersed element-1 retrotransposon: an emerging biomarker of neoplasia

D Ardeljan, MS Taylor, DT Ting, KH Burns - Clinical chemistry, 2017 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND A large portion of intronic and intergenic space in our genome consists of
repeated sequences. One of the most prevalent is the long interspersed element-1 (LINE-1, L1…

[HTML][HTML] Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition

…, SC Dentro, MG Blanco, G Contino, D Ardeljan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
About half of all cancers have somatic integrations of retrotransposons. Here, to characterize
their role in oncogenesis, we analyzed the patterns and mechanisms of somatic …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation and cell death in age-related macular degeneration: an immunopathological and ultrastructural model

CP Ardeljan, D Ardeljan, M Abu-Asab… - Journal of clinical …, 2014 - mdpi.com
… Thus, pyroptosis is not a neat, orderly shrinking and phagocytosis of cells in the way that
apoptosis is, but occurs quickly and leads to inflammation (Figure 1B,D). Our knowledge now of …

Structural variants caused by Alu insertions are associated with risks for many human diseases

…, S Medabalimi, D Ardeljan… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Interspersed repeat sequences comprise much of our DNA, although their functional effects
are poorly understood. The most commonly occurring repeat is the Alu short interspersed …

SQuIRE reveals locus-specific regulation of interspersed repeat expression

WR Yang, D Ardeljan, CN Pacyna… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are interspersed repeat sequences that make up much of the
human genome. Their expression has been implicated in development and disease. …

Cell fitness screens reveal a conflict between LINE-1 retrotransposition and DNA replication

D Ardeljan, JP Steranka, C Liu, Z Li… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
LINE-1 retrotransposon overexpression is a hallmark of human cancers. We identified a
colorectal cancer wherein a fast-growing tumor subclone downregulated LINE-1, prompting us …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of the printing temperature and the filament color on the dimensional accuracy, tensile strength, and friction performance of FFF-printed PLA …

…, CR Ciubotariu, CO Miclosina, DD Ardeljan… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
… -uniform filament roads (marked by 1) and oozing (marked by 2), were also observed on
the surface of the black tensile samples printed at temperatures higher than 230 C (Figure 4d,e). …

Alu insertion variants alter mRNA splicing

LM Payer, JP Steranka, D Ardeljan… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… (D) Splicing assays were performed and are shown as in (B). At this locus, the polymorphic
… (D) Splicing assays were performed and are shown as in (B). At this locus, the polymorphic …

[HTML][HTML] Author Correction: Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition

…, SC Dentro, MG Blanco, G Contino, D Ardeljan… - nature genetics, 2023 - nature.com
In the published version of this paper, the members of the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole
Genomes (PCAWG) Consortium were listed in the Supplementary Information; however, these …