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Xiaojian SHAO

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Xiaojian Shao

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[HTML][HTML] Genetic drivers of epigenetic and transcriptional variation in human immune cells

…, S Rowlston, SP Wilder, S Farrow, X Shao… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Characterizing the multifaceted contribution of genetic and epigenetic factors to disease
phenotypes is a major challenge in human genetics and medicine. We carried out high-…

GenPipes: an open-source framework for distributed and scalable genomic analyses

…, D Anderson de Lima Morais, J Tremblay, X Shao… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background With the decreasing cost of sequencing and the rapid developments in genomics
technologies and protocols, the need for validated bioinformatics software that enables …

[PDF][PDF] Aging-like spontaneous epigenetic silencing facilitates Wnt activation, stemness, and BrafV600E-induced tumorigenesis

…, S Maegawa, H Vaidya, S Brown, RWC Yen, X Shao… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
We addressed the precursor role of aging-like spontaneous promoter DNA hypermethylation
in initiating tumorigenesis. Using mouse colon-derived organoids, we show that promoter …

Integration of metabolomics and lipidomics reveals metabolic mechanisms of triclosan-induced toxicity in human hepatocytes

H Zhang, X Shao, H Zhao, X Li, J Wei… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Triclosan (TCS), an extensively used antimicrobial agent, has raised considerable concern
due to its hepatocarcinogenic potential. However, previous hepatotoxicity studies primarily …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of functional methylomes by next-generation capture sequencing identifies novel disease-associated variants

F Allum, X Shao, F Guénard, MM Simon… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Most genome-wide methylation studies (EWAS) of multifactorial disease traits use targeted
arrays or enrichment methodologies preferentially covering CpG-dense regions, to …

[HTML][HTML] Population whole-genome bisulfite sequencing across two tissues highlights the environment as the principal source of human methylome variation

S Busche, X Shao, M Caron, T Kwan, F Allum… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Background CpG methylation variation is involved in human trait formation and disease
susceptibility. Analyses within populations have been biased towards CpG-dense regions …

[HTML][HTML] Functional variation in allelic methylomes underscores a strong genetic contribution and reveals novel epigenetic alterations in the human epigenome

WA Cheung, X Shao, A Morin, V Siroux, T Kwan, B Ge… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Background The functional impact of genetic variation has been extensively surveyed, revealing
that genetic changes correlated to phenotypes lie mostly in non-coding genomic regions…

[HTML][HTML] The impact of lockdown timing on COVID-19 transmission across US counties

X Huang, X Shao, L Xing, Y Hu, DD Sin… - EClinicalMedicine, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Many countries have implemented lockdowns to reduce COVID-19 transmission.
However, there is no consensus on the optimal timing of these lockdowns to control …

The dynamics of DNA methylation fidelity during mouse embryonic stem cell self-renewal and differentiation

…, Z Li, X Bai, M Yu, M Wang, L Liang, X Shao… - Genome …, 2014 - genome.cshlp.org
The faithful transmission of DNA methylation patterns through cell divisions is essential for
the daughter cells to retain a proper cell identity. To achieve a comprehensive assessment of …

NAD tagSeq reveals that NAD+-capped RNAs are mostly produced from a large number of protein-coding genes in Arabidopsis

H Zhang, H Zhong, S Zhang, X Shao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The 5′ end of a eukaryotic mRNA transcript generally has a 7-methylguanosine (m 7 G)
cap that protects mRNA from degradation and mediates almost all other aspects of gene …