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    The Office of the Vice President for Research facilitates collaborative research opportunities, streamlines related policies and procedures, and acts as a unified voice for U of I research.

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Gene expression, regulation and signal transduction

Identification of a pseudogene that is only expressed in human cancer cells and tissues
The present invention is a medical invention related to a novel diagnostic marker for cancer. In particular, it relates to studies investigating the expression profile of a pseudo MLCK gene. Myosin-light-chain kinase (MLCK) is a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase that phosphorylates the regulatory light chain of myosin II. It is of critical importance in regulating cytoskeletal dynamics by increasing myosin-actin crossbridge.
ALL OF THESE, Chicago, Oncologic, Gene expression, regulation and signal transduction, Genomics/proteomics
RNA from brush oral cytology to measure squamous cell carcinoma gene expression
Chicago, Dental, Diagnostic biological tests/assays, NONE OF THESE, Oncologic, Expression and purification, Gene expression, regulation and signal transduction, Genomics/proteomics
Role of IG20 Splice Variants in Cell Growth and Death
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death throughout the world. Curing cancer has been a major goal of medical researchers for decades, but development of new treatments takes time and money. Recent knowledge on apoptosis has made it possible to devisenovel approaches which exploit this process of cancer treatment. Furthermore, the majority of chemotherapeutic agents as well as radiation utilize the apoptotic pathway to induce cancer cell death.
ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE, Chicago, NONE OF THESE, NONE OF THESE, Oncologic, Gene expression, regulation and signal transduction, Gene and Cell Therapy, Genomics/proteomics, Therapeutic
Compounds that Selectively Induce Cancerous Cell Death in the G1 Phase of the Cell Cycle
ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE, Urbana-Champaign, Cell Biology, Gene expression, regulation and signal transduction, Anti-inflammatory, Marker, Molecular Biology, Drug Design, Drug targets, Proteins, Immunotherapy, Drug delivery, Genomics/proteomics, Sythesis and Analysis, Research Tools and Reagants, Therapeutic
Peptide Based Inhibitor of Calcium Current
This technology is a short fragment of a naturally occurring peptide that can be used to regulate the density of calcium current in mammalian cells. Modulation of calcium current across cell membrane
Autoimmune, Circulatory, Hematologic, Infectious, Nervous, Reproductive, Urbana-Champaign, Gene expression, regulation and signal transduction, Gene and Cell Therapy, Genomics/proteomics, Therapeutic
Molecular Biomedical Engineering
These patent-pending optical contrast agents and molecular detection technologies were developed to enhance the ability of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to non-invasively map molecules in living specimens and diagnose disease where it starts. OCT utilizes low-coherence interferometry to measure the intensity of reflected or backscattered light to form images with micrometer resolution, is readily integrated with existing optical instrumentation and has application across a wide range of biological, medical, surgical, and non-biological specialties.
ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE, Assistive device, Circulatory, CT, Diagnostic biological tests/assays, Hematologic, NONE OF THESE, NONE OF THESE, Urbana-Champaign, Imaging, Biomaterial, Gene expression, regulation and signal transduction, Invasive device, Marker, Diagnostic hardware/software/medical devices, Molecular Biology, Drug Design, Proteins, Enzymes, Genomics/proteomics, Sythesis and Analysis, Research Tools and Reagants
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