Publicaties

Whole body expressions are among the main visual stimulus categories that are naturally associated with faces and the neuroscientific investigation of how body expressions are processed has entered the research agenda this last decade. Here we describe the stimulus set of whole body expressions termed bodily expressive action stimulus test (BEAST), and we provide validation data for use of these materials by the community of emotion researchers. ...

There are many ways to assess face perception skills. In this study, we describe a novel task battery FEAST (Facial Expressive Action Stimulus Test) developed to test recognition of identity and expressions of human faces as well as stimulus control categories. The FEAST consists of a neutral and emotional face memory task, a face and shoe identity matching task, a face and house part-to-whole matching task, and a human and animal facial ...

Site-specific functionalization of nanobodies after introducing bioorthogonal groups offers the possibility to biofunctionalize surfaces with a uniformly oriented layer of nanobodies. In this paper, expressed protein ligation (EPL) was used for site-specific alkynation of the model nanobody NbBcII10. In contrast to EPL constructs, which are typically expressed in the cytoplasm, nanobodies are expressed in the periplasm where its oxidizing ...

The selection and validation of stably expressed reference genes is a critical issue for proper RT-qPCR data normalization. In zebrafish expression studies, many commonly used reference genes are not generally applicable given their variability in expression levels under a variety of experimental conditions. Inappropriate use of these reference genes may lead to false interpretation of expression data and unreliable conclusions. In this study, ...

Evidence indicates that common variants found in genome-wide association studies increase risk of disease through gene regulation via expression Quantitative Trait Loci. Using multiple genome-wide methods, we examined if Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms increase risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis through expression Quantitative Trait Loci, and whether expression Quantitative Trait Loci expression is consistent across people who had Amyotrophic ...

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small non-coding RNAs involved in the regulation of gene expression. As such, they regulate a large number of cellular pathways and deregulation or altered expression of miRNAs is associated with tumourigenesis. In the current study we evaluate the feasibility and clinical utility of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers for the detection and staging of breast cancer. METHODS: miRNAs were ...

Introduction: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small noncoding RNAs involved in the regulation of gene expression. As such, they regulate a large number of cellular pathways, and deregulation or altered expression of miRNAs is associated with tumorigenesis. In the current study, we evaluated the feasibility and clinical utility of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers for the detection and staging of breast cancer. Methods: miRNAs were extracted ...

Gene expression analysis is increasingly important in many fields of biological research. Understanding patterns of expressed genes is assumed to provide insight into complex regulatory networks and can lead to the identification of genes relevant to specific biological processes, including disease. Among different techniques, reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is currently regarded as the gold standard for ...

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory airway disease (IAD) affects performance and well-being of horses. Diagnosis is primarily reached by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cytology which is invasive and requires sedation. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to identify differential gene expression in peripheral blood of horses with IAD using species-specific expression microarrays. METHODS: Equine gene expression microarrays were used to investigate global ...