Introduction Aging is a universal biological process, yet the reasons why some individuals live significantly longer and healthier lives have long puzzled scientists. Among the genes linked to exceptional longevity, FOXO3 consistently stands out as one of the most influential “master controllers” of cellular resilience. This single transcription factor integrates…
Introduction Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common, aggressive, and lethal form of brain cancer in adults — a Grade IV glioma that arises from the brain’s own supportive glial cells. Even when patients receive the most intensive treatment available — surgery to remove as much tumor as possible, followed by…
FOXP3 (Forkhead Box P3) is a protein-coding gene crucial for immune system balance. It is a transcription factor, which belongs to the family of Forkhead (FOX)proteins with the helix-turn-helix type of DNA-binding domain. FOXP3 was initially discovered in regulatory T cells and plays a significant role in the process of…
Transcription factors (TFs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) work hand-in-hand to control how genes are turned on or off — determining everything from cell growth to disease progression. When these regulatory circuits malfunction, the consequences can be severe — leading to cancer, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, or autoimmune diseases.With TRANSFAC®, researchers can explore hundreds…
Cancer remains one of the greatest medical challenges of our time, and the development of new treatment strategies is crucial. At geneXplain, we have pioneered a unique computational methodology – upstream analysis – which has enabled us to identify and develop a new family of anticancer compounds, now patented under…
When you think of cell signaling, it’s tempting to imagine a single, straight road—but NF-κB runs two. The canonical pathway fires fast to tackle stress and infection, while the non-canonical route, driven by NIK, works more slowly and selectively, shaping immune and developmental responses. TNF superfamily members are the keys…
Discovering Overlapping Mechanisms with Disease Similarity Maps Understanding the molecular relationships between diseases has never been more critical. With the explosion of omics data, we are now able to uncover not only what makes a disease unique — but also what it might share with others. One powerful way to…
We would be happy to share our in-depth white paper detailing the construction of the RT-PCR gene expression panel and its role in identifying patient-specific disease signatures during COPD acute exacerbations. We participated in the FEBS Congress 2025 in Milan. At this event, we presented our latest study on personalized treatment selection for patients undergoing…
Quick Summary Upstream analysis is a bioinformatics method developed by geneXplain to identify master regulators—key transcription factors, kinases, or signaling proteins that drive observed gene expression changes in diseases like cancer. Unlike traditional enrichment analyses that show downstream effects, upstream analysis works backwards from differentially expressed genes (DEGs) to reveal…
Multi-Omics Integration for Pathway Discovery: Insights from an Ovarian Cancer Case Study What is Multi-Omics Integration and Why Does It Matter? Multi-omics integration is combining multiple layers of “omics” data (genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics etc) to get a systems-level view of biology. Instead of analyzing one data type in isolation,…
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