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Terrence S. Furey is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 83 publications, complemented by 47 publications in Medicine. Within these areas, their work focuses on several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Immunology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Gene expression and cancer classification, Microscopic Colitis, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Terrence S. Furey's notable recent papers include:

  • "Integrative QTL analysis of gene expression and chromatin accessibility identifies multi-tissue patterns of genetic regulation," published in 2020 in PLoS Genetics
  • "Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Unexpected Cellular Changes and Transposon Expression Signatures in the Colonic Epithelium of Treatment-Naïve Adult Crohn's Disease Patients," published in 2022 in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • "Toxicological and pharmacokinetic properties of sucralose-6-acetate and its parent sucralose: in vitro screening assays," published in 2023 in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B
  • "Increased colonic expression of ACE2 associates with poor prognosis in Crohn's disease," published in 2021 in Scientific Reports
  • "Nuclear actin structure regulates chromatin accessibility," published in 2024 in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Shehzad Z. Sheikh
  • Matthew R. Schaner
  • Caroline Beasley
  • Meaghan M. Kennedy Ng
  • Praveen Sethupathy

Their publications are often found in specific venues with multiple outputs, such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gastroenterology
  • Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • The Human Genome Browser at UCSC

    W. James Kent;Charles W. Sugnet;Terrence S. Furey;Krishna M. Roskin

  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

    Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

  • Support vector machine classification and validation of cancer tissue samples using microarray expression data

    Terrence S. Furey;Nello Cristianini;Nigel Duffy;David W. Bednarski

  • Knowledge-based analysis of microarray gene expression data by using support vector machines

    Michael P. S. Brown;William Noble Grundy;David Lin;Nello Cristianini

  • The accessible chromatin landscape of the human genome

    Robert E. Thurman;Eric Rynes;Richard Humbert;Jeff Vierstra

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • The UCSC Table Browser data retrieval tool

    Donna Karolchik;Angela S. Hinrichs;Terrence S. Furey;Krishna M. Roskin

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • The UCSC Genome Browser Database

    D. Karolchik;R. Baertsch;M. Diekhans;Terrence Furey

  • The UCSC Genome Browser Database: update 2006

    A. S. Hinrichs;D. Karolchik;R. Baertsch;G. P. Barber

  • High-Resolution Mapping and Characterization of Open Chromatin across the Genome

    Alan P. Boyle;Sean Davis;Hennady P. Shulha;Paul Meltzer

  • A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

    Richard M. Myers;John Stamatoyannopoulos;Michael Snyder;Ian Dunham

  • ChIP-seq and Beyond: new and improved methodologies to detect and characterize protein-DNA interactions

    Terrence S. Furey

  • A physical map of the human genome.

    John Douglas Mcpherson;Marco Marra;Marco Marra;La Deana Hillier;Robert H. Waterston

  • Comparative recombination rates in the rat, mouse, and human genomes.

    Michael I. Jensen-Seaman;Terrence S. Furey;Bret A. Payseur;Yontao Lu

  • Open chromatin defined by DNaseI and FAIRE identifies regulatory elements that shape cell-type identity

    Lingyun Song;Zhancheng Zhang;Linda L. Grasfeder;Alan P. Boyle

  • F-Seq

    Alan P. Boyle;Justin Guinney;Gregory E. Crawford;Terrence S. Furey

  • Knowledge-based analysis of microarray gene expression

    M.P.S. Brwon;W.N. Grundy;D. Lin;N. Cristianini

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory E. Crawford
Gregory E. Crawford Duke University
David Haussler
David Haussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Lingyun Song
Lingyun Song Duke University
Ewan Birney
Ewan Birney European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Jason D. Lieb
Jason D. Lieb University of Chicago
John Douglas Mcpherson
John Douglas Mcpherson University of California, Davis
W. James Kent
W. James Kent University of California, Santa Cruz
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington
Webb Miller
Webb Miller Pennsylvania State University
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia

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