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Scholar's name: Jane Caputi
Department: Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Status: Current
Email: jcaputi@fau.edu
Format: Institutional Scholar

Scholar's name: Massimo Caputi
Department: Department of Biomedical Science
Status: Current
Email: mcaputi@health.fau.edu
Format: Institutional Scholar

Title: hnRNP A1: The Swiss Army Knife of Gene Expression.
Creator: Jean-Philippe, Jacques, Paz, Sean, Caputi, Massimo
Date Issued: 2013-09-16
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000131
Format: Citation

Title: HIV-1 transcription is regulated by splicing factor SRSF1.
Creator: Paz, Sean, Krainer, Adrian R., Caputi, Massimo
Date Issued: 2014-11-21
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000109
Format: Citation

Title: The transcriptional transactivator Tat selectively regulates viral splicing.
Creator: Jablonski, Joseph A., Amelio, Antonio L., Giacca, Mauro, Caputi, Massimo
Date Issued: 2009-12-04
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000104
Format: Citation

Title: Chimeric peptide nucleic acid compounds modulate splicing of the bcl-x gene in vitro and in vivo.
Creator: Wilusz, J. E., Devanney, Sean C., Caputi, Massimo
Date Issued: 2005-11-27
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000099
Format: Citation

Title: A Prayer for the Earth: Discovering a New Cosmological Vision through a Reading of Linda Hogan's Power and Gregory Maguire's Wicked from an Ecofeminist, EarthCentered and Spiritual Perspective.
Creator: McCabe, Casey Elizabeth, Caputi, Jane, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Linda Hogan's Power and Gregory Maguire's Wicked are two works of literature that encompass a process of raising and transforming consciousness about humans' relationships with each other and with the Earth and elemental energies. Both can be considered prayers to and for the world. The goal of this thesis is to highlight and explore themes of spirituality, ecofeminism, environmental justice, anti-colonialism, indigenous philosophies regarding sense of place, human and animal rights, and...
Show moreLinda Hogan's Power and Gregory Maguire's Wicked are two works of literature that encompass a process of raising and transforming consciousness about humans' relationships with each other and with the Earth and elemental energies. Both can be considered prayers to and for the world. The goal of this thesis is to highlight and explore themes of spirituality, ecofeminism, environmental justice, anti-colonialism, indigenous philosophies regarding sense of place, human and animal rights, and feminist critical theories of race and gender through the artistic, creative and powerful writing of these authors. These works both reflect and participate in ongoing processes of political and spiritual change away from patriarchal, Eurocentric and imperial culture. By applying concepts including F. Marina Schauffler's "Ecological Conversion" and Gloria Anzaldua's "Mestiza Consciousness," I will show how the novels' characters, though very differently, encompass these transformations of consciousness.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000938
Subject Headings: Hogan, Linda,--1964---Power--Criticism and interpretation, Maguire, Gregory--Wicked--Criticism and interpretation, Ecofeminism, Human ecology in literature, Philosophy of nature, Ecology--Moral and ethical aspects
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Characterization of Cellular Proteins Binding HIV's Rev Responsive Element (RRE).
Creator: Dhir, Neetika, Caputi, Massimo, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: The RRE is a sequence of the HIV genome which is required for the export of the unspliced mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Previous studies show that RRE on the HIV mRNA binds directly to Rev which then interacts with Ran and CRM 1 to form an export complex. Our results indicate that Ran can interact with the RRE in the absence of Rev and CRM 1 but in the presence of other factor(s) present in the nuclear extract. Ran-GEF or RCC 1 seems to be a potential mediating factor. Our results...
Show moreThe RRE is a sequence of the HIV genome which is required for the export of the unspliced mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Previous studies show that RRE on the HIV mRNA binds directly to Rev which then interacts with Ran and CRM 1 to form an export complex. Our results indicate that Ran can interact with the RRE in the absence of Rev and CRM 1 but in the presence of other factor(s) present in the nuclear extract. Ran-GEF or RCC 1 seems to be a potential mediating factor. Our results suggest that Ran binds directly to RCC 1 and that the binding is disrupted by addition of excess nucleotides and magnesimn. Our suggestion is that Ran and RCC 1 are members of an alternate export pathway present in the HIV. Our observation that the binding is nonspecific makes us speculate that this export pathway may be present in other cell types as well.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000742
Subject Headings: AIDS (Disease)--Genetic aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Molecular aspects, Medical virology, Immunoinformatics
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Dancing beneath the surface: Men, masculinity and expressions of the feminine.
Creator: Hodapp, Christa M., Florida Atlantic University, Caputi, Jane
Abstract/Description: The masculine gender identity in western United States culture is constructed in opposition to femininity, and is maintained through the culture modes of discipline and surveillance. However, instances of male femininity challenge these rigid constructs of gender, and suggest that gender is in fact a performance reflecting cultural norms as opposed to an internal core of identity. Instances of male femininity can be located in heterosexual male cross-dressing activities, ranging from the...
Show moreThe masculine gender identity in western United States culture is constructed in opposition to femininity, and is maintained through the culture modes of discipline and surveillance. However, instances of male femininity challenge these rigid constructs of gender, and suggest that gender is in fact a performance reflecting cultural norms as opposed to an internal core of identity. Instances of male femininity can be located in heterosexual male cross-dressing activities, ranging from the recent phenomena of "metrosexuality" to heterosexual men completely dressing as women. While frequently presenting some problematic conceptions of gender, these behaviors also provide instances of subversive breaks in gendered performance, and illustrate the possibility for a non-oppositional heterosexuality. Additionally, the films Billy Elliot and Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake provide popular culture examples illustrating the ways in which men struggle with masculinity, and the complexities of addressing moments of femininity in individual male subjectivity and identity.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13126
Subject Headings: Gender identity in motion pictures, Masculinity, Cross-dressing, Men--Identity
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Music, rhetoric and the creation of feminist consciousness in the Marian songs of Hildegard of Bingen (1098--1179).
Creator: Lomer, Beverly R., Florida Atlantic University, Caputi, Jane, Keaton, Kenneth
Abstract/Description: This dissertation examines the sixteen songs to Mary in the Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum of twelfth century nun composer, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). The analysis demonstrates that the idiosyncratic musical style of the Symphonia cycle represents an innovative application of the rhetorical procedures of the medieval ars praedicandi and the ars dictamen to music centuries in advance of an articulated concept of musical rhetoric, and that one goal of the Marian repertory was to...
Show moreThis dissertation examines the sixteen songs to Mary in the Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum of twelfth century nun composer, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). The analysis demonstrates that the idiosyncratic musical style of the Symphonia cycle represents an innovative application of the rhetorical procedures of the medieval ars praedicandi and the ars dictamen to music centuries in advance of an articulated concept of musical rhetoric, and that one goal of the Marian repertory was to affect the self-consciousness of the all-female audience in a positive direction. The effect is achieved through the strategically constructed and inextricable relationship between text and melody. The study reveals that Hildegard's deployment of repeated melody, and the predominance of such factors as wide pitch ranges, high ranges, elaborate melismas, the use of key modal tones as demarcating devices, and the predominance of uncharacteristically large leaps, serve as musical-rhetorical substructures by which the import of the text is enhanced, and additional levels of meaning are created. In accordance with the feminist agenda, the optimistic images that are presented in the songs are designed to challenge the contemporary devaluation of women and to restore the feminine to its formerly sacred place in the divine plan. The attribution of aspects of divinity to Mary, which closely resonate with the precepts of the ancient goddess thealogies, and which present her as an essential partner of the Godhead in the Redemption and as an and active, independent Salvatrix, offer the female monastic audience an alternative to the solely-masculine concept of the divine.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12192
Subject Headings: Hildegard,--Saint,--1098-1179--Criticism and interpretation, Music theory--History--500-1400, Hildegard,--Saint,--1098-1179--Musical settings, Women composers--Germany, Sacred songs, Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Enduring relationship with the dead: The corpse, the feminine and popular culture.
Creator: Kelly, Suzanne M., Florida Atlantic University, Caputi, Jane
Abstract/Description: Feminist theory has long criticized the hierarchical and oppositional thinking responsible for creating the basis of what counts as real knowledge. In questioning how and why the experience of enduring relationship with the dead is not imagined as real, this dissertation will draw from this theoretical tradition. This analysis involves a paradigm shift in thinking about the nature of relationship---one that posits these kinds of experiences as something other than either a psychological...
Show moreFeminist theory has long criticized the hierarchical and oppositional thinking responsible for creating the basis of what counts as real knowledge. In questioning how and why the experience of enduring relationship with the dead is not imagined as real, this dissertation will draw from this theoretical tradition. This analysis involves a paradigm shift in thinking about the nature of relationship---one that posits these kinds of experiences as something other than either a psychological remedy to our grief or the requisite belief in the survival of the self. Feminist critiques of dualistic thinking become the cornerstone of Chapter One in order to get to the roots of how knowledge of enduring relationship with the dead gets denied. This chapter addresses the splitting responsible for the othering of death, the desire to flee it, and, by association, the desire to flee the body. This flight is predicated on a bounded and distinct subject who imagines it must separate itself from the material in order to survive. Imagining the body in this manner sets limits for making visible a relationship that endures with death. Dualistic thinking, the degradation of the body and the desire to flee it will also be the focus of Chapter Two as it looks at the dominant contemporary practices around what is done with the corpse. These practices work together to deny a dead body that matters and one important for legitimizing enduring relationship with the dead. While enduring relationship is made invisible through these hegemonic discourses and practices, there are, as I mentioned at the start, experiences that say otherwise. Chapter Three will suggest that the knowledge that comes with these experiences is one sometimes accepted and explored in popular culture. Popular culture may provide the reminder, but recognizing enduring relationship also relies on the willingness to bring to the fore the role, the value and the contribution of the corpse. The conclusion will offer some examples of what I call practices of proximity that recognize the corpse as central for the living.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12216
Subject Headings: Loss (Psychology), Feminist theory, Women--Death--Social aspects, Perception (Philosophy), Philosophy of nature
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Low-income women's standpoint: Recognizing poor and working-class American women as generators of resistant knowledge.
Creator: Larson, Holly Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Caputi, Jane
Abstract/Description: This dissertation puts economically disadvantaged American women at the center of analysis. I turn to standpoint theory to demonstrate that low-income women construct knowledge out of resistance to systemic oppression in their everyday, concrete worlds. In addition, I create a distinct theory on low-income women's standpoint to show that poor and working-class women are grounded in and produce knowledge from the messiness of contradictions and the murkiness of ambiguity in the immediate,...
Show moreThis dissertation puts economically disadvantaged American women at the center of analysis. I turn to standpoint theory to demonstrate that low-income women construct knowledge out of resistance to systemic oppression in their everyday, concrete worlds. In addition, I create a distinct theory on low-income women's standpoint to show that poor and working-class women are grounded in and produce knowledge from the messiness of contradictions and the murkiness of ambiguity in the immediate, material world. Therefore, their forms of resistance is as complex, ambiguous, and messy as the world from which they struggle. Discerning and analyzing low-income women's standpoint does not create a value hierarchy that places more worth on one form of resistance than on another. Nor does it make an ethical judgment on how low-income women resist or uphold moral absolutism that categorizes their acts of resistance as "good/healthy" or "bad/dysfunctional." Rather, uncovering and examining low-income women's standpoint focuses on how poor and working-class women struggle to be whole, complex beings who daily fight against economic oppression under structural limitations and within contradictory situations. Low-income women's standpoint theory acknowledges the messiness of life and the imperfection of humanity. Furthermore, it illustrates that knowledge is an ongoing process of seeking "truth"; there is no one correct way of finding "truth." Hence, low-income women's standpoint theory shows that there is "truth" in the murkiness and confusion of contradictions and ambiguity. My dissertation is set up as the following: in chapter one, I explain what poor and working-class women's standpoint is and highlight how their resistant knowledge is grounded in their immediate and everyday world; in chapter two, I examine how low-income female performing artists and writers openly express their sexuality as "bad girls" through their art and writing to claim sexual agency; in chapter three, I analyze how low-waged female workers encountering structural limitations negotiate power relations in the workforce; and, in chapter four, I look at how low-income women deal with emotional pain and anger as they resist being crushed by economic and social oppression.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12046
Subject Headings: Poor women--United States, Oppression (Psychology), Working class women
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Green Goddess returns: Batman's Poison Ivy as a symbol of emerging ecofeminist consciousness.
Creator: Checkett, John-David., Florida Atlantic University, Caputi, Jane
Abstract/Description: The Interdisciplinary field of ecofeminism is based upon the premise that important connections exist between women and non-human nature, and that both have suffered abuses, presently and historically, from people operating from a patriarchal conceptual framework. A large and important part of ecofeminism is ecofeminist spirituality, which departs from Euro-Western, patriarchal, monotheistic religions in its positions on hierarchy and dualistic thinking. Many of the ideals of both ecofeminism...
Show moreThe Interdisciplinary field of ecofeminism is based upon the premise that important connections exist between women and non-human nature, and that both have suffered abuses, presently and historically, from people operating from a patriarchal conceptual framework. A large and important part of ecofeminism is ecofeminist spirituality, which departs from Euro-Western, patriarchal, monotheistic religions in its positions on hierarchy and dualistic thinking. Many of the ideals of both ecofeminism and ecofeminist spirituality are embodied in the popular culture figure known as Poison Ivy. She projects the image of the power of women and nature, which includes the powers of death as well as life. Her appearance may qualify as a partial manifestation of the Great Green Goddess archetype from ancient history, and may indicate the start of a revival of a great and widespread reverence for nature.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12809
Subject Headings: Poison Ivy (Fictitious character), Ecofeminism, Goddesses, Feminist spirituality
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Study of the Coupling Between Transcription and mRNA Processing Utilizing a Novel Bcl-x Mini-gene.
Creator: Devanney, Sean C., Caputi, Massimo, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: The Bel family of genes are fundamental to the apoptotic mechanism. Bcl-x a member of this family, is alternatively spliced to create two main isoforms a long (Bcl-xL) and a short (Bcl-xS) variant. The long form exhibits anti-apoptotic activity, while the short form favors apoptosis. The proper balance of expression of these two isoforms is crucial for several developmental processes such as thymic selection and neural reshaping. A number of cancer types have been shown to over-express the...
Show moreThe Bel family of genes are fundamental to the apoptotic mechanism. Bcl-x a member of this family, is alternatively spliced to create two main isoforms a long (Bcl-xL) and a short (Bcl-xS) variant. The long form exhibits anti-apoptotic activity, while the short form favors apoptosis. The proper balance of expression of these two isoforms is crucial for several developmental processes such as thymic selection and neural reshaping. A number of cancer types have been shown to over-express the long form, thereby granting them some protection from apoptosis. To study the transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms regulating gene expression, the Bcl-x gene has been utilized. A complex mini-gene construct has been create in order to monitor the effects that promoter sequences, 5'UTR and 3'UTR's have on mRNA splicing, RNA export, stability and translation. Abundant evidence exists indicating that RNA processing events such as transcription, splicing and export are coupled, yet the mechanisms and factors involved in regulating these processes are poorly understood. The mini-gene is identical to the endogenous gene with the exception of a deletion to the 50Kb intron and the addition of a tag to differentiate the mini-gene product from the endogenous mRNA and protein. This novel system allows for the study of transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms regulating gene expression from RNA biogenesis on to the protein level.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000741
Subject Headings: Genetic transcription, Proteins--Synthesis, Messenger RNA, Gene expression, Oncogenes--Research
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Title: The Vessel: The Connection of Pottery and Earth Consciousness.
Creator: Turnbull, Maltiben Dave, Caputi, Jane, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: The Vessel: The Connection o f Pottery and Earth Consciousness, addresses the topic of Earth Consciousness through an exploration of the crafting and use of clay vessels among three indigenous cultures, from parts of the Southwest United States, and those from parts of India and Africa. Earth Consciousness is the awareness that the Earth is a conscious living being and that one is connected to the Earth through every cycle of one’s life. Myths of creation describing the existence of clay and...
Show moreThe Vessel: The Connection o f Pottery and Earth Consciousness, addresses the topic of Earth Consciousness through an exploration of the crafting and use of clay vessels among three indigenous cultures, from parts of the Southwest United States, and those from parts of India and Africa. Earth Consciousness is the awareness that the Earth is a conscious living being and that one is connected to the Earth through every cycle of one’s life. Myths of creation describing the existence of clay and pottery before the origin of human beings are present in these cultures, some of who also believe that they were created out of clay. Thereby, their connection to the Earth, strengthened by this belief, is deep and it is exhibited through the use of clay vessels in ritual ceremonies and daily activities. The potters in these cultures express their realization of clay as a gift of the Earth, whom they conceptualize as Mother Earth, in the ceremonies they perform prior to collecting clay, crafting the vessels, and firing them. Among contemporary ceramists, one also finds works meant to remind the viewers of their physical, spiritual, and political connection to the Earth. In my dissertation, I explore the works of four such ceramists, Sadashi Inuzuka, Gabrielle Koch, Joseph Lonewolf, and Denise Romecki. I also discussed the philosophy behind my own artwork, which I have created as part of requirement for graduation and exhibited at the university galleries. This dissertation clarifies my concepts of Earth Consciousness bringing attention to the urgent need for individual action in the form of personal behavioral change and worldview towards the Earth and other living beings. My ideas are derived from various sources including indigenous spirituality, Hinduism, and Buddhism. My hope is that the words of this dissertation and the ceramic work I am presenting will stir in the reader and the viewer a desire to strengthen their relationship to the Earth. It is my belief that individual action can be a powerful tool in countering further destruction of the planet.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000998
Subject Headings: Pottery--Symbolism, Human ecology--Religious aspects, Environmental ethics, Ecology--Philosophy
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Title: Controlling the body: The nature of the cultural spectacle.
Creator: Bailey, Brooke A., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Abstract/Description: Feminist theorists have criticized Rene Descartes' conception of oppositional dualism, finding that it falsely separates mind from body and invidiously values mind over body. This ideology generally associates marginalized groups with the body and devalues physicality as seen in the human body and the natural world. Many institutions such as the zoo, the strip club and the historic display of Non-Westerners reflect Cartesian patterns of human isolation from the physical body, from the natural...
Show moreFeminist theorists have criticized Rene Descartes' conception of oppositional dualism, finding that it falsely separates mind from body and invidiously values mind over body. This ideology generally associates marginalized groups with the body and devalues physicality as seen in the human body and the natural world. Many institutions such as the zoo, the strip club and the historic display of Non-Westerners reflect Cartesian patterns of human isolation from the physical body, from the natural world and from one another. Each of these institutions produces a cultural spectacle in which a member of a marginalized group is marked as the denigrated body. Through objectifying displays, the spectacle reinforces the dominant ideologies, fantasies and fears of a culture. Although physicality has been used to reproduce patterns of domination, it may also be examined as a potential site of resistance.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13176
Subject Headings: American Studies, Philosophy, Women's Studies
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: DECODING DEXTER: AN ANALYSIS OF AMERICA’S FAVORITE SERIAL KILLER.
Creator: Burns-Davies, Erin, Caputi, Jane, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Abstract/Description: In an intersectional feminist analysis of Dexter in both the novels by Jeff Lindsay as well as the Showtime television series, this dissertation will explore the challenging but compelling nature of the serial killer as a pop culture icon, and address themes of gender and sexuality as well as class, ethnicity and regions as they are portrayed in the series. Dexter Morgan, on the Showtime series and in the novels, both exposes popular culture’s problematic identification with the serial killer...
Show moreIn an intersectional feminist analysis of Dexter in both the novels by Jeff Lindsay as well as the Showtime television series, this dissertation will explore the challenging but compelling nature of the serial killer as a pop culture icon, and address themes of gender and sexuality as well as class, ethnicity and regions as they are portrayed in the series. Dexter Morgan, on the Showtime series and in the novels, both exposes popular culture’s problematic identification with the serial killer and solidifies it by being a socially palatable anti-hero.
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Date Issued: 2019
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013288
Subject Headings: Dexter, Crime in popular culture, Antiheroes, Serial murderers--Drama, Serial murderers--Fiction
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Title: The RNA Binding Protein SRSF1 modulates Immune and Cancer pathways by regulating MyD88 transcription.
Creator: Ritchie, Anastasia, Caputi, Massimo, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Abstract/Description: Serine/Arginine splicing factor 1 (SRSF1), a member of the Serine/Arginine rich (SR) RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) family, regulates mRNA biogenesis at multiple steps and is deregulated in cancer and autoimmune diseases. Preliminary studies show that members of the SR protein family play a role in cellular transcription. We investigated SRSF1’s role in cellular gene transcription utilizing time-course RNA-Seq and nuclear run-on assays, validating a subset of genes transcriptionally regulated...
Show moreSerine/Arginine splicing factor 1 (SRSF1), a member of the Serine/Arginine rich (SR) RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) family, regulates mRNA biogenesis at multiple steps and is deregulated in cancer and autoimmune diseases. Preliminary studies show that members of the SR protein family play a role in cellular transcription. We investigated SRSF1’s role in cellular gene transcription utilizing time-course RNA-Seq and nuclear run-on assays, validating a subset of genes transcriptionally regulated following SRSF1 overexpression. Pathway analysis showed that genes in the TNF/IL17 pathways were enriched in this dataset. Furthermore, we showed that MyD88, a strong activator of TNF transcription through transcription factors NF-κB and AP-1, is a primary target of SRSF1’s transcriptional activity. We propose that SRSF1 activates the transcription factors NF-κB and AP-1 through MyD88 pathway. SRSF1 overexpression regulates several genes that are deregulated in malignancies and immune disease, suggesting a role for SRSF1’s transcriptional activity in oncogenesis and immune response regulation.
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Date Issued: 2020
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013569
Subject Headings: RNA-Binding Proteins, Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors, Cancer, Autoimmune diseases, Transcription, Genetic, RNA, Messenger, Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88.
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Title: SISTERS OF TAMAR AND DAUGHTERS OF EVE: THE EVANGELICAL VOICES OF #CHURCHTOO.
Creator: Copley, Rachel, Caputi, Jane, Florida Atlantic University, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: White evangelical culture is investigated here regarding the ways that its fundamental theological beliefs propagate and maintain patriarchal assumptions surrounding women. These beliefs further function to legitimate men’s sexual abuse of women and girls. While official theological evangelical beliefs may seem benign, and perhaps commendable to some, a closer examination suggests the mobilization of those beliefs create the foundation for enslavement and destruction of women. The fundamental...
Show moreWhite evangelical culture is investigated here regarding the ways that its fundamental theological beliefs propagate and maintain patriarchal assumptions surrounding women. These beliefs further function to legitimate men’s sexual abuse of women and girls. While official theological evangelical beliefs may seem benign, and perhaps commendable to some, a closer examination suggests the mobilization of those beliefs create the foundation for enslavement and destruction of women. The fundamental beliefs undergirding evangelicalism propagate internalized oppression through patriarchal colonialism of women’s bodies, minds, and souls. Tactics of spiritual rape within White evangelical purity culture enact violence, control, and manipulation to appropriate and profit from the sacred power within the spirit of another. My analysis of #ChurchToo tweets demonstrates how formerly-evangelical women exorcize internalized patriarchal identities by reversing patriarchal myths, reclaiming, renaming and becoming Holy Haggard Hags who enact Righteous Fury through the Rage of Dreadful Women. Through the process of renaming and reclaiming, the confiscated and distorted power of the four Great Hags of Our Hidden History are recovered. The Myth of Evil Eve becomes “Ezer Kěnegdô,” Bathsheba the Innocent Lamb dethrones King David, Jezebel returns as a Confident, Clever, and Powerful Woman and her Spirit exorcises Satan’s Agents and Devouring Wolves, and Tamar the Trickster reappears as a Prophetess, with gifts to symbolize the collective power of sisterhood.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013791
Subject Headings: Evangelicalism, Patriarchy, Sex crimes--Religious aspects, MeToo movement
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Title: HIV-1 INFECTION MODULATES CD4+ T CELL GENE EXPRESSION TO INDUCE A QUIESCENT PHENOTYPE.
Creator: Mauer, Christopher, Caputi, Massimo, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Abstract/Description: The largest barrier to treatment of HIV-1 infection is the establishment of a viral reservoir constituted mostly by quiescent latently infected CD4+ T cells. This reservoir is formed through two processes: i) the infection of resting CD4+ T cells; both naïve and memory, ii) the infection of activated CD4+ T cells which then become quiescent infected cells. One goal of this project was to understand the gene expression changes occurring in naïve CD4+ T cells following activation and subsequent...
Show moreThe largest barrier to treatment of HIV-1 infection is the establishment of a viral reservoir constituted mostly by quiescent latently infected CD4+ T cells. This reservoir is formed through two processes: i) the infection of resting CD4+ T cells; both naïve and memory, ii) the infection of activated CD4+ T cells which then become quiescent infected cells. One goal of this project was to understand the gene expression changes occurring in naïve CD4+ T cells following activation and subsequent HIV-1 infection and how this may contribute to the establishment of a latent infection in these cells. Utilizing RNA-Seq and a series of validation assays we have identified several genes which are regulated in opposite directions during activation versus infection which we termed DEOC genes. The DEOC genes include a group of physically- and functionally-associated proteins which are key regulators of T cell activation, the cell cycle, cellular proliferation, and cellular quiescence, suggesting that modulation of these DEOC genes may help transition the infected-activated cell from an activated state to a quiescent/resting state to induce a latent infection.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014033
Subject Headings: HIV-1, Virus Latency
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