Identifying the functions of proteins, which define specific subnuclear structures and territories, is important for understanding eukaryotic nuclear dynamics. Sp100 is a prototypical protein of ND10/PML bodies and co-localizes with the proto-oncogenic protein PML and Daxx, proteins with critical roles in oncogenic transformation, interferon-mediated viral resistance and response to PML-directed cancer therapeutics. Sp100 isoforms contain PHD, Bromo and HMG domains and are highly sumoylated at ND10/PML bodies, all characteristics suggestive of a role in chromatin mediated gene regulation. However, no clear role for the Sp100 component of PML bodies in oncogenesis has been defined. Using isoform-specific knockdown techniques, we show that most human diploid fibroblasts, which lack Sp100, rapidly senesce and discuss gene expression changes associated with this rapid senescence.
Sp100 as a potent tumor suppressor: accelerated senescence and rapid malignant transformation of human fibroblasts through modulation of an embryonic stem cell program.
Cell line, Treatment
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Learning from nature: pregnancy changes the expression of inflammation-related genes in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesBackground: pregnancy is associated with reduced activity of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the biological mechanisms underlying this pregnancy-related decrease in disease activity are poorly understood.
Learning from nature: pregnancy changes the expression of inflammation-related genes in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesBackground: pregnancy is associated with reduced activity of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the biological mechanisms underlying this pregnancy-related decrease in disease activity are poorly understood.
Learning from nature: pregnancy changes the expression of inflammation-related genes in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesBackground: pregnancy is associated with reduced activity of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the biological mechanisms underlying this pregnancy-related decrease in disease activity are poorly understood.
Learning from nature: pregnancy changes the expression of inflammation-related genes in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesInflammatory mediators play a role in the pathogenesis/progression of chronic heart failure (CHF). The aim of the present study was to identify diagnostic/prognostic markers and gene expression profiles of CHF vs control.
Gene expression profiles in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronic heart failure patients.
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View SamplesThe expression of a very large number of genes changes as male germ cells pass through differentiation into spermatids and then sperm. Much of this transcriptional programme requires the activity of the meiotic arrest genes.
The RNA export factor, Nxt1, is required for tissue specific transcriptional regulation.
Specimen part
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Extrinsic Phagocyte-Dependent STING Signaling Dictates the Immunogenicity of Dying Cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesThe ability of dying cells to activate antigen presenting cells (APCs) is carefully controlled to avoid unwarranted inflammatory responses. Here we show that engulfed cells only containing cytosolic dsDNA species (viral or synthetic) or cyclic di-nucleotides (CDNs) are able to stimulate APCs, via extrinsic STING-signaling.
Extrinsic Phagocyte-Dependent STING Signaling Dictates the Immunogenicity of Dying Cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesTransfected double strand DNA were required for the efficient activation of STING to activate innate immune cytokine.
Extrinsic Phagocyte-Dependent STING Signaling Dictates the Immunogenicity of Dying Cells.
Cell line
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