We used microarrays to compare gene expression profilings in various SMARCB1-deficient tumors.
Embryonic signature distinguishes pediatric and adult rhabdoid tumors from other SMARCB1-deficient cancers.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe used microarrays to characterize the whole blood global gene expression profiles in 98 children with P. falciparum cerebral malaria
Activated Neutrophils Are Associated with Pediatric Cerebral Malaria Vasculopathy in Malawian Children.
Specimen part
View SamplesSatellite cells are responsible for the long-term regenerative capacity of adult skeletal muscle. The diminished muscle performance and regenerative capacity of aged muscle is thought to reflect progressive fibrosis and atrophy. Whether this reduction in muscle competency also involves a diminishment in the intrinsic regulation of satellite cell self-renewal remains unknown.
Inhibition of JAK-STAT signaling stimulates adult satellite cell function.
Specimen part
View SamplesNeutrophils provide immune protection against pathogens but also may promote tissue injury in inflammatory diseases. Although neutrophils are generally considered as a relatively homogeneous population, evidence for heterogeneity is emerging. Under steady-state conditions, neutrophil heterogeneity may arise from ageing and the replenishment by newly released neutrophils from the bone marrow.
Neutrophil ageing is regulated by the microbiome.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesWe have analysed the activity of the nuclear exosome during meiosis by deletion of TRF4, which encodes a key component of the exosome targeting complex TRAMP. We find that TRAMP mutants produce high levels of CUTs during meiosis that are undetectable in wild-type cells, showing that the nuclear exosome remains functional for CUT degradation. Lack of TRAMP activity stabilises ~1600 CUTs in meiotic cells, which occupy 40% of the binding capacity of the nuclear cap binding complex (CBC). Overall design: One sample each of Cbc2-associated RNA from wild-type and trf4-deleted cells at 6 hours of meiosis
The nuclear exosome is active and important during budding yeast meiosis.
Subject, Time
View SamplesCell cycle quiescence is a critical feature contributing to haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) maintenance. Although various candidate stromal cells have been identified as potential HSC niches, the spatial localization of quiescent HSC in the bone marrow (BM) remains unclear. Here, using a novel approach that combines whole-mount confocal immunofluorescence imaging technique and computational modelling to analyse significant tridimensional associations among vascular structures, stromal cells and HSCs, we show that quiescent HSCs associate specifically with small arterioles that are preferentially found in endosteal BM. These arterioles are ensheathed exclusively by rare Nestin-GFP-peri/NG2+ pericytes, distinct from sinusoid-associated Nestin-GFP-retic/LepR+ cells. The present RNA-seq study sought to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the differences between the two distinct HSC cellular niches. Overall design: mRNA profiles of sorted Nestin-GFP-peri and -GFP-retic bone marrow stromal cells were generated from pooled mice in triplicate by Illumina HiSeq 2000 sequencing.
Arteriolar niches maintain haematopoietic stem cell quiescence.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesWhereas the cellular basis of the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niche in the bone marrow has been characterized, the nature of the fetal liver (FL) niche is not yet elucidated. We show that Nestin+NG2+ pericytes associate with portal vessels, forming a niche promoting HSC expansion. Nestin+NG2+ cells and HSCs scale during development with the fractal branching patterns of portal vessels, tributaries of the umbilical vein. After closure of the umbilical inlet at birth, portal vessels undergo a transition from Neuropilin-1+Ephrin-B2+ artery to EphB4+ vein phenotype, associated with a loss of peri-portal Nestin+NG2+ cells and emigration of HSCs away from portal vessels. These data support a model in which HSCs are titrated against a peri-portal vascular niche with a fractal-like organization enabled by placental circulation. Overall design: Characterization of the transcriptome of fetal liver and adult bone marrow niche using RNA-seq
Fetal liver hematopoietic stem cell niches associate with portal vessels.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesParadoxical cryptococcosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
Transcriptomic Predictors of Paradoxical Cryptococcosis-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome.
Specimen part
View SamplesThere are a few markers available to distinguish hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), portal fibroblasts (PFs), and mesothelial cells (MCs) in the adult mouse liver.
Characterization of hepatic stellate cells, portal fibroblasts, and mesothelial cells in normal and fibrotic livers.
Specimen part
View SamplesAberrant activation of FGFR3 via overexpression or mutation is a frequent feature of bladder cancer; however, its molecular and cellular consequences and functional relevance to carcinogenesis are not well understood. In this study with a bladder carcinoma cell line expressing inducible FGFR3 shRNAs, we sought to identiy transcriptional targets of FGFR3 and investigate their contribution to bladder cancer development.
FGFR3 stimulates stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 activity to promote bladder tumor growth.
Cell line
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