Analysis of differential gene expression for rutured vs stable abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) and for intermediate size (55mm) vs large (>70mm) AAA.
Molecular Fingerprint for Terminal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease.
Specimen part
View SamplesMicroarray based mRNA profiling was used to identify the mechanism of action for the small molecule b-AP15.
Inhibition of proteasome deubiquitinating activity as a new cancer therapy.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesMicroarray analysis was used to compare the gene expression profiles of Deaf-1-transduced mouse mammary epithelial cells (MECs) relative to Deaf-1-deficient MECs.
Deaf-1 regulates epithelial cell proliferation and side-branching in the mammary gland.
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View SamplesThe NEWEST (Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Women with Estrogen-Sensitive Tumours) trial compared the clinical and biological activity of fulvestrant 500 mg vs 250 mg in the neoadjuvant setting. In this multi-centre phase II study, post-menopausal women with operable, locally advanced (T2, 3, 4b; N0-3; M0) ER-positive breast tumours were randomised to receive neoadjuvant treatment with either dose of fulvestrant for 16 weeks before surgery.
Development and validation of a gene expression score that predicts response to fulvestrant in breast cancer patients.
Sex
View SamplesIn zebrafish, parental exposure to ionizing radiation has been associated with effects in offspring, such as increased DNA damage and reactive oxygen species. Here, we assessed short (one month) and long term effects (one year) on gene expression in embryonic offspring (5.5 hours post fertilization) from zebrafish exposed during gametogenesis to gamma radiation (8.7 or 53 mGy/h for 27 days, total dose 5.2 or 31 Gy). One month after exposure, a global change in gene expression was observed in offspring from the 53 mGy/h group, followed by embryonic death at late gastrula, whereas offspring from the 8.7 mGy/h group was unaffected. One year after exposure, embryos from the 8.7 mGy/h group exhibited 2455(61.8% downregulated) differentially expressed genes. Overlaps in differentially expressed genes and enriched biological pathways were evident between the 53 mGy/h group one month and 8.7 mGy/h one year after exposure, which could be linked to effects in adults and offspring, such as DNA damage and lipid peroxidation. Interestingly, pathways between the two groups were oppositely regulated. Our results indicate latent effects following ionizing radiation exposure in parents that can be transmitted to offspring and warrants monitoring effects over subsequent generations. Overall design: One month after exposure, mRNA from F1 5.5 hpf embryos from parents exposed to 8.7 and 53 mGy/h gamma radiation during gametogenesis was sequenced on the Illumina 4000 platform with three replicas per treatment. One year after exposure, mRNA from F1 embryos from the same parents exposed to 8.7 mGy/h was sequenced with three biological replicates. In both cases, F1 embryos from non-exposed parents were used as control and mRNA sequenced in triplicates, taken at the same time points as the exposed samples.
Parental exposure to gamma radiation causes progressively altered transcriptomes linked to adverse effects in zebrafish offspring.
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View SamplesRetinoic acid (RA) is a potent inducer of cell differentiation and plays an essential role in sex-specific germ cell development in the mammalian gonad. RA is essential for male gametogenesis and hence fertility. However, RA can also disrupt sexual cell fate in somatic cells of the testis, promoting transdifferentiation of male Sertoli cells to female granulosa-like cells when the male sexual regulator Dmrt1 is absent. The feminizing ability of RA in the somatic testis suggests that RA might normally play a role in somatic cell differentiation or cell fate maintenance in the ovary. To test for this possibility we disrupted RA signaling in somatic cells of the early fetal ovary using three genetic strategies and one pharmaceutical approach. We found that deleting all three RA receptors (RARs) in the XX somatic gonad at the time of sex determination did not significantly affect ovarian differentiation, follicle development, or female fertility. Transcriptome analysis of adult triple mutant ovaries revealed remarkably little effect on gene expression in the absence of somatic RAR function. Likewise, deletion of three RA synthesis enzymes (Aldha1-3) at the time of sex determination did not masculinize the ovary. A dominant-negative RAR transgene altered granulosa cell proliferation, likely due to interference with a non-RA signaling pathway, but did not affect granulosa cell specification or fertility. Finally, culture of fetal XX gonads with an RAR antagonist blocked germ cell meiotic initiation but did not disrupt sex-biased gene expression. We conclude that RA signaling, although crucial in the ovary for meiotic initiation, is not required for granulosa cell specification, differentiation, or reproductive function. Overall design: Ovaries from six week old mice with five replicates in each of two genotypes were analyzed by RNA-Seq
Retinoic acid signaling is dispensable for somatic development and function in the mammalian ovary.
Age, Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesAoSMC and FB were cultured and exposed to transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFb1) prior to the exon array analysis
Aneurysm development in patients with a bicuspid aortic valve is not associated with transforming growth factor-β activation.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesHuman PB B cell subsets are functionally distinct and may derive from different developmental pathways, reflected by their differential gene expression profiles.
Functional capacities of human IgM memory B cells in early inflammatory responses and secondary germinal center reactions.
Specimen part
View SamplesPurpose: The aim of this study is to determine the absolute and relative expression levels of mRNA transcripts across multiple flow cytometrically sorted epithelial cell types including freshly isolated CD24+CD29hi mammary stem cell-enriched basal cells (MaSC/basal), CD24+CD29loCD61+ luminal progenitor-enriched (LP) and the CD24+CD29loCD61- mature luminal-enriched (ML) cell populations. Additionally, a comparison between these primary cell types and cultured MaSC/Basal-derived mammosphere cells (mammosphere) and the CommaD-ßGeo (CommaDß) cell line was performed. Methods: Total RNA was extracted and purified from sorted luminal or basal populations from the mammary glands of female virgin 8- to 10-week-old FVB/N mice (3 independent samples per population), MaSC/Basal cells cultured for 1 week under mammosphere conditions and CommaDß cells grown under maintenance conditions (Deugnier et al. 2006). Total RNA (100 ng) was used to generate sequencing libraries for whole transcriptome analysis following Illumina’s TruSeq RNA v2 sample preparation protocol. Completed libraries were sequenced on HiSeq 2000 with TruSeq SBS Kit v3- HS reagents (Illumina) as 100 bp single-end reads at the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF), Melbourne. Approximately 30 million 100 bp single-end reads were obtained for each sample. Reads were aligned to the mouse reference genome mm10 and mapped to known genomic features at the gene level using the Rsubread package (version 1.14.1) (Liao et al. 2013). Single reads were then summarized into gene-level counts using FeatureCounts (Liao et al. 2014). Overall design: Total RNA was extracted and purified from sorted luminal or basal populations from the mammary glands of female virgin 8- to 10-week-old FVB/N mice (3 independent samples for population), MaSC/Basal cells cultured for 1 week under mammsophere conditions and CommaDß cells grown under maintenance conditions (Deugnier et al. 2006) and their transcriptomes analysed by RNA-Seq.
A pooled shRNA screen for regulators of primary mammary stem and progenitor cells identifies roles for Asap1 and Prox1.
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View SamplesThe aim of this study was to assess the relative gene expression in human AAA and AOD.
Differential gene expression in human abdominal aortic aneurysm and aortic occlusive disease.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
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