Transcriptomic changes in human liver cancer cell lines caused by the demethylating drug zebularine.
An integrated genomic and epigenomic approach predicts therapeutic response to zebularine in human liver cancer.
Cell line
View SamplesAtopic dermatitis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease with increasing prevalance, is closely associated with skin barrier defects. A cytokine related to disease severity and inhibition of keratinocyte differentiation is IL-31. To identify its molecular targets, IL-31-dependent gene expression was determined in 3-dimensional organotypic skin models.
Control of the Physical and Antimicrobial Skin Barrier by an IL-31-IL-1 Signaling Network.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesThis study aimed to investigate the molecular effects of non-ablative Er:YAG laser treatment using an in vitro model of the non-keratinized mucous membrane and to compare its molecular effects with other ablative and non-ablative laser systems. In dermatology, the use of non-ablative and ablative fractional lasers has become the gold standard treatment for a number of indications. Each of the individual laser types is advantageous for different types of indications due to its respective properties, but new technologies open up new fields of application for individual laser systems. Performing a comprehensive gene expression profiling we compared the gene regulatory effects of non-ablative Er:YAG laser with other non-ablative and ablative laser systems. In vitro 3D models have proven to be a reliable and reproducible tool to study the molecular biological effects of different laser settings.
Deciphering the molecular effects of non-ablative Er:YAG laser treatment in an in vitro model of the non-keratinized mucous membrane.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesLung cancers are a heterogeneous group of diseases with respect to biology and clinical behavior. Currently, diagnosis and classification are based on histological morphology and immunohistological methods for discrimination between two main histologic groups: small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) which account for 20% and 80% of lung carcinomas, respectively. NSCLCs, which are divided into the three major subtypes adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and dedifferentiated large cell carcinoma, show different characteristics such as the expression of certain keratins or production of mucin and lack of neuroedocrine differentiation. The molecular pathogenesis of lung cancer involves the accumulation of genetic und epigenetic alterations including the activation of proto-oncogenes and inactivation of tumor suppressor genes which are different for lung cancer subgroups. The development of microarray technologies opened up the possibility to quantify the expression of a large number of genes simultaneously in a given sample. There are several recent reports on expression profiling on lung cancers but the analysis interpretation of the results might be difficult because of the heterogeneity of cellular components. The methods used for sample selection and processing can have a strong influence on the expression values obtained through microarray profiling. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) provides higher specificity in the selection of target cells compared to traditional bulk tissue selection methods, but at an increased processing cost.
Lung cancer transcriptomes refined with laser capture microdissection.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesDetermine the effect and specificity of HDAC2 siRNA compared to SAHA inhibition of HDAC2 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Antitumor effects in hepatocarcinoma of isoform-selective inhibition of HDAC2.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesIdentification of hypothalamic genes whose expression differs between high blood pressure (BPH/2J) and normal blood pressure (BPN/3J) Schlager mouse strains at age 6 weeks (young) and 26 weeks (mature) using Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Arrays.
Global identification of the genes and pathways differentially expressed in hypothalamus in early and established neurogenic hypertension.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesIdentification of hypothalamic genes whose expression differs between active (peak of blood pressure) and inactive periods in the high blood pressure (BPH/2J) Schlager mouse, adjusted by their age- and activity-matched normal blood pressure (BPN/3J) controls using Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Arrays.
Genes influencing circadian differences in blood pressure in hypertensive mice.
Age, Specimen part
View SamplesDuring early development, the correct establishment of the body axes is a critical step. The anterior pole of the mouse embryo is established when Distal Visceral Endoderm (DVE) cells migrate to form the Anterior Visceral Endoderm (AVE). Asymmetrical expression of Lefty1, Cerl and Dkk determines the direction of DVE migration and the future anterior side. Besides being implicated in the establishment of Anterior-Posterior axis the AVE has also been correlated with anterior neural specification. In order to better understand the role of the AVE in these processes, this cell population was isolated using a cerlP-EGFP transgenic mouse line, and a differential screening was performed using Affymetrix GeneChip technology. From this differential screening, 175 genes were found to be upregulated in the AVE, whereas 35 genes were upregulated in the Proximal-posterior sample. Using DAVID, here we characterize the AVE cell population regarding cellular component, molecular function and biological processes. Among the genes that were found to be upregulated in the AVE, several novel genes with expression in the AVE were identified. Four of the identified transcripts displaying high-fold change were further characterized by in situ hybridization in early stages of development in order to validate the screening. From those four selected genes, ADTK1 was chosen to be functionally characterized by targeted inactivation in ES cells. ADTK1 encodes for an unknown serine/threonine kinase. ADTK null mutants present short limbs and defects in the eye and ear. Taken together, these data point to the importance of reporting novel genes present in the AVE.
Identification and functional analysis of novel genes expressed in the Anterior Visceral Endoderm.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe tested the effect iof Pbcas4 knockdown using a specific shRNA on the expression of genes sharing miRNA binding sites in mouse N2A cells.
Evidence for conserved post-transcriptional roles of unitary pseudogenes and for frequent bifunctionality of mRNAs.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesTranscription Start Site analysis in Mouse Ter119+ erythroid cells Overall design: Strand Specific Paired end NanoCage analysis of Total RNA from Mouse Ter119+ erythroid cells
Chromatin signatures at transcriptional start sites separate two equally populated yet distinct classes of intergenic long noncoding RNAs.
Cell line, Subject
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