Bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) function in virtually all tissues with cell-type specific outcomes. Since there are a relatively small number of BMP receptors this exquisite signaling specificity requires additional molecules to regulate the output of this pathway. We demonstrated that the receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK that is selectively expressed in muscle and plays a critical role in synapse formation and maintenance binds to BMP4 and related BMPs. Since BMPs regulate the transcription of a set of genes, we performed microarrays for wild-type and MuSK null muscle cells to test if MuSK regulates BMP responses in muscle cells.
MuSK is a BMP co-receptor that shapes BMP responses and calcium signaling in muscle cells.
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View SamplesWe report the application of Illumina small RNA sequencing to normal human skin, as well as uninvolved and involved psoriatic skin. By obtaining over 600 million qualified reads from 20 healthy controls and 47 psoriasis biopsies (uninvolved/involved), we have generated a complete small RNA profile in normal and diseased human skin, with particular emphasis on miRNAs. We report the discovery of 284 putative novel miRNAs as well as 98 differentially expressed miRNAs in psoriatic skin. Overall design: miRNA discovery and expression profiling in 67 normal and psoriatic human skin biopsies
Deep sequencing of small RNAs from human skin reveals major alterations in the psoriasis miRNAome.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage, Subject
View SamplesWe obtained snap-frozen tissue samples from 20 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with stage III disease who had undergone curative resection. The expression profiles were determined using Affymetrix Human Genome U133Plus 2.0 arrays.
ERK2-Dependent Phosphorylation of CSN6 Is Critical in Colorectal Cancer Development.
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View SamplesBackground: Exercise has a positive effect on overall health. This study was performed to get an overview of the effects of mixed exercise training on skeletal muscl
Identification of human exercise-induced myokines using secretome analysis.
Sex, Age, Race
View SamplesNatural grape-juice fermentations involve the sequential development of different yeast species which strongly influence the chemical and sensorial traits of the final product. In the present study,we aimed to examine the transcriptomic response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the presence of Hanseniaspora guilliermondii wine fermentation.
Genomic expression program of Saccharomyces cerevisiae along a mixed-culture wine fermentation with Hanseniaspora guilliermondii.
Treatment, Time
View SamplesWe treated logarithmically growing cultures of E.coli with a sub-lethal dose of an antimicrobial arylamide compound (PMX 10070) and Polymyxin B sulfate to measure transcriptional responses in an effort to understand mechanism of action
Antibacterial mechanism of action of arylamide foldamers.
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View SamplesThe NuRD complex is generally thought to repress transcription at both hyper- and hypomethylated regions in the genome. In addition, the complex is involved in the DNA damage response. Here, we show that ZMYND8 bridges NuRD to a number of putative DNA-binding zinc finger proteins. The ZMYND8 MYND domain directly interacts with PPPL? motifs in the NuRD subunit GATAD2A. Furthermore, GATAD2A and GATAD2B exclusively form homodimers and they thus define mutually exclusive NuRD subcomplexes. ZMYND8 and MBD3 share a large number of genome-wide binding sites, mostly active promoters and enhancers. Depletion of ZMYND8 does not affect NuRD occupancy genome-wide and expression of NuRD/ZMYND8 target genes in steady-state asynchronous cells. However, ZMYND8 facilitates immediate recruitment of GATAD2A/NuRD to induced sites of DNA damage. These results thus show that a specific substoichiometric interaction with a NuRD subunit paralogue provides unique functionality to a distinct NuRD subcomplex. Overall design: RNA-seq samples for HeLa FRT-TO mock, ZMYND8KO, and ZMYND8KO-rescue cells
ZMYND8 Co-localizes with NuRD on Target Genes and Regulates Poly(ADP-Ribose)-Dependent Recruitment of GATAD2A/NuRD to Sites of DNA Damage.
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View SamplesBackground: Exercising is know to have an effect on exercising skeletal muscle, but unkown is the effect on non-exercising skeletal muscle. Gene expression changes in the non-exercising skeletal muscle would point to a signalling role of skeletal muscle
Pronounced effects of acute endurance exercise on gene expression in resting and exercising human skeletal muscle.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Race, Subject, Time
View SamplesTo define and compare the genome-wide transcriptional signatures of Notch1+ cells in intestinal tumors and in normal ISCs we performed Affymetrix analyses of these two populations.
Lineage tracing of Notch1-expressing cells in intestinal tumours reveals a distinct population of cancer stem cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesLow concentrations of the dissolved leonardite humic acid HuminFeed (HF) prolonged the lifespan and enhanced the thermal stress resistance of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Furthermore growth was impaired and reproduction delayed, effects which have also been identified in other polyphenolic monomers, including tannic acid, rosmarinic acid, and caffeic acid. Moreover, a chemical modification of HF (HF-HQ), which increases its phenolic/quinonoid moieties, magnified the biological impact on C. elegans. To gain a deep insight into the molecular basis of these effects, we performed global transcriptomics on young adult (3 d) and old adult (11 d) nematodes exposed to two concentrations of HF and young adults (3 d) exposed to two concentrations of HF-HQ.
The Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, Stress and Aging: Identifying the Complex Interplay of Genetic Pathways Following the Treatment with Humic Substances.
Specimen part, Treatment
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