The mechanisms by which oscillatory shear (OS) induces, while high laminar shear stress (LS) prevents, atherosclerosis are still unclear. Here, we examined the hypothesis that OS induces inflammatory response, a critical atherogenic event, in endothelial cells by a miRNA-dependent mechanism. In particular, miR-663 mediated OS-induced inflammation through monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells. The potential targets of miR-663 were examined by knockdown of miR-663 and then the gene expression profiles were determined under shear stress conditions.
MicroRNA-663 upregulated by oscillatory shear stress plays a role in inflammatory response of endothelial cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesCellular targets for most of EBV miRNAs are not known. In our study, we aimed at identifying genes that are regulated by individual EBV mature miRNA, particularly BART 18-5p
EBV microRNA BART 18-5p targets MAP3K2 to facilitate persistence in vivo by inhibiting viral replication in B cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesPancreatic ß and a cells play essential roles in maintaining glucose homeostasis. However, the mechanisms by which these distinct cell populations are generated, expand, and mature during pancreas development remain unclear. In this study, we addressed this critical question by performing a single-cell transcriptomic analysis of mouse ß and a cells sorted from fetal to adult stages. We discovered that ß and a cells use different regulatory strategies for their maturation and that cell proliferation peaks at different developmental times. However, the quiescent and proliferative cells in both the ß lineage and a lineage are synchronous in their maturation states. The heterogeneity of juvenile ß cells reflects distinct cell-cycling phases, origins, and maturation states, whereas adult ß cells are relatively homogeneous at the transcriptomic level. These analyses provide not only a high-resolution roadmap for islet lineage development but also insights into the mechanisms of cellular heterogeneity, cell number expansion, and maturation of both ß and a cells. Overall design: The overall goal of this study was to define the roadmaps for pancreatic ß- and a-cell development. Specifically, we performed single-cell RNA-seq at various developmental stages of E17.5, P0, P3, P9, P15, P18 and P60 of ß- and a- cells (except P3), as well as endocrine progenitor cells at P0, which were fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) sorted from Insulin-RFP, Gcg-Cre; Rosa-RFP or Ngn3-GFP mouse strains, respectively. To develop a workflow to decipher the maturation process through bulk-cell transcriptomic analysis, we performed RNA-seq using 3-5 × 10^4 sorted cells at various developmental time points as we have done in the single-cell study. The background strains of our mouse samples are: Ngn3-GFP mice: mixed background of C57BL/6 and C3H Ins1-RFP mice: mixed background of C57BL/6 and C3H Gcg-Cre, Rosa-RFP mice: mixed background of C57BL/6, CBA/J and C3H.
Deciphering Pancreatic Islet β Cell and α Cell Maturation Pathways and Characteristic Features at the Single-Cell Level.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesThe vascular lining cells in the human spleens include littoral cells (LCs) and other splenic vascular endothelial cells (SVECs). LCs that comprise about 30 percent of the splenic red pulp are specialzed endothelial cells distinct from SVECs. They line the splenic sinusoids and function as the filters and scavengers for senescent or altered red blood cells. Patients with advanced forms of myelofibrosis (MF) often develope extramedullary hematopoiesis in the spleen.Vascular lining cells within MF spleens are thought to serve as a supportive microenvironment for MF hematopoietic cells. In this study we isolated MF and normal LCs and SVECs from human spleens using immunostaining and flow cytometric sorting and used microarrays to analyze the underling mechanism of LCs' unique functions that distinguish them from SVECs, and the properties of MF LCs and SVECs and their contributions to the microenvironment of MF spleens.
The characteristics of vessel lining cells in normal spleens and their role in the pathobiology of myelofibrosis.
Specimen part, Disease stage
View SamplesThe direct conversion, or trans-differentiation, of non-cardiac cells into cardiomyocytes by forced expression of transcription factors and microRNAs provide promising ways of cardiac regeneration. However, genetic manipulations are still not desirable in real clinical applications. we report the generation of automatically beating cardiomyocyte-like cells from mouse fibroblasts with only chemical cocktails. These chemical-induced cardiomyocyte-like cells (CiCMs) express cardiomyocyte-specific markers, exhibit sarcomeric organization, and possess typical cardiac calcium flux and electrophysiological features. Microarray-bassed gene expression patterns of Mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), CiCMs, and cardiomyocytes(CMs) indicated a clear transition from dividing MEFs to differentiated cardiomyocyte-like state in CiCM samples.
Direct reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes with chemical cocktails.
Specimen part
View SamplesTo investigate the role of miR-29b on the changes in expression of genes involved in the synthesis and deposition of extracellular matrix in human trabecular meshwork cells (HTM).
Role of miR-29b on the regulation of the extracellular matrix in human trabecular meshwork cells under chronic oxidative stress.
Cell line
View SamplesIn the cerebral cortex, projection neurons and interneurons work coordinately to establish functional neural networks and to control the balance between excitatory versus inhibitory synaptic activities for normal cortical functions. While the specific mechanisms that control productions of projection neurons and interneurons are beginning to be revealed, a global characterization of the molecular differences between these two groups of neurons is in need for a more comprehensive understanding of their developmental specifications as well as their cortical functions. Previous studies have shown that the majority of cortical projection neurons are produced by radial glial cells (RGCs) through intermediate progenitor cells (IPCs) which can be marked by the expression of transcription factor Tbr2(Eomes). In this study, taking advantage of lineage tracing power of combining Tbr2(Eomes)-GFP and DCX-mRFP transgenic reporter mice, we prospectively separated IPC-derived neurons (IPNs) from non-IPC-derived neurons (non-IPNs) of the embryonic cortex. Molecular characterizations revealed that IPNs and non-IPNs were enriched with projection neurons and interneurons, respectively. Transcriptome analyses documented distinct groups of genes differentially expressed between these two groups of neurons. These data present a useful resource for further investigation of the molecular regulations and functions of projection neurons and interneurons. Overall design: Transcriptome of two cortical neuron groups were analyzed
Prospective separation and transcriptome analyses of cortical projection neurons and interneurons based on lineage tracing by Tbr2 (Eomes)-GFP/Dcx-mRFP reporters.
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View SamplesIdentify candidate different expression genes in HT-29 cells after incubation with Bifidobacterium bifidum ATCC 29521. The results of microarray provide importment information for different genes expression in HT-29 cell after incubation withBifidobacterium bifidum ATCC 29521, up or down-regulated.
Integration of genomic and proteomic data to identify candidate genes in HT-29 cells after incubation with Bifidobacterium bifidum ATCC 29521.
No sample metadata fields
View SamplesChronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a biologically and clinically heterogeneous disease. The somatic hypermutation status of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable (IGHV) genes has been identified as one of the most robust prognostic markers in CLL. Patients with unmutated IGHV status (U-CLL) typically experience an inferior outcome compared to those whose clones express mutated IGHV genes (M-CLL). We conducted a genome-wide DNA methylation analysis in CD19+ B-cells from a group of 43 CLL patients using reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS). Using base-pair resolution methylation sequencing, 2323 differentially methylated regions between CLL and normal B-cells (CLL-specific DMRs) and 569 between M-CLL and U-CLL samples (IGHV-specific DMRs) were identified in the CLL genomes. The IGHV-specific DMRs are mostly unique when compared to the CLL-specific DMRs. Less than 10% of the IGHV-specific DMRs are located in promoter regions; however, more than half of these overlap with known DNase I hypersensitive sites, enhancer regions marked by histone modification (H3K4Me1 and H3K27Ac), and transcription factor binding sites in the ENCODE datasets, which indicates that these DMRs contain regulatory sequences. Distinctive DNA methylation patterns were observed in M-CLL and U-CLL samples. Overall, U-CLL was found to contain 50% more hypermethylated regions than M-CLL samples. The hypermethylated loci observed in the U-CLL samples also appear to be hypermethylated in normal naïve B-cells as compared memory B-cells, suggesting that M-CLL and U-CLL differ in differentiation status corresponding to normal B-cell differentiation stages. RNA-seq analysis performed using matched samples (n=34), in which both DNA methylation and gene expression data were available, demonstrated excellent correlation between DNA methylation and gene expression. Several genes whose expression status was previously shown to be associated with CLL prognosis such as ZAP70, CRY1, LDOC1, SEPT10, LAG3, and LPL were differentially methylated in the promoter regions between M-CLL and U-CLL samples indicating that DNA methylation plays an important role in defining the gene expression patterns of these prognostic genes. We further validated 9 genes with IGHV-specific DMRs in the promoter regions using bisulfite pyrosequencing, and the results demonstrated excellent correlation between differential methylation and IGHV mutation status. These novel differentially methylated genes could be developed into biomarkers for CLL prognosis. In addition, DNA hypomethylation was observed in a significant number of genes involved in lymphocyte activation such as PDCD1, NFAT1, and CD5. DNA hypomethylation was observed in the proximal promoter and far up-stream enhancer regions of CD5, an important cell surface marker that uniquely identifies CLL. Overall, the DNA methylation landscape in CLL patients indicates that CLL B cells possess an active B-cell phenotype; at the same time, U-CLL and M-CLL are faithfully committed to their lineage resembling either naïve or memory B-cells. In summary, this comprehensive DNA methylation analysis has identified a large number of novel epigenetic changes in CLL patients. The results from this study will further advance our understanding of the epigenetic contribution to molecular subtypes in CLL. Overall design: To perform a transcriptome analysis in CLL, we generated sequencing libraries from total RNA isolated from purified B-cells of CLL patients and healthy donnors. The RNA-seq libraries were sequenced using Illumina HiSeq2000 sequencer with a read length of 100bp. 11 CLL B-cell samples, 3 normal control samples including one each of normal CD19+ B cells were studied. We generated 20-30 million Illumina sequencing reads for each sample.
Hypomethylation coordinates antagonistically with hypermethylation in cancer development: a case study of leukemia.
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View SamplesThe supraoptic nucleus (SON) of the hypothalamus is an important integrative brain structure that co-ordinates responses to perturbations in water balance and regulates maternal physiology through the release of the neuropeptide hormones vasopressin and oxytocin into the circulation. Both dehydration and lactation evoke a dramatic morphological remodelling of the SON, a process known as function-related plasticity. We hypothesise that some of the changes seen in SON remodelling are mediated by differential gene expression, and have thus used microarrays to document global changes in transcript abundance that accompany chronic dehydration in female rats, and in lactation. In situ hydridisation analysis has confirmed the differential expression of 3 of these genes, namely Tumour necrosis factor induced protein 6, Gonadotrophin inducible transcription factor 1 and Ornithine decarboxylase antizyme inhibitor 1. Comparison of differential gene expression patterns in male and female rats subjected to dehydration and in lactating rats has enabled the identification of common elements that are significantly enriched in gene classes with particular functions. Two of these are related to the requirement for increased protein synthesis and hormone delivery in the physiologically stimulated SON (translation initiation factor activity and endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment respectively), whilst others are consistent with concept of SON morphological plasticity (collagen fibril organisation, extracellular matrix organization and biogenesis, extracellular structure organization and biogenesis and homophilic cell adhesion). We suggest that the genes co-ordinately regulated in the SON as a consequence of dehydration and lactation form a network that mediates the plastic processes operational in the physiologically activated SON.
Transcriptomic analysis of the osmotic and reproductive remodeling of the female rat supraoptic nucleus.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
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