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SRP108597
Homo sapiens
20 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2500
Description
Objectives : Joint pain causes a significant morbidity in osteoarthritis (OA). The synovium as an innervated joint structure might contribute to the peripheral pain in OA. Methods : We used a hypothesis-free next generation RNA sequencing to study protein coding and small non-coding transcriptomes in knee synovial tissues of OA patients (n=10) with high and low knee pain (evaluated by visual analogue scale) followed by Gene Ontology (GO) and pathway analyses and integration of mRNAs and small RNAs data sets. Results : We showed that 33 protein-coding genes and 35 small RNAs were differentially expressed in the knee synovium of patients with high compared to low intensity knee pain, with 30 mRNAs and 14 small RNAs being upregulated and 2 mRNAs and 21 small RNAs being downregulated. Top enriched genes, such as SDIM1 and CPE encode neuronal proteins that share molecular properties with neurotrophic factor BDNF and promote neuronal survival under cellular stress, and OTOF participates in calcium-dependent synaptic exocytosis and modulation of GABAergic activity. TrkB was enriched in several gene networks, suggesting its key role in pain-related transcriptional changes in OA joint. Downregulation of PTX3 in high pain group supports an argument that inflammation and pain are independent processes in symptomatic knee OA. MiR-146a-3p and miR150 appeared as the microRNA candidates in the pathogenesis of OA-related knee pain. Conclusions : Here we uncovered the molecular complexity of pain-related transcriptome changes in the synovium of knee joints in osteoarthritis. We identified new molecular candidates in OA pain setting a firm ground for future mechanistic studies and drug discovery in OA. Overall design: RNA-seq of mRNA and small non-coding RNA of 10 patients with high and low knee pain
Publication Title
Pain-Associated Transcriptome Changes in Synovium of Knee Osteoarthritis Patients.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage, Subject
View Samples- Rattus norvegicus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Rat Expression 230A Array (rae230a)
Description
Arterial smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) undergo phenotypic changes during development and pathological processes in vivo and during cell culture in vitro. Our previous studies demonstrated that retrovirally-mediated expression of the versican V3 splice variant (V3) that lacks glycosaminoglycan chains by ASMCs retards cell proliferation and migration in vitro and reduces neointimal thickening, macrophage and lipid accumulation in animal models of vascular injury and atherosclerosis. However, the molecular pathways induced by V3 expression that are responsible for these changes are not yet clear. In the present study, we employed a microarray approach to examine how expression of V3 induced changes in gene expression and the molecular pathways in ASMCs. We found that forced expression of V3 by ASMCs affected expression of 521 genes by more than 1.5 fold. Gene ontology (GO) analysis shows that components of extracellular matrix were the most significantly affected by V3 expression, indicating that V3 expression elicits profound remodeling of extracellular matrix. In addition, genes regulating the formation of the cytoskeleton which also serve as markers of contractile smooth muscle cells were significantly upregulated. On the other hand, components of the complement system, chemokines, chemokine receptors, and transcription factors crucial for regulating inflammatory processes were among the genes most downregulated. Consistently, we found that the level of myocardin, a key transcription factor promoting contractile ASMC phenotype, was greatly increased while proinflammatory transcription factors NFkappaB1 and C/EBP were significantly attenuated in V3-expressing SMCs. Such results indicate that V3 expression reprograms ASMC into differentiated and anti-inflammatory phenotypes. Overall, these findings demonstrate that expression of V3 reprograms ASMCs promoting anti-inflammatory and differentiated smooth muscle cell phenotypes potentially by altering cell-ECM interaction and focal adhesion signaling pathways.
Publication Title
Expression of V3 Versican by Rat Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells Promotes Differentiated and Anti-inflammatory Phenotypes.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 18 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HumanHT-12 V3.0 expression beadchip
Description
Promoter methylation was assayed in a number of breast cancer and control normal samples along with the effects of 5'-aza-2'-deoxycytidine on breast cancer cell line transcriptomes.
Publication Title
Transcriptionally repressed genes become aberrantly methylated and distinguish tumors of different lineages in breast cancer.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 48 Downloadable Samples
- NextSeq 500
Description
Low affinity Tregs are important for controlling autoimmune diabetes. Overall design: High and low affinity Tregs were isolated from the spleen and pancreatic islets of two-TCR retrogenic mice expressing the insulin-specific TCRs 4-8 and 12-4.4m1.
Publication Title
Cutting Edge: Low-Affinity TCRs Support Regulatory T Cell Function in Autoimmunity.
Sample Metadata Fields
Age, Specimen part, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 24 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 2.1 ST Array (mogene21st)
Description
Analysis of mouse placenta retrieved at day 18.5pc from vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) receptor (Vdr) knockout, heterozygous and wild-type mice. Results provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the effect of vitamin D on placental function.
Publication Title
Vitamin D Receptor Gene Ablation in the Conceptus Has Limited Effects on Placental Morphology, Function and Pregnancy Outcome.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 10 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Transcriptome Array 2.0 (hta20)
Description
The enumeration of EpCAM-positive circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has allowed clinicians to estimate the overall metastatic burden in breast cancer patients. However, a thorough understanding of CTCs associated with breast cancer brain metastasis (BCBM) is necessary for early identification and evaluation of treatment response to BCBM. In this study, we report that BCBM CTCs are enriched in a distinct sub-population of cells identifiable by their biomarker expression and mutational content.
Publication Title
Molecular characterization of breast cancer CTCs associated with brain metastasis.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 41 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
Expression was generated on tumors from 41 iBIP mice, which were previously described (Kwong, JCI, 2015).
Publication Title
Oncogenic BRAF-Mediated Melanoma Cell Invasion.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 6 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Transcriptome Array 2.0 (hta20)
Description
Numerous studies have implicated changes in the Y chromosome in male cancers, however few have investigated the biological importance of Y chromosome non-coding RNAs. Here, we demonstrate a group of Y chromosome-expressed long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) involved in male non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) radiation sensitivity. Radiosensitive male NSCLC cell lines demonstrated a dose-dependent induction of linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 following irradiation, not observed in radioresistant male NSCLC cell lines. Cytogenetics revealed the loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in the radioresistant male NSCLC cell lines. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments indicated that linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 transcripts affect cell viability and apoptosis. UV Cross-linking and Immunoprecipitation (CLIP) and RNA stability assays identify IGF2BP3 as a binding partner for the linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 RNAs which alters the half-life of the anti-apoptotic HMGA2 mRNA as well as the oncogenic c-MYC mRNA. To assess the clinical relevance of these findings, we examined the presence of the Y chromosome in NSCLC tissue microarrays and the expression of linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 in NSCLC RNAseq and microarray data. We observed a negative correlation between the loss of the Y chromosome or linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 and overall survival. Thus, linc-SPRY3-2/3/4 expression and LOY could represent an important marker of radiation therapy in NSCLC.
Publication Title
Y Chromosome LncRNA Are Involved in Radiation Response of Male Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment
View Samples- Zea mays
- 36 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Maize Genome Array (maize)
Description
This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Publication Title
Cis-transcriptional variation in maize inbred lines B73 and Mo17 leads to additive expression patterns in the F1 hybrid.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Drosophila melanogaster
- 30 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
We found that the midgut shows striking regional differentiation along its anterior-posterior axis. Ten distinct subregions differ in cell morphology, gene expression and aspects of Notch signaling. RNA from isolated regions that was analyzed by RNAseq revealed spatially regulated expression of hundreds of enzymes and other genes with likely tissue functions. Overall design: 10 midgut segments comprising from 1-3 subregions x 3 replicates from each segment = 30 samples
Publication Title
Physiological and stem cell compartmentalization within the Drosophila midgut.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line, Subject
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