Electroacupuncture is the combination of traditional acupuncture and modern electrotherapy. Here we provide a mechanism for the beneficial effects of electroacupuncture and show that stimulation of the equine acupoints LI-4, LI-11 and GV-14 and Bai-hui results in mobilization of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into the systemic circulation, which was accompanied by a time-dependent increase in plasma levels of norepinephrine (p=0.02). MSC differentiation was preferentially directed towards osteogenic rather than adipogenic lineages. Additionally, MSCs enhanced arterialization of blood vessels in vivo when implanted with human endothelial colony forming cells in oligomeric collagen matrices in NOD/SCID mice. When compared to equine bone marrow-derived MSCs or to equine adipose-tissue-derived MSCs, through the use of a microarray, these cells clustered separately. The electroacupuncture -mobilized cells showed increased expression of genes involved in cell growth and proliferation, compared to the bone marrow cells. These findings provide a new insight into the mechanism of the beneficial effects of acupuncture. Our findings suggest the involvement of neuronal regulation in the mobilization of reparative MSCs, and use of electroacupuncture at these designated points may be considered to treat acute and chronic inflammation following injury for which MSCs have been deemed beneficial.
Electroacupuncture Promotes Central Nervous System-Dependent Release of Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
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Host Transcription Profile in Nasal Epithelium and Whole Blood of Hospitalized Children Under 2 Years of Age With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection.
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View SamplesHEK293 cells were heatshocked and differentially expressed transcripts were identified Overall design: Transcriptomes of heatshocked HEK293 cells were compared to control cells. Heatshock and control samples were treated and sequenced in triplicate.
RNA Directed Modulation of Phenotypic Plasticity in Human Cells.
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View SamplesEffect of sulforaphane (SF) on human colon caco-2 cells after 24h treatment
Transcriptome analysis of human colon Caco-2 cells exposed to sulforaphane.
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View SamplesGlobal microarray (HG U133 Plus 2.0) was used to investigate the effects of resistance exercise and resistance training on the skeletal muscle transcriptome profile of 28 young and old adults. Vastus lateralis muscle biopsies were obtained pre and 4hrs post resistance exercise in the beginning (untrained state) and at the end (trained state) of a 12 wk progressive resistance training program.
Transcriptome signature of resistance exercise adaptations: mixed muscle and fiber type specific profiles in young and old adults.
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View SamplesGlobal microarray (HG U133 Plus 2.0) was used for the first time to investigate the effects of resistance exercise on the transcriptome in slow-twitch myosin heavy chain (MHC) I and fast-twitch MHC IIa muscle fibers of young and old women. Vastus lateralis muscle biopsies were obtained pre and 4hrs post resistance exercise in the beginning (untrained state) and at the end (trained state) of a 12 wk progressive resistance training program.
Transcriptome signature of resistance exercise adaptations: mixed muscle and fiber type specific profiles in young and old adults.
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View SamplesGlobal microarray (HG U133 Plus 2.0) was used to investigate the basal level skeletal muscle transcriptome profile of young and old adults. One vastus lateralis muscle biopsy was obtained in the basal state from 36 different subjects.
Transcriptome signature of resistance exercise adaptations: mixed muscle and fiber type specific profiles in young and old adults.
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View SamplesIn the present study, we examined the hepatic transcriptome of chickens during the peri-hatch periodor the metabolic jump from chorioallantoic (embryo) to pulmonary (hatchling) respiration. Although our major interest was comparison of differentially-expressed genes between embryos and hatchlings, we made pairwise contrasts across six developmental ages. We collected the liver from four embryos at three ages (e16, e18 and e20) and four hatchling chicks at three ages (1, 3 and 9 days) post hatching. Liver samples (N=24) were used for extraction of total RNA which was then used for hybridization to 24 Affymetrix Chicken Genome Arrays. Ingenuity Pathways Analysis was used for functional annotation and mapping of differentially expressed (FDR0.05) genes to canonical pathways and gene interaction networks. We identified 1274 hepatic genes that were differentially expressed between embryos and hatchling chicks and of these, 284 genes are involved in lipid metabolism. The three most abundant found in liver of embryos were (MOGAT1, DIO3 and PDK4), whereas THRSP, FASN and DIO2 were greatly expressed in liver of hatchlings. Two functionally-distinct clusters of hepatic genes have emerged from our time-course transcriptional scans in the peri-hatch chicken. Cluster A genes are largely lipolytic with higher expression in the embryo, while Cluster B genes are mainly lipogenic and thermogenic with greater expression in liver of hatchlings. The present study describes the innate chorography of transcriptional responses of liver to the abrupt metabolic switch from aquatic ectothermy (embryos) to free-living endothermy (hatchling chicks).
Transcriptional profiling of liver during the critical embryo-to-hatchling transition period in the chicken (Gallus gallus).
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View SamplesThe anticarcinogenic activity of hydroxytyrosyl ethyl ether (HTy-Et) compared to its precursor hydroxytyrosol (HTy) has been studied in human Caco-2 colon adenocarcinoma cells.
Hydroxytyrosyl ethyl ether exhibits stronger intestinal anticarcinogenic potency and effects on transcript profiles compared to hydroxytyrosol.
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View SamplesMesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are used extensively in clinical trials; however, the potential for malignant transformation of MSCs has been raised. We examined the genomic stability versus the tumor forming capacity of multiple mouse MSCs. Murine MSCs have been shown to be less stable and more prone to malignant transformation than their human counterparts. A large series of independently isolated MSC populations exhibited low tumorigenic potential under syngeneic conditions, which increased in immune-compromised animals. Unexpectedly, higher ploidy correlated with reduced tumor forming capacity. Furthermore, in both cultured MSCs and primary hepatocytes, polyploidization was associated with a dramatic decrease in the expression of the long non-coding RNA H19. Direct knockdown of H19 expression in diploid cells resulted in acquisition of polyploid cell traits. Moreover, artificial tetraploidization of diploid cancer cells led to a reduction of H19 levels, as well as to an attenuation of the tumorigenic potential. Polyploidy might therefore serve as a protective mechanism aimed at reducing malignant transformation through the involvement of the H19 regulatory long non-coding RNA.
Polyploidization of murine mesenchymal cells is associated with suppression of the long noncoding RNA H19 and reduced tumorigenicity.
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