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SRP114983
Homo sapiens
6 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
Dysregulated inflammation is implicated in the pathobiology of aging, yet platelet-leukocyte interactions and downstream inflammatory gene synthesis in older adults remains poorly understood. Highly-purified human platelets and monocytes were isolated from healthy younger (age<45, n=37) and older (age60, n=30) adults and incubated together under autologous and non-autologous conditions. Inflammatory gene synthesis by monocytes, basally and in the presence of platelets, was examined. Next-generation RNA-sequencing allowed for unbiased profiling of the platelet transcriptome in aging. Basal IL-8 and MCP-1 synthesis by monocytes alone did not differ between older and younger adults. However, in the presence of autologous platelets, monocytes from older adults synthesized greater IL-8 (415 vs. 92 ng/mL, p<0.0001) and MCP-1 (867150 vs. 21636 ng/mL, p<0.0001) than younger adults. Non-autologous experiments demonstrated that platelets from older adults were sufficient for upregulating inflammatory gene synthesis by monocytes. Using RNA-seq followed by validation via RT-PCR and immunoblot, we discovered that granzyme A (GrmA), a serine protease not previously identified in human platelets, is increased in aging (~9-fold vs. younger adults, p<0.05) and governs increased IL-8 and MCP-1 synthesis through TLR4 and caspase-1. Inhibiting GrmA reduced the excessive IL-8 and MCP-1 synthesis in older adults to levels similar to younger adults. In summary, human aging is associated with changes in the platelet transcriptome and proteome. GrmA is present and bioactive in human platelets, is higher in older adults, and controls inflammatory gene synthesis by monocytes. Alterations in the platelet molecular signature and downstream signaling to monocytes may contribute to dysregulated inflammatory syndromes and adverse outcomes in older adults.
Publication Title
Granzyme A in Human Platelets Regulates the Synthesis of Proinflammatory Cytokines by Monocytes in Aging.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 18 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
A novel mouse line was found to exhibit prominent mechanosensory deficits both behaviorally and at the primary sensory afferents, and exhibits decreased ATP release from the skin.
Publication Title
Mechanosensory and ATP Release Deficits following Keratin14-Cre-Mediated TRPA1 Deletion Despite Absence of TRPA1 in Murine Keratinocytes.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 20 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
The data contained in this record are used to differentiate between the effects of IFN-a and IFN-b on 48h cultures of the ex vivo pbmcs of ATL patients, using Affymetrix microarrays (HuGene 1.0).
Publication Title
IFN-β induces greater antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects and increased p53 signaling compared with IFN-α in PBMCs of Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma patients.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Subject
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 2 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 2.0 ST Array (hugene20st)
Description
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), considered essential for metastatic cancer, has been a focus of much research, but important questions remain. Here, we show that silencing or removing H2A.X, a histone H2A variant involved in cellular DNA repair and robust growth, induced mesenchymal-like characteristics including activation of EMT transcription factors, Slug and ZEB1, in HCT116 human colon cancer cells. Ectopic H2A.X re-expression partially reversed these changes; as did silencing Slug and ZEB1. In an experimental metastasis model, the HCT116 parental and H2A.X-null cells exhibited similar metastases levels, but the cells with re-expressed H2A.X exhibited substantially elevated levels. We surmise that H2A.X re-expression led to partial EMT reversal and increased robustness in the HCT116 cells, permitting them to both form tumors and to metastasize. In a human adenocarcinoma panel, H2A.X levels correlated inversely with Slug and ZEB1 levels. Together, these results point to H2A.X as a novel regulator of EMT.
Publication Title
The histone variant H2A.X is a regulator of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 30 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
In addition to the recently published in situ transcriptomics of LCL skin lesions (Novais et al., Khouri et al.), we herein present the first systemic disease signature of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL), using Affymetrix microarrays (HuGene 1.0) followed by systems biology analysis of the PBMC transciptome of LCL patients (n=18), as compared to healthy controls (n=12).
Publication Title
Systems Approach Reveals Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2/Protein Kinase R Crosstalk in Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Disease stage
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 47 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST Array [CDF: Brainarray Version 16.1.0, HsEx10stv2_Hs_REFSEQ (huex10st), Affymetrix Multispecies miRNA-3 Array (mirna3)
Description
This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Publication Title
Efficacy of the highly selective focal adhesion kinase inhibitor BI 853520 in adenocarcinoma xenograft models is linked to a mesenchymal tumor phenotype.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 47 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST Array [CDF: Brainarray Version 16.1.0, HsEx10stv2_Hs_REFSEQ (huex10st)
Description
mRNA expression profiling of untreated CDX samples and correlation with sensitivity data derived from treatments with BI 853520.
Publication Title
Efficacy of the highly selective focal adhesion kinase inhibitor BI 853520 in adenocarcinoma xenograft models is linked to a mesenchymal tumor phenotype.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 17 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
The goal of this study was to analyze global gene expression in specific populations of somatosensory neurons in the periphery, including major, non-overlapping populations that include nociceptors, pruriceptors, and prorioceptors. The mammalian somatosensory nervous system encodes the perception of specific environmental stimuli. The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) contains distinct somatosensory neuron subtypes that innervate diverse peripheral tissues, mediating the detection of thermal, mechanical, proprioceptive, pruriceptive, and nociceptive stimuli. We purified discrete subtypes of mouse DRG somatosensory neurons by flow cytometry using fluorescently labeled mouse lines (SNS-Cre/TdTomato, Parv-Cre/TdTomato) in combination with Isolectin B4-FITC surface staining (IB4). This allowed identification of transcriptional differences between these major populations, revealing enrichment of voltage-gated ion channels, TRP channels, G-protein coupled receptors, transcription factors, and other functionally important classes of genes within specific somatosensory neuron subsets.
Publication Title
Transcriptional profiling at whole population and single cell levels reveals somatosensory neuron molecular diversity.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip
Description
This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Publication Title
Epigenetic Regulation of ZBTB18 Promotes Glioblastoma Progression.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 6 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip
Description
The transcriptional repressor ZBTB18 was overexpressed in the brain tumor xenoline JX6 by lentiviral transduction. Three independent transduction were performed (biological replicates) and analyzed by gene expression aray. Gene set enrichemnt analysis (GSEA) showed changes in the expression of mesenchymal signature. A subset of genes was further valiadted by qPCR. These results indicate a role of ZBTB18 as repressor of mesenchymal genes in Glioblastoma.
Publication Title
Epigenetic Regulation of ZBTB18 Promotes Glioblastoma Progression.
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Cell line
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