Both leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) increase the invasiveness of JEG-3 and HTR-8/SVneo cells. This study examines the effect of LIF and IL-6 on gene expression in trophoblastic cell models viz. JEG-3 and HTR-8/SVneo cells to decipher the molecular basis of the increase in invasiveness.
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Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesPro-inflammatory cytokines were shown to promote growth and survival of cancerous cells. TNF induced RelA:p50 NF-B dimer via the canonical pathway is thought to link inflammation with cancer. Integrating biochemical and computational studies we identify that deficiency of non-canonical signal transducer p100 triggers a positive autoregulatory loop, which instead perpetuates an alternate RelB:p50 containing NF-B activity upon TNF treatment. TNF stimulated RelB:p50 dimer is sufficient for mediating NF-B target gene-expressions and suppressing apoptotic cellular death independent of principal NF-B subunit RelA. We further demonstrate that activating mutations in non-canonical NF-B module deplete multiple myeloma cells of p100, thereby, provoking autoregulatory RelB:p50 activation. Finally, autoregulatory control reinforces protracted pro-survival NF-B response, albeit comprising of RelB:p50, upon TNF priming that protects myeloma cells with dysfunctional p100 from subsequent apoptotic insults. In sum, we present evidence for positive autoregulation mediated through the NF-B system and its potential involvement in human neoplasm.
Non-canonical NFκB mutations reinforce pro-survival TNF response in multiple myeloma through an autoregulatory RelB:p50 NFκB pathway.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesWe have discovered rifampicin as a glycation inhibitor, which increases life span in C elegans. In order to understand the mechanism of rifampicin action, microarray analysis was performed to study the changes in gene expression brought about by the drug.
Rifampicin reduces advanced glycation end products and activates DAF-16 to increase lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe conducted a set of lab-evolution experiments in yeast and followed the long-term dynamics of aneuploidy under diverse conditions including heat shock and high PH.
Chromosomal duplication is a transient evolutionary solution to stress.
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View SamplesThe eukaryotic cytoplasmic chaperonin-containing TCP-1 (CCT) is a complex formed by two back-to-back stacked hetero-octameric rings that assists the folding of actins, tubulins and other proteins in an ATP-dependent manner. Here, we decided to test the significance of the hetero-oligomeric nature of CCT for its function by introducing, in each of the eight subunits in turn, an identical mutation at a position involved in ATP binding and conserved in all the subunits, in order to establish the extent of individuality of the various subunits. Our results show that these identical mutations lead to dramatically different phenotypes. For example, cells with the mutation in CCT2 have an excess of actin patches and are the only pseudo-diploid strain. By contrast, cells with the mutation in CCT7 are the only ones to accumulate juxta-nuclear protein aggregates that may reflect the absence of stress response in this strain. System-level analysis of the strains using RNA microarrays reveals connections between CCT and several cellular networks including ribosome biogenesis and TOR2 that help to explain the phenotypic variability observed
Equivalent mutations in the eight subunits of the chaperonin CCT produce dramatically different cellular and gene expression phenotypes.
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View SamplesTumor formation constitutes a major obstacle to the clinical application of embryonic stem cells (ESCs). As P-RPCs could successfully integrate into host eyes without development of teratomas or NOG, we sought to identify differentially expressed genes between P-RPCs and ESC-RPCs through genome-wide transcript profiling. Inhibition of Wnt signaling by DKK1 promotes the commitment of ESC-RPCs to more mature retinal cells and reduces the occurrence of NOG to 3%. DKK1-treated ESC-RPCs efficiently integrate to the host retina, form synaptic connections and restore visual function.
WNT signaling determines tumorigenicity and function of ESC-derived retinal progenitors.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesWe purified five subsets representing the main stages of human precursor-B-cell differentiation and CD34+lin- cord blood cells. The immunoglobulin (Ig) gene rearrangement status was determined using TaqMan quantitative PCR and GeneScan analysis. To gain more insight in the networks of genes that initiate and/or regulate the different types of Ig gene rearrangements, we analyzed their gene expression profiles by correlating the initiation of Ig gene rearrangements with specific upregulation of transcription factors. In addition to previously described transcription factors, we identified 16 candidate genes involved in initiation and/or regulation of Ig gene rearrangements.
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Specimen part
View SamplesTo gain more insight into initiation and regulation of T cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangement during human T cell development, we analyzed TCR gene rearrangements by quantitative PCR analysis in nine consecutive T-cell developmental stages, including CD34+ lin- cord blood cells as a reference. The same stages were used for gene expression profiling using DNA microarrays.
New insights on human T cell development by quantitative T cell receptor gene rearrangement studies and gene expression profiling.
Specimen part
View SamplesInvestigation of pH induced gene expression changes in bone-marrow-derived macrophages
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Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease, Treatment
View SamplesInverstigation of differential gene expresseion in tumor-associated macrophages of WT-and Icer- knockout mice
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Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease
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