Sex differences in rat adrenal cortex are manifested as larger adrenal volume of cortex and higher corticosterone secretion by females compared with males. The molecular bases of these sex related differences are poorly understood.
Transcriptome Profile of Rat Adrenal Evoked by Gonadectomy and Testosterone or Estradiol Replacement.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesAdropin is a multifunctional peptide hormone encoded by the ENHO (energy homeostasis associated) gene. It plays a role in mechanisms related to increased adiposity, insulin resistance, as well as glucose and lipid metabolism. The low adropin levels are strongly associated with obesity independent insulin resistance. On the other hand, overexpression or exogenous administration of adropin improves glucose homeostasis. The multidirectional, adropin-related effects associated with the regulation of metabolism in humans also appear to be attributable to the effects of this peptide on the activity of various elements of the endocrine system including adrenal cortex. Therefore, the main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of adropin on proliferation and secretory activity in the human HAC15 adrenal carcinoma cell line.
Adropin Stimulates Proliferation and Inhibits Adrenocortical Steroidogenesis in the Human Adrenal Carcinoma (HAC15) Cell Line.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesTranscriptomic profiling of breast cancer cells incubated in vitro with surgical wound fluids from patients with breast cancer reveals similarities in the biological response induced by intraoperative radiation therapy and the radiation-induced bystander effect
Surgical Wound Fluids from Patients with Breast Cancer Reveal Similarities in the Biological Response Induced by Intraoperative Radiation Therapy and the Radiation-Induced Bystander Effect-Transcriptomic Approach.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesHuman induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) constitute an important breakthrough in regenerative medicine, particularly in orthopedics, where more effective treatments are urgently needed. Despite the promise of hiPSCs only limited data on in vitro chondrogenic differentiation of hiPSCs are available.
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View SamplesHuman induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) constitute an important breakthrough in regenerative medicine, particularly in orthopedics, where more effective treatments are urgently needed. Despite the promise of hiPSCs only limited data on in vitro chondrogenic differentiation of hiPSCs are available.
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Specimen part
View SamplesKlf5 has essential functions during early embryogenesis and in the derivation of ES cells from inner-cell mass of blastocyst. Among Kruppel-like factor (Klf) family members, only Klf5 shows peri-implantation lethal phenotype, but the precise mechanisms still remain unknown. To understand and identify molecular mechanisms, we performed microarray analysis by using E3.0 WT and Klf5 KO embryos when first phenotype of Klf5 deficiency appears.
<i>Klf5</i> maintains the balance of primitive endoderm versus epiblast specification during mouse embryonic development by suppression of <i>Fgf4</i>.
Specimen part
View SamplesRecent studies have highlighted the role of adrenal corticosteroid signaling in cardiac physiology and pathophysiology. It is known that glucocorticoids and aldosterone are able to bind glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), and these ligand-receptor interactions are redundant. Therefore, it has been impossible to delineate how these nuclear receptors couple with corticosteroid ligands and differentially regulate gene expression for operation of their distinct functions in the heart.
Ligand-based gene expression profiling reveals novel roles of glucocorticoid receptor in cardiac metabolism.
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View SamplesBackgroundAcute coronary syndrome (ACS) is sometimes accompanied by accelerated coagulability, lipid metabolism, and inflammatory responses, which are not attributable to the cardiac events alone. We hypothesized that the liver plays a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of ACS. We simultaneously analyzed the gene expression profiles of the liver and heart during acute myocardial ischemia in mice.
Altered hepatic gene expression profiles associated with myocardial ischemia.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesNeural stem cells (NSCs) are considered to be the cell-of-origin of brain tumor stem cells. To identify the genetic pathways responsible for the transformation of normal NSCs to brain-tumor-initiating cells, we used Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposons, to mutagenize NSCs. Mobilized SB transposons induced the immortalization of NSCs. Immortalized NSCs induced tumors upon subcutaneous transplantation in immunocompromized mice. To further classify the immortalized cells and mouse tumors, we performed Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) using DNA microarray data.
Transposon mutagenesis identifies genes that transform neural stem cells into glioma-initiating cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesGeneChip Mouse Gene 2.0 ST Array was used to comprehensively investigate the changes of gene expression of small intestinal myofibroblasts of mice after stimulation with homogenates of intestinal eosinophils in vitro.
Eosinophil depletion suppresses radiation-induced small intestinal fibrosis.
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