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Cell-Cycle-Dependent Reconfiguration of the DNA Methylome during Terminal Differentiation of Human B Cells into Plasma Cells.
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View SamplesMolecular mechanisms underlying terminal differentiation of B-cells into plasma cells are major determinants of adaptive immunity but remain only partially understood. Here, we present the transcriptional and epigenomic landscapes of cell subsets arising from activation of human naive B-cells and differentiation into plasmablasts. Cell proliferation of activated B cells was linked to a slight decrease in DNA methylation levels but followed by a committal step in which an S-phase-synchronized differentiation switch was associated with an extensive DNA demethylation and local acquisition of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine at enhancers and genes related to plasma cell identity.
Cell-Cycle-Dependent Reconfiguration of the DNA Methylome during Terminal Differentiation of Human B Cells into Plasma Cells.
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The epigenetic processes of meiosis in male mice are broadly affected by the widely used herbicide atrazine.
Specimen part
View SamplesEnvironmental factors such as pesticides are widely used in the agriculture of many countries and their negative impact on human health and fertility are largely unknown. There is a rapidly growing body of evidence that human reproductive health is negatively affected by the various environmental factors, including life style and exposure to the chemical compounds such as certain drugs and pesticides. Sexually reproducing organisms produce haploid gametes via a process called meiosis. Meiosis is dependent on androgen action within the testis. Pesticides and herbicides interfere with natural hormones system and are considered to be endocrine disruptors. We hypothesize that atrazine (ATZ), a herbicide used globally, adversely affects meiosis. To test this idea we used the mouse as a model organism. Mice were treated three weeks with atrazine in drinking water at concentration of 100 mg/l. To assess the molecular mechanisms of effects of ATZ on spermatogenesis we performed comparative analysis of genes expression by using Affymetrix microarray by using three biological testis samples from ATZ treated and control mice. Using a fold-change cutoff value of 1.5 and p value <0.05 (statistical Limma test (linear models test for microarray data)), we identified 51 genes that were differentially expressed in ATZ treated mice.
The epigenetic processes of meiosis in male mice are broadly affected by the widely used herbicide atrazine.
Specimen part
View SamplesCerebellar post-natal development is particularly sensitive to thyroid hormone and low levels of thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism) result in permanent defects in cerebellar architecture and function. All cell types of the cerebellum are affected, but the main sign of hypothyroidism in mice is the persistence of the external granular layer, composed of mitotic neuronal precursors at P21.
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Specimen part
View SamplesGene expression profiling based classification of DLBCL patients versus healthy donors provides insights on transcriptional regulation processes.
T-cell defect in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas involves expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesHuman bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BM-MSC) could be committed toward a functional lymphoid-like stroma by a combination of TNFalpha (TNF) and Lymphotoxin alpha1/beta2 (LT) (Am-Thomas et al Blood 2007).
Mesenchymal stromal cells orchestrate follicular lymphoma cell niche through the CCL2-dependent recruitment and polarization of monocytes.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesTo explore events that govern the differentiation of human nave B cells (NBCs) into memory B cells and plasma cells (PCs), we designed an in vitro 2-step culture model leading non-switched NBC precursors to differentiate into two cell compartments: CD20loCD38hi and CD20+CD38+.
IL-2 requirement for human plasma cell generation: coupling differentiation and proliferation by enhancing MAPK-ERK signaling.
Specimen part, Subject, Time
View SamplesTumor infiltrating neutrophils (TAN) have been shown to exert both pro- and anti-tumoral activities and their recruitment and polarization are triggered by tumor-derived signals. Resident mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) could contribute to tumor-supportive cell niche and have been shown to display tumor-specific transcriptomic, phenotypic, and functional features compared to normal tissue. In our study, we investigate whether these two cell subsets establish a bidirectional crosstalk in the context of B-cell lymphoma.
Neutrophils trigger a NF-κB dependent polarization of tumor-supportive stromal cells in germinal center B-cell lymphomas.
Treatment
View SamplesBased on the developmental origin of health of disease hypothesis, we previously showed that prenatal 70% maternal food restriction (FR30) predisposes the offspring to development of pathologies in adulthood. In the present study, we focused on the liver gene expression profile of standard and high fat (HF)-fed FR30 adult offspring.
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