Recent studies suggest vitamin D deficiency is associated with chronic lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Each of these are characterised by airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and airway remodeling, the latter characterized by increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass. In this study we investigated the biological mechanisms underlying increased ASM mass and AHR due to vitamin D deficiency via RNA-seq transcriptome analysis of female BALB/c mice at 8 weeks of age.
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View SamplesRNA expression in adipose and skin from women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was examined using RNA sequencing (Illumina HiSeq 50 cycle single-read sequencing) as a function of the genotype at 16 PCOS genetic risk variants. We hypothesized that the tissue expression pattern in adipose and skin would help identify candidate genes and pathways that could provide insight into the underlying mechanism for risk at these loci.
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View SamplesHigh-throughput sequencing of RNA (RNA-Seq) in human cancer shows remarkable potential to simultaneously identify expression levels of protein-coding genes and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). We performed RNA-Seq to investigate expression level of lncRNAs and protein-coding genes in 30 esophageal samples, including 15 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissue samples and 15 paired non-tumor tissues. We further developed an integrative bioinformatics method, denoted URW-LPE (for unsupervised random walk with each dysregulated lncRNA/PCG), to identify key functional lncRNAs that regulate expression of downstream protein-coding genes in ESCC. By this method, multiple known cancer and novel potentially functional lncRNAs were effectively identified. Quantitative reverse-transcription PCR was performed to confirm the lncRNA expression level of eight novel functional lncRNAs in an additional 120 paired ESCC patient samples. Finally, we characterized lncRNA625 as a novel ESCC regulator of cell proliferation, invasion and migration. Moreover, we identified E1A-binding protein p300 (EP300) as playing a key role in executing lncRNA625-induced transcriptional responses. These findings establish the utility of integrative bioinformatics analyses of RNA-Seq to identify cancer-associated functional lncRNAs.
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View SamplesWe report a comprehensive large-scale expression profiling analysis of mammalian male germ cells undergoing mitotic growth, meiosis and gametogenesis using High Density Oligonucleotide Microarrays and highly enriched cell populations. Among 11955 rat loci investigated, 1268 were identified as differentially transcribed in germ cells at subsequent developmental stages as compared to total testis, somatic Sertoli cells as well as brain and skeletal muscle controls. The loci were organized into four expression clusters that correspond to somatic, mitotic, meiotic and post-meiotic cell types. This work provides information about expression patterns of approximately 200 genes known to be important during male germ cell development. Approximately 40 of those are included in a group of 121 transcripts for which we report germ cell expression and lack of transcription in three somatic control cell types. Moreover, we demonstrate the testicular expression and transcriptional induction in mitotic, meiotic and/or post-meiotic germ cells of 293 as yet uncharacterized transcripts some of which are likely to encode factors involved in spermatogenesis and fertility. This group also contains numerous potential germ cell specific targets for innovative contraceptives. A graphical display of the data is conveniently accessible through the GermOnline database at <a href="http://www.germonline.org" target="_blank">http://www.germonline.org</a>.
Expression profiling of mammalian male meiosis and gametogenesis identifies novel candidate genes for roles in the regulation of fertility.
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View SamplesCH causes perivascular inflammation, enhanced pulmonary arterial constriction and remodeling leading to the development of pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension is a debilitating disease with a high mortality rate. CH develops in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sleep apnea or people living at high altitude. Both COPD and sleep apnea are very prevalent and pulmonary hypertension develops in a large % of COPD and sleep apnea patients. The molecular mechanisms that underlie the development of CH-induced pulmonary hypertension are far from clear. We have previously demonstrated that CH activates the Ca2+/calcineurin-regulated transcription factor NFATc3 in PASMC and that NFATc3 is required for CH-induced pulmonary hypertension in mice. Although this work was the first to identify a role for this transcription factor in an experimental model of pulmonary hypertension, since a conventional whole animal KO was used it is unknown if PASMC NFATc3 contributes to CH-induced PH. Furthermore, the genes regulated by NFATc3 in PASMC under control and CH conditions are largely unknown.
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View SamplesThe transcriptome of the three atino80 allelic mutants was compared to that of wild-type and 50B Arabidopsis plants (see Fritsch et al. 2004). Since the transcriptomes of 50B and wild-type plants were found to be identical, we compared expression in the mutant with 50B and with wild-type without distinction. Therefore, we had four replicates of the wild type condition (50B line, wild-type) and two replicates for each of the mutant alleles (atino80-1, atino80-2 and atino80-3), all ecotype Columbia. All lines were profiled in duplicate (grown independently at 2-week-intervals).
The INO80 protein controls homologous recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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View SamplesAnalysis of nuclear atrial gene expression in purified atrial cardiac myocyte nuclei isolated from right atrial appendages from adult patients undergoing open-heart surgery for coronary bypass or valve correction.
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View SamplesMany lncRNA are known to be differential expressed in prostate cancer. One such lncRNA is PCAT92, which by has been shown to be over-expressed in prostate cancer samples when compared to adjacent normal tissue. PCAT92 shares its chromosomal locus with ABCC4, a genes already reported to be implicated in prostate cancer. Here we have explored the possible mechanism by which PCAT92 is playing a role in prostate cancer. Here we made LNCaP which were knockdown PCAT92 and ABCC4 independently and performed a RNA-sequencing to see the change in gene expression under both the knockdown condition.
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