Project description:Expression profiling of lumbar spinal cord from MLC/SOD1G93A mice and age matched controls at 120 days of age. We used Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Gene expression 2.0 st Array to determine differential gene expression.
Project description:Olfaction is often deregulated in Alzheimer´s disease (AD) patients, being also impaired in transgenic Tg2576 AD mouse model, which overexpress the Swedish mutated form of human amyloid precursor protein (APP). However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that accompany the neurodegeneration of olfactory structures in Tg2576 mice. For that, we have applied proteome-wide approaches to probe molecular disturbances in the olfactory bulb (OB) dissected from Tg2576 mice respect to age matched wild-type littermates (2 and 6 months of age).
Project description:Olfaction is often deregulated in Alzheimer´s disease (AD) patients, being also impaired in transgenic Tg2576 AD mouse model, which overexpress the Swedish mutated form of human amyloid precursor protein (APP). However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that accompany the neurodegeneration of olfactory structures in Tg2576 mice. For that, we have applied proteome- and transcriptome-wide approaches to probe molecular disturbances in the olfactory bulb (OB) dissected from aged Tg2576 mice (18 months of age) respect to age matched wild-type (WT) littermates
Project description:Expression profiling of lumbar spinal cord from MLC/SOD1G93A mice and age matched controls at 120 days of age. We used Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Gene expression 2.0 st Array to determine differential gene expression. Samples were collected from mice MLC/SOD1G93A and controls FVB age matched at 4 month-old. Samples were collected representing each genotype and age group for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix Microarrays.
Project description:We have previously reported human gastrin overexpressing transgenic mice (=INS-GAS mice) and Helicobacter felis (=H.felis) infection synergistically accelerated gastric cancer in mice stomachs. (Wang et al 2000) Using this mouse model, we employed microarray analysis of gene expression profiling to identify gastric cancer-specific genes. Experiment Overall Design: 30 male INS-GAS mice (FVB/N background) were divided into groups: 15 mice were infected with H.felis at the age of 2-3 months and another 15 mice were not infected. 30 male non-transgenic FVB/N mice were also divided into 2 groups: 15 mice were infected with H.felis at the age of 2-3 months and another 15 mice were not infected. All mice were sacrificed after 6 months of H.felis infection, and total RNAs were extracted from whole stomachs. Experiment Overall Design: Histological analysis confirmed all of the stomachs in H.felis infected INS-GAS mice (=INSGAS+Hf) had intra-epithelial gastric cancer, and some of them also had invasion into submucosa, but none of them had distant metastatic lesions. Other 3 control groups had following histology in stomachs. (1) non-transgenic mice with H.felis infection (=FVB+Hf): severe intestinal metaplasia and/or mild dysplasia. (2) INS-GAS mice without infection (=INSGAS wt): severe atrophic gastritis and/or mild intestinal metaplasia (3) non-transgenic mice without infection (=FVB wt): normal stomach. Total RNAs extracted from each mouse in 4 different groups were used for microarray analysis of Affymetrix GeneChip. Experiment Overall Design: Up- or down-regulated genes in INSGAS+Hf group compared with all 3 control groups (FVB+HF, INSGAS wt and FVB wt) may represent gastric cancer-specific genes.