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Genome-wide mRNA profiling of adult human pancreatic beta and duct cells in comparison to other human tissues

ABSTRACT: Aims: establishment of reference samples to investigate gene expression selective for endocrine or ductal-exocrine cells within the adult human pancreas. To this end, human islet endocrine cells, FACS-enriched in insulin+ cells, (n=3) and human exocrine ductal cells (n=2) are compared on Affymetrix HG133A platform with duplicate hybridizations of a panel of other primary human tissues. The microarray analysis was performed on 3 pools of human beta cell-enriched cell fractions, isolated from 10 non-selected donor organs, and 2 pools of duct cell-enriched fractions obtained from 6 non-selected donor pancreases. The cells were suspension-cultured for 2-3 weeks along standard procedures and with no specific treatment prior to FACS-sorting and RNA extraction. The average composition of human beta cell-preparations was 55 ± 13% insulin+ cells, 13±8% glucagon+ cells and 21 ±7% non-granulated cells. Pancreatic duct cells-enriched preparations contained 85 ±7% cytokeratin 19+ cells with 4 ± 1% insulin+ cells and 6 ±4% glucagon+ cells and were isolated as described by Heimberg H. et al.( Diabetes 2001,49: 571-579 ). Pancreatic cell mRNA profiles were compared to those of a panel of other human primary tissues (n=2 biological replicates). This dataset is part of the TransQST collection.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Geert Martens

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-30803 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Clusters of conserved beta cell marker genes for assessment of beta cell phenotype.

Martens Geert A GA Jiang Lei L Hellemans Karine H KH Stangé Geert G Heimberg Harry H Nielsen Finn C FC Sand Olivier O Van Helden Jacques J Van Lommel Leentje L Schuit Frans F Gorus Frans K FK Pipeleers Daniel G DG

PloS one 20110902 9

<h4>Background and methodology</h4>The aim of this study was to establish a gene expression blueprint of pancreatic beta cells conserved from rodents to humans and to evaluate its applicability to assess shifts in the beta cell differentiated state. Genome-wide mRNA expression profiles of isolated beta cells were compared to those of a large panel of other tissue and cell types, and transcripts with beta cell-abundant and -selective expression were identified. Iteration of this analysis in mouse ...[more]

PMID: 21912665

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Genome-wide mRNA profiling of adult human pancreatic beta and duct cells in comparison to other human tissues

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Clusters of conserved beta cell marker genes for assessment of beta cell phenotype.

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