Project description:Analysis of thymic epithelial cells lacking Meis1 gene using K14-CreERT2 Meis1fl/fl mice. Meis1 is a TALE class homeodomain transcription factor that critically regulates numerous embryonic developmental processes. Results provide insight into the role of Meis1 in the maintenance of postnatal thymic epithelial cells. Meis1-regulated gene expression in CD45- EpCAM+ mouse thymic epithelial cells was measured at 4 days after the induction of Meis1 deletion. Two independent experiments (pools of 6 mice; 2 pools per genotype) were performed.
Project description:Analysis of thymic epithelial cells with distinct Meis1 gene expression levels using Meis1-EGFP reporter mice. Meis1 is a TALE class homeodomain transcription factor that critically regulates numerous embryonic developmental processes. Results provide insight into the role of Meis1 in the maintenance of postnatal thymic epithelial cells. Gene expression in CD45- EpCAM+ thymic epithelial cells with distinct Meis1 expression levels (Meis1high, Meis1low and Meis1-) was measured by using Meis1-EGFP BAC-transgenic reporter mice. Two independent experiments (pools of 6 mice; 2 pools per genotype) were performed.
Project description:To facilitate analysis of protein expression changes in in situ tumors and stroma, we took advantage of a mouse model that permits conditional activation of the Ser-Thr kinase ROCK within mammary tumor cells. In this study, we undertook MALDI-MSI analysis of tissue samples derived from our conditional ROCK mammary tumor model, to quantify in an unbiased manner, the proteomic changes occurring during the progression of mammary cancers in their specific spatial contexts.
Project description:This study set out to assay the (polyA+) transcriptomes of specific FACS sorted populations of mouse thymic epithelial cells (TEC). Two biological replicates of each of seven murine TEC populations were FACS sorted and sequenced.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE26393: Expression data of P4 stage hair follicle early bulge and non-bulge ORS cells GSE26394: Gene Expression data of P4 stage hair follicle ORS cells from DTG (K14-rtTA,TRE-miR-125b) and control littermates GSE26395: miRNA Expression data of P4 stage hair follicle ORS cells from DTG (K14-rtTA,TRE-miR-125b) and control littermates Refer to individual Series
Project description:Antigen presentation by cortical and medullary thymic epithelial cells (cTEC and mTEC) ensures the formation of a self-restricted and self-tolerant T cell repertoire, respectively. As such, a broad diversity of self-antigens needs to be presented by mTEC to induce T cell’s self-tolerance. Even though the expression and antigen presentation of protein coding genes in mTEC has been abundantly described, little is known of the implication of allegedly noncoding regions of the genome to tolerance induction. In this study, we focused on transposable elements (TE), which have been shown to be highly expressed by mTEC.
Project description:To find specific transcription factors (TFs) interact with Altre to regulate target gene expression by Cis- or Trans- action on chromatin.
Project description:miRNA expression was compared in 3 distinct regions of the adult mouse incisor: the labial cervical loop, which houses ameloblast stem cells; the lingulal cervical loop, which houses stem cells but not ameloblast stem cells; and ameloblasts. Differentially expressed miRNAs from these regions are likely involved in the renewal and differentiation of stem cells. miRNA expression in the labial and lingual cervical loops, and ameloblasts were compared from 5 specimens.
Project description:Increasing evidence suggests that microRNAs may play important roles in regulating self-renewal and differentiation in mammalian stem cells (SCs). Here, we explore this issue in skin. We first characterize microRNA expression profiles of skin SCs versus their committed proliferative progenies and identify a microRNA subset associating with “stemness”. Of these, miR-125b is dramatically downregulated in early SC-progeny. We engineer an inducible mice system and show that when miR-125b is sustained in SC-progenies, tissue balance is reversibly skewed towards stemness at the expense of epidermal, oil-gland and HF differentiation. Using gain-and-loss of function in vitro, we further implicate miR-125b as a repressor of SC differentiation. In vivo, transcripts repressed upon miR-125b induction are enriched >700% for predicted miR-125b targets normally downregulated upon SC-lineage commitment. We verify some of these miR-125b targets, and show that Blimp1 and VDR in particular can account for many tissue imbalances we see when miR-125b is deregulated. We used microarrays to compare the global miRNA expression profile of P4 stage hair follicle ORS cells from DTG (K14-rtTA,TRE-miR-125b) and control littermates. Hair follicle cells were isolated from P4 Backskin (Dox since P3 for 24hrs) of DTG (K14-rtTA/TRE-miR-125b/K14-H2BGFP), TRE (TRE-miR-125b/K14-H2BGFP), KrtA (K14-rtTA/K14-H2BGFP) as following: interfollicular epidermis sheet was pealed from hair follicle & dermis after dispase treatment.The hair follicle & dermis were first digested by collagenase (Sigma). Intact hair follicles were separated from dermal cells by low speed spinning (20g). The hair follicles were then digested by Trypsin and filtered by 40 µm cell strainers. The isolated hair follicle cells were FACS sorted. During FACS, cells were first gated against CD34 (endothelial cells), CD45 (immune cells), CD114 (melanocytes) and DAPI (dead cells). ORS cells were sorted from the remaining cells as α6HiGFPHi.
Project description:Increasing evidence suggests that microRNAs may play important roles in regulating self-renewal and differentiation in mammalian stem cells (SCs). Here, we explore this issue in skin. We first characterize microRNA expression profiles of skin SCs versus their committed proliferative progenies and identify a microRNA subset associating with “stemness”. Of these, miR-125b is dramatically downregulated in early SC-progeny. We engineer an inducible mice system and show that when miR-125b is sustained in SC-progenies, tissue balance is reversibly skewed towards stemness at the expense of epidermal, oil-gland and HF differentiation. Using gain-and-loss of function in vitro, we further implicate miR-125b as a repressor of SC differentiation. In vivo, transcripts repressed upon miR-125b induction are enriched >700% for predicted miR-125b targets normally downregulated upon SC-lineage commitment. We verify some of these miR-125b targets, and show that Blimp1 and VDR in particular can account for many tissue imbalances we see when miR-125b is deregulated. We used microarrays to compare the global gene expression profile of P4 stage hair follicle ORS cells from DTG (K14-rtTA,TRE-miR-125b) and control littermates. Hair follicle cells were isolated from P4 Backskin of K14-RFP/Sox9-EGFP double transgenic mice as following: interfollicular epidermis sheet was pealed from hair follicle & dermis after dispase treatment. The hair follicle & dermis were first digested by collagenase (Sigma). Intact hair follicles were separated from dermal cells by low speed spinning (20g). The hair follicles were then digested by Trypsin and filtered by 40 µm cell strainers. The isolated hair follicle cells were FACS sorted. Dead cells and large differentiated cells were excluded based on DAPI and side scattering. Early bulge cells were gated as GFPHi,RFPHi. Non-bulge ORS cells were gated as GFP-, RFPHi.