Expression data from mouse differentiated T helper cell lineages
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ABSTRACT: Microarray data on TH cell subsets from WT C57BL/6 and Bhlhe40 KO mice We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression in polarized TH cell lineages Purified naïve CD4 T cells from spleen were polarized in vitro and then activated with PMA/Ionomycin prior to microarray analysis
Project description:Microarray data on TH17 cells from Bhlhe40-GFP reporter mice We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression in polarized Bhlhe40-GFPneg and Bhlhe40-GFPpos TH17 cells Purified naïve CD4 T cells from spleen were polarized under TH17 condition in vitro. On day 4, cells were stimulated with PMA and ionomycin, and sorted by their Bhlhe40-GFP expression prior to microarray analysis
Project description:We performed repeated endoscopic colon biopsies of C57BL/6J mice weekly and found that the mesenteric adipose tissue (MAT) was enlarged and it wrapped around the colon at wound sites after 4 cycles of biopsy. On histological view, fibrous bands extended from the intestine into the adjacent MAT, mimicking the fibrosis feature in Crohn’s disease. To investigate the gene signature in the MAT, laser capture microdissection was performed to collect the MAT and associated fibrosis in the repeated biopsy mice and controls. Agilent Microarray was used for the transcriptomic analysis.
Project description:Microarray data on TH cell subsets from WT C57BL/6 and Bhlhe40 KO mice We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression in polarized TH cell lineages
Project description:In Crohn’s disease (CD) pathology, we observed that: 1) a continuous process of fibrosis includes all the layers of the intestine as well as the surrounding mesenteric adipose tissue (MAT); 2) the amount of fibrosis in the MAT varies between samples even within a single case. To further investigate the molecular features of this fibrosis pattern, we did a paired study using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded blocks from ileocolonic resection specimens of seven CD patients. Specifically, one block contained ≥10% fibrosis amount while the other block contained <10% fibrosis amount within the MAT from the same case. MAT was selectively collected from serial histologic sections and total RNA was extracted for the Agilent Microarray analysis.
Project description:The project investigated the changes in proteomics profile of canine flexor digitorum profundus tendons 28 days after tendon transection and surgical repair with (ASCs+BMP12) or without a stem cell and growth factor based treatment (repair only). Specifically, adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells together with BMP12 were delivered with a polymer scaffold consisting of multiple alternating layers of a heparin/fibrin-based delivery system and a polylactic co-glycolic acid (PLGA) scaffold. Non-operated tendons from contralateral digits were used as normal control (Normal).
Project description:Regulating the transition from lineage-restricted progenitors to terminally differentiated cells is a central aspect of nervous system development. Here, we investigated the role of the nucleoprotein Geminin in regulating neurogenesis at a mechanistic level during both Xenopus primary neurogenesis and mammalian neuronal differentiation in vitro. The latter work utilized both neural cells derived from embryonic stem and embryonal carcinoma cells in vitro and neural stem cells from mouse forebrain. In all of these contexts, Geminin antagonized the ability of neural bHLH transcription factors to activate transcriptional programs promoting neurogenesis. Furthermore, Geminin promoted a bivalent chromatin state, characterized by the presence of both activating and repressive histone modifications, at genes encoding transcription factors that promote neurogenesis. This epigenetic state restrains the expression of genes that regulate commitment of undifferentiated stem and neuronal precursor cells to neuronal lineages. Geminin is highly expressed in undifferentiated neuronal precursor cells but is downregulated prior to differentiation. Therefore, these data support a model whereby Geminin promotes the neuronal precursor cell state by modulating both the epigenetic status and expression of genes encoding neurogenesis-promoting factors. Additional developmental signals acting in these cells can then control their transition toward terminal neuronal or glial differentiation during mammalian neurogenesis. A mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell line for inducible knockdown of the small nucleoprotein Geminin was utilized. ES cells were used to generate neural precursor cells by monolayer culture in N2B27 media for 5 days, and doxycycline-inducible knockdown of Geminin was performed from day 3. Changes in gene expression resulting from Geminin knockdown were assessed by RNA sequencing. Three experimental replicates were generated for Geminin knockdown (plus Dox) with a corresponding no-Dox control. These were subjected to sequencing, and data were analyzed using TopHat and Cufflinks/Cuffdiff. Transcripts were considered as differentially expressed upon Gem knockdown if data met statistical significance cutoffs in Cuffdiff (sufficient sequence alignments were obtained for analysis and transcript had significant change in FPKM value (normalized transcript abundance; fragments per kb of exon per million fragments mapped) between the no Dox and plus Dox sample pairs) in at least two of the three replicates.
Project description:The study compared the protein composition of supraspinatus muscle from the spaceflight mice subjected to either the 13-day NASA STS-135 mission or the 30-day Bion-M1 mission and their corresponding ground control mice.