Project description:Comparison of two different multiplex PCR primer pools in amplifying target HPV types from plasmid templates. Template concentrations are either 1 ng or 1 pg. Templates are detected by type-spcific LDR probes hybridized on microarray.
Project description:Comparison of two different multiplex PCR primer pools in amplifying target HPV types from plasmid templates. Template concentrations are either 10 pg or 100 pg. Templates are detected by type-spcific LDR probes hybridized on microarray.
Project description:Targeted RNA-seq of pediatric infant (<1year of age at diagnosis) patients affected by B-cell precursor Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL). The aim of the study is to identify fusion gene rearrangements involved in childhood leukemia, using a custom targeted panel for RNA analysis by NGS.
Project description:Interleukin-7 receptor α (encoded by IL7R) is essential for lymphoid development. Whether acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)-related IL7R gain-of-function mutations can trigger leukemogenesis remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that lymphoid-restricted mutant IL7R, expressed at physiological levels in conditional knock-in mice, establishes a pre-leukemia stage in which B-cell precursors display self-renewal ability, initiating precursor B-ALL that resembles PAX5 P80R or Ph-like human leukemia. Full transformation associates with transcriptional upregulation of oncogenes such as Myc or Bcl2, downregulation of tumor suppressors such as Ikzf1 or Arid2, and major IL-7R signaling upregulation (involving both JAK/STAT5 and PI3K/mTOR), required for leukemia cell viability. Accordingly, maximal signaling drives full penetrance and early leukemia onset in homozygous IL7R mutant animals. Notably, we identify 2 transcriptional subgroups in mouse and human Ph-like ALL, and show that dactolisib and sphingosine-kinase inhibitors are novel treatment avenues for IL-7R-related cases. Our model, a unique resource to explore the pathophysiology and therapeutic vulnerabilities of B-ALL, demonstrates that IL7R can initiate this malignancy.
Project description:SK-N-SH cells were transfected with siRNA (si-CDC27 or si-control as a control). RNA sequencing was applied to detect the downstream molecules regulated by CDC27.
Project description:We collected blood samples of two non-obstructive azoospermia patients, and performed whole exome sequencing to explore the causal mutations for male infertility.
Project description:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) regulate gene expression via their RNA product or through transcriptional interference, yet a strategy to differentiate these two processes is missing. We employed siRNAs to specifically target GNG12-AS1, a lncRNA overlapping the tumour suppressor DIRAS3, transcriptionally or post-transcriptionally. lncRNA transcriptional silencing by siRNA was mediated by Argounate 2 and led to the upregulation of DIRAS3 transcription through switch in RNA polymerase II binding and active histone marks. Conversely, post-transcriptional silencing of GNG12-AS1 had no effect on DIRAS3 expression. Thus, our findings reveal how RNAi machinery can be used to decouple the process and products of lncRNA transcription. The goal of this study was to identify genes regulated by long noncoding RNA GNG12-AS1 in human cells RNA was extracted from human cells (HB2, SUM159) treated with control and GNG12-AS1 siRNAs. The analysis was performed with six biological replicates for each cell line.