Project description:To gain insight into the gene signatures directly mediated by LAP (CEBPB) for cancer cell progression, we performed RNA-seq in LAP-HepG2 versus control cells.
Project description:The transcriptomic innate immune response derived from human nasal epithelial cells depends on how Streptococcus pneumoniae colonises the nasopharynx. This study compared three wild type strains and one deficient in pneumolysin to explore the pathways of epithelial activation following a three hour infection in vitro.
Project description:Ribo-seq was performed by Novogene. Briefly, use RNase I to digest the unprotected RNA, leaving only the ribosome-protected mRNA fragments, and sequencing libraries were constructed and carried out on an Illumina Novaseq 6000 SE50.
Project description:We created transgenic plants containing the full coding sequence of the OsABCB24 gene under the expression of the ubiquitin promoter. Two independently transformed lines, designed as overexpression (ox) lines, exhibited increased expression of OsABCB24. Significantly, the overexpression of OsABCB24 led to a notable increase of 1.5 to 2 times in grain production compared to the wild type (WT). Moreover, the increased expression of OsABCB24 induces changes in starch accumulation in rice grains.
Project description:On the third day after BCI intervention, rat bone marrow cells differentiated into macrophages induced by 20ng/ml Macrophage colony-stimulating factor, cellular RNA samples were collected for RNA sequencing
Project description:We created a double loss-of-function/knockout mutant targeting two rice genes simultaneously. The selected genes are as follows: OsCNGC4(LOC_Os03g44440) and OsCNGC5(LOC_Os12g28260). These two CNGCs are strongly transcriptional expressed in the rice mature anthers (stages 13-14). The mutant of these OsCNGC4/5 displayed a low seed-setting rate. This data refers to the transcriptome of mature anthers from the double mutant of OsCNGC4 and OsCNGC5. We sampled mature anther for the analysis.
Project description:We investigated the ability of HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) to target CML stem cells. Treatment with HDACi combined with IM effectively induced apoptosis in quiescent CML progenitors resistant to elimination by IM alone, and eliminated CML stem cells capable of engrafting immunodeficient mice. In vivo administration of HDACi with IM markedly diminished LSC in a transgenic mouse model of CML. The interaction of IM and HDACi inhibited genes regulating hematopoietic stem cell maintenance and survival. HDACi treatment represents a novel and effective strategy to target LSC in CML patients receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitors. CML CD34+CD38- cells were selected using flow cytometry sorting and treated with IM, LBH and the combination of IM and LBH or cultured without exposure to drugs (controls) for 24 hours (n=3 each). Total RNA from 5000 cells was extracted using the RNeasy kit (Qiagen), amplified and labeled using GeneChip Two-Cycle Target Labeling and Control Reagents (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA). 15 µg cRNA from each sample was hybridized to Affymetrix GeneChip Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Arrays. Microarray data analyses were performed using R (version 2.9) with genomic analysis packages from Bioconductor (version 2.4). Expression data were normalized using the robust multiarray average (RMA) algorithm, with background adjustment, quantile normalization and median polish summarization. Probesets with low expression levels or low variability across samples were filtered. For genes with multiple probesets, the gene level expression was set to be the median of the probesets. Linear regression was used to model the gene expression with the consideration of 2x2 factorial design and matched samples. Differentially expressed genes were identified by calculating empirical Bayes moderated t-statistic, and p-values were adjusted by FDR using the âLIMMAâ package. Gene Set Enrichment Analyses (GSEA) was performed using GSEA software version 2.04 [http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsea/] to detect enrichment of predetermined gene sets using t-scores and gene sets in C2 (curated gene sets) category from the Molecular Signature Database (MsigDB). Gene sets representing common functional categories were categorized and grouped. We also analyzed enrichment of gene sets with common transcription factor binding sites (586 sets) from MsigDB.
Project description:OJAP_WD37 was annotated as partial WD40 genes, whereas showed strong pollen-specific expression. We generated CRISPR-Cas9-induced loss-of-function mutants for OJAP_WD37 and identified homozygous lines with mutations at two independent target sites per gene. Compared to wild-type (WT) plants, fertility was markedly reduced in knockout mutants, a severe reduction to around 40%. Despite these defects, morphological examination of flowers, anthers, and pollen at the pollen maturation stage revealed no obvious differences between the WT and mutant plants. For the corresponding trascriptomic analysis, we sampled mature pollen anthers from a control group and mutant group.