Differentiation of the human gonad: temporal expression of key genes in fetal ovary and testis
Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Rehannah Borup Helweg-Larsen
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-5611 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Similar Datasets
Project description:Sexual reproduction brings genes from two parents â matrigenes and patrigenes â into one individual. These genes, despite being unrelated, should show nearly perfect cooperation because each gains equally through production of offspring. However, an individualâs matrigenes and patrigenes can have different probabilities of being present in other relatives, so that kin selection could act on them differently. Such intragenomic conflict could be implemented by partial or complete silencing (imprinting) of an allele by one of the parents. Evidence supporting this theory is seen in offspring-mother interactions, with patrigenes favoring acquisition of more of the mother's resources if some of the costs fall on half siblings who do not share the patrigene. The kinship theory of intragenomic conflict is little tested in other contexts, but it predicts that matrigene-patrigene conflict may be rife in social insects. We tested the hypothesis that honey bee worker reproduction is promoted more by patrigenes than matrigenes by comparing across 9 reciprocal crosses of two distinct genetic stocks. As predicted, hybrid workers show reproductive trait characteristics of their paternal stock, indicating enhanced activity of the patrigenes on these traits, greater patrigenic than matrigenic expression, and significantly increased patrigenic biased expression in reproductive workers. These results support both the general prediction that matrigene-patrigene conflict occurs in social insects and the specific prediction that honey bee worker reproduction is driven more by patrigenes. The success of these predictions suggests that intragenomic conflict may occur in many contexts where matrigenes and patrigenes have different relatednesses to affected kin. Testing the kinship theory of intragenomic conflict in honey bees
2015-12-19 | E-GEOD-76164 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:This study provides a comparison of genes expressed in reconstructed cultured epidermis derived from four different donors. GeneChips were used to compare reconstructed human EpiDerm⢠EPI-200 tissues prepared from four different neonatal foreskin donors (254, 1188, 219 and 926). This work will assist in providing a deeper understanding of genes expressed in cultured skin equivalents. Keywords: Cell type/donor comparison 20 total samples: 5 Replicates obtained from four different donors.
2010-06-16 | E-GEOD-19330 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The aim of the project was to identify proteins proximal to Plasmodium falciparum PhiL1
2021-05-03 | PXD024237 | Pride
Project description:One function of plant lectins is to serve as defenses against herbivorous insects. The midgut is the critical site affected by dietary lectins such as wheat germ agglutinin (WGA). We observed marked cellular structural and gene expression changes in Drosophila melanogaster third-instar larval midguts from insects WGA-fed or starved. Dietary WGA caused shortening, branching, swelling, distortion and in some cases disintegration of the midgut microvilli (Mv). Starvation was accompanied by shortening of the Mv. Microarray analyses revealed that dietary WGA evolved differential expression of 62 transcripts; seven of which were also differentially expressed in starved insects. The differentially regulated gene cluster in WGA-fed larvae were associated with (i) cytoskeletal organization, (ii) immune responses, (iii) detoxification reactions, and (iv) energy metabolism. Four putative transcription factor binding motifs (TFBMs) were associated with the differentially-expressed genes. At least one of these putative TFBMs exhibited substantial similarity to MyoD, a TFBM associated with cellular structures in mammals. These results are in keeping with the hypothesis that WGA causes a starvation-like effect as well as structural changes of midgut cells of Drosophila third-instar larvae. Experiment Overall Design: Three treatments (control, WGA, and Starvation), and three replicates for each treatment. So there are total nine samples. no dye-swap.
2008-10-26 | E-GEOD-11047 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Background. Flow cytometry (FCM) identifies leukemic blasts in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in approximately 30% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), whereas conventional cytospin preparations frequently miss such involvement. <br>Procedure. To explore biological properties of leukemic cells that migrate into central nervous system (CNS), we compared gene expression profiles of leukemic cells from 26 patients with CNS involvement and 138 patients without CNS leukemia as determined by FCM and/or cytospin preparations. Results were validated by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). <br>Results. We found the cysteine endopeptidase legumain (LGMN) that plays a role in hydrolysis of proteins and small molecules to be significantly differentially expressed between FCM+ and FCM- B-cell precursor (BCP) ALL patients. When LGMN expression was validated by qPCR it stayed differentially expressed between FCM+ and FCM- BCP-ALL patients (P=0.006), and also between FCM+ and cytospin-negative BCP-ALL patients (P=0.01). In multivariate regression analysis including sex, age and WBC, LGMN expression levels above population median were associated with an odds ratio of 9.1 for CNS involvement as determined by FCM compared with expression less than the median (95% CI, 1.26 to 65.50; P=0.03). Conclusions. The use of more sensitive methods for detecting and quantifying CNS involvement, such as FCM, may facilitate detection of markers of leukemia biology, such as LGMN, which could have therapeutical implications for future CNS-directed therapy.<br>FCM+: Patients had leukemic cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) detected by flow cytometry and no blood contamination. FCM-: Patients had no leukemic cells in the CSF detected by flow cytometry with or without blood contamination.<br>CNS1: No leukemic cells in CSF detected by cytospin examination with or without blood contamination and no other clinical signs of central nervous system (CNS) leukaemia. CNS2: CSF leukocyte count <5 x106/µL with blasts on cytospin examination and no blood contamination. CNS3: CSF leukocyte count >5 x106/µL with blasts on cytospin examination and no blood contamination, and/or cranial nerve palsy, and/or CNS leukaemia by neuroimaging.
2019-01-01 | E-MTAB-4985 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Background: The development competence of human oocytes declines with increasing age. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of age on gene expression profile in mature human oocytes.<br>Methods: mRNA was isolated for whole genome gene expression microarray analysis from metaphase II (MII) oocytes donated by IVF or ICSI patients (10 women aged <36 years (younger) and 5 women aged 36-39 years (both inclusive) (older)) undergoing controlled ovarian simulation
2009-12-31 | E-MEXP-2347 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Bowman-Birk Inhibitor (BBI) has both insecticidal and anti-cancerous properties. It has been hypothesized that dietary BBI slows insect growth by inhibiting the catalytic activity of digestive enzymes trypsins and chyomotrypsins, resulting in the midgut having reduced access to amino acids needed for growth. In mammals, BBI was hypothesized to influence cellular energy metabolism. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that dietary BBI also impacts energy-associated pathways in the midgut of Drosophila melanogaster. We investigated the impact of dietary BBI on the following parameters in the midguts of third-instar Drosophila larvae: (i) cellular metabolites, (ii) global transcriptome response, (iii) putative transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) associated with the differentially expressed transcripts, and (iv) epithelial cellular structure. Dietary BBI caused: (i) a reduction of cellular DHAP, glucose, and succinate; and, (ii) increased Fructuse-6-phosphate; (ii) differential expression of genes associated with the glucose and fatty acid utilization; and, (iii) a shortening of midgut epithelial microvilli, a phenomenon previously associated with glucose starvation. Additionally, fifty seven percent of the putative TFBSs associated with the differentially expressed transcripts have previously been associated with glucose and insulin activities in mammalian studies. Collectively these results support the hypothesis that dietary BBI influences energy utilization in the Drosophila midgut. Experiment Overall Design: Two treatments (control vs BBI-fed), and three replicates were conducted. There were total six samples. There was no dye-swap.
2008-10-26 | E-GEOD-11046 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Validation of an in vitro model of hypoxia using a primary cell culture of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) exposed to 1% oxygen at 37 degrees celsius. Control cells were exposed to atmospheric oxygen. Hypoxic and normoxic MEF (in 100 mm dishes, four replicates per group) were submitted to gene expression analysis using Affymetrix Exon microarrays. Differential gene expression analysis was performed with R package DEMI (http://biit.cs.ut.ee/demi/).
2014-03-01 | E-GEOD-54228 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Synovial fluid was obtained weekly from nine horses throughout a 70-day study period and subjected to small RNA sequencing. Nine skeletally mature Standardbred trotters (seven mares and two geldings, 2.5-7 years old, weighing 397-528 kg) were included in this study. OA was surgically induced in the left middle carpal joint and the right middle carpal joint underwent sham surgery. Under arthroscopic guidance, an osteochondral fragment was created in the left middle carpal joint by chiselling off a fragment on the dorsodistal surface of the radial carpal bone using an 8 mm curved osteotome. The fragment was left adherent to the joint capsule proximally, and an incongruent defect bed of approximately 15 mm in width was created in the exposed subchondral bone between the fragment and radial carpal bone by drilling with an arthroscopic burr. Debris from the procedure was left inside the joint. Sham surgery (arthroscopy alone) was performed in the right middle carpal joint. All portals were sutured using 2-0 propylene (Surgipro, Medtronic Danmark A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark). Both carpi were bandaged with sterile dressings. Bandages were changed at day 2 and removed at day 5. Sutures were removed 10 days after surgery. From 2 weeks following OA induction and onwards, horses were exercised in 2 min of trot (4.4-5.3 m/sec) , 2 min of fast trot/gallop (9 m/sec) and 2 min of trot (4.4-5.3 m/sec) 5 days a week on a treadmill. The horses were euthanized on day 71 or 72 with an overdose of pentobarbital sodium (140 mg/kg, Euthasol Vet, Dechra Veterinary Products, Uldum, Denmark). One horse, Horse 5, was euthanized according to predefined humane endpoints at day 49, as it became lame at the walk.
2023-03-01 | E-MTAB-11840 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Therapeutic hypothermia is a clinically effective treatment for various hypoxic and ischemic conditions, but the associated molecular mechanisms remain unclear. To gain insight into hypothermia-induced transcriptional response, mouse embryonic fibroblasts were exposed to mild hypothermia (32°C) or normothermia (37°C) for increasing time periods. We aimed to identify genes with temporally near-monotonic response as the most obvious candidates for mediating the therapeutic effects of hypothermia. Hypothermia was compared against normothermia at seven different time-points. Hypothermic and normothermic mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF, in 100 mm dishes, one array per time-point) were submitted to gene expression analysis using Mouse Gene 1.0 ST GeneChip® (Affymetrix) microarrays. Differential gene expression analysis was performed with R package DEMI (http://biit.cs.ut.ee/demi/).
2014-03-01 | E-GEOD-54229 | biostudies-arrayexpress