Project description:We report next generation sequencing RNA-seq data of human gut commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron strains deficient in inositol lipid synthesis, including dBT_1522 (phosphoinositol dihydroceramide synthase knockout) and its wild-type background strain, and iSPTdBT_1526 (myo-inositol-phosphate synthase) knockout with its background strain ("iSPT," inducible serine palmitoyltransferase).
Project description:Interventions: experimental group :PD-1 Knockout Engineered T Cells
Primary outcome(s): Number of participants with Adverse Events and/or Dose Limiting Toxicities as a Measure of Safety and tolerability of dose of PD-1 Knockout T cells using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0) in patients
Study Design: historical control
Project description:In the project “Dysregulated lipid metabolism and hypomyelination in postnatal peroxisome-deficient Pex2 knockout Zellweger mice” label-free mass spectrometry proteomics was used to study the proteome in different regions of the central nervous system of wild-type and peroxisome-deficient Pex2 knockout mice. Four sets of experiments were performed
Project description:This is the first report on fluoroalcohol-induced coacervation of lipid components in natural cell membranes and incorporation of this novel process for extraction, fractionation, and enrichment of proteins in proteomics workflow.
Project description:The first step in biomarkers discovery is to identify the best protocols for their purification and analysis. We have identified an optimal RNA extraction method of microRNAs from human plasma samples. We also report that the addition of low doses of carrier RNA before starting RNA extraction improves microRNA extraction and quantification.
Project description:Oleaginous microalgae are considered a promising platform for the sustainable production of high-value lipids and biofuel feedstocks. However, current lipid yields are too low to allow for an economically feasible production process. Lipid yields could be enhanced by improving microalgal strains through genetic engineering. Strain improvement strategies for the industrially relevant genus Nannochloropsis have met limited success because most genes of this genus lack a functional annotation, hindering our understanding of lipid metabolism and its regulation. To gain fundamental insights and to provide targets for genetic engineering of lipid metabolism, the aim of this study was to discover novel genes that are associated with higher neutral lipid (NL) content in Nannochloropsis oceanica. Therefore, we constructed a random gene knockout (KO) insertional mutagenesis library of N. oceanica, and we screened it by five rounds of fluorescence-activated cell sorting to select high lipid mutant (HLM) strains. Several strains showed increased NL contents compared to the wild type under favorable growth conditions. By using an adapted cassette PCR strategy involving the type IIS restriction endonuclease MmeI, we traced the responsible genetic KO of the five most promising mutant strains. One particularly promising mutant strain (HLM23) was disrupted in gene NO06G03670, which encodes a putative APETALA2-like transcription factor. HLM23 was not affected in growth rate, had increase d photosynthetic performance and a NL content of 30% dry cell weight^(-1), a 40% increase compared to the wild type. RNA sequencing revealed a transcriptional upregulation of genes related to plastidial fatty acid biosynthesis, glycolysis and the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle in this mutant.