Project description:Cytokines IL-1 and IFN-gamma have been shown to be the primary effectors of beta-cell destruction during the immune response. The aim of this study was to identify the gene expression changes that are associated with resistance of beta cells to cytokines. INS-1 rat insulinoma cells were grown in increasing doses of cytokines until a resistance phenotype had developed. RNA was prepared from these cytokine resistant sublines as well as the original, cytokine-sensitive parental INS-1 cells in Dr. Chris Newgard's lab, quantified and sent frozen in water. 3-7 biological replicates per condition were sent for the following three conditions: (i) 834/40, Cytokine-sensitive (CS), (ii) 833/15 and 833/117, Cytokine resistant grown in the absence of cytokines (CRu), (iii) 833/15C and 833/117C: Cytokine Resistant Grown in the Presence of Cytokines (CRt)
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression of M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv:deltaRv3133c::pEXNF-3133c following ectopic expression of a plasmid-borne copy of wildtype Rv3133c compared the same strain with Rv3133c uninduced. The M. tuberculosis H37Rv:deltaRv3133c was originally described in Mol Microbiol. 2003 May; 48(3): 833–843.
