Project description:A small, shed antler fragment of a reindeer from Sjælland, Denmark has been dated to the Mid-Holocene, ca., 4700 cal B.C. Reindeer was an important component of the Lateglacial fauna in Denmark, and the species survived for ca. 1400 years into the Holocene. However, we consider it highly unlikely that this species inhabited Denmark during the Mid-Holocene, when dense forests characterized the vegetation and summer temperatures were somewhat higher than at present. We suggest that the reindeer antler came to Sjælland from Norway or Sweden as a result of trade, perhaps involving flint.
Project description:In adult mammals, skin wound healing has evolved to favor rapid repair through the formation of fibrotic scar. These dermal scars are dysfunctional and may lead to chronic disfigurement and disability, yet the biologic mechanisms that drive fibrosis and prevent tissue regeneration remain unknown. Here, we report that reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) antler velvet exhibits regenerative wound healing, whereas identical full-thickness injury in dorsal back skin of the same animal forms fibrotic scar. This regenerative capacity is retained even following ectopic transplantation of velvet to a scar-forming site, demonstrating that this latent regenerative capacity is innate to velvet cells and independent of local factors derived from the growing antler. Single cell RNA-sequencing of uninjured skin revealed a marked divergence in resting fibroblast transcriptional states and immunomodulatory function. Uninjured velvet fibroblast shared a striking resemblance with human fetal fibroblasts whereas uninjured back skin fibroblasts exhibited an overrepresentation of pro-inflammatory genes resembling adult human fibroblasts. Identical skin injury resulted in site-specific fibroblast polarization; back fibroblasts exacerbated the inflammatory response, whereas velvet fibroblasts adopted an immunosuppressive state and reverted back to a regeneration-competent ground state. Consequently, velvet wounds exhibited an accelerated adoption of anti-inflammatory immune states and an expedited resolution of immune response. This study demonstrates reindeer as a novel comparative mammalian model to study both adult skin regeneration (velvet) and scar formation (back skin) within the same animal. Our study underscores the importance of fibroblast heterogeneity in shaping local immune cell functions that ultimately polarize wound healing outcomes. Purposeful, acute modulation of fibroblast-mediated immune signaling represents an important therapeutic avenue to mitigate scar and improve wound healing.
Project description:To characterize the transcriptome differences between different adipose depots, a total of 36 adipose samples were used for high-throughput sequencing. At last, about 23,000 transcripts were identified.
Project description:In order to identify differentially expressed RNAs among subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue of cachxtic patients, we recruited three colon cancer patients with remarkable weight lose. We harvested adipose tissue from abdomen of patients at time of surgery and completed transcriptome sequencing using Illumina platform.
Project description:In adult mammals, skin wound healing has evolved to favor rapid repair through formation of fibrotic scar. Consequently, skin wounds are dysfunctional and lead to chronic disfigurement and disability, yet the biologic mechanisms that drive fibrosis and prevent tissue regeneration remain unknown. Here, we report that reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) antler velvet exhibits regenerative wound healing, whereas identical full-thickness injury in dorsal back skin forms fibrotic scar. This regenerative capacity is retained even following ectopic transplantation of velvet to a scar-forming site, demonstrating that this latent regenerative capacity is innate to velvet cells and independent of local factors derived from the growing antler. Single cell RNA-sequencing of uninjured skin revealed a marked divergence in resting fibroblast transcriptional states and immunomodulatory function. Uninjured velvet fibroblast shared a striking resemblance with human fetal fibroblasts whereas uninjured back skin fibroblasts exhibited an overrepresentation of pro-inflammatory genes resembling adult human fibroblasts. Identical skin injury resulted in site-specific fibroblast polarization; back fibroblasts exacerbated the inflammatory response, whereas velvet fibroblasts adopted an immunosuppressive state and reverted back to a regeneration-competent ground state. Consequently, velvet wounds exhibited reduced immune infiltrate, accelerated adoption of anti-inflammatory immune states and expedited resolution of immune response. This study demonstrates reindeer as a novel mammalian model to study adult skin regeneration (velvet) and scar formation (back skin) within the same animal. Our study underscores the importance of fibroblast heterogeneity in shaping local immune cell functions that ultimately polarize wound healing outcomes. Purposeful, acute modulation of fibroblast-mediated immune signaling represents an important therapeutic avenue to mitigate scar and improve wound healing.
Project description:*Background: Adipocytes mainly function as energy storage and endocrine cells. The amount and distribution of fat are important factor that influence the meat quality in the beef industry. Fat depot can be found around internal organ (ometal), beneath the skin (subcutaneous), and between muscles (intramuscular). Different adipose depot showed the biological and genetic difference depending on their location. This inter-depot variation might be influenced by the inherent genetic programing for development of adipose depots. In this study, we used RNA-seq data to investigate the difference in transcriptome of various adipose depots in Hanwoo. *Results: Using RNA-seq, we identified 5797, 2156, and 5455 DEGs in the comparison between OI, OS, and IS respectively (FDR<0.01) and found 853, 48, and 979 DEGs specific to subcutaneous, intramuscular and omental fat respectively. DEGs in intramuscular fat were highly enriched the metabolism related pathways compared to other fat depots. DEGs specific to the omental fat is significantly enriched in PPAR signaling pathway and cell-junction related pathway. In subcutaneous fat, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction with chemokines (CXC and CC subfamily) was the most significantly enriched the pathways. Interestingly, melanogenesis pathway was associated with the subcutaneous depot. Even though the adipose tissues shared the same pathways for adipocyte differentiation, the regulation of genes were different based on the depot. *Conclusions: We comparatively analyzed the transcripome profile from different adipose tissues using NGS and identified DEGs between adipose depot and specific to depot in Hanwoo animals. The functional annotation analysis of DEGs found that transcriptome profile difference in various adipose tissue of intramuscular, subcutaneous, and ometal fat. whole mRNA sequencing profiles of nine Korean native cattle (nine profiles of omental fat tissue, nine profiles of intramuscular fat tissue, nine profiles of subcutaneous fat tissue and eight profiles of muscle tissue)