Project description:Transcriptomic analysis of the temporal changes induced in mouse bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) by the cytokine Interferon-beta over a timecourse of 0 to 24 hours of treatment. We set out to study the transcriptional events in mouse macrophages over time following stimulation with Interferon-beta. Mouse bone marrow derived macrophages were stimulated for 1, 2, 4, 8 and 24 hours with 10U/mL mouse interferon-beta or left untreated.
Project description:We performed whole-exome sequencing and whole epigenome sequencing (RRBS) of samples collected from different time points during radiotherapy from thirty-four ESCC patients. We compared the genetic and epigenetic features of the different time biopsy samples to reveal the changes in ESCC received radiotherapy.
Project description:We performed whole-exome sequencing and whole epigenome sequencing (RRBS) of samples collected from different time points during radiotherapy from thirty-four ESCC patients. We compared the genetic and epigenetic features of the different time biopsy samples to reveal the changes in ESCC received radiotherapy.
Project description:Direct lineage conversion is a promising approach to generate therapeutically important cell types for disease modeling and tissue repair. However, it is often unclear whether lineage-reprogrammed cells remain stable long-term and whether the properties of the reprogrammed cells evolve over time. Here, using an improved method of converting pancreatic acinar cells to beta-cells, we show that induced beta-cells persist in the adult pancreas for up to 14 months and form islet-like structures. Detailed analyses of induced cells over 7 months reveal that global DNA methylation changes occur rapidly whereas transcription network remodeling evolves over two months to resemble that of endogenous beta-cells and then stabilizes thereafter. Progressive gain of beta-cell function by converted cells during the 7 month period coincides with both transcriptional changes and the formation of islet-like structures. These studies demonstrate the ability of lineage-reprogrammed cells to achieve a stable state and identify key cellular and molecular milestones during their long-term evolution. Acinar cells and beta cells were collected as control, as well as induced beta cell samples at day 10, day 30, day 60, and 7 months
Project description:Maternal nutrition during pregnancy can induce epigenetic alterations in the fetal genome, such as changes in DNA methylation. It remains unclear whether these epigenetic alterations due to changes in maternal nutrition are transitory or persist over time. As such, this study was specially designed to determine whether DNA methylation modifications induced by maternal nutrition persist over time.
Project description:Direct lineage conversion is a promising approach to generate therapeutically important cell types for disease modeling and tissue repair. However, it is often unclear whether lineage-reprogrammed cells remain stable long-term and whether the properties of the reprogrammed cells evolve over time. Here, using an improved method of converting pancreatic acinar cells to beta-cells, we show that induced beta-cells persist in the adult pancreas for up to 14 months and form islet-like structures. Detailed analyses of induced cells over 7 months reveal that global DNA methylation changes occur rapidly whereas transcription network remodeling evolves over two months to resemble that of endogenous beta-cells and then stabilizes thereafter. Progressive gain of beta-cell function by converted cells during the 7 month period coincides with both transcriptional changes and the formation of islet-like structures. These studies demonstrate the ability of lineage-reprogrammed cells to achieve a stable state and identify key cellular and molecular milestones during their long-term evolution.
Project description:Direct lineage conversion is a promising approach to generate therapeutically important cell types for disease modeling and tissue repair. However, it is often unclear whether lineage-reprogrammed cells remain stable long-term and whether the properties of the reprogrammed cells evolve over time. Here, using an improved method of converting pancreatic acinar cells to beta-cells, we show that induced beta-cells persist in the adult pancreas for up to 14 months and form islet-like structures. Detailed analyses of induced cells over 7 months reveal that global DNA methylation changes occur rapidly whereas transcription network remodeling evolves over two months to resemble that of endogenous beta-cells and then stabilizes thereafter. Progressive gain of beta-cell function by converted cells during the 7 month period coincides with both transcriptional changes and the formation of islet-like structures. These studies demonstrate the ability of lineage-reprogrammed cells to achieve a stable state and identify key cellular and molecular milestones during their long-term evolution.
Project description:Chemically reprogramming somatic cells to iPSCs is time-consuming and low-efficiency. Here, we discribe a rapid chemical reprogramming condition enabling generating iPSCs from MEFs in 12 days. To further investigate the mechemisms and draw an epigenetic maps during the rapid chemical reprogramming, we performed time-course RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, RRBS, CUT&Tag (H3K4me3, H3K18la, H3K9me3, H3K27me3 and H3K27ac) and scRNA-seq.
