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2016-04-20 | GSE80138 | GEO
Project description:In thymus hematopoietic precursor cells differentiate into αβ T cells, γδ T cells, mucosa-associated invariant T cells (MAIT), and natural killer T (NKT) cells. We show that both ablation of NFATc1 or its induction during the DN stages of thymocyte development leads to an almost normal thymocyte development but a marked increase in γδ T cells. The γδ cells deficient for NFATc1 acquire an NKT γδ cell phenotype that exhibits the expression of CD4 co-receptor, the NK1.1 marker, the augmented usage of the Vγ1.1 and Vδ6.3 segments, and an increased in IL4 and IFN-γ production.
2023-02-28 | GSE198030 | GEO
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2023-02-28 | GSE198029 | GEO
Project description:In thymus hematopoietic precursor cells differentiate into αβ T cells, γδ T cells, mucosa-associated invariant T cells (MAIT), and natural killer T (NKT) cells. We show that both ablation of NFATc1 or its induction during the DN stages of thymocyte development leads to an almost normal thymocyte development but a marked increase in γδ T cells. The γδ cells deficient for NFATc1 acquire an NKT γδ cell phenotype that exhibits the expression of CD4 co-receptor, the NK1.1 marker, the augmented usage of the Vγ1.1 and Vδ6.3 segments, and an increased in IL4 and IFN-γ production.
2023-02-28 | GSE198028 | GEO
Project description:The endocardium interacts with the myocardium to promote proliferation and morphogenesis during the later stages of heart development. However, the role of the endocardium in early cardiac ontogeny remains under-explored. Given the shared origin, subsequent juxtaposition, and essential cell-cell interactions of endocardial and myocardial cells throughout heart development, we hypothesized that paracrine signaling from the endocardium to the myocardium is critical for initiating early differentiation of myocardial cells. To test this, we generated an in vitro, endocardial-specific ablation model using the diphtheria toxin receptor under the regulatory elements of the NFATc1 genomic locus (NFATc1-DTR) Early treatment of NFATc1-DTR embryoid bodies with diphtheria toxin efficiently ablated endocardial cells, which significantly attenuated the percent of beating EBs in culture and expression of early and late myocardial differentiation markers. The addition of Bmp2 during endocardial ablation partially rescued myocyte differentiation, maturation and function. Therefore, we conclude that early stages of myocardial differentiation rely on endocardial paracrine signaling mediated in part by Bmp2. Our findings provide novel insight into early endocardial-myocardial interactions that can be explored to promote early myocardial development and growth.
2019-05-01 | GSE119505 | GEO
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2022-01-01 | GSE125674 | GEO
Project description:RORgt function in Th17 differentiation but not thymocyte development
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Project description:comparative genome hybridisation of Hdac1/2 cKO lymphomas and matched normal tissue Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are epigenetic erasers of lysine-acetyl marks. Inhibition of HDACs using small molecule inhibitors (HDACi) is a potential strategy in the treatment of various diseases and is approved for treating hematological malignancies. Harnessing the therapeutic potential of HDACi requires knowledge of HDAC-function in vivo. Here, we generated a thymocyte-specific gradient of HDAC-activity using compound conditional knockout mice for Hdac1 and Hdac2. Unexpectedly, gradual loss of HDAC-activity engendered a dosage dependent accumulation of immature thymocytes and correlated with the incidence and latency of monoclonal lymphoblastic thymic lymphomas. Strikingly, complete ablation of Hdac1 and Hdac2 abrogated lymphomagenesis due to a block in early thymic development. Genomic, biochemical and functional analyses of pre-leukemic thymocytes and tumors revealed a critical role for Hdac1/Hdac2-governed HDAC-activity in regulating a p53-dependent barrier to constrain Myc-overexpressing thymocytes from progressing into lymphomas by regulating Myc-collaborating genes. One Myc-collaborating and p53-suppressing gene, Jdp2, was derepressed in an Hdac1/2-dependent manner and critical for the survival of Jdp2-overexpressing lymphoma cells. Although reduced HDAC-activity facilitates oncogenic transformation in normal cells, resulting tumor cells remain highly dependent on HDAC-activity, indicating that a critical level of Hdac1 and Hdac2 governed HDAC-activity is required for tumor maintenance. genomic DNA from LckCre+;Hdac1/2 cKO lymphomas and matched normal genomic DNA was hybridized onto a Nimblegen whole genome array
2013-01-11 | E-GEOD-43407 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Boolean approaches and extensions thereof are becoming increasingly popular to model signaling and regulatory networks, including those controlling cell differentiation, pattern formation and embryonic development. Here, we describe a logical modeling framework relying on three steps: the delineation of a regulatory graph, the specification of multilevel components, and the encoding of Boolean rules specifying the behavior of model components depending on the levels or activities of their regulators. Referring to a non-deterministic, asynchronous updating scheme, we present several complementary methods and tools enabling the computation of stable activity patterns, the verification of the reachability of such patterns, as well as the generation of mean temporal evolution curves and the computation of the probabilities to reach distinct activity patterns. We apply this logical framework to the regulatory network controlling T lymphocyte specification. This process involves cross-regulations between specific T cell regulatory factors and factors driving alternative differentiation pathways, which remain accessible during the early steps of thymocyte development. Many transcription factors needed for T cell specification are required in other hematopoietic differentiation pathways and are combined in a fine-tuned, time-dependent fashion to achieve T cell commitment. Using the software GINsim, we integrated current knowledge into a dynamical model, which recapitulates the main developmental steps from early progenitors entering the thymus up to T cell commitment, as well as the impact of various documented environmental and genetic perturbations. Our model analysis further enabled the identification of several knowledge gaps. The model, software and whole analysis workflow are provided in computer-readable and executable form to ensure reproducibility and ease extensions.
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