Project description:PETALS is a prospective cohort of multi-racial/ethnic pregnant women recruited in early pregnancy at Kaiser Permanente Northern California which aimed to examine environmental factors in association with pregnancy, perinatal, and childhood outcomes. Please contact the cohort PI Assiamira Ferrara (Assiamira.Ferrara@kp.org) and Co-I Yeyi Zhu (yeyi.zhu@kp.org) for questions related to the subject characteristics and outcomes. This research was supported by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) OIF program, Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. PETALS is an ECHO cohort which is supported by the following ECHO Program Collaborators: ECHO Coordinating Center: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Smith PB, Newby KL, Benjamin DK; U2C OD023375 ECHO Data Analysis Center: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland: Jacobson LP; Research Triangle Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Catellier D; U24 OD023382 North Carolina Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Hub: Research Triangle Institute: Fennell T, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Sumner S, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Du X; U2C ES030857 Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Coordinating Center: Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland: O’Brien B; U24 ES026539
Project description:Purpose: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in abiotic stress responses in plants. The aims of this study are to genome-widely identify the circRNAs, miRNAs and their targets in tomatoes at single heat, drought and their combination by high-throughput sequencing. Results: Following high-throughput sequencing, 765 miRNAs were identified in total with 335 conserved and 430 novel miRNAs in the 12 small-RNA libraries. Of these miRNAs, 32, 74 and 61 miRNAs were responsive to drought, heat and their combination, respectively. Following degradome sequencing, 50 sequences were identified as targets of 34 miRNAs in tomatoes at combined stress. Moreover, 467 circRNAs were identified in the 12 samples.
Project description:Ripening is an important stage of fruit development to determine its quality as a diet. A tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) MADS-box transcription factor, RIPENING INHIBITOR (RIN), has been believed to serve as a regulator of ripening lying upstream of ethylene-dependent and ethylene-independent pathways. Here, we have conducted global gene expression analysis to comprehensively identify tomato genes whose expressions are affected by the rin mutation using microarray with RNA samples from the normal and rin mutant tomato fruits at the pre-ripening (mature green) and ripening (pink coloring) stages. By analysing this microarray data, we identified 342 of positively regulated and 473 negatively regulated genes by RIN, which showed >5 and <0.2 of the fold change ratio (FC) of normal fruits at the ripening stage relative to those at the pre-ripening stage, respectively, in a RIN-dependent manner. A chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analysis of the normal ripening tomatoes with the anti-RIN antibody revealed that the positively regulated gene set contained at least 13 direct RIN targets. We monitored global gene expression in normal (PK331 cultivar) and rin mutant (PK353 cultivar) tomatoes at the pre-ripening (mature green, G) and ripening (pink coloring, P) stages using microarray with three biological replicates for each sample.
Project description:The ARCH Cohort is a pregnancy cohort of approximately 1,000 women recruited at the first prenatal visit largely in Lansing, MI between 2008 and 2016. Blood was collected when possible at the onset of prenatal care and at the time of the glucose tolerance test (late 2nd, early 3rd trimester). Please contact Jean Kerver at kerverje@msu.edu for questions related to the subject characteristics and outcomes. This research was supported by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) OIF program, Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. ARCH is an ECHO cohort which is supported by the following ECHO Program Collaborators: ECHO Coordinating Center: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Smith PB, Newby KL, Benjamin DK; U2C OD023375 ECHO Data Analysis Center: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland: Jacobson LP; Research Triangle Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Catellier D; U24 OD023382 North Carolina Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Hub: Research Triangle Institute: Fennell T, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Sumner S, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Du X; U2C ES030857 Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Coordinating Center: Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland: O’Brien B; U24 ES026539
Project description:MARCH is a prospective population based pregnancy cohort that recruited pregnant participants from 2017-2023 from 11 sites within Michigan. Women over 18 years of age were recruited at first prenatal visit and had 3 data collection points focused around each trimester of pregnancy. Blood, urine, and questionnaire data were collected at each prenatal visit. At birth placenta was collected and after birth, infants were assessed at 3 months, 9 months, and yearly. For more information on MARCH please contact Jean Kerver; kerverje@msu.edu This research was supported by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) OIF program, Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. MARCH is an ECHO cohort which is supported by the following ECHO Program Collaborators: ECHO Coordinating Center: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Smith PB, Newby KL, Benjamin DK; U2C OD023375 ECHO Data Analysis Center: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland: Jacobson LP; Research Triangle Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Catellier D; U24 OD023382 North Carolina Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Hub: Research Triangle Institute: Fennell T, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Sumner S, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Du X; U2C ES030857 Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Coordinating Center: Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland: O’Brien B; U24 ES026539
Project description:The Atlanta ECHO Cohort is comprised of African American mother-child dyads who reside in the greater metropolitan Atlanta area. Enrollment begins during pregnancy from prenatal care clinics affiliated with two metro hospital systems. During pregnancy, data and biospecimens are obtained during an initial study visit (between 8-14 weeks gestation) and during a second study visit (between 24-30 weeks gestation). In the perinatal period, we collect the residual newborn blood spot (obtained from the neonate during the delivery hospitalization for state metabolic screening). Details of pregnancy complications, birth, and neonatal outcomes are ascertained via medical record abstraction. Children are then followed annually via in-person clinical assessments and maternal questionnaire data. This research was supported by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program, Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The Atlanta ECHO Cohort is supported by the following ECHO Program Collaborators: ECHO Coordinating Center: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Smith PB, Newby KL, Benjamin DK; U2C OD023375 ECHO Data Analysis Center: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland: Jacobson LP; Research Triangle Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Catellier D; U24 OD023382 North Carolina Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Hub: Research Triangle Institute: Fennell T, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Sumner S, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Du X; U2C ES030857 Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Coordinating Center: Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland: O’Brien B; U24 ES026539
Project description:Healthy Start is a prospective, pre-birth cohort study that recruited pregnant participants from outpatient prenatal clinics at the University of Colorado Hospital between 2009 and 2014. Eligible participants were 16 years or older with singleton pregnancies, no history of stillbirth or extremely preterm birth (<25 weeks of gestation) and no serious medical conditions, and had not yet completed 24 weeks of gestation at the time of enrollment. Mothers completed two study visits during pregnancy (median gestational ages 17 and 27 weeks). Mother-child pairs were assessed at birth for neonatal outcomes, and are currently still being followed through 8-10 years postpartum (NB: outcomes for this proposal are at birth). For the present project, we will use data from 1,297 mother-child pairs with adequate maternal plasma at 17 and 27 gestational weeks for untargeted metabolomics profiling. Please contact Wei Perng at wei.perng@cuanschutz.edu for questions related to the subject characteristics and outcomes. This research was supported by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program, Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Healthy Start is an ECHO cohort which is supported by the following ECHO Program Collaborators: ECHO Coordinating Center: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Smith PB, Newby KL, Benjamin DK; U2C OD023375 ECHO Data Analysis Center: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland: Jacobson LP; Research Triangle Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Catellier D; U24 OD023382 North Carolina Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Hub: Research Triangle Institute: Fennell T, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Sumner S, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Du X; U2C ES030857 Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Coordinating Center: Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland: O’Brien B; U24 ES026539
Project description:Healthy Start is a prospective, pre-birth cohort study that recruited pregnant participants from outpatient prenatal clinics at the University of Colorado Hospital between 2009 and 2014. Eligible participants were 16 years or older with singleton pregnancies, no history of stillbirth or extremely preterm birth (<25 weeks of gestation) and no serious medical conditions, and had not yet completed 24 weeks of gestation at the time of enrollment. Mothers completed two study visits during pregnancy (median gestational ages 17 and 27 weeks). Mother-child pairs were assessed at birth for neonatal outcomes, and are currently still being followed through 8-10 years postpartum (NB: outcomes for this proposal are at birth). For the present project, we will use data from 1,297 mother-child pairs with adequate maternal plasma at 17 and 27 gestational weeks for untargeted metabolomics profiling. Please contact Wei Perng at wei.perng@cuanschutz.edu for questions related to the subject characteristics and outcomes. This research was supported by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program, Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Healthy Start is an ECHO cohort which is supported by the following ECHO Program Collaborators: ECHO Coordinating Center: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Smith PB, Newby KL, Benjamin DK; U2C OD023375 ECHO Data Analysis Center: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland: Jacobson LP; Research Triangle Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Catellier D; U24 OD023382 North Carolina Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Hub: Research Triangle Institute: Fennell T, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Sumner S, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Du X; U2C ES030857 Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Coordinating Center: Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland: O’Brien B; U24 ES026539
Project description:Healthy Start is a prospective, pre-birth cohort study that recruited pregnant participants from outpatient prenatal clinics at the University of Colorado Hospital between 2009 and 2014. Eligible participants were 16 years or older with singleton pregnancies, no history of stillbirth or extremely preterm birth (<25 weeks of gestation) and no serious medical conditions, and had not yet completed 24 weeks of gestation at the time of enrollment. Mothers completed two study visits during pregnancy (median gestational ages 17 and 27 weeks). Mother-child pairs were thereafter assessed at birth, and for the child’s follow up, in mid-childhood (median age 4.8 years). For the present project, we will use data from 523 mother-child pairs of the Healthy Start cohort with available information on prenatal PFAS concentrations, available cord plasma samples at delivery, and outcomes of interest. Please contact Wei Perng at wei.perng@cuanschutz.edu for questions related to the subject characteristics and outcomes. This research was supported by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program, Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Healthy Start is an ECHO cohort which is supported by the following ECHO Program Collaborators: ECHO Coordinating Center: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Smith PB, Newby KL, Benjamin DK; U2C OD023375 ECHO Data Analysis Center: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland: Jacobson LP; Research Triangle Institute, Durham, North Carolina: Parker CB; U24 OD023382 North Carolina Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Hub: Research Triangle Institute: Fennell T, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Sumner S, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Du X; U2C ES030857 Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource Coordinating Center: Westat, Inc., Rockville, Maryland: O’Brien B; U24 ES026539