Project description:The goal of this study was to find the longitudinal transcriptional response of Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (MEF) primary cells during the progression of a cell cycle. Using RNASeq method (single-end 50-bp chemistry on Illumina Hi-seq 2500 instrument in high-throughput mode), we measured the transcriptional response for around two cell-cycles. Using the fold-change (with respect to average response before serum addition at t = 0) time-series data, we first identified, without using a priori knowledge, the duration and timing of cell cycle phases using a change-point detection algorithm. Next, using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) and Estimation Stability with Cross Validation (ES-CV), we were able to, without any prior biological knowledge, extract information on the phase-specific causal interaction of cell cycle genes, as well as temporal interdependencies of biological mechanisms through a complete cell cycle.
Project description:The expression changes were detected by addition of serum form L/MDR irradiated mice at 10 and 20 days in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). (Expression of MEFs by addition of serum from nonirradiated mice) vs (Expression of MEFs by addition from L/MDR irradiated mice)
Project description:The expression changes were detected by addition of serum form L/MDR irradiated mice at 10 and 20 days in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs).
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of mouse epidermal cells at embryonic day 13 (E13) compared with epidermal basal cells at postnatal day 4 (P4), both isolated from Krt14-H2BGFP mouse skin. Goal was to identify the genes differentially expresssed in E13 epidermal cells vs P4 epidermal basal cells.
Project description:Embryonic day 13 (E13), E14, and E16 rat testes and ovaries were used for microarray analysis, as well as E13 testis organ cultures that undergo testis morphogenesis and develop seminiferous cords in vitro. A list of 109 genes resulted from a selective analysis for genes present in male gonadal development and with a 1.5-fold change in expression between E13 and E16. Characterization of these 109 genes potentially important for testis development revealed that cytoskeletal-associated proteins, extracellular matrix factors, and signaling factors were highly represented. Throughout the developmental period (E13-E16), sex-enriched transcripts were more prevalent in the male with 34 of the 109 genes having testis-enriched expression during sex determination. In ovaries, the total number of transcripts with a 1.5-fold change in expression between E13 and E16 was similar to the testis, but none of those genes were both ovary enriched and regulated during the developmental period. Genes conserved in sex determination were identified by comparing changing transcripts in the rat analysis herein, to transcripts altered in previously published mouse studies of gonadal sex determination. A comparison of changing mouse and rat transcripts identified 43 genes with species conservation in sex determination and testis development. Profiles of gene expression during E13-E16 rat testis and ovary development are presented and candidate genes for involvement in sex determination and testis differentiation are identified. Analysis of cellular pathways did not reveal any specific pathways involving multiple candidate genes. However, the genes and gene network identified influence numerous cellular processes with cellular differentiation, proliferation, focal contact, RNA localization, and development being predominant. Experiment Overall Design: RNA samples from two different groups of 20-40 pooled gonads for each sample. Embrionic testis and ovaries of age E13, E14, or E16, and E13 testis cultured for three days were compared to each other
Project description:We have used primary MEFs derived from wild type and E2F4 null mice growing asynchrounously in serum to generate a signature for E2F4 pathway activation. 10 wild type and 10 E2F4 null samples were each assayed using the Affymetrics Mouse Genome 430A 2.0 array. Keywords: Primary MEFs from wild type and E2F4 null mice
Project description:A novel alternative splicing isoform of LOXL2 △e13 was expressed ubiquitously in all cell lines and ESCC tissues. In contrast to the impaired deamination enzymatic activity compared with full length LOXL2, LOXL2 △e13 showed an enhanced ability to promote cell mobility and invasiveness in ESCC cells than full length LOXL2 through a different mechanism.