Project description:Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the major causes of heart failure in diabetic patients, but its pathogenesis remains unclear. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in the development of various cardiovascular diseases, but is little known in DCM. We build diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) rat model and investigated the genome-wide expression profiling of cardiac lncRNAs and mRNAs in rat model with and without DCM by RNA sequencing, to uncovers potential path mechanisms target of DCM.
Project description:To identify the differential porfile of long non coding RNAs in neural stem cells exposed to sevoflurane compared with control gas(21% oxygen,5%CO2,),We employed the rat long non-coding RNA array as a discovery platform to identify genes with potential to regulate self-renewal capacity of rat neural stem cells exposed to sevoflurane.
Project description:1. Evaluate the diagnostic value of long noncoding RNA (CCAT1) expression by RT-PCR in peripheral blood in colorectal cancer patients versus normal healthy control personal.
2. Evaluate the clinical utility of detecting long noncoding RNA (CCAT1) expression in diagnosis of colorectal cancer patients & its relation to tumor staging.
3. Evaluate the clinical utility of detecting long noncoding RNA (CCAT1) expression in precancerous colorectal diseases.
4. Compare long noncoding RNA (CCAT1) expression with traditional marker; carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) in diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
Project description:Impaired wound healing is one of the main reasons that leads to diabetic foot ulcerations. However, the exact mechanism of delayed wound healing in diabetes mellitus is not fully understood. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are widely involved in a variety of biological processes and diseases, including diabetes and its associated complications. To further identify the roles of LncRNAs in diabetic wound healing, four STZ induced diabetic rat skin tissues and four control rat skin tissues were prepared for a LncRNAs microarray expression profiling by using rat LncRNA Array (4 x 44K, Arraystar).
Project description:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) contribute to (patho)physiological processes in the heart. Aging is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Apoptosis of individual cardiomyocytes is one of the underlying causes for age-related cardiac dysfunction. Here, we identified the lncRNA Sarrah that is regulated during aging in cardiomyocytes and show that it has a protective effect on the myocardium. We used an RNA pulldown approach to identify proteins interacting with endogenous Sarrah to determine the mechanism by which Sarrah induces a cardioprotective gene expression pattern.
