Project description:In rainbow trout, type A spermatogonia can be split into SP cells and non-SP cells by the ability to exclude Hoechst 33342 dye (H33342). The H33342 fluorescence of SP cells are lower than that of non-SP cells, after H33342 staining. To investigate whether SP cells were transcriptomically distinct from non-SP cells, we compared the transcriptome of these cells. We used fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to isolate SP cells and non-SP cells from the type A spermatogonia in rainbow trout.
Project description:Currently a multiport robotic surgery platform (Intuitive Xi) is widely available and used for colorectal surgery indications. A Single port platform (Intuitive SP) is FDA approved for Head and Neck and Urology but has not been widely used in colorectal surgery. This study seeks to evaluate the safe and effective use of the SP platform for colorectal surgery indications.
Project description:Corneal epithelial stem cells reside in the limbus that is the transitional zone between the cornea and conjunctiva, and are essential to maintain the homeostasis of corneal epithelium. However, their characterization is poorly understood. Therefore, we constructed gene expression profiles of limbal epithelial SP and non-SP cell using RNA-sequencing. As a result, limbal epithelial SP cells have immature cell phenotypes with endothelial/mesenchymal cell markers, while limbal epithelial non-SP cells have epithelial progenitor cell markers.
Project description:Side populations have recently been identified in ovarian cancers and may play an important role in post treatment relapse and resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. In this study, we aimed to identify the differential expression between IGROV1 SP and NSP on Affymetrix HG-U133plus2 microarrays. We found ovarian tumour SP cells frequently over-express the multi-drug resistance associated P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) by Rank Product (FDR<0.05), and by geneset enrichment analysis, embryonic stem cell-associated ‘NOS’ signature (Notch/Oct4/Sox2 regulated genes) and Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) genes were over-expressed, while PRC2-repressed target genes were significantly under-expressed in the SP from ovarian cell lines compared to non-SP (FDR<10-4).
Project description:Using Affymetrix GeneChips, we analyzed expression profiles of SP cells from EOM and TA. 348 differentially expressed transcripts defined the EOM-SP transcriptome: 229 upregulated in EOM-SP and 119 in TA-SP. Keywords: Expression Profiling
