Project description:We report that p21 expression was increased in the alveolar epithelial type 2 cells (AEC2s) in a time dependent manner following multiple bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The AEC2s with the elevated expression of p21 exhibited cell senescence and lost the ability of self-renewal and differentiation. Evaluation of mRNA profiles in sham and p21-adenovirus treated MLE-12 cells is helpful to analyze the changes of lung alveolar epithelial cells after p21 deposition.
Project description:To determine the function of Serpine1 in alveolar cells, the Serpine1 overexpression plasmid pCI-neo-Serpine1 was constructed and transfected into MLE-12 cells
Project description:To clarify the gene expression profile in MLE-12 cells transfected with microRNA mimics upon influenza virus infection, we transfected microRNA mimics (mmu-miR-483-3p or Negative control miRNA) into MLE-12 cells and infected A/Puerto Rico/8/1934 (PR8) strain at an MOI of 2 at 24 hours post transfection. RNA was isolated from cells at 12 hours post infection. We found that miR-483-3p transfection down-regulated the genes involved in the innate immunity regulation upon influenza virus infection.
Project description:Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by deep sequencing (ChIP-seq) was carried out on wild-type Schneider (S2) cells using specific MLE antibodies to identify binding sites for MLE in the Drosophila genome
Project description:HITS-CLIP was carried out on wild-type Schneider (S2) cells using specific MLE antibodies to identify binding sites for MLE in the Drosophila transcriptome
Project description:Rats (Sprague-Dawley) were allotted to subtotal nephrectomy (SNX) or sham (sham) operation. After 2 and 12 weeks the experiment was terminated. RNA was isolated from small pieces of the hearts.
Project description:Treatment with ionizing irradiation (IR) may lead to accumulation of tumor-infiltrating T regulatory (Treg) cells and subsequent tumor resistance to radiotherapy. Here we focused on the contribution of Langerhans cells (LCs) to this phenomenon because of their unique ability to resist depletion by high-dose IR. We found that LCs resisted apoptosis and rapidly repaired DNA damage post-IR. Particularly, we found that p21 was overexpressed in LCs, and that p21-deficient LCs underwent apoptosis and accumulated DNA damage following IR treatment. Wild-type, but not p21-deficient, LCs upregulated major histocompatibility complex class II molecules, migrated to the draining lymph nodes and increased Treg cell numbers upon exposure to IR. These findings suggest a means for manipulating LC IR-resistance to increase cutaneous tumor response to radiotherapy. See above Cells were purified by flow cytometry and pooled until >10,000 cells/sample. At least 2 replicates of each sample were submitted.