Project description:Arginine to glutamine mutation in olfactomedin-like 3 (OLFML3) is a candidate for severe goniodysgenesis and glaucoma in the Border Collie dog breed
Project description:We describe a so far uncharacterized, embryonic and self-renewing Neural Plate Border Stem Cell (NBSC) population with the capacity to differentiate into central nervous and neural crest lineages. NBSCs can be obtained by neural transcription factor-mediated reprogramming (BRN2, SOX2, KLF4 and ZIC3) of human adult dermal fibroblasts and peripheral blood cells (induced Neural Plate Border Stem Cells, iNBSCs) or by directed differentiation from human induced pluripotent stem cells (NBSCs). Moreover, human (i)NBSCs share molecular and functional features with an endogenous NBSC population isolated from neural folds of E8.5 mouse embryos. Upon differentiation, iNBSCs give rise to either (1) radial glia-type stem cells, dopaminergic and serotonergic neurons, motoneurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes or (2) cells from the neural crest lineage. Here we provide single cell RNA-sequencing data of six iNBSC lines (310 cells total). iNBSCs were single-cell-sorted and RNA sequencing was performed following the Smart-seq2 protocol. This dataset further supports the notion that iNBSC cultures mainly consist of stem cells with a molecular and functional neural plate border-like identity and a minor fraction of cells that show signs of some spontaneous differentiation towards sensory neurons.
Project description:We performed a comparative immunology case study of client-owned dogs to determine if immune and skin gene expression profiles in spontaneous canine pemphigus mirror those observed in human pemphigus
Project description:We performed a comparative immunology case series study of client-owned dogs to determine if immune and skin gene expression profiles in spontaneous canine erythema multiforme (EM) mirror those observed in human patients.
Project description:We performed a comparative immunology case study of client-owned dogs to determine if immune and skin gene expression profiles in canine interface dermatitis.
Project description:We performed a comparative immunology case study of client-owned dogs to determine if immune and skin gene expression profiles in spontaneous canine VKH and vitiligo mirror those observed in human autoimmune pigmentary diseases.
Project description:We performed a comparative immunology case study of client-owned dogs to determine if immune and skin gene expression profiles in spontaneous canine chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CCLE) with concomitant systemic autoimmunity mirror those observed in human CCLE.