Project description:Hypoxia-inducible protein 2 (HIG2), encoded by the gene hypoxia-inducible lipid droplet associated (Hilpda) is an important regulator of intracellular lipid metabolism and immune response. We conducted single cell RNA-seq transcriptome analysis of infarcted brain tissues from wild-type (WT) and conditional Hilpda knockout (cKO) mice at 3 days post-stroke to study the funtion of Hilpda in myeloid cells.
Project description:This program addresses the gene signature associated with brain (cortex) in the tMCAO rat model for stroke. The tMCAO stroke model profiling data was analyzed by identifying genes that were up- and down-regulated at selected p value and fold change in brain cortex of the Sprague Dawley rats following middle cerebral artery occlusion compared to the sham-operated controls.
Project description:CD45high infiltrating immune cells were sorted from ischemic mouse brains at 5 days (5d) and 14 days (14d) after transient (60 min) middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) and subjected to scRNAseq.
Project description:C57BL/6 J mice were subjected to ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Ly6Chi macrophages and Ly6Clo macrophages were collected from infarcted hearts at 3 days after MI.
Project description:WT or Zeb2 cKO (cardiomyocyte-specific) mice received a myocardial infarction. After 14 days, the borderzone of an infarcted region was isolated followed by RNA isolation and RNA sequencing
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of miRNAs from rat brain tissues comparing controls (Sham) with ischemic rats (tMCAO) and neuroprotected rats (RLIP) Internal normalization: ischemic core vs. periischemic and ANOVA comparison across three experimental conditions: Sham, tMCAO and RLIP
Project description:We generated mice with single or double conditional inactivation of SMAD1 and SMAD5 using progesterone receptor (PR) cre (Smad1flox/flox;Smad5flox/flox;Pgr-cre+/-, or “Smad1/5 cKO”). Female mice with single SMAD1 or SMAD5 deletion were subfertile, whereas Smad1/5 cKO were infertile and had no visible implantation sites at 4.5 days post-coitum (dpc), indicating functional redundancy of SMAD1 and SMAD5. Histological and molecular analyses of the Smad1/5 cKO uteri during pregnancy determined that the infertility was the result of impaired uterine receptivity. During the window of implantation, uteri of Smad1/5 cKO mice responded abnormally to estradiol (E2) and to progesterone (P4), retained luminal PR expression, and displayed cytoplasmic FOXO1 mis-localization. Furthermore, uteri of Smad1/5 cKO mice did not respond to an artificial decidual stimulus and the stroma failed to differentiate. To determine the cell surface receptor complex that controls BMP signaling during implantation, we generated mice with conditional deletion of Acvr2a and Acvr2b using Pgr-cre+/-. We determined that Acvr2b cKO females were subfertile, while Acvr2a cKOs were infertile and displayed a range of ovarian and uterine abnormalities, including endometrial and implantation defects that phenocopied those of Smad1/5 cKO mice. Transcriptomic profiling of the Smad1/5 cKO and Acvr2a cKO uterus showed that genes involved in epithelial cell remodeling and microvilli/ciliated cell function were overrepresented in both genotypes. These results demonstrate that BMP signals mediated via ACVR2A and SMAD1/5 control endometrial receptivity and embryo implantation by remodeling the apicobasal polarity of the epithelium during the window of implantation.