Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE21311: Maternal influences on the transmission of leukocyte gene expression profiles in population samples (Red Cross Donors) GSE21342: Maternal influences on the transmission of leukocyte gene expression profiles in population samples (mother and child) Refer to individual Series
Project description:This is a companion study to (GSE21342). Peripheral blood leukocyte samples were obtained with consent from 100 red cross blood donors sampled cross-sectionally across the city of Brisbane, Australia. After correction for RNA integrity values, individuals fall into major profiles of expression variation suggesting environmental and cultural influences on immune gene expression.
Project description:Affymetrix miRNA arrays were used to generate miRNA profiles of peripheral blood leukocytes and FACS sorted neutrophils, monocytes, B-cells, T-cells, CD4+ T-cells, and CD8+ T-cells, being the major leukocyte cell types in human. The study allowed for the determination of the miRNAs that were expressed in each leukocyte cell subtype. Two-way hierarchical clustering on the miRNAs and samples illustrated that miRNA expression profiles of B- and T-cells were very much alike, and that there there were a number of miRNAs which appeared to have an expression profile specific to certain leukocyte cell subtypes. This study will facilitate the identification of microRNAs associated with and contributing to single leukocyte cell subtypes.
Project description:Analysis of gene expression in mouse E15.5 embryonic heart tissue, either wildtype, Ddc-/+ (maternal transmission of Ddc^Gt(OST129277)Lex knockout allele), Ddc+/- (paternal transmission), or Ddc-/-.
