Project description:Activated HSCs are liver stromal cells that play an important rôle in tissue repair and fibrosis. We performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of LX-2 cells treated for 48h with control siRNAs (siCTL) or siRNAs specific for ADAMTS12 (siADAMTS12)
Project description:Hepatic stellate cells(HSCs) are the main effector cells of liver fibrosis. In order to study the effect of mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) on microRNAs expression of HSCs, we co-cultured HSCs LX-2 activated by TGFβ1 with human umbilical cord MSCs(hUC-MSCs) for 48 hours, and compared the differentially expressed miRNA with LX-2 cultured alone by high-throughput sequencing. The results showed that two mature microRNAs expressed increased, and nine expressed decreased.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis of RNAs extracted from 2 hour-TGF-b-treated or untreated LX-2 cells with or without STAT3 knockdown We prepared RNA from the following groups: NS 0h: untreated cells with control non-silencing (NS) siRNA; NS 2h: 2-hour TGF-b treated cells with control NS siRNA; siSTAT3 0h: untreated cells with STAT3 siRNA; siSTAT3 2h: 2-hour TGF-b treated cells with STAT3 siRNA. The gene expression profiles were compared, and we found 202 genes were upregulated (fold > 1.5) upon TGF-b treatment in control NS siRNA transfected LX-2 cells. Among them, 128 genes were clasified as TGF-b-induced and STAT3 -dependent genes as their response to TGF-b decreased more than 40% upon STAT3 depletion (126 genes) or fold between NS control and siSTAT3 in the absence of TGF-b was > 1.5 (2 genes). The results showed that STAT3 plays an important role in regulating TGF-b target genes.