Project description:Younger age and VTE recurrence are more likely to be caused by genetic risk factors than secondary VTE in older patients who more likely have comorbidities. When the exome rare variant genotyping database of the Scripps VTE Registry for adults < 55 yrs old was generated and analyzed for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Two F5 related SNPs (rs6025, factor V Leiden and rs6687813) exceeded significance (FDR (false discovery rate) p < 0.05). No other variants met genome-wide significance. When the data for the subgroup of cases with recurrent VTE that are more likely to have genetic risk factors than cases with a single VTE episode were compared to controls (N=211 controls and N=32 recurrent VTE cases), 28 SNPs, including the F5 rs6025 SNP, achieved significance (FDR p < 0.05).
Project description:PKD2 Arg803* is the most common mutation in Taiwan ADPKD Cohort. Genotyping of 96 PKD2 Arg803* individuals was performed in Axiom Genome-Wide TWB 2.0 Array Plate to study the existence of founder mutation in Taiwan
Project description:In recent years, a critical clinical problem that cannot be ignored is the incidence of venous thrombosis gradually increasing. Although many animal models of thrombosis have been established, the complex mechanism of thrombosis has not been elucidated. We successfully established a new animal model of venous thrombosis by infrared-pulse laser selectively targeting damage to the venous endothelium of zebrafish tail, resulting in the aggregation of red blood cells and platelets at the site of injury, forming a thrombus, like the formation of thrombi caused by damaged human venous endothelium. o-Dianisidine staining showed increased hemoglobin density at the injury site and decreased hemoglobin density at the heart site. Utilizing laser microdissection technology, we targeted the acquisition of localized thrombus cell clusters for high-throughput transcriptome sequencing. The data were further analyzed through gene set variation analysis (GSVA) and gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA), with the transcriptome data being examined against backgrounds of GO, KEGG, Reactome, and WP databases. Combining these analyses with molecular biology techniques such as RT-qPCR, WISH, and Western Blot, we observed that, compared to the normal group, macrophages were activated, and erythrocyte differentiation was more vigorous post-thrombus formation. Signaling pathways related to cell adhesion and leukocyte migration were activated, and the expression of inflammatory cytokines increased. Notably, IL-6 and TNF-α significantly increased at the thrombus site, while other cytokines such as IL-1β, IL-10, P-selectin, STAT3, phosphorylated STAT3, p65, and phosphorylated p65 were major players in the inflammatory response during venous thrombosis. The venous thrombosis model established in this study allows a high degree of visualization of thrombosis and provides a feasible and powerful protocol for studying the mechanism of thrombosis. This study may serve as a new venous thrombosis model for exploring the detailed kinetics and underlying mechanisms of thrombosis formation.
Project description:Background: Deep venous thrombosis is one of the most common peripheral vascular diseases that lead to major morbidity and mortality. We aimed to identify potential differentially expressed miRNAs and target mRNAs, which were helpful in understanding the potential molecule mechanism of deep venous thrombosis.
Project description:Leukocyte flux contributes to thrombus formation in deep veins under pathologic conditions, but mechanisms which inhibit venous thrombosis are incompletely understood. Ectonucleotide di(tri)phosphohydrolase 1 (ENTPD1 or Cd39), an ectoenzyme which catabolizes extracellular adenine nucleotides, is embedded on the surface of endothelial cells and leukocytes. We hypothesized that under venous stasis conditions CD39 regulates inflammation at the vein:blood interface in a murine model of deep vein thrombosis. Gene expression profiling of WT and Cd39-null mice revealed 76 differentially-expressed inflammatory genes that were significantly upregulated in Cd39-deleted mice after venous thrombosis; and validation experiments confirmed high expression of several key inflammatory mediators.
Project description:To accelerate genetic studies in sugarcane, an Axiom Sugarcane100K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array was designed and customized in this study. Target enrichment sequencing 300 sugarcane accessions selected from the world collection of sugarcane and related grass species yielded more than four million SNPs, from which a total of 31,449 single dose (SD) SNPs and 68,648 low dosage (33,277 SD and 35,371 double dose) SNPs from two datasets respectively were selected and tiled on Affymetrix Axiom SNP array. Most of selected SNPs (91.77%) were located within genic regions (12,935 genes), with an average of 7.1 SNPs/gene according to sorghum gene models. This newly developed array was used to genotype 469 sugarcane clones, including one F1 population derived from cross between Green German and IND81-146, one selfing population derived from CP80-1827, and 11 diverse sugarcane accessions as controls. Results of genotyping revealed a high polymorphic SNP rate (77.04%) among the 469 samples. Three linkage maps were constructed by using SD SNP markers, including a genetic map for Green German with 3,482 SD SNP markers spanning 3,336 cM, a map for IND81-146 with 1,513 SD SNP markers spanning 2,615 cM, and a map for CP80-1827 with 536 SD SNP markers spanning 3,651 cM. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis identified a total of 18 QTLs controlling Sugarcane yellow leaf virus resistance segregating in the two mapping populations, harboring 27 disease resistant genes. This study demonstrated the successful development and utilization of a SNP array as an efficient genetic tool for high throughput genotyping in highly polyploid sugarcane.