Project description:Muscle-restricted coiled-coil protein (MURC)/Cavin-4, which is a component of caveolae, is involved in the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy and cardiac hypertrophy. We used microarrays to examine the gene expression of mouse hearts perturbed by MURC deficieny.
Project description:RhoE is a small GTPase that regulates actin cytoskeleton organization and cell migration. This analysis aimed at exploring the physiological function of RhoE in heart by means of knockout mouse model. We used microarrays to compare differentital gene expression profiles in wild-type and RhoE knockout embryo hearts.
Project description:Investigation of a new RNA-modification-based mechanism in mammalian spermatogenesis. We created a mice line devoid of testis-specific m5C RNA methyltransferase Nsun7. These mice demonstrated male infertility due to a peculiar defect in sperm tail assembly – mispositioning of the longitudinal columns of the fibrous sheath. The whole testis proteomes of wild type and Nsun7 knockout mice were obtained to study the molecular pathways affected by NSUN7.