Project description:Carcinoma VCaP tumors that evolve in denervated rat prostate glands exhibited a significantly altered gene expression profile and phenotype as compared with VCaP tumors that evolve in the normal, innervated rat prostate gland. Interestingly, unilateral denervation resulted in a reduction in tumor size relative to control and the reduction was more pronounced with botox (chemical denervation) as compared with MPG excision (physical denervation). Chemical and Physical denervation yield similar gene expression profiles.
Project description:This study describes how site-specific glycosylation of Influenza A virus changes in response to pressures from the host immune system, thereby allowing the virus to evolve and escape neutralization. We compared the glycosylation patterns of different virus strains as they evolve and correlated this information with changes in biological activity. Furthermore, modelling and molecular dynamics studies were performed to understand the basis for glycan microheterogeneity and interactions of the virions with host-immune molecules.