Project description:The purpose of this project is to determine changes in proteins and signaling pathways in injured tendons of C57BL/6j and MRL/MpJ mice. The MRL.MpJ mice have been reported to have a strong repair ability compared to that of C57BL/6j mice. Identifying signaling pathways in MRL/MpJ tendons that are distinct from C57BL/6j tendons will help us understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the better healing ability of MRL/MpJ mice. The samples include normal and injured Achilles tendons 4 weeks after tenotomy surgery obtained from male and female C57BL/6j and MRL/MpJ. The Achilles injury surgery was performed at 12 weeks of age. Normal tendons were obtained age, sex and strain-matched mice without surgery. The collected normal and inured tendons were subjected to proteomics.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:To understand how diabetes alters the protein subunits of mitochondrial Electron Transfer Chain (ETC) in the podocytes, we performed a proteomic analysis of mitochondrial proteins isolated from primary kidney podocytes of WT (C57BL/6J background) and Ins2Akita/+ diabetic (C57BL/6J background) mice.
Project description:To understand how diabetes alters the protein subunits of mitochondrial Electron Transfer Chain (ETC) in the podocytes, we performed a proteomic analysis of mitochondrial proteins isolated from primary kidney podocytes of WT (C57BL/6J background) and Ins2Akita/+ diabetic (C57BL/6J background) mice.
