Project description:Fractionated whole-brain irradiation for the treatment of intracranial neoplasia causes progressive neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. The long-term consequences of high single dose brain irradiation are unknown. In order to assess the late effects of brain irradiation we have compared transcriptomic gene expression profiles from nonhuman primates (rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta) receiving single dose total body irradiation to those given fractionated whole brain radiotherapy and control comparators. Gene expression profiles from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (Brodmann area 46), hippocampus, and deep white matter (centrum semiovale) were compared. The goals of this study were to identify novel potential molecular effects of radiation-induced brain injury, to evaluate regional differences in the cerebral radiation response, and to assess whether animals receiving high dose total body irradiation demonstrated similar transcriptomic patterns as those observed in animals receiving fractionated whole brain irradiation.
Project description:Duplicate hybridizations with fluorochrome switching were performed following the first two fractions of total body irradiation for accumulated doses of 1.5 Gy and 3.0 Gy. Control samples for all hybridizations were from the same patient before the beginning of treatment. Keywords: dose response
Project description:Total body irradiation (TBI) of mice using two dose rates, conventional dose rate (CDR) versus flash dose rate (FLASH), induced transient decrease of number of LT-HScs in bone marrow and a total recovery of these cells 15 days after TBI We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying the recovery of LT-HSCs and identified distinct classes of up or down- regulated genes according the modality of irradiation
Project description:In the current study, we investigated the gene expression response of blood cells of non-human primates that were total body irradiated with a 4 Gy dose. We isolated total RNA from peripheral blood at 3 days before irradiation, and then from the same animals on days 3, 5 and 7 days after irradiation. Using Agilent Rhesus microarrays, we identified genes that were significantly differentially expressed across the 7-day time course of this study. We identified common biological functions affected that persisted across the 7-day study.
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.
