In order to investigate the mechanism whereby TEL-PDGF-beta (ETV6-PDGFRB) interferes with human hematopoietic progenitors proliferation and differentiation, we analyzed the gene expression response downstream this oncogene. CD34+ cells infected with lentivirus coding for TEL-PDGFRb were cultured for 7 days in the absence of cytokines. Using Affymetrix microarrays, we compared gene expression in these cells and in cells treated for 4 h with low dose imatinib (Glivec), a potent PDGFR inhibitor, to switch off TEL-PDGFRb signaling.
ETV6-PDGFRB and FIP1L1-PDGFRA stimulate human hematopoietic progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation into eosinophils: the role of nuclear factor-κB.
Specimen part, Treatment
View Samplesmmunosuppressive drugs can be completely withdrawn in up to 20% of liver transplant recipients, commonly referred to as operationally tolerant. Immune characterization of these patients, however, has not been performed in detail, and we lack tests capable of identifying tolerant patients among recipients receiving maintenance immunosuppression. In the current study we have analyzed a variety of biological traits in peripheral blood of operationally tolerant liver recipients in an attempt to define a multiparameter fingerprint of tolerance. Thus, we have performed peripheral blood gene expression profiling and extensive blood cell immunophenotyping on 16 operationally tolerant liver recipients, 16 recipients requiring on-going immunosuppressive therapy, and 10 healthy individuals. Microarray profiling identified a gene expression signature that could discriminate tolerant recipients from immunosuppression-dependent patients with high accuracy. This signature included genes encoding for ?d T-cell and NK receptors, and for proteins involved in cell proliferation arrest. In addition, tolerant recipients exhibited significantly greater numbers of circulating potentially regulatory T-cell subsets (CD4+CD25+ T-cells and Vd1+ T cells) than either non-tolerant patients or healthy individuals. Our data provide novel mechanistic insight on liver allograft operational tolerance, and constitute a first step in the search for a non-invasive diagnostic signature capable of predicting tolerance before undergoing drug weaning.
Multiparameter immune profiling of operational tolerance in liver transplantation.
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View SamplesVitamin D is an important calcium-regulating hormone with diverse functions in numerous tissues including the brain. Increasing evidence suggests that vitamin D may play a role in maintaining cognitive function and that vitamin D deficiency may accelerate age-related cognitive decline. Using aging rodents, we attempted to model the range of human serum vitamin D levels, from deficient to sufficient, to test whether vitamin D could preserve or improve cognitive function with aging. For 5-6 months, middle-aged F344 rats were fed diets containing low, medium (typical amount) or high vitamin D3 (100, 1000 or 10,000 IU/kg diet, respectively) and then hippocampal-dependent learning and memory were tested in the Morris water maze. Rats on high vitamin D achieved the highest blood levels (in the sufficient range) and significantly outperformed low and medium groups on maze reversal, a particularly challenging task that detects more subtle changes in memory. In addition to calcium-related processes, hippocampal gene expression microarrays identified pathways pertaining to synaptic transmission, cell communication and G-protein function as being up-regulated with high vitamin D. Basal synaptic transmission also was enhanced corroborating observed effects on gene expression and learning and memory. Our studies demonstrate a causal relationship between vitamin D status and cognitive function and suggest that vitamin D-mediated changes in hippocampal gene expression may improve the likelihood of successful brain aging.
Vitamin D prevents cognitive decline and enhances hippocampal synaptic function in aging rats.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesBreast tumorigenesis involves modulation of gene expression.
Nucleotide excision repair deficiency is intrinsic in sporadic stage I breast cancer.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesTreatments that stimulate neuronal excitability enhance motor performance after stroke.cAMP-response-element binding protein (CREB) is a transcription factor that plays a key rolein neuronal excitability. Increasing the levels of CREB with a viral vector in a small pool ofmotor neurons enhances motor recovery after stroke, while blocking CREB signaling preventsstroke recovery. Silencing CREB-transfected neurons in the peri-infarct region with thehM4di-DREADD blocks motor recovery. Reversing this inhibition allows recovery to continue,demonstrating that it is possible to turn off and on stroke recovery by manipulating theactivity of CREB-transfected neurons. CREB transfection enhances re-mapping of injuredsomatosensory and motor circuits, and induces the formation of new connections withinthese circuits. CREB is a central molecular node in the circuit responses after stroke that leadto recovery from motor deficits.
CREB controls cortical circuit plasticity and functional recovery after stroke.
Specimen part
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Targeting c-FOS and DUSP1 abrogates intrinsic resistance to tyrosine-kinase inhibitor therapy in BCR-ABL-induced leukemia.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesWe performed whole genome expression analysis using BCR/ABL expressing Kit+ cells derived from wild type and ROSACreERT2c-Fosfl/flDusp1-/- bone marrow cells. Wild type kit+ cells were treated with DFC+BCI and DFC+BC+Im to mimic the genetic loss of c-Fos and Dusp1. Overall design: The experiment was designed to test whether chemical inhibition by FOS and Dusp1 Inhibitor mimics the genetic deletion of cFOS and Dusp1 in mouse primary cells transduced with BCR-ABL. This data is part of the super series Mechanism of Oncogene addiction GSE75058.
Targeting c-FOS and DUSP1 abrogates intrinsic resistance to tyrosine-kinase inhibitor therapy in BCR-ABL-induced leukemia.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesThe Baf3 are dependent on IL-3 for grwoth however transformation by BCR -ABL oncogene causes BAf3 cells independent of IL-3. The BAf3 cells expressing BCR-ABL are dependent on continuous expression of BCR_ABL for growth. Inhibitionof BCR-ABL by its inhibitor Imatinib cause these cells to undergo apoptosis. When these cells are grown with IL-3 these cells do not respond to Imatinib mediated grwoth arrest.
Targeting c-FOS and DUSP1 abrogates intrinsic resistance to tyrosine-kinase inhibitor therapy in BCR-ABL-induced leukemia.
Cell line
View SamplesK562 cells when grown with erythropeitin do not respond to Imatinib. Here we are comparing the gene expression profile from imatinib resistant and sensitive cells.
Targeting c-FOS and DUSP1 abrogates intrinsic resistance to tyrosine-kinase inhibitor therapy in BCR-ABL-induced leukemia.
Cell line
View SamplesBAF3 cells harboring constitutively expressing BCR-ABL were grown with or without IL-3 supplement and treated with Imatinib and live cells from the IL-3 and without IL-3 were sorted by FACS.
Targeting c-FOS and DUSP1 abrogates intrinsic resistance to tyrosine-kinase inhibitor therapy in BCR-ABL-induced leukemia.
Cell line
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