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GSE90149
Homo sapiens
25 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
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Transcriptomes of mesenchymal stromal cells from bone marrow (bmMSC) were compared to MSC from term placenta (pMSC).
Publication Title
Expression of Desmoglein 2, Desmocollin 3 and Plakophilin 2 in Placenta and Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.
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Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 10 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133A Array (hgu133a)
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This is a matched-pair analysis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive component (IDC) of nine breast ductal carcinoma to identify novel molecular markers characterizing the transition from DCIS to IDC for a better understanding of its molecular biology.
Publication Title
Progression-specific genes identified by expression profiling of matched ductal carcinomas in situ and invasive breast tumors, combining laser capture microdissection and oligonucleotide microarray analysis.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Danio rerio
- 6 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 3000
Description
The zebrafish has become a valuable model for examining ocular lens development, physiology and disease. The zebrafish cloche mutant, first described for its loss of hematopoiesis, also shows reduced eye and lens size, interruption in lens cell differentiation and a cataract likely caused by abnormal protein aggregation. To facilitate the use of the cloche mutant for studies on cataract development and prevention we characterized variation in the lens phenotype, quantified changes in gene expression by qRT-PCR and RNA-Seq and compared the ability of two promoters to drive expression of introduced proteins into the cloche lens. We found that the severity of cloche embryo lens cataract varied, while the decrease in lens diameter and retention of nuclei in differentiating lens fiber cells was constant. We found very low expression of both aB-crystallin genes (cryaba and cryabb) at 4 days post fertilization (dpf) by both qRT-PCR and RNA-Seq in cloche, cloche sibling and wildtype embryos and no significant difference in aA-crystallin (cryaa) expression. RNA-Seq analysis of 4 dpf embryos identified transcripts from 25,281 genes, with 1,329 showing statistically significantly different expression between cloche and wildtype samples. Downregulation of eight lens ß- and ?M-crystallin genes and 22 retinal related genes may reflect a general reduction in eye development and growth. Six stress response genes were upregulated. We did not find misregulation of any known components of lens development gene regulatory networks. These results suggest that the cloche lens cataract is not caused by loss of aA-crystallin or changes to lens gene regulatory networks. Instead, we propose that the cataract results from general physiological stress related to loss of hematopoiesis. Our finding that the zebrafish aA-crystallin promoter drove strong GFP expression in the cloche lens demonstrates its use as a tool for examining the effects of introduced proteins on lens crystallin aggregation and cataract prevention.
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No associated publication
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Sex, Specimen part, Cell line
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 50 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
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Statins are widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs that inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, a key enzyme in cholesterol synthesis. In some cases, however, these drugs may cause a number of toxic side effects in hepatocytes and skeletal muscle tissue. Currently, the specific molecular mechanisms that cause these adverse effects are not sufficiently understood. In this work, genome-wide RNA expression changes in primary human hepatocytes of six individuals were measured at five time points upon atorvastatin treatment. A novel systems-level analysis workflow was applied to reconstruct regulatory mechanisms based on these drug-response data and available knowledge about transcription factor binding specificities, protein-protein interactions and protein-drug interactions. Several previously unknown transcription factors, regulatory cofactors and signaling molecules were found to be involved in atorvastatin-responsive gene expression. Some novel relationships, e.g., the regulatory influence of nuclear receptor NR2C2 on CYP3A4, were successfully validated in wet-lab experiments.
Publication Title
Inferring statin-induced gene regulatory relationships in primary human hepatocytes.
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Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 54 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
Parkinsons disease (PD), the second most frequent neurodegenerative disorder at old age, can be caused by elevated expression, or the A53T mutation, of the presynaptic protein alpha-synuclein (SNCA). PD is characterized pathologically by the preferential vulnerability of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal projection neurons. Here, we used two mouse lines overexpressing human A53T-SNCA around ages 6 and 18 months and studied striatal dysfunction in the absence of neurodegeneration to understand early disease mechanisms. High pressure liquid chromatography analysis of striatal neurotransmitter content demonstrated that dopamine (DA) levels correlated directly with the level of expression of SNCA, an observation also observed in SNCA deficient mice. In the striatum of aged A53TSNCA overexpressing mice, where DA levels were elevated, a paradoxical upregulation of dopamine receptors DRD1A and DRD2 was detected by immunoblots and autoradiography, findings compatible with the notion of abnormal vesicle release. Extensive transcriptome studies via microarrays and quantitative real-time RT-PCR validation of altered Homer1, Cb1, Atf2 and Pde7b transcript levels indicated a progressive reduction in the postsynaptic DA response. As functional consequences, long term depression was absent in corticostriatal slices from aged transgenic mice and an insidious decrease of spontaneous locomotor activity of these animals was found in open field tests. Taken together, the dysfunctional neurotransmission and decreased synaptic plasticity seen in the A53T-SNCA overexpressing mice reflects early functional changes within the basal ganglia resulting from synucleinopathy prior to frank neurodegeneration. Thus, preclinical stages of PD may be modeled in this mouse. Parkinsons disease (PD), the second most frequent neurodegenerative disorder at old age, can be caused by elevated expression, or the A53T mutation, of the presynaptic protein alpha-synuclein (SNCA). PD is characterized pathologically by the preferential vulnerability of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal projection neurons. Here, we used two mouse lines overexpressing human A53T-SNCA around ages 6 and 18 months and studied striatal dysfunction in the absence of neurodegeneration to understand early disease mechanisms. High pressure liquid chromatography analysis of striatal neurotransmitter content demonstrated that dopamine (DA) levels correlated directly with the level of expression of SNCA, an observation also observed in SNCA deficient mice. In the striatum of aged A53TSNCA overexpressing mice, where DA levels were elevated, a paradoxical upregulation of dopamine receptors DRD1A and DRD2 was detected by immunoblots and autoradiography, findings compatible with the notion of abnormal vesicle release. Extensive transcriptome studies via microarrays and quantitative real-time RT-PCR validation of altered Homer1, Cb1, Atf2 and Pde7b transcript levels indicated a progressive reduction in the postsynaptic DA response. As functional consequences, long term depression was absent in corticostriatal slices from aged transgenic mice and an insidious decrease of spontaneous locomotor activity of these animals was found in open field tests. Taken together, the dysfunctional neurotransmission and decreased synaptic plasticity seen in the A53T-SNCA overexpressing mice reflects early functional changes within the basal ganglia resulting from synucleinopathy prior to frank neurodegeneration. Thus, preclinical stages of PD may be modeled in this mouse.
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No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 29 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
In order to identify an expression signature that might characterize the impact of Plasmodium parasites on NK cells, we have used Affymetrix oligonucleotide microarrays to examin the global gene expression profile of primary NK cells that have been co-incubated with P. falciparum infected red blood cells and have compared it to the expression pattern of NK genes induced by cytokine treatment.
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No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Treatment, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 18 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by the expansion of the polyglutamine repeat region within the ataxin-3 protein. The mutant protein forms intracellular aggregates in the brain. However, the cellular mechanisms causing toxicity are still poorly understood and there are currently no effective treatments. In this study we show that administration of a rapamycin ester, CCI-779, improves motor performance in a transgenic mouse model of SCA3. CCI-779 inhibits mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and hence upregulates protein degradation by autophagy. CCI-779 reduces the number of aggregates seen in the brains of transgenic mice and decreases levels of cytosolic soluble mutant ataxin-3, while endogenous wild-type protein levels remain unaffected. CCI-779 is designed for long-term use in patients and therefore represents a possible therapeutic strategy for the treatment of SCA3. Using this disease model and treatment paradigm we employed a microarray approach to investigate transcriptional changes that might be important in the pathogenesis of SCA3. This approach identified Usp15, which showed expression changes at both the mRNA and protein level. Usp15 levels were also changed in mice expressing another mutant polyglutamine protein, huntingtin. In total we identified 16 transcripts that were decreased in transgenic ataxin-3 mice that were normalised following CCI-779 treatment, as the number of transcripts changed was low and the magnitude of these changes was small we suggest that transcriptional dysregulation may not be an important step in the primary pathogenesis of SCA3.
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No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 11 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Human primordial germ cells and mouse neonatal and adult germline stem cells are pluripotent and derive embryonic stem cell properties.
Publication Title
Generation of pluripotent stem cells from adult human testis.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
HIF-1 is an important transcription factor for immune responses to bacterial infection. We wanted to analyze the HIF-1 dependent gene expression upon S. aureus infection and analyzed the gene expression of HepG2 nt and HepG2 HIF-1-/- cells four hours upon infection using affymetrix human gene 1.0 st. gene arrays.
Publication Title
Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-regulated lysyl oxidase is involved in Staphylococcus aureus abscess formation.
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Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 11 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
Cultured immortalized cell lines have been extensively used to study the characteristics of various malignant stem cell clones and to optimize new treatment strategies. Nonetheless, the usefulness of such in vitro systems to recapitulate primary disease proved to be limited. Therefore, the design of more meaningful pre-clinical in vivo models ideally utilizing primary patient-derived material is of critical importance. In this context, the recently described NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid IL2rgtmWjl/Sz (NSG) mouse strain has been reported to sustain superior engraftment rates of patient-derived acute lymphatic and myeloid leukemic samples. However, limited data exist whether NSG-derived blasts retain their leukemogenecity over successive mouse generations and whether characteristics of this mouse model will indeed allow correlation to clinical parameters. In the present study, we thus engrafted NSG mice with 18 different pediatric B cell precursor ALL, AML and T-ALL samples and could demonstrate that NSG-derived blasts retained their leukemogenic profile with respect to immune-phenotype, chromosomal aberrations, transcriptome, flowcytometric- and PCR-minimal residual disease (MRD) marker expression. Moreover, the extent of leukemic engraftment and the overall survival of NSG mice highly correlated with the individual prognosis of pediatric B cell precursor ALL, AML and T-ALL patients. Thus, we here report on a complex in vivo model that provides a valuable tool for studying the heterogeneity of leukemic disease and for improving patient-tailored leukemia-targeting strategies .
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No associated publication
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Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
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