Blood from subjects with cardioembolic stroke and controls was collected, and the RNA extracted was interrogated and whole genome U133 Affymetrix Arrays. Twenty-three control samples and sixty-nine cardioembolic stroke samples were assayed.
Gene expression in peripheral immune cells following cardioembolic stroke is sexually dimorphic.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesIn vitro differentiation of human stem cells can produce pancreatic beta cells, the insulin-secreting cell type whose loss underlies Type 1 Diabetes. As a step towards mastery of this process, we report on transcriptional profiling of >100,000 individual cells sampled during in vitro beta cell differentiation and describe the cells that emerge. We resolve populations corresponding to beta cells, alpha-like poly-hormonal cells, non-endocrine cells that resemble pancreatic exocrine cells and a previously unreported population resembling enterochromaffin cells. We show that the beta and alpha-like cells are stable for weeks in culture without exogenous growth factors and that gene expression changes associated with in vivo beta cell maturation are recapitulated in vitro. We demonstrate that stem-cell derived enterochromaffin cells can synthesize and secrete serotonin in vitro. To remove exocrine cells, we characterize a scalable re-aggregation technique that efficiently selects endocrine cells. Finally, we use a high-resolution sequencing time course to characterize gene expression dynamics during human pancreatic endocrine induction from which we develop a lineage model of in vitro beta cell differentiation. This study provides a deeper perspective on the current state of human stem cell differentiation and is a jumping-off point for future endeavors in in vitro differentiation of pancreatic islet cells and their application in regenerative medicine. Overall design: Single-cell mRNA sequencing of pluripotent stem cells differentiating in vitro towards pancreatic beta cells. The data & metadata match the initial submission of the manuscript, not the final version.
Charting cellular identity during human in vitro β-cell differentiation.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesCombinations of anticancer agents may have synergistic anti-tumor effects, but enhanced hematological toxicity often limit their clinical use. We examined whether microarray profiles could be used to compare early molecular responses following a single dose of agents administered individually with that of the agents administered in a combination. Six patterns of co-expressed genes were detected at the 1-hour time point which indicate regulatory expression of genes dependent on the order of the administration. When topotecan is given first, several signal transduction transcription factors associated with cancer or inactivation of a tumor suppressor were co-regulating gene expression. These results suggest alterations in histone biology, chromatin remodeling, DNA repair, bone regeneration, and respiratory and oxidative phosphorylation are among the prominent pathways modulated in bone marrow from animals treated with an oxaliplatin/topotecan combination.
Toxicogenomics profiling of bone marrow from rats treated with topotecan in combination with oxaliplatin: a mechanistic strategy to inform combination toxicity.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Time
View SamplesOzone is a highly toxic air pollutant and global health concern. Mechanisms of genetic susceptibility to ozone-induced lung inflammation are not completely understood. We hypothesized Notch3 and Notch4 are important determinants of susceptibility to ozone-induced lung inflammation. Wild type (WT), Notch3 (Notch3-/-) and Notch4 (Notch4-/-) knockout mice were exposed to ozone (0.3 ppm) or filtered air for 6-72 hours. Ozone increased bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) protein, a marker of lung permeability, in all genotypes, but significantly greater concentrations were found in Notch4-/- compared to WT and Notch3-/-. Significantly greater mean numbers of BALF neutrophils were found in Notch3-/- and Notch4-/- mice compared to WT mice after ozone. Expression of whole lung Tnf was significantly increased after ozone in all genotypes, and was significantly greater in Notch3-/- mice compared to WT. Statistical analyses of the transcriptome identified differentially expressed gene networks between WT and knockout mice basally and after ozone, and included Trim30, a member of the inflammasome pathway, and Traf6, an inflammatory signaling member. These novel findings are consistent with Notch3 and Notch4 as susceptibility genes for ozone-induced lung injury, and suggest that Notch receptors protect against innate immune inflammation.
Novel Roles for Notch3 and Notch4 Receptors in Gene Expression and Susceptibility to Ozone-Induced Lung Inflammation in Mice.
Specimen part
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Decision tree-based method for integrating gene expression, demographic, and clinical data to determine disease endotypes.
Sex, Disease
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Mitochondrial nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide reduced (NADH) oxidation links the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle with methionine metabolism and nuclear DNA methylation.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesThe goal of the study was to understand whether mitochondrial-driven epigenetic changes regulate gene expression. Mitochondrial metabolism has been implicated in epigenetics but the extent to which this impacts gene expression is unclear. Here we show that loss of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) results in locus-specific alterations in histone acetylation, DNA methylation and expression of a subset of genes. Most of these changes are rescued by restoring mitochondrial electron transport in a way that maintains the oxidative tricarboxylic acid cycle, but not reactive oxygen species or ATP production, or by modulating the mitochondrial pool of acetyl-CoA. Changes in acetyl-CoA and histone acetylation precede overt mitochondrial dysfunction and significant changes in gene expression and DNA methylation. This suggests that acetyl-CoA levels signal mitochondrial status to the nucleus. Differentially expressed genes with altered histone marks or DNA methylation regulate amino acid degradation, which likely compensates for the changes in acetyl-CoA and one carbon metabolism. These have the potential to further affect methylation reactions, redox control and nucleotide levels. These results illustrate the extent to which mitochondria impact cell physiology through epigenetic remodeling.
Mitochondrial nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide reduced (NADH) oxidation links the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle with methionine metabolism and nuclear DNA methylation.
Cell line
View SamplesThe goal of the study is to identify p53 target genes specific to macrophages using the p53 stabilizer, Nutlin-3.
p53 and NF-κB coregulate proinflammatory gene responses in human macrophages.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease, Treatment, Race, Subject
View SamplesThe goals of this study were to identify LIN28 downstream gene targets in breast cancer cells. We use a subclone of the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line, MCF-7M as our model system. Methods: mRNA-protein complexes (mRNP) lysates were prepared from MCF-7M cells and incubated with Protein-A Sepharose beads (Sigma-Aldrich) and either LIN28 (Abcam) or control normal rabbit serum IgG antibodies. LIN28 interacting mRNAs were identified by whole genome sequencing. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped approximately 13 million sequence reads for LIN28-IP and CTL- IP (IgG), respectively to the to the human genome (build h19). Conclusions: mRNA were significantly bound by LIN28 if LIN28 RIP had 2.5 fold increase in normalized reads compared to IgG. We found that LIN28 was predominantly bound at coding exons and 3''UTRs, 38% & 45% respectively, in the 843 mRNAs within MCF-7M genome. Overall design: LIN28 mRNA enriched regions identified from LIN28/RNA complexes prepared from MCF-7M cells.
LIN28A Modulates Splicing and Gene Expression Programs in Breast Cancer Cells.
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Revealing a human p53 universe.
Specimen part, Subject
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