Placentation of the conceptus to the surface epithelium is governed through a tightly regulated temporal and spatial window. Premature exogenous steriod exposure causes a shift in the maternal tissue's receptivity and prevents proper placentation.
Effects of aberrant estrogen on the endometrial transcriptional profile in pigs.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe role of myeloid cells as regulators of tumor progression that significantly impact the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies makes them an attractive target for inhibition. Here we explore the effect of a novel, potent, and selective inhibitor of serine/threonine protein kinase CK2 on modulating myeloid cells in the tumor microenvironment. Although inhibition of CK2 caused only a modest effect on dendritic cells in tumor-bearing mice, it substantially reduced the amount of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSC) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAM). This effect was not caused by the induction of apoptosis, but rather by a block of differentiation. Our results implicated downregulation of CCAAT-enhancer binding protein-a (C/EBPa) in this effect. Although CK2 inhibition did not directly affect tumor cells, it dramatically enhanced the antitumor activity of immune checkpoint receptor blockade using anti-CTLA-4 antibody. These results suggest a potential role of CK2 inhibitors in combination therapies against cancer. Overall design: Untreated and CK2 inhibitor treated hematopoietic progenitor cells cells assayed by RNA-seq
Inhibition of Casein Kinase 2 Disrupts Differentiation of Myeloid Cells in Cancer and Enhances the Efficacy of Immunotherapy in Mice.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesSomatic mutation in the X-linked phosphatidylinositol glycan class A (PIG-A) gene causes glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor deficiency in humans with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH). Clinically, patients with PNH have intravascular hemolysis, venous thrombosis and bone marrow failure. We produced a conditional Pig-a knock-out mouse model specifically inactivating the Pig-a gene in hematopoietic cells to study the role of PIG-A deficiency in PNH pathophysiology. We used Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 chips to investigate the gene expression pattern in the mouse model of targeted Pig-a deletion.
Phenotypic and functional characterization of a mouse model of targeted Pig-a deletion in hematopoietic cells.
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View SamplesTuberculosis (TB) is responsible for the majority of mortality and morbidity associated with infectious diseases worldwide. The characterization of exact molecular components of immune response associated with protection against TB may help design more effective therapeutic interventions. In this study, we aimed to characterize the immune signature of memory T cells associated with latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Transcriptomic profiling using RNA sequencing was performed on memory CD4 and CD8 T cells isolated from individuals with latent tuberculosis, as well as from tuberculosis negative healthy controls. Overall, we found specific gene signatures in each cell subset that could successfully discriminate between individuals with latent tuberculosis and healthy controls. Overall design: RNA-sequencing of sorted memory CD4 and CD8 T cells from cryopreserved PBMC of 10 subjects with latent tuberculosis infection and 10 tuberculosis negative healthy controls
Circulating T cell-monocyte complexes are markers of immune perturbations.
Disease, Disease stage, Subject
View SamplesGene expression data from VHL teratomas comparing genes differentially expressed based on apoptotic response to tumor microenvironment.
Pleiotropic effects of the trichloroethylene-associated P81S VHL mutation on metabolism, apoptosis, and ATM-mediated DNA damage response.
Specimen part
View SamplesIslet leukocytic infiltration (insulitis) is first obvious at around 4 weeks of age in the NOD mouse a model for human type 1 diabetes (T1DM). The molecular events leading to insulitis are poorly understood. Since TIDM is caused by numerous genes, we hypothesized that multiple molecular pathways are altered and interact to initiate this disease.
Molecular phenotyping of immune cells from young NOD mice reveals abnormal metabolic pathways in the early induction phase of autoimmune diabetes.
Age, Specimen part
View SamplesA specific set of genes involved in regulating cellular immune response, antigen presentation, and T cell activation and survival were down-regulated 7 days after LVAD placement. 6 months following LVAD placement, the expression levels of these genes were significantly increased; yet importantly, remained significantly lower than age and sex-matched samples from healthy controls. Overall design: Examination of the effect of LVAD implant on peripheral blood transcriptome. Blood was drawn before LVAD placement, 7 days post implant, and 180 days post implant. RNA sequencing was performaed on all samples.
Identification of differentially expressed transcripts and pathways in blood one week and six months following implant of left ventricular assist devices.
Specimen part, Subject, Time
View SamplesPrdm12, a novel key regulator of the Nerve Growth Factor-TrkA signaling pathway, is required for nociceptive sensory neuron development Overall design: RNA-seq analysis in triplcate of the transcriptome of thoracic dorsal root ganglia with associated spinal cord of E11.5 Prdm12 KO and WT embryos.
Prdm12 Directs Nociceptive Sensory Neuron Development by Regulating the Expression of the NGF Receptor TrkA.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesRegulation of homeostasis and development of cardiac muscle tissues is controlled by a core set of transcription factors. The MEF2 family plays a critical role in these processes.
Antagonistic regulation of cell-cycle and differentiation gene programs in neonatal cardiomyocytes by homologous MEF2 transcription factors.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe identified a rare subset of autoreactive lymphocytes with a hybrid phenotype of T and B cells including coexpression of TCR and BCR and key lineage markers of both cell types (hereafter referred to as dual expressers or DEs). To investigate the dual phenotype of DEs at single cell resolution, we examined their transcriptomes using single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). We sorted individual DEs, Bcon and Tcon cells from PBMCs of one type I diabetes patient and analyzed the transcriptomes of 34 DEs, 20 Bcon , and 23 Tcon using the plate-based SMART-seq2 protocol (Tirosh and Suva, 2018; Tirosh et al., 2016). Our results show that DEs have uniquely expressed genes along with genes encoding lineage markers of T and B cells. Overall design: Examination of the transcriptomes of three cell types, Des (Dual Expressors), Bcon (Conventional B) and Tcon (Conventional T) cells from the PBMCs of one type I diabetes patient
A Public BCR Present in a Unique Dual-Receptor-Expressing Lymphocyte from Type 1 Diabetes Patients Encodes a Potent T Cell Autoantigen.
Specimen part, Disease, Subject
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