MHC-I overexpression in muscle biopsies is a hallmark of inflammatory myopathies.However the mechanisms of MHC-I overexpression in each disease is not well understood. Microarray analysis from MHC-I-microdissected myofibers showed a differential expression signature in each inflammatory myopathy. Innate immunity and IFN-I pathways are upregulated vs healthy controls, specifically in dermatomyositis (DM).
Altered RIG-I/DDX58-mediated innate immunity in dermatomyositis.
Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesFemale infertility syndromes are among the most prevalent chronic health disorders in women, but their molecular basis remains unknown because of the complexity of oogenesis and uncertainty regarding the number and identity of ovarian factors controlling the assembly, preservation, and maturation of ovarian follicles. To systematically discover such ovarian fertility factors en masse, we employed a mouse model (Foxo3), where follicles are assembled normally but are then synchronously activated. Gene expression profiling of mutant and normal ovaries led to the identification a surprisingly large set of ovarian factors. The set included the vast majority of known ovarian factors, many of which when mutated produce female sterility phenotypes, but most were novel. Subsequent analyses revealed novel classes of ovarian factors and significant overrpresentation on the X chromosome, among other insights into the general properties of oogenesis genes and their patterns of expression.
Genomewide discovery and classification of candidate ovarian fertility genes in the mouse.
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View SamplesIn order to gain insight into the molecular pathogenesis of collagen VI defects we have performed gene expression microarray analysis of dermal fibroblasts. We have compared the transcriptome of fibroblasts, treated or untreated with ascorbic acid, from UCMD patients (n = 6) and aged-matched healthy children (n = 5).
Transcriptome Analysis of Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Fibroblasts Reveals a Disease Extracellular Matrix Signature and Key Molecular Regulators.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage, Treatment
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Isolation and in vitro expansion of human colonic stem cells.
Sex, Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesUsing the surface marker EPHB2, we have FACS-purified and profiled stem cell-enriched cell fractions from normal human mucosa, crypt proliferative progenitors and late transient amplifying cells to define a gene expression program specific for normal human colon epithelial stem cells
Isolation and in vitro expansion of human colonic stem cells.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesTo identify novel LXR target genes, we conducted transcriptional profiling studies using RAW264.7 cells ectopically expressing
Apoptotic cells promote their own clearance and immune tolerance through activation of the nuclear receptor LXR.
Cell line
View SamplesThe aim of this study was to identify the genes showing an altered expression in LGMD2A patients and the possible pathways they are implicated in. Ten muscle samples from patients with calpainopathy in which molecular diagnosis was ascertained were invest
Gene expression profiling in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2A.
Sex
View SamplesThe liver X receptors (LXRs) are ligand-activated nuclear receptors with established roles in the maintenance of lipid homeostasis in multiple tissues. LXRs exert additional biological functions as negative regulators of inflammation, particularly in macrophages. However, the transcriptional responses controlled by LXRs in other myeloid cells, such as dendritic cells (DC), are still poorly understood. Here we used gain- and loss-of-function models to characterize the impact of LXR deficiency on DC activation programs. Our results identified an LXR-dependent pathway that is important for DC chemotaxis. LXR-deficient mature DCs are defective in stimulus-induced migration in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, we show that LXRs facilitate DC chemotactic signaling by regulating the expression of CD38, an ectoenzyme important for leukocyte trafficking. Pharmacological or genetic inactivation of CD38 activity abolished LXR-dependent induction of DC chemotaxis. Using the LDLR-/- mouse model of atherosclerosis, we also demonstrated that hematopoietic CD38 expression is important for the accumulation of lipid-laden myeloid cells in lesions, suggesting that CD38 is a key factor in leukocyte migration during atherogenesis. Collectively, our results demonstrate that LXRs are required for efficient emigration of DCs in response to chemotactic signals during inflammation.
LXR nuclear receptors are transcriptional regulators of dendritic cell chemotaxis.
Specimen part
View SamplesMouse BMDCs were differentiated from bone marrow by GM-CSF and IL-4 for 9 days.
LXR nuclear receptors are transcriptional regulators of dendritic cell chemotaxis.
Specimen part
View SamplesIn the past three years the role of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in tumour promotion and progression has been intensively studied. The chemokine receptor CXCR4 and its ligand CXCL12 are commonly expressed in malignant cells from primary tumours, metastases and also in malignant cell lines. To investigate the biological significance of this receptor/ligand pair, we knocked-down CXCR4 expression in ovarian cancer cell line IGROV-1 using shRNA, and established stable cell lines.
A dynamic inflammatory cytokine network in the human ovarian cancer microenvironment.
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