We co-isolated hair follicle placode and dermal condensate cells along with other specific cell types from E14.5 embryonic mouse skin. With next-generation RNA-sequencing we defined gene expression patterns in the context of the entire embryonic skin. Overall design: FACS was used to isolate specific cell types from E14.5 embryonic mouse skin.
An Integrated Transcriptome Atlas of Embryonic Hair Follicle Progenitors, Their Niche, and the Developing Skin.
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View SamplesUsing Tbx18Cre to target embryonic DP precursors, we ablate Sox2 early and efficiently, resulting in diminished hair shaft outgrowth. Transcriptional profiling of Sox2 null DPs reveals increased Bmp6 and decreased Bmp inhibitor Sostdc1, a direct Sox2 transcriptional target.
Sox2 in the dermal papilla niche controls hair growth by fine-tuning BMP signaling in differentiating hair shaft progenitors.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe role of estrogen and testosterone in the regulation of gene expression in the proximal reproductive tract is not completely understood. To address this question, mice were treated with testosterone or estradiol and RNA from the efferent ducts and caput epididymis was processed and hybridized to Affymetrix MOE 430 2.0 microarrays. Analysis of array output identified probe sets in each tissue with altered levels in hormone treated versus control animals. Hormone treatment efficacy was confirmed by determination of serum hormone levels pre- and post-treatment and observed changes in transcript levels of previously reported hormone-responsive genes. Tissue-specific hormone sensitivity was observed with 2867 and 3197 probe sets changing significantly in the efferent ducts after estrogen and testosterone treatment, respectively. In the caput epididymis, 117 and 268 probe sets changed after estrogen and testosterone treatment, respectively, demonstrating a greater response to hormone in the efferent ducts than the caput epididymis. Transcripts sharing similar profiles in the intact and hormone-treated animals compared with castrated controls were also identified. Ontological analysis of probe sets revealed a significant number of hormone-regulated transcripts encode proteins associated with lipid metabolism, transcription and steroid metabolism in both tissues. Real-time RT-PCR was employed to confirm array data and investigate other potential hormone-responsive regulators of proximal reproductive tract function. The results of this work reveal previously unknown responses to estrogen in the caput epididymis and to testosterone in the efferent ducts as well as tissue specific hormone sensitivity in the proximal reproductive tract.
Regulation of gene expression by estrogen and testosterone in the proximal mouse reproductive tract.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesExpession data from L1-L2 stage nematodes (C. elegans), wild type and four mutants (alg-1, zfp-1, rde-4, lin-35).
RNA interference and retinoblastoma-related genes are required for repression of endogenous siRNA targets in Caenorhabditis elegans.
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View SamplesWIN 18,446/RA treatment of neonatal mice was used to synchronize the initial wave of spermatogenesis and identify novel messages expressed within either germ or Sertoli cells as spermatogonia enter meiosis.
Riding the spermatogenic wave: profiling gene expression within neonatal germ and sertoli cells during a synchronized initial wave of spermatogenesis in mice.
Specimen part
View SamplesMurine testis developmental time course created from tissue samples collected from birth through adulthood and hybridized to MGU74v2 A, B, and C chips in duplicate
The murine testicular transcriptome: characterizing gene expression in the testis during the progression of spermatogenesis.
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View SamplesTo obtain an overview of the cellular functions regulated by ZNF217 signaling in breast-cancer cell lines, we performed global gene-expression profiling on MDA-MB-231-pcDNA6 and MDA-MB-231-ZNF217 cells
ZNF217 is a marker of poor prognosis in breast cancer that drives epithelial-mesenchymal transition and invasion.
Specimen part
View SamplesTristetraprolin (TTP) is a tandem CCCH zinc finger protein that was identified through its rapid induction by mitogens in fibroblasts. Studies of TTP-deficient mice, and cells derived from them, showed that TTP could bind to certain AU-rich elements in mRNAs, leading to increases in the rates of mRNA deadenylation and destruction. Known physiological target
Novel mRNA targets for tristetraprolin (TTP) identified by global analysis of stabilized transcripts in TTP-deficient fibroblasts.
Cell line
View SamplesTime course of gene expression in the murine embryonic testis from the time of the indifferent gonad (11.5dpc) to birth (18.5dpc)
Profiling gene expression during the differentiation and development of the murine embryonic gonad.
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View SamplesTime course of gene expression in the murine embryonic ovary from the time of the indifferent gonad (11.5dpc) to birth (18.5dpc)
Profiling gene expression during the differentiation and development of the murine embryonic gonad.
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