Analysis of the effects of sulphatide specific antibody (O4, 20microg/ml) on myelinating cultures generated from dissociated embryonic rat spinal cord after 24 hours treatment to give insights into effects of lipid-specific antibodies and its implication in demyelinating diseases.
Lipid-specific IgMs induce antiviral responses in the CNS: implications for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in multiple sclerosis.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesAnalysis of the effects of three members of the FGF family (FGF1, FGF2 and FGF9) and bone morphogenic protein 4 (BMP4) on myelinating cultures generated from dissociated embryonic spinal cord. The results of both immediate (24 hours, T1 (24 hrs)) and long term treatments (10days, T2) give insights into the cumulative effects of sustained FGF and BMP mediated signal transduction in the pathogenesis of demyelinating diseases.
Fibroblast growth factor signalling in multiple sclerosis: inhibition of myelination and induction of pro-inflammatory environment by FGF9.
Specimen part, Treatment, Time
View SamplesFailure of remyelination in multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with inhibition of oligodendrocyte precursor (OPC) differentiation, but the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. We now report inflammatory demyelination in MS is associated with localized expression of fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) by oligodendrocytes and to a lesser extent astrocytes, and demonstrate FGF9 inhibits myelination and remyelination in vitro. This inhibitory activity is reversible and due to an off target FGF9-dependent effect on astrocytes that disrupts in the growth factor milieu required to support myelination.
Fibroblast growth factor signalling in multiple sclerosis: inhibition of myelination and induction of pro-inflammatory environment by FGF9.
Specimen part, Treatment, Time
View Samples593 FFPE colorectal cancer samples were used to generate three prediction models: Recurrence prediction, 5FU efficacy prediction, and FOLFOX efficacy prediction
Building personalized treatment plans for early-stage colorectal cancer patients.
Specimen part
View SamplesPancreatic cancer is a devastating disease with both local invasion and distant metastasis. Identifying the genes expressed in liver metastases and signatures of metastatic progression would therefore be of particular importance as they could aid in both recurrence prediction as well as representing novel therapeutic targets.
S100P is a metastasis-associated gene that facilitates transendothelial migration of pancreatic cancer cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesPancreatic cancer is a devastating disease with both local invasion and distant metastasis. Identifying the genes expressed in liver metastases and signatures of metastatic progression would therefore be of particular importance as they could aid in both recurrence prediction as well as representing novel therapeutic targets.
S100P is a metastasis-associated gene that facilitates transendothelial migration of pancreatic cancer cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe and others have shown that S100P is highly upregulated during the progression of pancreatic cancer. We used microarrays to look at the target genes regulated by S100P in the pancreatic cancer cell line Panc1.
S100P is a metastasis-associated gene that facilitates transendothelial migration of pancreatic cancer cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesWe performed microarray analysis to examine the differential gene expression profiles between Prdm1 (Blimp-1)-deleted and control keratinocytes. Keratinocytes isolated from Prdm1-floxed K5-CreER positive (CKO) mice were cultured in the presence of 4OHT to induce deletion of the Prdm1 allele in vitro. Prdm1-floxed K5-CreER positive (CKO) keratinocytes treated with the ethanol solvent control (EtOH) or Prdm1-floxed K5-CreER negative (control) keratinocytes treated with 4OHT or EtOH served as controls. Microarray analyses revealed that there were 93 genes up-regulated and 109 genes down-regulated by more than 2-fold in the CKO + 4OHT group in comparison with the CKO + EtOH, Ctrl + 4OHT or Ctrl + EtOH groups. Several corneocytes-related genes, including Rptn, Lce1f, Krt1 and Lce1d, are significantly down-regulated and several cytokines/chemokines, including Cxcl1, Cxcl2, Cxcl5 and Il24, are significantly up-regulated upon the deletion of Prdm1 in vitro.
Inducible deletion of the Blimp-1 gene in adult epidermis causes granulocyte-dominated chronic skin inflammation in mice.
Specimen part, Treatment
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Breast cancer-associated fibroblasts confer AKT1-mediated epigenetic silencing of Cystatin M in epithelial cells.
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View SamplesAlthough the basic anatomical sub-divisions of the larval mosquito gut were established several decades ago, information regarding their exact physiological roles is rather scarce. Several studies have reported differences between larval gut compartments in various morphological and physiological aspects. Unfortunately, the fragmentary and incomplete nature of this information makes it hard to establish clear links to the specific and/or unique physiological roles of each gut region.
A microarray-based analysis of transcriptional compartmentalization in the alimentary canal of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae.
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