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GSE7476
Homo sapiens
11 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Using Affymetrix microarray technology we analyzed the gene expression profiles of the most important pathological categories of bladder cancer in order to detect potential marker genes. Applying an unsupervised cluster algorithm we observed clear differences between tumor and control samples, as well as between superficial and muscle invasive tumors. According to cluster results, the T1 high grade tumor type presented a global genetic profile which could not be distinguished from invasive cases. We described a new measure to classify differentially expressed genes and we compared it against the B-rank statistic as a standard method. According to this new classification method, the biological functions overrepresented in top differentially expressed genes when comparing tumor versus control samples were associated with growth, differentiation, immune system response, communication, cellular matrix and enzyme regulation. Comparing superficial versus invasive samples, the most important overrepresented biological category was growth and, specifically, DNA synthesis and mitotic cytoskeleton. On the other hand, some under expressed genes have been clearly related to muscular tissue contamination in control samples. Finally, we demonstrated that a pool strategy could be a good option to detect the best differentially expressed genes between two compared conditions.
Publication Title
DNA microarray expression profiling of bladder cancer allows identification of noninvasive diagnostic markers.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 10 Downloadable Samples
NextSeq 500
Description
Microglia constitutes a diverse population of cells that present a broad spectrum of responses when they become activated. Here, microglial status was studied under steady-state conditions from different brain regions involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Under basal conditions, midbrain microglia showed an immune-alert state not observed in striatum. Unique subpopulations of microglia expressing TLR4 and MHC-II with antigen presenting properties, and a higher proportion of infiltrating CD4+ T cells were identified in the midbrain. These results highlight that the inflammatory tone is context-dependent and reveal the unique properties of the midbrain related to the interaction with the immune system. Overall design: Analysis of two cohorts of control animals
Publication Title
Midbrain microglia mediate a specific immunosuppressive response under inflammatory conditions.
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Age, Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 27 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip
Description
TL1A contributes to the pathogenesis of several chronic inflammatory diseases, including Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by enhancing TH1, TH17, and TH2 responses. TL1A mediates a strong co-stimulation of these TH subsets particularly of mucosal CCR9+ T cells. However, the signaling pathways that TL1A induces in different TH subsets are incompletely understood. Here, we investigated the function of TL1A on human TH17 cells. TL1A together with TGF- IL-6, and IL-23 enhanced the secretion of IL-17 and IFN- from human CD4+ memory T cells. TL1A induced the expression of the transcription factors BATF and T-bet that correlated with the secretion of IL-17 and IFN-. In contrast, TL1A alone induced high levels of IL-22 in memory CD4+ T cells and committed TH17 cells. However, TL1A did not enhance expression of IL-17A in TH17 cells. Expression of the transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor that regulates expression of IL-22 was not affected by TL1A. We performed transcriptome analysis of TH17 cells to determine genes that are transcriptionally regulated by TL1A. transcriptome analysis revealed increased expression of IL-9 in response to TL1A.
Publication Title
The TNF family member TL1A induces IL-22 secretion in committed human T<sub>h</sub>17 cells via IL-9 induction.
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Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 2 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
TGF-beta/Smads signaling plays important roles in vascular integrity. To identify potential Smad4 target genes in brain endothelial cells that control cerebrovascular integrity, the microarray assay was performed to compare the gene expression profiles of bEnd3 transfected with Smad4-siRNA and control-siRNA.
Publication Title
Endothelial Smad4 maintains cerebrovascular integrity by activating N-cadherin through cooperation with Notch.
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Specimen part, Cell line
View Samples- Rattus norvegicus
- 25 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Rat Genome U34 Array (rgu34a)
Description
To determine whether immortalized cells derived from the rat SCN (SCN 2.2) retain intrinsic rhythm-generating properties characteristic of the SCN, oscillatory properties of the SCN2.2 transcriptome were analyzed and compared to those found in the rat SCN in vivo using rat U34A Affymetrix GeneChips. SCN2.2 cells were expanded in 6-well plates. At 6-hour interval across 2 circadian cycles, cells from single 6-well plates were harvested and pooled for total RNA extraction.
Publication Title
Circadian profiling of the transcriptome in immortalized rat SCN cells.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 2 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
The zinc finger transcription factor growth-factor-independent-1 (Gfi1) has been involved in various cellular differentiation processes. Gfi1 acts as a transcriptional repressor and splicing control factor upon binding to cognate binding sites in regulatory elements of its target genes. Here, we report that Gfi1-deficient mice develop autoimmunity. Gfi1-deficient peripheral B-cells show a hyperproliferative phenotype, leading to expansion of plasma cells, increased levels of nuclear autoantibodies, and immunoglobulin deposition in brain and kidneys. Dysregulation of multiple transcription factors and cell-cycle control elements may contribute to B-cell dependent autoimmunity. Gfi1 thus emerges as a novel master-regulator restricting autoimmunity.
Publication Title
Transcription factor Gfi1 restricts B cell-mediated autoimmunity.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 27 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Murine Genome U74A Version 2 Array (mgu74av2)
Description
To screen for specific circadian outputs that may distinguish the pacemaker in the mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) from peripheral-type oscillators in which the canonical clockworks are similarly regulated in a circadian manner, the rhythmic behavior of the transcriptome in forskolin-stimulated NIH/3T3 fibroblasts was analyzed and compared to that found in the rat SCN in vivo and SCN2.2 cells in vitro. Similar to the scope of circadian gene expression in SCN2.2 cells and the rat SCN, NIH/3T3 fibroblasts exhibited circadian fluctuations in the expression of the core clock genes, Per2, Bmal1 (Mop3), and Cry1 and 323 functionally diverse transcripts (2.6%), many of which were involved in cell communication. Overlap in rhythmically-expressed transcripts among NIH/3T3 fibroblasts, SCN2.2 cells and the rat SCN was limited to these clock genes and four other genes that mediate fatty acid and lipid metabolism or function as nuclear factors. Compared to NIH/3T3 cells, circadian gene expression in SCN oscillators was more prevalent among cellular pathways mediating glucose metabolism and neurotransmission. Coupled with evidence for the rhythmic regulation of the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase, the enzyme responsible for the production of nitric oxide, in SCN2.2 cells and the rat SCN but not in fibroblasts, studies examining the effects of a NOS inhibitor on metabolic rhythms in co-cultures containing SCN2.2 cells and untreated NIH/3T3 cells suggest that this gaseous neurotransmitter may play a key role in SCN pacemaker function. Thus, this comparative analysis of circadian gene expression in SCN and non-SCN cells may have important implications in the selective identification of circadian signals involved in the coupling of SCN oscillators and the regulation of rhythmicity in downstream cells or tissues.
Publication Title
Circadian profiling of the transcriptome in NIH/3T3 fibroblasts: comparison with rhythmic gene expression in SCN2.2 cells and the rat SCN.
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View Samples- Mus musculus
- 4 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
The nuclear receptor HNF4A regulates embryonic and post-natal hepatocyte gene expression. Using hepatocyte-specific inactivation in mice, we show that the TAF4 subunit of TFIID acts as a cofactor for HNF4A in vivo and that HNF4A interacts directly with the TAF4-TAF12 heterodimer in vitro. In vivo, TAF4 is required to maintain HNF4A-directed embryonic gene expression at post-natal stages and for HNF4A-directed activation of post-natal gene expression. TAF4 promotes HNF4A occupancy of functional cis-regulatory elements located adjacent to the transcription start sites of post-natal expressed genes and for pre-initiation complex formation required for their expression. Promoter-proximal HNF4A-TFIID interactions are therefore required for pre-initiation complex formation and stable HNF4A occupancy of regulatory elements as two concomitant mutually dependent processes. Overall design: RNA profiles in wild-type and Taf4-/- livers by deep sequencing
Publication Title
TAF4, a subunit of transcription factor II D, directs promoter occupancy of nuclear receptor HNF4A during post-natal hepatocyte differentiation.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 16 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx
Description
We determined the Taf4 dependent differential expression of RNAs in WT as well as KO cells in their pluripotent state, before and after treatment with retinoic acid and immediately before plating to form neuronal precursors. Overall design: Examination of RNA expression in 4 different cell lines (2 independent Taf4 WT and 2 independent Taf4 KO) in ES cells and at 3 timepoints during differentiation into neurons.
Publication Title
Essential role of the TFIID subunit TAF4 in murine embryogenesis and embryonic stem cell differentiation.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 4 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx
Description
We determined the Taf4 dependent differential expression of RNAs in WT as well as KO cells at day 9 of the differentiation into the cardiac lineage. Overall design: Examination of RNA expression in 4 different cell lines (2 independent Taf4 WT and 2 independent Taf4 KO) in 1 timepoint during cardiac differentiation.
Publication Title
Essential role of the TFIID subunit TAF4 in murine embryogenesis and embryonic stem cell differentiation.
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