A growing body of evidence points to the essential role of bone marrow (BM) tumor microenvironment in Multiple Myeloma (MM) maintenance and progression. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are one of the most important players in this scenario. Through direct and indirect interactions, these cells support MM cells by promoting increase of proliferation, migration, survival, and drug resistance. Additionally, an increasing number of evidence has been demonstrating that MSC from MM patients (MM-MSC) have several abnormalities when compared with their normal counterpart from normal donors (ND-MSC). Therefore, the aimed of our study was to explore the differences between MM-MSC and ND-MSC through gene expression analysis.
Transcriptome Analysis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Multiple Myeloma Patients Reveals Downregulation of Genes Involved in Cell Cycle Progression, Immune Response, and Bone Metabolism.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease stage, Subject
View SamplesBortezomib-induced resistant MCL cell lines (HBL2 BR and JEKO BR) were generated by continuous cultured of corresponding parental cell lines (HBL2 PT and JEKO PT) with increasing bortezomib concentrations
Bortezomib resistance in mantle cell lymphoma is associated with plasmacytic differentiation.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesIn vitro experiment of stimulation of monocyte-derived dendritic cells with Saccaromyces cerevisiae in exponential growth phase. This experiment was performed to verify the comparability of microarray
Using pathway signatures as means of identifying similarities among microarray experiments.
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View SamplesAnalysis of gene-probe expression data (FPKM) for mouse skin using single-end read RNA-seq Overall design: RNA was collected and analyzed for 2 biological replicates each from 3 developmental stages (E18.5, P3, 10 weeks)
RNA-seq studies reveal new insights into p63 and the transcriptomic landscape of the mouse skin.
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View SamplesInduction of the transcription factor Sox2 from a doxycycline-inducible promoter in iSox2-DAOY medulloblastoma cells.
Elevating SOX2 levels deleteriously affects the growth of medulloblastoma and glioblastoma cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesRecent studies have shown that the RNA binding protein Musashi 2 (Msi2) plays prominent roles during development and leukemia. Additionally, in embryonic stem cells (ESC) undergoing the early stages of differentiation, Msi2 has been shown to associate with Sox2, which is required for the self-renewal of ESC. These findings led us to examine the effects of Msi2 on the behavior of ESC. Using an shRNA sequence that targets Msi2 and a scrambled shRNA sequence, we determined that knockdown of Msi2 disrupts the self-renewal of ESC and promotes their differentiation. Collectively, our findings argue that Msi2 is required to support the self-renewal and pluripotency of ESC.
Musashi2 is required for the self-renewal and pluripotency of embryonic stem cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesCarbon nanotubes are cylindrically-shaped carbon nanostructures, made up of layers of graphene rolled onto themselves, with diameters similar to those of neuronal processes. In the last decade, CNT have been used as biocompatible growing substrates for neuronal attachment, differentiation and growth. In the perspective of new developments in tissue engineering, and in particular in spinal cord repair strategies, based on the use of CNTs, our aim is to clarify the biophysical interactions between CNTs and spinal cord neurons, studying the development of the morphological and functional characteristics of spinal neurons grown on CNT-based interfaces.
Adhesion to carbon nanotube conductive scaffolds forces action-potential appearance in immature rat spinal neurons.
Specimen part
View SamplesPurpose: The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) forms the outer blood-retinal barrier. Primary cultures of RPE can model the barrier, but are very sensitive to culture conditions. We examined how the neural retina regulates the RPE transcriptome in a culture model of embryonic development. Attention focused on the tight junctional genes essential for barrier function.
Diffusible retinal secretions regulate the expression of tight junctions and other diverse functions of the retinal pigment epithelium.
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View SamplesPurpose: The morphology of the RPE shows minimal change as the neural retina and choriocapillaris differentiate. Nonetheless, initial studies of barrier-related proteins suggest extensive remodeling of the RPE in response to this changing environment. A genomic approach was used to investigate the extent of this remodeling.
Analysis of the RPE transcriptome reveals dynamic changes during the development of the outer blood-retinal barrier.
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View SamplesWe retrospectively analyzed AML patients enrolled in the AIEOP since 2000, 42 patients with 11q23 rearrangement were analyzed by gene expression profile
MLL partner genes drive distinct gene expression profiles and genomic alterations in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: an AIEOP study.
Disease, Disease stage
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