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GSE24666
Rattus norvegicus
18 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Rat Gene 1.0 ST Array (ragene10st)
Description
The cascade of molecular events involved in mammalian sex determination has been shown to involve the SRY gene, but specific downstream events have eluded researchers for decades. The current study identifies one of the first direct downstream targets of the male sex-determining factor SRY as the basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor TCF21. SRY was found to directly associate with the Tcf21 promoter SRY/SOX9 response element both in vitro and in vivo during male sex determination. TCF21 was found to promote an in vitro sex reversal of embryonic ovarian cells to promote precursor Sertoli cell differentiation. Therefore, SRY acts directly on the Tcf21 promoter to, in part, initiate a cascade of events associated with Sertoli cell differentiation and embryonic testis development.
Publication Title
Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor TCF21 is a downstream target of the male sex determining gene SRY.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
View Samples- Bos taurus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Bovine Genome Array (bovine)
Description
Coordinated interactions between ovarian granulosa and theca cells are required for female endocrine function and fertility. To elucidate these interactions the regulation of the granulosa and theca cell transcriptomes during bovine antral follicle development were investigated. Granulosa cells and theca cells were isolated from small (<5 mm), medium (5-10 mm), and large (>10 mm) antral bovine follicles. A microarray analysis of 24,000 bovine genes revealed that granulosa cells and theca cells each had gene sets specific to small, medium and large follicle cells. Transcripts regulated (i.e., minimally changed 1.5-fold) during antral follicle development for the granulosa cells involved 446 genes and for theca cells 248 genes. Only 28 regulated genes were common to both granulosa and theca cells. Regulated genes were functionally categorized with a focus on growth factors and cytokines expressed and regulated by the two cell types. Candidate regulatory growth factor proteins mediating both paracrine and autocrine cell-cell interactions include macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP1 beta), teratocarcinoma-derived growth factor 1 (TDGF1), stromal derived growth factor 1 (SDF1; i.e., CXCL12), growth differentiation factor 8 (GDF8), glia maturation factor gamma (GMFG), osteopontin (SPP1), angiopoietin 4 (ANGPT4), and chemokine ligands (CCL 2, 3, 5, and 8). The current study examined granulosa cell and theca cell regulated genes associated with bovine antral follicle development and identified candidate growth factors potentially involved in the regulation of cell-cell interactions required for ovarian function.
Publication Title
Regulation of granulosa and theca cell transcriptomes during ovarian antral follicle development.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 11 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133A 2.0 Array (hgu133a2)
Description
Stable knockdown of NET1, a RhoGEF, was achieved in AGS Gastric Cancer cells. This gene is known to be overexpressed in the disease.
Publication Title
A functional and transcriptomic analysis of NET1 bioactivity in gastric cancer.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 18 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Human Exon 1.0 ST Array (huex10st)
Description
Here we compare the effects of stimulation on cord blood derived CD4+ CD25+ (Treg) and CD4+ CD25- (Thelper) cells, isolated by MACS protocols & expanded in vitro using dynabeads. Expansion was carried out at a ratio of 3 beads/cell in the presence of 1000units/ml of recombinant human IL2 for 8 days, followed by 3 days of culture without beads.
Publication Title
Genome-wide identification of human FOXP3 target genes in natural regulatory T cells.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Treatment
View Samples- Danio rerio
- 6 Downloadable Samples
IlluminaHiSeq2000
Description
The goal of this study is to compare gene expression levels in the livers of larval Tg(fabp10:nls-mcherry) exposed to 1 mM inorganic arsenic from 4-120 hpf to the unexposed siblings. Samples were collected from Tg(fabp10:nls-mcherry) zebrafish larvae that were derived from incrossed parents of the same strain. The background of transgenic lines were typically from mixed outcrosses of the transgenics to AB, TAB5, and TAB14 strains when regenerating the lines as the working stocks aged. All samples were collected at approximately 120 hpf - natural spawning at 8:30-9:00AM EST on day zero, samples were collected at 8-10AM EST on day 5. Overall design: 10-20 livers from 5dpf embryos were pooled per sample of either control or 1 mM inorganic arsenic exposed Tg(fabp10:nls-mcherry) zebrafish larvae and RNA was extracted using the Zymo Quick-RNA Micro Kit with on-column DNase treatment. Libraries were prepared according to Illumina Truseq RNA sample prep kit, version 2, followed by Ribo-Zero Gold treatment.
Publication Title
Inorganic arsenic causes fatty liver and interacts with ethanol to cause alcoholic liver disease in zebrafish.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Danio rerio
- 4 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Zebrafish Genome Array (zebrafish)
Description
UHRF1 (Ubiquitin-like, containing PHD and RING finger domains, 1) recruits DNMT1 to hemimethylated DNA during replication, is essential for maintaining DNA methylation patterns during cell division and is suggested to direct additional repressive epigenetic marks. Uhrf1 mutation in zebrafish results in multiple embryonic defects including failed hepatic outgrowth, but the epigenetic basis of these phenotypes is not known. We find that DNA methylation is the only epigenetic mark that is depleted in uhrf1 mutants and make the surprising finding that despite the reduced organ size in uhrf1 mutants, genes regulating DNA replication and S-phase progression were highly upregulated. Further, there is a striking increase in BrdU incorporation in uhrf1 mutant cells, and they retained BrdU labeling over several days, indicating they are arrested in S-phase. Moreover, some of the label retaining nuclei co-localized with TUNEL positive nuclei, suggesting that arrested cells are responsible for apoptosis. Importantly, dnmt1 mutation phenocopies the S-phase arrest and hepatic outgrowth defects in uhrf1 mutants and Dnmt1 knock-down enhances the uhrf1 hepatic phenotype. Together, these data indicate that DNA hypomethylation is sufficient to generate the uhrf1 mutant phenotype by promoting an S-phase arrest. We thus propose that cell cycle arrest is a mechanism to restrict propagation of epigenetically deranged cells during embryogenesis.
Publication Title
DNA hypomethylation induces a DNA replication-associated cell cycle arrest to block hepatic outgrowth in uhrf1 mutant zebrafish embryos.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Danio rerio
- 6 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Zebrafish Genome Array (zebrafish)
Description
cdipt is an essential gene in the synthesis of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. The zebrafish mutant cdipt^hi559Tg (ZL782) carries a retroviral insertion which inactivates cdipt. Homozygous mutants exhibit hepatocellular endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) pathologies at 5 days post fertilization (dpf). This study reveals a novel link between PtdIns, ER stress, and steatosis.
Publication Title
Lack of de novo phosphatidylinositol synthesis leads to endoplasmic reticulum stress and hepatic steatosis in cdipt-deficient zebrafish.
Sample Metadata Fields
Age
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 20 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
The enteric nervous system (ENS) can control most essential gut functions owing to its organization into complete neural circuits consisting of a multitude of different neuronal subtypes.
Publication Title
Transcription and Signaling Regulators in Developing Neuronal Subtypes of Mouse and Human Enteric Nervous System.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Danio rerio
- 4 Downloadable Samples
- IlluminaHiSeq2000
Description
The goal of this study is to compare gene expression levels in uhrf1 mutants with global DNA hypomethylation to WT siblings Overall design: 10 whole embryos were pooled per sample of either 5 dpf old uhrf1 mutants or phenotypically WT siblings and RNA was extracted. Libraries were prepared according to Illumina Truseq RNA sample prep kit, version 2, followed by Ribo-Zero Gold treatment
Publication Title
Loss of DNA methylation in zebrafish embryos activates retrotransposons to trigger antiviral signaling.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 9 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133A 2.0 Array (hgu133a2)
Description
TGFbeta is the major cytokine driver of fibrosis in the kidney and other tissue. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition has been postulated to contibrute to renal fibrosis in diseases such as diabetic nephropathy.
Publication Title
Next-generation sequencing identifies TGF-β1-associated gene expression profiles in renal epithelial cells reiterated in human diabetic nephropathy.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line, Time
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