OBJECTIVES: Kidney stone diseases are common in premature infants, but the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms are not fully defined. We carried out a prospective observational study using microarray analysis to identify factors that may be crucial for the initiation and progression of stone-induced injury in the developing mouse kidney.
2,8-dihydroxyadenine nephrolithiasis induces developmental stage-specific alterations in gene expression in mouse kidney.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesEffects of Nipped-B and Rad21 sister chromatid cohesin proteins on gene expression data in ML-DmBG3 cells derived from Drosophila melanogaster larval central nervous system
Regulation of the Drosophila Enhancer of split and invected-engrailed gene complexes by sister chromatid cohesion proteins.
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View SamplesDrosophila mosaic eye-antennal discs from the listed genotypes generated using the MARCM system were dissected from 3rd instar larvae at day 5 after egg deposition.
The BTB-zinc finger transcription factor abrupt acts as an epithelial oncogene in Drosophila melanogaster through maintaining a progenitor-like cell state.
Specimen part
View SamplesGlutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are the ubiquitous enzymes, which play important role in defense against various stresses. To analyze the function of a rice GST gene, OsGSTU4, we overexpressed it into Arabidopsis constitutively. The physiological analyses revealed that overexpression of GRX gene enhanced abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic plants as compared to wild-type.
Over-expression of a rice tau class glutathione s-transferase gene improves tolerance to salinity and oxidative stresses in Arabidopsis.
Specimen part
View Sampleswe investigated the effect of HFD on the transcriptome in the heads and bodies of male and female flies kept on either HFD or regular diet (RD). Using comprehensive genomic analyses which include high-throughput transcriptome sequencing, pathway enrichment and gene network analyses, we found that HFD induces a number of responses that are sexually dimorphic in nature. There was a robust transcriptional response consisting of a downregulation of stress-related genes in the heads and glycoside hydrolase activity genes in the bodies of males. In the females, the HFD led to an increased transcriptional change in lipid metabolism. Overall design: Examination of head and body of male and female Drosophila kept on High fat and regular diet.
High fat diet induces sex-specific differential gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster.
Sex, Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesIn the human hematopoietic system, aging is associated with decreased bone marrow cellularity, decreased adaptive immune system function, and increased incidence of anemia and other hematological disorders and malignancies. Recent studies in mice suggest that changes within the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) population during aging contribute significantly to the manifestation of these age-associated hematopoietic pathologies. While the mouse HSC population has been shown to change both quantitatively and functionally with age, changes in the human HSC and progenitor cell populations during aging have not yet been characterized.
Human bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells are increased in frequency and myeloid-biased with age.
Age, Specimen part
View SamplesLeukemia Inhibitory Factor is an important cytokine of the IL family. Recent findings suggest it has a crucial role in cancer progression
Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Promotes Aggressiveness of Chordoma.
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View SamplesGene expression profiling using microarray has been limited to profiling of differentially expressed genes at comparison setting since probesets for different genes have different sensitivities. We overcome this limitation by using a very large number of varied microarray datasets as a common reference, so that statistical attributes of each probeset, such as dynamic range or a threshold between low and high expression can be reliably discovered through meta-analysis. This strategy is implemented in web-based platform named Gene Expression Commons (http://gexc.stanford.edu/ ) with datasets of 39 distinct highly purified mouse hematopoietic stem/progenitor/functional cell populations covering almost the entire hematopoietic system. Since the Gene Expression Commons is designed as an open platform, any scientist can explore gene expression of any gene, search by expression pattern of interest, submit their own microarray datasets, and design their own working models.
Gene Expression Commons: an open platform for absolute gene expression profiling.
Sex, Age
View SamplesProspectively isolated neonatal bone marrow stroma and endothelium
Hoxb5 marks long-term haematopoietic stem cells and reveals a homogenous perivascular niche.
Specimen part
View SamplesTo understand the molecular mechanisms of human lung macrophage development, function, and role in BPD pathogenesis, we conducted a clinical study using isolated tracheal aspirate macrophages from intubated preterm infants born before 30 wk gestation. One hundred twenty-eight patients intubated for respiratory distress syndrome and surfactant administration were consented for the study.
Transcriptional profiling of lung macrophages identifies a predictive signature for inflammatory lung disease in preterm infants.
Sex, Treatment
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