The sclera maintains and protects the eye ball, which receives visual inputs. The aim of this study is to identify characteristics of the human sclera as one of the connective tissues derived from the neural crest and mesoderm. We have here demonstrated microarray data of cultured human scleral cells.
Human sclera maintains common characteristics with cartilage throughout evolution.
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View SamplesThe objective of this study is to search for calcium signal-dependent expression changes.
Calcium-dependent N-cadherin up-regulation mediates reactive astrogliosis and neuroprotection after brain injury.
Specimen part
View SamplesIt has been well documented that pre-eclampsia and unexplained fetal growth restriction (FGR) has a common etiological background, but little is known about the linkage al the molecular level.
Comparative gene expression profiling of placentas from patients with severe pre-eclampsia and unexplained fetal growth restriction.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesSynovial and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells after intradiscally injection show regenerative effects of nucleus pulposus.
Intradiscal transplantation of synovial mesenchymal stem cells prevents intervertebral disc degeneration through suppression of matrix metalloproteinase-related genes in nucleus pulposus cells in rabbits.
Specimen part
View SamplesOne of strategies to regenerate cartilage defect is transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Improvements of therapeutic potential of MSCs are needed to achieve successful cartilage regeneration by transplantation of a limited number of cells. Aggregated culture is a popular method in ES and iPS cells to maintain or enhance their potentials. Here we investigated gene expression profile of aggregated MSCs. 621 genes were up-regulated and 409 genes were down-regulated more than 5-fold in MSC-aggregates compared with the number in MSCs in a monolayer culture. The most up-regulated gene was BMP2, which is one of the genes involved in chondrogenesis. Anti-inflammatory genes were also up-regulated in MSC-aggregates. The microarray data for selected genes were confirmed by real-time PCR.
Properties and usefulness of aggregates of synovial mesenchymal stem cells as a source for cartilage regeneration.
Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
View SamplesWe used microarrays to detail the global gene expression changes during aging in fly heads and identified genes related to the unfolded protein response are up-regulated upon aging.
EDEM Function in ERAD Protects against Chronic ER Proteinopathy and Age-Related Physiological Decline in Drosophila.
Age, Specimen part
View SamplesAdoptive T-cell immunotherapy provides a promising approach to cancer therapy. Stem cell memory T (TSCM) cells have been proposed as a new class of memory T cells that possess longevity and a high proliferative potential. It has been shown that CD8+ TSCM cells can be generated in vitro from nave CD8+ T cells via Wnt signaling; however, the methods for inducing TSCM cells from activated or memory T cells remain to be developed.
Notch-mediated conversion of activated T cells into stem cell memory-like T cells for adoptive immunotherapy.
Sex
View SamplesTGF-b is an important pleiotropic cytokine with potent immunoregulatory properties. Although many previous reports have been proposed for the immunoregulatory functions of TGF-b on T cells, such as the suppression of cell proliferation, cytokine production and cytokine signaling, as well as the induction of apoptosis, it is not well elucidated whether the each effect of TGF-b on T cells is dependent on Smad signaling or Smad-independent other signaling pathways.
Smad2 and Smad3 are redundantly essential for the TGF-beta-mediated regulation of regulatory T plasticity and Th1 development.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesInvestigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in OASIS KO calvaria compared to wild-type calvaria.
Signalling mediated by the endoplasmic reticulum stress transducer OASIS is involved in bone formation.
Specimen part
View SamplesIllumina sequencing was used to assay the effect of mifepristone treatment on gene expression in adult Drosophila, including males, virgin females and mated females. Overall design: Males of strain w[1118]; p53B[6] were crossed to virgins of w[1118]; rtTA(3)E2 and progeny males and virgins were collected over 48 hours. One half of the virgins were mated to w[1118] males at ratio of 1:1 virgins to males for 4 days. Mated females were then separated from the w[1118] males. The mated females, males and virgins females were then maintained at approximately 20 flies per vial, on food with and without supplementation with 160ug/ml mifepristone for 12 days. Total fly RNA was isolated from 20 animals per sample. Three replicate samples were generated for each type of flies: males, mated females and virgin females.
The progesterone antagonist mifepristone/RU486 blocks the negative effect on life span caused by mating in female Drosophila.
Specimen part, Subject
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