piRNAs direct Piwi to repress transposons to maintain genome integrity in Drosophila ovarian somatic cells. piRNA maturation and association with Piwi occur at perinuclear Yb bodies, the centers of piRNA biogenesis. Here, we show that piRNA intermediates arising from the piRNA cluster flamenco (flam) concentrate into perinuclear foci adjacent to Yb bodies, termed Flam bodies. Although flam expression is not required for Yb body formation, Yb, the core component of Yb bodies, is required for Flam body formation. Abolishment of the RNA-binding activity of Yb disrupts both Yb bodies and Flam bodies. Loss of Zucchini, an endoribonuclease necessary for piRNA maturation, enlarges Flam bodies, which now superimpose with Yb bodies. Yb directly binds flam, but not neighboring protein-coding gene, transcripts. Thus, Yb integrates piRNA processing factors and piRNA intermediates into Yb bodies and Flam bodies, respectively, through direct binding to enhance piRNA biogenesis and formation of piRNA-inducing silencing complexes. Overall design: HITS-CLIP was performed using OSC (Ovarian Somatic Cells). The antibody for Drosophila Yb, which was generated in this study, was used. Obtained CLIP tags were analyzed using illumina HiSeq200.
Yb integrates piRNA intermediates and processing factors into perinuclear bodies to enhance piRISC assembly.
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Microbiome Influences Prenatal and Adult Microglia in a Sex-Specific Manner.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesMicroarray analysis of murine microglia from different stages of development was performed. Results showed that different phases of microglia development had different group of genes up-regulated for specific functions.
Microbiome Influences Prenatal and Adult Microglia in a Sex-Specific Manner.
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View SamplesRNAseq was performed on microglia from male and female, SPF or GF mice to elucidate the genetic differences implicated by microbiota and gender. DEGs between the various groups gave some ideas on what different pathways or functions might be affected due to the different factors. Overall design: Microglia from SPF and GF mice from embryonic and adult stages of both gender were sorted for sequencing. DEGs were obtained to observe if any signicant genes were affected. Pathway analysis was performed with the set of DEGs.
Microbiome Influences Prenatal and Adult Microglia in a Sex-Specific Manner.
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c-Jun promotes cell migration and drives expression of the motility factor ENPP2 in soft tissue sarcomas.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesAffymetrix exon arrays to identify genes that were differentially expressed after c-Jun inhibition in LPS cell line with and with no Jun amplification.
c-Jun promotes cell migration and drives expression of the motility factor ENPP2 in soft tissue sarcomas.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesWe assayed the effect of c-Jun overexpression on gene expression in the three DDLPS cell lines using RNA-Seq (Illumina). Overall design: 141, LPS12 and 510 has been overexpressed with c-Jun or control c-DNA and results were analyzed in high-througput sequencing metadata.
c-Jun promotes cell migration and drives expression of the motility factor ENPP2 in soft tissue sarcomas.
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Effects of maternal obesity on Wharton's Jelly mesenchymal stromal cells.
Specimen part, Subject
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KAP1 regulates gene networks controlling T-cell development and responsiveness.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe modulation of chromatin status at specific genomic loci controls lymphoid differentiation. Here, we investigated the role played in this process by KAP1, the universal cofactor of KRAB-containing Zinc Finger Proteins (KRAB-ZFPs), a tetrapod-restricted family of transcriptional repressors. T cell-specific Kap1 knockout mice displayed a significant expansion of immature thymocytes and imbalances in the ratios of mature T cells in the thymus and the spleen, with impaired responses to TCR stimulation. Transcriptome and chromatin studies revealed that KAP1 directly controls the expression of a number of genes involved in TCR and cytokine signalling, among which Traf1 and FoxO1, and is strongly associated with cis-acting regulatory elements marked by the H3K9me3 repressive mark on the genome of thymic T cells. Likely responsible for tethering KAP1 to at least part of its genomic targets, a small number of KRAB/ZFPs are selectively expressed in T lymphoid cells. These results reveal the so far unsuspected yet important role of KRAB/KAP1-mediated epigenetic regulation in T lymphocyte differentiation and activation.
KAP1 regulates gene networks controlling T-cell development and responsiveness.
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