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SRP045307
Mus musculus
8 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
Brown adipose tissue is specialized to burn lipids for heat generation as a natural defense against cold and obesity. Previous studies established microRNAs as essential regulators of brown adipocyte differentiation, but it remains unknown whether microRNAs are required for the feature maintenance of mature brown adipocytes. To address this question, we ablated Dgcr8, a key regulator of the microRNA biogenesis pathway, in mature brown as well as white adipocytes. The adipose tissue -specific Dgcr8 knockout mice displayed enlarged but pale interscapular brown fat with decreased expression of genes characteristic of brown fat, and the mice were intolerant to cold exposure. In vitro primary brown adipocyte cultures confirmed that microRNAs are required for marker gene expression in mature brown adipocytes. We also demonstrated that microRNAs are essential for the browning of subcutaneous white adipocyte both in vitro and in vivo. Using this animal model, we performed microRNA expression profiling analysis and identified a set of BAT-specific microRNAs that are up-regulated during brown adipocyte differentiation and enriched in brown fat compared to other organs. We identified miR-182 and miR-203 as new regulators of brown adipocyte development. Taken together, our study demonstrates an essential role of microRNAs in the maintenance as well as the differentiation of brown adipocytes. Overall design: TotalRNAs were extracted using a Qiagen kit, and 5 µg of total RNAs for each sample were used to prepare the mRNA- Seq library according to the manufacturer’s instruction (NEB). cDNA libraries were prepared and sequenced by Hi-seq in Whitehead Genome Core. 2 replicates of each treatment were analyzed.
Publication Title
MicroRNAs are required for the feature maintenance and differentiation of brown adipocytes.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2500
Description
Microbial functions in the host physiology are a result of co-evolution between microbial communities and their hosts. Here we show that cold exposure leads to marked shift of the microbiota composition, referred to as cold microbiota. Transplantation of the cold microbiota to germ-free mice is sufficient to increase the insulin sensitivity of the host, and enable complete tolerance to cold partly by promoting the white fat browning, leading to increased energy expenditure and fat loss. During prolonged cold however, the body weight loss is attenuated, caused by adaptive mechanisms maximising caloric uptake and increasing intestinal, villi and microvilli lengths. This increased absorptive surface is promoted by the cold microbiota - effect that can be diminished by co-transplanting the most downregulated bacterial strain from the Verrucomicrobia phylum, Akkermansia muciniphila, during the cold microbiota transfer. Our results demonstrate the microbiota as a key factor orchestrating the overall energy homeostasis during increased demand. Overall design: Mice were kept 30 days at room temperature or at 6C, 2 per cage, under SPF conditions, with or without administration of antibiotic coctail in drinking water (whole microbiota depletion). Fasted 5h before sacrifice. Segments of proximal jejunum were isoated, flushed gently with PBS and frozen. Each of 12 samples is a pool of two biological replicates (2 biological replicates of the same condition combined into one sample)
Publication Title
Gut Microbiota Orchestrates Energy Homeostasis during Cold.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 332 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip
Description
This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Publication Title
Host Transcription Profile in Nasal Epithelium and Whole Blood of Hospitalized Children Under 2 Years of Age With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 109 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Global microarray (HG U133 Plus 2.0) was used to investigate the effects of resistance exercise and resistance training on the skeletal muscle transcriptome profile of 28 young and old adults. Vastus lateralis muscle biopsies were obtained pre and 4hrs post resistance exercise in the beginning (untrained state) and at the end (trained state) of a 12 wk progressive resistance training program.
Publication Title
Transcriptome signature of resistance exercise adaptations: mixed muscle and fiber type specific profiles in young and old adults.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part, Time
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 70 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Global microarray (HG U133 Plus 2.0) was used for the first time to investigate the effects of resistance exercise on the transcriptome in slow-twitch myosin heavy chain (MHC) I and fast-twitch MHC IIa muscle fibers of young and old women. Vastus lateralis muscle biopsies were obtained pre and 4hrs post resistance exercise in the beginning (untrained state) and at the end (trained state) of a 12 wk progressive resistance training program.
Publication Title
Transcriptome signature of resistance exercise adaptations: mixed muscle and fiber type specific profiles in young and old adults.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part, Subject, Time
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 34 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Global microarray (HG U133 Plus 2.0) was used to investigate the basal level skeletal muscle transcriptome profile of young and old adults. One vastus lateralis muscle biopsy was obtained in the basal state from 36 different subjects.
Publication Title
Transcriptome signature of resistance exercise adaptations: mixed muscle and fiber type specific profiles in young and old adults.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 40 Downloadable Samples
- IlluminaGenomeAnalyzer
Description
We report an applicaton of small RNA sequencing using high throughput next generation sequencing to identify the small RNA content of cell lines. By sequencing over 30 million reads we could identify a new class of small RNAs previousy observed with tiling arrays and mapping to promoter regions of coding genes. We also identified a large number of small RNAs corresponding to internal exons of coding genes. By using different enzymatic treatments and immunoprecipitation experiments, we have determined that both the promoter associated small RNAs as well as ones within the body of the genes bear 5'' cap structures. Overall design: Examination of the expression of small RNAs (<200nt).
Publication Title
Post-transcriptional processing generates a diversity of 5'-modified long and short RNAs.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 22 Downloadable Samples
- Ion Torrent Proton
Description
We designed a study to investigate immunoediting of an epithelial cancer genome using wildtype and immunodeficient mice, NGS, and analytical pipelines to process and analyze the data. We carried out experiments with wildtype and immunodeficient RAG1-/- mice with transplanted tumors and analyzed longitudinal samples with respect to the genomic landscape and the immunophenotypes of the tumors. Finally, we performed also experiments with anti-PD-L1 antibodies and show how the activation of the PD1-PD-L1 axis modulates immunoediting. MC38 cells were subcutaneously injected into wild-type C57Bl/6 and immunodeficient Rag1-/- mice. Samples were taken at predefined time points and subjected to detailed analysis, including FACS, exome sequencing, RNA sequencing and SNP arrays. Overall design: Samples were taken at predifined time points, in triplicates and subjected to RNA sequencing using Ion Torrent Proton
Publication Title
Targeting immune checkpoints potentiates immunoediting and changes the dynamics of tumor evolution.
Sample Metadata Fields
Subject, Time
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 11 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Glucocorticoids (GC) have a major impact on the biology of normal and malignant cells of the lymphoid lineage. This includes induction of apoptosis which is exploited in the therapy of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and related lymphoid malignancies. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and the related mirtrons are ~22 nucleotide RNA molecules implicated in the control of essential biological functions including proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. They derive from polymerase-II transcripts but whether GCs regulate miRNA-encoding transcription units is not known. We investigated miRNA/mirtron expression and GC regulation in 8 ALL in vitro models and 13 ALL children undergoing systemic GC monotherapy using a combination of expression profiling techniques, real time RT-PCR and northern blotting to detect mature miRNAs and/or their precursors. We identified a number of GC-regulated miRNAs/mirtrons, including the myeloid-specific miR-223 and the apoptosis and cell cycle arrest-inducing mir15~16 cluster. Thus, the observed complex changes in miRNA/mirtron expression during GC treatment might contribute to the anti-leukemic GC effects in a cell context dependent manner.
Publication Title
Glucocorticoid-regulated microRNAs and mirtrons in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 15 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
Background: The main focus of the work was the evaluation of gene expression differences between our established NSCLC 3D cell culture model and the 2D cell culture in regard to the use of our model for drug screening applications.
Publication Title
3D-cultivation of NSCLC cell lines induce gene expression alterations of key cancer-associated pathways and mimic <i>in-vivo</i> conditions.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line
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