Activation of telomerase often endows cancer cells, but rarely normal somatic cells, with immortality. Especially, fetal lung fibroblasts are known to be hardly immortalized by TERT overexpression. We here established an immortal non-transformed lung fibroblast cell line only by TERT transfection, as well as an immortal transformed cell line by transfection of TERT and SV40 early antigens. Comparing the expression profiles of these cell lines with those of mortal cell strains with elongated lifespan after TERT transfection, 51 genes, including 19 upregulated and 32 downregulated, were explored to be the candidates responsible for regulation of cellular proliferation of lung fibroblasts. These included the genes previously reported to be involved in cellular proliferation, transformation, or self-renewal capacity, and those highly expressed in lung tissues obtained from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or hypersensitivity pneumonitis. This set of lung fibrobrast cell lines/strains of identical genetic background with different proliferative capacity, mortal and immortal non-transformed fibroblasts may become useful model cells for research on lung fibroblast growth regulation and the candidate genes explored in this study may provide promising biomarkers or molecular targets of pulmonary fibrosis.
Exploration of the genes responsible for unlimited proliferation of immortalized lung fibroblasts.
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View SamplesLittle is known about the pan-microvascular transcriptome, particularly considering gene transcripts and their encoded proteins that can be considered as vascular-selective in their expression.
Identification of a core set of 58 gene transcripts with broad and specific expression in the microvasculature.
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Metabolic pathway profiling of mitochondrial respiratory chain mutants in C. elegans.
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View SamplesUtilizing C. elegans as a model of mitochondrial dysfunction provides insight into cellular adaptations which occur as a consequence of genetic alterations causative of human disease. We characterized genome-wide expression profiles of hypomorhpic C. elegans mutants in nuclear-encoded subunits of respiratory chain complexes I, II and III.
Metabolic pathway profiling of mitochondrial respiratory chain mutants in C. elegans.
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View SamplesUtilizing C. elegans as a model of mitochondrial dysfunction provides insight into cellular adaptations which occur as a consequence of genetic alterations causative of human disease. We characterized genome-wide expression profiles of hypomorphic C. ele
Metabolic pathway profiling of mitochondrial respiratory chain mutants in C. elegans.
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View SamplesScreening for genes regulated by Etv2 within Flk-1+/PDGFRa+ ES derived mesoderm.Microarray analysis performed to screen for the candidate genes regulated by Etv2. TT2 ES cells differentiated on OP9 feeder cells were sorted using Flk-1 and PDGFRa antibodies.Gene expressions from these two populations were compared.
Etv2/ER71 induces vascular mesoderm from Flk1+PDGFRα+ primitive mesoderm.
Cell line
View SamplesScreening for genes up in Etv2+ cells within Flk-1+ ES derived mesoderm
Etv2/ER71 induces vascular mesoderm from Flk1+PDGFRα+ primitive mesoderm.
Cell line
View SamplesDeregulated retinal angiogenesis directly cause vision loss in many ocular diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity. To identify endothelial-specific genes expressed in angiogenic retinal vessels, we purified genetically labeled endothelial cells from Tie2-GFP transgenic mice and performed gene expression profiling using DNA microarray. To find out genes associated with angiogenesis, comparisons of microarray data were carried out between GFP-negative non-endothelial retinal cells and GFP-positive retinal endothelial cells in angiogenic P8 retina.
Sema3E-PlexinD1 signaling selectively suppresses disoriented angiogenesis in ischemic retinopathy in mice.
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View SamplesIn order to understand which pathways are involved and what genes are affected when small T is expressed in mammalian cells, we carried out microarray analaysis in these cell lines
Polyomavirus Small T Antigen Induces Apoptosis in Mammalian Cells through the UNC5B Pathway in a PP2A-Dependent Manner.
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View SamplesFour conditions of cultured CD8+ T cells were analyzed with Affymetrix HG-U133-Plus-2.0 microarrays.
Detection of self-reactive CD8⁺ T cells with an anergic phenotype in healthy individuals.
Specimen part
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