We created a rat sugar cataract model and examined the effects of various inhibitors on lens clouding. Lenses were removed from 6-week-old SD rats and cultured in M199 medium containing 30 mM galactose.
Histone acetyltransferase and Polo-like kinase 3 inhibitors prevent rat galactose-induced cataract.
Age, Specimen part
View SamplesJAV1 functions as a negative regulator to control plant defense. Defense-related genes were highly induced in JAV1 RNAi plants compared to wild-type plants in response to wounding or jasmonate treatments.
JAV1 controls jasmonate-regulated plant defense.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe established new methods for differentiating hiPSCs into MSCs via mesoderm-like and neuroepithelium-like cells. We named MSCs via mesoderm-like as PSP-MSC, and MSCs via neuroepithelium-like cells.
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View SamplesThe spontaneous pulmonary metastasis model of human uterine sarcoma was established using GFP-expressed MES-SA cells. Several sublines with different metastatic potentials were generated by in vivo passaging.
Establishment and characterization of a novel orthotopic mouse model for human uterine sarcoma with different metastatic potentials.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesSTAT1 plays a cental role in the induction of interferon-stimulated genes, but interferon alpha can activate a STAT1-independent pathway that leads to gene expression.
STAT1 is essential for the inhibition of hepatitis C virus replication by interferon-λ but not by interferon-α.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesRat mast cell line RBL-2H3 was analyzed to investigate the molecular mechanism of Dectin-1-mediated activation and responses of mast cells.
Dectin-1-mediated signaling leads to characteristic gene expressions and cytokine secretion via spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) in rat mast cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesRat mast cell line RBL-2H3 was analyzed to investigate the molecular mechanism of Mincle-mediated activation and responses of mast cells.
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Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesCutaneous exposure to food antigen through impaired skin barrier has been shown to induce epicutaneous sensitization, and thereby cause IgE-mediated food allergy.
Skin inflammation exacerbates food allergy symptoms in epicutaneously sensitized mice.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesAda1, Spt-Ada-Gcn5 Acetyltransferase (SAGA) complex component, was isolated as boundary factor that separated silenced chromatin and euchromatin by previous screening, and Ada1 maintains SAGA complex integrity. SAGA complex is one of a histone modification complex that has multiple functions contributing to transcriptional activation. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, silencing is occurred by Sir protein complex, which deacetylates histones and form high-order chromatin structure. Gcn5, SAGA complex component, has histone acetyltransferase activity, which is considered that antagonize to silencing by the screening.
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View SamplesPhiladelphia chromosome-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph-like ALL) is a distinct subtype of B-ALL with a poor prognosis. Rearrangement of LYN is a recurrent genetic abnormality in Ph-like ALL, but functional analysis of LYN-related fusion genes identified in ALL has not been reported. In this study, we performed functional analysis of the NCOR1-LYN fusion gene identified in a pediatric Ph-like ALL patient to establish its potential for molecular targeted therapy. Retroviral transduction of interleukin (IL)-3-dependent Ba/F3 cells with NCOR1-LYN enabled IL-3-independent proliferation, with constitutive phosphorylation of the tyrosine residues of the LYN kinase domain in the fusion protein. Replacing tyrosine residues with phenylalanine in the LYN kinase domain abolished IL-3 independence. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor dasatinib killed Ba/F3 cells expressing NCOR1-LYN in vitro accompanied by dephosphorylation of the tyrosine residues of the LYN kinase domain in the fusion protein.
Leukemic cells expressing NCOR1-LYN are sensitive to dasatinib in vivo in a patient-derived xenograft mouse model.
Cell line
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