BACKGROUND: The vast majority of thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) are observed either together with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), a common congenital disorder, or in idiopathic cases such as patients with a normal tricuspid aortic valve (TAV). The main objective of our study was to identify shared and unique gene expression properties underlying the aortic dilation of BAV and TAV patients.
Unraveling divergent gene expression profiles in bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve patients with thoracic aortic dilatation: the ASAP study.
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Combined chromatin and expression analysis reveals specific regulatory mechanisms within cytokine genes in the macrophage early immune response.
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View SamplesMacrophages play a critical role in innate immunity, and the expression of early response genes orchestrate much of the initial response of the immune system. Macrophages undergo extensive transcriptional reprogramming in response to inflammatory stimuli such as Lipopolysaccharide (LPS). To identify gene transcription regulation patterns involved in early innate immune responses, we used two genome-wide approaches - gene expression profiling and chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq) analysis. We examined the effect of 2 hrs LPS stimulation on early gene expression and its relation to chromatin remodeling (H3 acetylation; H3Ac) and promoter binding of Sp1 and RNA polymerase II phosphorylated at serine 5 (S5P RNAPII), which is a marker for transcriptional initiation. Our results indicate novel and alternative gene regulatory mechanisms for certain proinflammatory genes. We identified two groups of up-regulated inflammatory genes with respect to chromatin modification and promoter features. One group, including highly up-regulated genes such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF), was characterized by H3Ac, high CpG content and lack of TATA boxes. The second group, containing inflammatory mediators (interleukins and CCL chemokines), was up-regulated upon LPS stimulation despite lacking H3Ac in their annotated promoters, which were low in CpG content but did contain TATA boxes. Genome-wide analysis showed that few H3Ac peaks were unique to either +/-LPS condition. However, within these, an unpacking/expansion of already existing H3Ac peaks was observed upon LPS stimulation. In contrast, a significant proportion of S5P RNAPII peaks (approx 40%) was unique to either condition. Furthermore, data indicated a large portion of previously unannotated TSSs, particularly in LPS-stimulated macrophages, where only 28% of unique S5P RNAPII peaks overlap annotated promoters. The regulation of the inflammatory response appears to occur in a very specific manner at the chromatin level for specific genes and this study highlights the level of fine-tuning that occurs in the immune response.
Combined chromatin and expression analysis reveals specific regulatory mechanisms within cytokine genes in the macrophage early immune response.
Cell line
View SamplesStudying the causes and correlates of natural variation in gene expression in healthy populations assumes that individual differences in gene expression can be reliably and stably assessed across time. However, this is yet to be established.
Assessing individual differences in genome-wide gene expression in human whole blood: reliability over four hours and stability over 10 months.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesTo investigate the inflammatory response in neurodegenerative disease during an episode of systemic inflammation using the ME7 prion model.
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Specimen part
View SamplesTransgenic GFAP-, NES-, and SYN- CRE mice were injected with a lenti-viral construct containing a floxed RFP directly upstream of a cassette containing si-p53, GFP, and mutant HRAS. Tumors arising from the various CRE tissue specific promoters and differing injections sites were compared to normal hippocampus and cortex.
Dedifferentiation of neurons and astrocytes by oncogenes can induce gliomas in mice.
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View SamplesWe cultured hESC and hiPSC lines and compared the transcriptome of untreated cells with cells treated with Activin or BMP4 during 5 days
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Linking proteomic and transcriptional data through the interactome and epigenome reveals a map of oncogene-induced signaling.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesGiven that the NF-B pathway plays an important role in tumor development and that IKK2 is the seminal kinase responsible for NF-B pathway activation, we were particularly interested in exploring the therapeutic potential of IKK2 inhibition in non-small cell lung cancers.
Reduced cell proliferation by IKK2 depletion in a mouse lung-cancer model.
Specimen part
View SamplesAMPK (AAK-2) and calcineurin (TAX-6) mediate longevity exclusively through post-translational modification of CRTC-1, the sole C. elegans CRTC (CREB regulated transcriptional coactivator).
Lifespan extension induced by AMPK and calcineurin is mediated by CRTC-1 and CREB.
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