The weaning period consist of a critical postnatal window for structural and physiologic maturation of rat beta cells. To investigate transcriptome changes involved in the maturation of beta cells neighboring this period we performed microarray analysis in FACS beta cell enriched populations to detail the global programme of gene expression to identify its changes during this process.
Transcriptome landmarks of the functional maturity of rat beta-cells, from lactation to adulthood.
Sex
View SamplesBackground. Although the emergence of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), microarrays remain in widespread use for gene expression analysis in the clinic. There are over 767,000 RNA microarrays from human samples in public repositories, which are an invaluable resource for biomedical research and personalized medicine. The absolute gene expression analysis allows the transcriptome profiling of all expressed genes under the specific biological condition without the need of a reference sample. However, the background fluorescence represents a challenge to determine the absolute gene expression in microarrays. Given that the Y chromosome is absent in female subjects, we used it as a new approach for absolute gene expression analysis in which the fluorescence of the Y chromosome genes of female subjects was used as the background fluorescence for all the probes in the microarray. This fluorescence was used to establish an absolute gene expression threshold, allowing the differentiation between expressed and non-expressed genes in microarrays.
A novel approach for human whole transcriptome analysis based on absolute gene expression of microarray data.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesSeveral bacterial human pathogens regulate the production of virulence factors by temperature, expressing them only at 37 C. Accordingly we show that the production of all P. aeruginosa virulence factors that are dependent on the QS transcriptional regulator RhlR, but only a fraction that are activated by LasR, are induced at 37 C compared to 30 C or 25 C. The RhlR-dependent induction at 37 C is a posttranscriptional effect due to an RNA thermometer of the ROSE family that thermoregulates the expression of rhlAB operon involved in rhamnolipids production, a virulence associated trait. This RNA structure also affects the expression of the downstream rhlR gene. A second thermometer is present upstream lasI and causes a reduced expression of this gene at lower temperatures without causing a significant decrease of the autoinducer 3-oxo-dodecanoyl homoserine lactone.
Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factors by two novel RNA thermometers.
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View SamplesDELLA proteins interact with ARR1 and modulate its activity.
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Specimen part
View SamplesWe used microarrays to investigate gene expression changes in the pancreas of RasGrf1 KO mice. These animals have a reduction in the number and size of the pancreatic islets which lead to lower levels of insulin and glucagon in their blood.
Transcriptional profiling reveals functional links between RasGrf1 and Pttg1 in pancreatic beta cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesA toxicogenomic analysis from liver of different pharmacological active coumarins (mammea A/BA+A/BB 3:1 and soulatrolide ) was performed on mice treated (20mg/kg/daily) for a whole week to evaluate if such compounds possess or could develop a hazardous profile on liver.
Toxicogenomic analysis of pharmacological active coumarins isolated from Calophyllum brasiliense.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesTo gain insights into the mechanism responsible for the protumorigenic actions of NRG we performed gene expression analyses of MCF7 cells treated with soluble NRG for 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours.
Breast cancer dissemination promoted by a neuregulin-collagenase 3 signalling node.
Age, Specimen part, Disease, Cell line, Treatment, Time
View SamplesSubstantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) is highly sensitive to normal aging and selectively degenerates in Parkinson's disease. However, ventral tegmental area (VTA), a region adjacent to SNpc, is less affected in PD. Until now, molecular mechanisms behind VTA aging have not been fully investigated using high throughput techniques.
Age-mediated transcriptomic changes in adult mouse substantia nigra.
Specimen part
View SamplesSubstantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) is highly sensitive to normal aging and selectively degenerates in Parkinson's disease. Until now, molecular mechanisms behind SNpc aging have not been fully investigated using high throughput techniques.
Age-mediated transcriptomic changes in adult mouse substantia nigra.
Specimen part
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Age-mediated transcriptomic changes in adult mouse substantia nigra.
Specimen part
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