Overexpression of a transcription factor Pbx1a under tetracycline control (tet-on) in neuro2a cell line. Comparison of induced (expressing) vs non-induced (non-expressing) cells.
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View SamplesEye development is a multistep process that requires specific inductive signals and precise morphogenetic movements, starting early during development in the eye-field, a well-definite region of the anterior neural plate. It has been demonstrated that a gene network of eye field transcription factors (EFTFs) contributes to specify the neural and retinal fate of the eye field. Among these EFTFs, Xrx1 is involved in proliferation and neurogenesis in the eye field and is necessary for the correct development of the retina.
Brief report: Rx1 defines retinal precursor identity by repressing alternative fates through the activation of TLE2 and Hes4.
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View SamplesWe performed microarray analysis to evaluate differences in the transcriptome of type 2 diabetic human islets compared to non-diabetic islet samples.
Class II phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulates exocytosis of insulin granules in pancreatic beta cells.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesSenescence is genetically-controlled and activated in mature tissues during ageing. However, immature plant tissues also display senescence-like symptoms when continuously exposed to adverse energy-depleting conditions. We used detached dark-held immature inflorescences of Arabidopsis thaliana to understand the metabolic reprogramming occurring in immature tissues transitioning from rapid growth to precocious senescence. Macroscopic growth of the detached inflorescences rapidly ceased upon placement in water in the dark at 21C. Inflorescences were completely de-greened by 120 h of dark incubation and by 24 h had already lost 24% of their chlorophyll and 34% of their protein content. Comparative transcriptome profiling at 24 h revealed that inflorescences response at 24 h had a large carbon-deprivation component. Genes that positively regulate developmental senescence (ANAC092) and shade avoidance syndrome (PIF4 and PIF5) were up-regulated within 24 h. Mutations in these genes delayed de-greening of the inflorescences. Their up-regulation was suppressed in dark-held inflorescences by glucose treatment, which promoted macroscopic growth and development and inhibited de-greening of the inflorescences. Detached inflorescences held in the dark for 4 days were still able to re-initiat development to produce siliques upon being brought out to light indicating the transcriptional reprogramming at 24 h was adaptive and reversible. Our results suggest that the response of detached immature tissues to dark storage involves interactions between carbohydrate status sensing and light deprivation signaling and that the dark adaptive response of the tissues appears to utilize some of the same key regulators as developmental senescence.
Carbon deprivation-driven transcriptome reprogramming in detached developmentally arresting Arabidopsis inflorescences.
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View SamplesNeurons were made from H9 ESCs using a directed differentiation protocol in spinner flasks. After 86 DIV, cells were dissociated and run through the 10X Genomics Chromium single cell RNAseq platform.
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View SamplesDrd2 regulates striatal gene networks.
Suppression of neuroinflammation by astrocytic dopamine D2 receptors via αB-crystallin.
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View SamplesTranscriptomic analysis of microRNA populations present within the developing wing and haltere appendage primordia of the model organism Drosophila melanogaster
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View SamplesGene expression profiling in rat lumbar spinal cord following ventral root avulsion in the two inbred rat strains.
Genetically determined susceptibility to neurodegeneration is associated with expression of inflammatory genes.
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View SamplesBackground: microRNAs (miRNAs) are approximately 21 nucleotide non-coding transcripts capable of regulating gene expression. The most widely studied mechanism of regulation involves binding of the miRNA to a target mRNA, usually in its 3 untranslated region (UTR). As a result, translation of the target mRNA is inhibited and sometimes the mRNA itself can be de-stabilized. The inhibitory effects of miRNAs have been linked to many diverse cellular processes including malignant proliferation and apoptosis, development and differentiation, metabolic processes and neural plasticity. We asked whether endogenous fluctuations in a set of mRNA and miRNA profiles contain correlated changes that are statistically distinguishable from the many other fluctuations in the data set.
Detection of a microRNA signal in an in vivo expression set of mRNAs.
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View SamplesMouse inbred strains differ in many aspects of their phenotypes, and it is known that gene expression does so too. This gives us an opportunity to isolate the genetic aspect of variation in expression and compare it to other phenotypic variables. We have investigated these issues using an eight-strain expression profile comparison with four replicates per strain on Affymetrix MGU74av2 GeneChips focusing on one well-defined brain tissue (the hippocampus). We identified substantial strain-specific variation in hippocampal gene expression, with more than two hundred genes showing strain differences by a very conservative criterion. Many such genetically driven differences in gene expression are likely to result in functional differences including differences in behaviour. A large panel of inbred strains could be used to identify genes functionally involved in particular phenotypes, similar to genetic correlation. The genetic correlation between expression profiles and function is potentially very powerful, especially given the current large-scale generation of phenotypic data on multiple strains (the Mouse Phenome Project). As an example, the strongest genetic correlation between more than 200 probe sets showing significant differences among our eight inbred strains and a ranking of these strains by aggression phenotype was found for Comt, a gene known to be involved in aggression.
Hippocampal gene expression profiling across eight mouse inbred strains: towards understanding the molecular basis for behaviour.
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