Mice with MUTYH-null allele (Mutyh+/-, Mutyh-/-) were fed a high-fat/high-cholesterol (HFHC) diet or HFHC + high iron diet. The incidence of liver tumors and histological features of the liver were compared.
MUTYH is associated with hepatocarcinogenesis in a non-alcoholic steatohepatitis mouse model.
Specimen part, Disease, Treatment
View Samplesp63, like its homologue, the tumor suppressor p53, is also able to induce apoptosis in several cancer cell types. p53 family proteins are composed of three characteristic domains which are: 1) an N-terminal transactivation domain (TAD); 2) a central DNA-binding domain (DBD); and 3) an oligomerization domain (OD). In this study, we constructed recombinant adenoviruses containing hybrid genes composed of fragments of p53 and TAp63 genes by connecting coding sequences of their three functional domains. The potency of tumor growth suppression of these hybrid molecules was evaluated using in vitro and in vivo models. One of the p53-p63 hybrid molecules, p63-53O, was observed to be the most potent activator of human cancer cells to apoptosis when compared to the p53, TAp63 or several alternative p53-p63 hybrid molecules. p63-53O hybrid is composed of TAD and DBD of TAp63 and OD of p53. In an effort to identify specific targets regulated by pro-apoptotic hybrid p63-53O, we next performed Affymetrix Genechip analysis and compared expression patterns in a human osteosarcoma cell line Saos-2 transfected separately with Ad-p53, Ad-TAp63 and Ad-p63-53O.
A novel approach to cancer treatment using structural hybrids of the p53 gene family.
Cell line
View SamplesThe p53 family consists of three members, p53, p73, and p63. These proteins share a high degree of amino-acid sequence similarity and major functional domains. The p53 gene, the first member of the family to be identified, is the most frequent target gene for genetic alterations in human cancers. In contrast, p73 and p63 are mainly involved in normal development and differentiation. These differences among the p53 family are likely to depend on activation or repression of different sets of target genes. In this study, to identify targets specifically regulated by p73, we performed microarray analysis and compared expression patterns in a human steosarcoma cell line Saos-2 infected separately with p53 and TAp73beta expressing adenovirus.
p53 family members regulate the expression of the apolipoprotein D gene.
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View SamplesWe found that the transplantation of Thy1+ cells transiently increased the liver mass by expanding resident small hepatocy-like progenitor cells(SHPCs).
Transplantation of Thy1<sup>+</sup> Cells Accelerates Liver Regeneration by Enhancing the Growth of Small Hepatocyte-Like Progenitor Cells via IL17RB Signaling.
Specimen part
View SamplesAdoptive natural regulatory T cell (nTreg) therapy has improved the outcome for patients suffering from graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). However, fear of broad immune suppression and subsequent dampening of beneficial graft-versus-leukemic (GVL) responses remains a challenge. To address this concern, we generated alloreactive induced Tregs (iTregs) from resting CD4 or CD8 T cells and tested their ability to suppress GVH and maintain GVL responses. We utilized major mismatched and haploidentical murine models of HCT with host-derived lymphoma or leukemia cell lines to evaluate GVH and GVL responses simultaneously. Alloreactive CD4 iTregs were effective in preventing GVHD, but abrogated the GVL effect against aggressive leukemia. Alloreactive CD8 iTregs moderately attenuated GVHD while sparing the GVL effect. Hence, we reasoned that using a combination of CD4 and CD8 iTregs could achieve the optimal goal of allo-HCT. Indeed, the combinational therapy was superior to CD4 or CD8 iTreg singular therapy in GVHD control; importantly, the combinational therapy maintained GVL responses. Cellular analysis uncovered potent suppression of both CD4 and CD8 effector T cells by the combinational therapy that resulted in effective prevention of GVHD, which could not be achieved by either singular therapy. Gene expression profiles revealed alloreactive CD8 iTregs possess elevated expression of multiple cytolytic molecules compared to CD4 iTregs, which likely contributes to GVL preservation. Our study uncovers unique differences between alloreactive CD4 and CD8 iTregs that can be harnessed to create an optimal iTreg therapy for GVHD prevention with maintained GVL responses.
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Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesBiomarkers that predict disease progression might assist the development of better therapeutic strategies for aggressive cancers, such as ovarian cancer. Here, we investigated the role of collagen type XI alpha 1 (COL11A1) in cell invasiveness and tumor formation and the prognostic impact of COL11A1 expression in ovarian cancer. Microarray analysis suggested that COL11A1 is a disease progression-associated gene that is linked to ovarian cancer recurrence and poor survival.
COL11A1 promotes tumor progression and predicts poor clinical outcome in ovarian cancer.
Specimen part
View SamplesMicroarray analysis of dithranol-treated psoriasis lesions before, during and after therapy
Dithranol targets keratinocytes, their crosstalk with neutrophils and inhibits the IL-36 inflammatory loop in psoriasis.
Time
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Integrated genomics has identified a new AT/RT-like yet INI1-positive brain tumor subtype among primary pediatric embryonal tumors.
Sex, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesFasting is the process of metabolic adaption to food deprivation that is taking place in most organisms, e.g. during the daily resting phase in mammals. Furthermore, in biomedical research fasting is used in most metabolic studies to synchronize nutritional states of study subjects. Because there is a lack of standardization for this procedure, we need a deeper understanding of the dynamics and the molecular players in fasting. In this study we investigated the transcriptome signature of white adipose tissue, liver, and skeletal muscle in 24 hours fasted mice (and chow fat controls) using Affymetrix whole-genome microarrays.
Metabolite and transcriptome analysis during fasting suggest a role for the p53-Ddit4 axis in major metabolic tissues.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesCancer cells express different sets of receptor type tyrosine kinases. These receptor kinases may be activated through autocrine or paracrine mechanisms. Fibroblasts may modify the biologic properties of surrounding cancer cells through paracrine mechansms.
The role of HGF/MET and FGF/FGFR in fibroblast-derived growth stimulation and lapatinib-resistance of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Specimen part, Cell line
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