The study goal was to develop a new and robust protocol for blood preservation. It also involved a proof-of-concept study to preserve rare cell samples.
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View SamplesFNDC4 is a novel secreted factor sharing high homology with the exercise-associated myokine irisin (FNDC5). Here we report that Fndc4 is robustly upregulated in various mouse models of inflammation as well as in human inflammatory conditions. Specifically, subjects with inflammatory bowel disease show increased FNDC4 levels locally at inflamed sites of the intestine. Interestingly, administration of recombinant FNDC4 during colitis development in mice resulted in markedly reduced disease severity compared to mice injected with a control protein. Conversely, mice that lacked Fndc4 showed increased colitis severity. Analysis of binding of FNDC4 to different immune cell types revealed strong and specific binding to macrophages and monocytes. FNDC4 treatment of bone marrow-derived macrophages in vitro resulted in reduced phagocytosis, improved survival and reduced pro-inflammatory chemokine expression. Hence, treatment with FNDC4 resulted in a state of dampened macrophage activity, while enhancing their survival. Thus, we have characterized a novel factor with direct therapeutic potential in inflammatory bowel disease and possibly other inflammatory diseases.
FNDC4 acts as an anti-inflammatory factor on macrophages and improves colitis in mice.
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View SamplesDegraded RNA - RNA with low RIN. U-251 MG brain gliablastoma cell line.
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View SamplesTo adapt a non-strandaed library preparation protocol into a strand specific one in an automated fashion. Use the data to emphasize the advantages of strand specific data.
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View SamplesRNA sequencing data for four cell lines representing different stages during malignant transformation.
Majority of differentially expressed genes are down-regulated during malignant transformation in a four-stage model.
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View SamplesVEGF and VEGFB Play Balancing Roles in Adipose Differentiation, Gene Expression and Function
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View Samplesgene expression study on brain and lung under Dip2a regulation to better understand the role of Dip2a gene during mice brain and lung development.
Large genomic fragment deletions and insertions in mouse using CRISPR/Cas9.
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View SamplesNeurobiological causes of suicide are largely unknown. Volumes and dysfunction of brain regions amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and thalamus were reported to play a role in suicidal intention.
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View SamplesCathepsin inhibitors have been associated to induce changes in Th1/Th2 polarization; cathepsin B inhibitor CA074 has been reported to induce a Th1 polarization, whereas cathepsin L inhibitor CLIK148 has been reported to induce a Th2 polarization.
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View SamplesThe most common oncogenic mutations in multiple myeloma (MM) affect N- and K-RAS leading to constitutive activation of RAS-dependent signaling. Signal transduction via RAS, Raf and MAPK has been well described as a canonical pathway. In accordance with this assumption, we showed that the activity of the MEK/ERK module is strictly dependent on pan-Raf activity. However, inhibition of MEK/ERK has no or only minor effects on MM cell survival, whereas oncogenic Ras and pan-Raf critically contribute to survival of multiple myeloma cells. Therefore, we aimed to learn more about Raf-dependent but MEK-independent signaling effectors.
Pan-Raf co-operates with PI3K-dependent signalling and critically contributes to myeloma cell survival independently of mutated RAS.
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