Microglia constitutes a diverse population of cells that present a broad spectrum of responses when they become activated. Here, microglial status was studied under steady-state conditions from different brain regions involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Under basal conditions, midbrain microglia showed an immune-alert state not observed in striatum. Unique subpopulations of microglia expressing TLR4 and MHC-II with antigen presenting properties, and a higher proportion of infiltrating CD4+ T cells were identified in the midbrain. These results highlight that the inflammatory tone is context-dependent and reveal the unique properties of the midbrain related to the interaction with the immune system. Overall design: Analysis of two cohorts of control animals
Midbrain microglia mediate a specific immunosuppressive response under inflammatory conditions.
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miR-503 represses human cell proliferation and directly targets the oncogene DDHD2 by non-canonical target pairing.
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MiR-191 Regulates Primary Human Fibroblast Proliferation and Directly Targets Multiple Oncogenes.
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View SamplesGene expression profile following transfection with miR-503, miR-103, or miR-494 mature duplex
miR-503 represses human cell proliferation and directly targets the oncogene DDHD2 by non-canonical target pairing.
Cell line
View SamplesProfile of transcripts isolated from Ago2 immunoprecipitation following transfection with miR-191 mature duplex and gene expression profile following transfection with miR-191 mature duplex
MiR-191 Regulates Primary Human Fibroblast Proliferation and Directly Targets Multiple Oncogenes.
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View SamplesExploring the expression profile of ovarian clear cell carcinoma cancer cell subpopulations- derived tumors grown within a murine and a human cellular tissues.
Niche-dependent gene expression profile of intratumoral heterogeneous ovarian cancer stem cell populations.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe utilized oligonucleotide microarrays to measure cellular mRNA decay rates in mock- or reovirus-infected murine L929 cells to determine if changes in host mRNA expression are a consequence of reovirus-induced alterations in cellular mRNA stability.
Reovirus infection induces stabilization and up-regulation of cellular transcripts that encode regulators of TGF-β signaling.
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View SamplesTrophoblast stem cells lack MAP3K4 activity (TSKI4 cells) switch from epithelial phenotype to intermediate phenotype. Loss of epithelial phenotype is due to the loss of CBP histone acetyltransferase activity and the gain of histone deacetylase HDAC6 expression and activity. In our work, we identify a small network of 183 genes whose expression is co-regulated by MAP3K4, CBP, and HDAC6. Further, we define the key role of one of these co-regulated genes, Rel, in inducing epithelial phenotype in intermediate TSKI4 cells.
Coordinated regulation of Rel expression by MAP3K4, CBP, and HDAC6 controls phenotypic switching.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe aim of this study consists in detecting genes regulated by N-myc in the murine cochlea
Otx2 is a target of N-myc and acts as a suppressor of sensory development in the mammalian cochlea.
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View SamplesWe sought to more precisely characterize the different alpha-synuclein (aSyn) 3’UTR mRNA species in normal and PD human brain. High-throughput, whole-transcriptome sequencing of the 3’UTR ends of polyadenylated mRNA transcripts (termed pA-RNAseq; see Methods) was performed on a cohort of 17 unaffected and 17 PD cerebral cortical tissue samples. This revealed 5 aSyn 3’UTR isoforms, with lengths of 290, 480, 560, 1070 and 2520 nt. Of these, the 560 nt and 2520 nt forms were predominant. The existence and relative preponderance of these species was further confirmed by Northern Blot. We next hypothesized, that aSyn 3’UTR selection might be altered in PD. Comparison of pA-RNAseq profiles from PD and unaffected cerebral cortex samples revealed an increase in the preponderance of the long 3’UTR species (>560 nt) relative to shorter species (<560 nt). Such a relative increase in aSynL was confirmed by Quantitative real-time RT-PCR (rt-qPCR) and appeared specific for PD, as the increase was also observed by comparison to RNA from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient samples. We note that the modified aSyn 3’UTR selection associated with PD patient tissue was detected in cerebral cortex tissue, which typically harbors pathological evidence of the disease process without frank cell loss; thus, this phenotype is unlikely to be a secondary consequence of neurodegeneration. Overall design: Comparison of 3''UTR ends of alpha-synuclein in PD and unaffected brain cortex
Alternative α-synuclein transcript usage as a convergent mechanism in Parkinson's disease pathology.
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