Translocations involving the MLL genes are frequently found in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and are associated with poor prognosis. The MLL fusion proteins act as aberrant transcription factor activating a transcriptional program that transforms the cells, potentially through collaboration with other transcription factors. To investigate this we searched gene expression profiles from patients with MLL-rearranged AML compared with normal hematopoietic progenitor cells for transcriptional regulators and found targets of C/EBP to be up-regulated in the AML samples, suggesting that C/EBP might collaborate with MLL fusion proteins in the initial transformation process. We could show that transformation by MLL fusion proteins is dependent on C/EBP activity both in early progenitors as well as in GMPs. In contrast, C/EBP was found to be indispensable in an already established leukemia. These results suggest that C/EBP play an important role in the early transforming event of leukemogenesis.
Initiation of MLL-rearranged AML is dependent on C/EBPα.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe isolated hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells from AML patients by FACS.
Cellular origin of prognostic chromosomal aberrations in AML patients.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe used microarray to create a normal cell landscape for the myeloid arm of the hematopoietic system.
Comparing cancer vs normal gene expression profiles identifies new disease entities and common transcriptional programs in AML patients.
Specimen part
View SamplesTo investigate the role of the transcription factor ERG in hematopoiesis we generated Erg heterozygous knockout and conditional Erg knockout mice. We found that several hematopoietic cell types were decreased in these mice. To define Erg downstream target genes in hematopoietic stem cells, we sorted Lineage-, Sca-1+, c-kit+, CD150+, CD48- cells from Erg +/- mice for gene expression analysis. To define Erg downstream target genes in hematopoietic progenitors, we sorted multipotent progenitors (Lineage-, Sca-1+, c-kit+, CD150-) from Erg -/- mice for gene expression analysis.
ERG promotes the maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells by restricting their differentiation.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesCaesarean-delivered preterm pigs were fed 3 d of parenteral nutrition followed by 2 d of enteral formula feeding. Antibiotics (n=11) or control saline (n=13) were given twice daily from birth to tissue collection at d 5. NEC-lesions and intestinal structure, function, microbiology and immunity markers were recorded.
Antibiotics modulate intestinal immunity and prevent necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm neonatal piglets.
Specimen part, Treatment
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Emmprin and survivin predict response and survival following cisplatin-containing chemotherapy in patients with advanced bladder cancer.
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View SamplesProjection-dependent ribosome profling from mouse mPFC.
Molecular and Circuit-Dynamical Identification of Top-Down Neural Mechanisms for Restraint of Reward Seeking.
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View SamplesUsing anti-Argonaute (anti-AGO) antibody co-immunoprecipitation, followed by microarray analyses and downstream bioinformatics, RIP-Chip experiments enable direct analyses of miRNA targets. The analyses support four major findings: (i) RIP-Chip studies correlated with total input mRNA profiling provides more comprehensive information than using either RIP-Chip or total mRNA profiling alone after miRNA transfections; (ii) new data confirm that miR-107 paralogs target coding sequence (CDS) of mRNA; (iii) biochemical and computational studies indicate that the 3 portion of miRNAs plays a role in guiding miR-103/7 to the CDS of targets; and (iv) there are major sequence-specific targeting differences between miRNAs in terms of CDS versus 3-untranslated region targeting, and stable AGO association versus mRNA knockdown. For detailed protocol and for full discussion of the results please see Nelson PT et al, Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Oct;39(18):8163-72.
Specific sequence determinants of miR-15/107 microRNA gene group targets.
Specimen part, Disease, Cell line
View SamplesThe goal of this study is to identify downstream pathways, diagnostic markers, and potential therapeutic targets for IFS/CMN.
Mediators of receptor tyrosine kinase activation in infantile fibrosarcoma: a Children's Oncology Group study.
Specimen part
View SamplesCellular RNA levels are determined by transcription and decay rates, which are fundamental in understanding gene expression regulation. Measurement of these two parameters is usually performed independently, complicating analysis and introducing methodological biases that hamper direct comparison. Here, we present a simple approach of concurrent sequencing of S. cerevisiae polyA+ and polyA- RNA 3' ends to simultaneously estimate total RNA levels, transcription and decay rates from the same RNA sample. The transcription data generated correlate well with reported estimates and also reveal local RNA polymerase stalling and termination sites with high precision. Although the method by design uses brief metabolic labeling of newly synthesized RNA with 4-thiouridine, the results demonstrate that transcription estimates can also be gained from unlabeled RNA samples. These findings underscore the potential of the approach, which should be generally applicable to study a range of biological questions in diverse organisms. Overall design: RNA 3' end seq of total and 2min 4-thiouracil (4tU) labelled RNA from S. cerevisiae cells. Aliquots of RNA were directly subjected to pA+ RNA 3' end sequencing (noPap samples). A second aliquot was in vitro polyadenylated using E. coli poly(A) polymerase and ribodepleted before library preparation (xPap samples).
Simultaneous Measurement of Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Parameters by 3' End RNA-Seq.
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