Epithelial organs including the lung are known to possess regenerative abilities through activation of endogenous stem cell populations but the molecular pathways regulating stem cell expansion and regeneration are not well understood. Here we show that Gata6 regulates the temporal appearance and number of bronchioalveolar stem cells (BASCs) in the lung leading to the precocious appearance of BASCs and concurrent loss in epithelial differentiation in Gata6 null lung epithelium. This expansion of BASCs is the result of a dramatic increase in canonical Wnt signaling in lung epithelium upon loss of Gata6. Expression of the non-canonical Wnt receptor Fzd2 is down-regulated in Gata6 mutants and increased Fzd2 or decreased -catenin expression rescues, in part, the lung epithelial defects in Gata6 mutants. During lung epithelial regeneration, we show that canonical Wnt signaling is activated in the niche containing BASCs and forced activation of Wnt signaling leads to a dramatic increase in BASC numbers. Moreover, Gata6 is required for proper lung epithelial regeneration and postnatal loss of Gata6 leads to increased BASC expansion and decreased differentiation. Together, these data demonstrate that Gata6 regulated Wnt signaling controls the balance between stem/progenitor expansion and epithelial differentiation required for both lung development and regeneration.
A Gata6-Wnt pathway required for epithelial stem cell development and airway regeneration.
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Natural variants of AtHKT1 enhance Na+ accumulation in two wild populations of Arabidopsis.
Specimen part
View SamplesABSTRACT: Background: Though central to our understanding of how roots perform their vital function of scavenging water and solutes from the soil, no direct genetic evidence currently exists to support the foundational model that suberin acts to form a chemical barrier limiting the extracellular, or apoplastic, transport of water and solutes in plant roots.
Root suberin forms an extracellular barrier that affects water relations and mineral nutrition in Arabidopsis.
Specimen part
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Variation in molybdenum content across broadly distributed populations of Arabidopsis thaliana is controlled by a mitochondrial molybdenum transporter (MOT1).
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View SamplesIn these microarray experiments, we characterize the gene expression of mammary epithelial cells (MCF10A cells) grown in either a traditional monolayer cell culture setting (2D) or on Matrigel, which induces single MCF10A cells to form organized acinar structures (3D). Morphogenesis of mammary epithelial cells into organized acinar structures in vitro is accompanied by widespread changes in gene expression patterns, including a substantial decrease in expression of Myc.
Epithelial cell organization suppresses Myc function by attenuating Myc expression.
Specimen part, Cell line, Time
View SamplesAffymetrix microarray data was generated from MCF7 breast cancer cells treated in vitro with siRNAs against 78 transcription factors and signalling molecules.
Cell cycle gene networks are associated with melanoma prognosis.
Cell line
View SamplesAffymetrix microarray data were generated from A375 melanoma cells treated in vitro with siRNAs against 45 transcription factors and signalling molecules.
Cell cycle gene networks are associated with melanoma prognosis.
Cell line
View SamplesTCL1 is an an oncogene and transgenic (Tg) mice expressing TCL1 specifically in B-cells are well-characterized models for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. On the contrary, PTPROt is a phosphatase with tumor suppressor characteristics in many cancers including leukemia. Our hypothesis was that transgenic expression of PTPROt in the B-cells of TCL1 Tg mice will alleviate disease phenotype and allow the study of the in vivo mechanism of action of PTPROt. To test this we have generated Tg mice with B-cell specific expression of PTPROt and crossed these mice with the TCL1 Tg mice.
PTPROt-mediated regulation of p53/Foxm1 suppresses leukemic phenotype in a CLL mouse model.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesMalignant melanoma is a common and frequently lethal disease. Current therapeutic interventions have little effect on survival, emphasizing the need for a better understanding of the genetic, epigenetic, and phenotypic changes in melanoma formation and progression. We identified genes that were not previously known to be silenced by methylation in melanoma using a microarray-based screen following treatment of melanoma cell lines with the DNA methylation inhibitor 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine.
Epigenetic silencing of novel tumor suppressors in malignant melanoma.
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View SamplesThese data show distinct interactions between these two drugs on CLL cells in vitro with an ex vivo treatment
Lenalidomide Induces Interleukin-21 Production by T Cells and Enhances IL21-Mediated Cytotoxicity in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia B Cells.
Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
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