Type I interferon is naturally produced in response to pathogens to generate an anti-viral state within the cell. There are 13 naturally occurring genetic isoforms of IFN alpha (IFN) in humans that result in 12 IFN subtypes (IFN1 and 13 are identical but are coded by different genes). They all bind the same ubiquitously expressed receptor, interferon alpha receptor (IFNAR), but have been shown to differ in their biological and anti-viral activities (reviewed in Gibbert et al, Br J Pharmacol 2013). We investigated the ability of natural and recombinant IFN to regulate mRNA expression.
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Specimen part, Treatment
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A multi-gene signature predicts outcome in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesAlternative splicing is a key event to human transcriptome and proteome diversity and complexity. Recent evidence suggests that pancreatic cancer might possess particular patterns of splice variation that influence the function of individual genes contributing to tumour progression in this disease. The identification of new pancreatic cancer-associated splice variants would offer opportunities for novel diagnostics and potentially also represent novel therapeutic targets.
A multi-gene signature predicts outcome in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesAlternative splicing is a key event to human transcriptome and proteome diversity and complexity. Recent evidence suggests that pancreatic cancer might possess particular patterns of splice variation that influence the function of individual genes contributing to tumour progression in this disease. The identification of new pancreatic cancer-associated splice variants would offer opportunities for novel diagnostics and potentially also represent novel therapeutic targets.
Splice variants as novel targets in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesWe investigated the role of Bmi1 in Shh-mediated shift in gene expression levels
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Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesIn order to define the targets of two miRNA overexpressed in NK cells in CFS/ME paitents, miRNA precursors for hsa-miR-99b and hsa-miR-330-3p were transfected in to buffy coat derived Natural Killer cells isolated by negative magnetic selection.
MicroRNAs hsa-miR-99b, hsa-miR-330, hsa-miR-126 and hsa-miR-30c: Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers in Natural Killer (NK) Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesWork previously published by our group has demonstrated that T cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) show differentially regulated genes compared with healthy T cells. This study was initiated to examine if these gene expression changes were unique to CLL T cells or common to an alternative leukaemia, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).
Peripheral blood T cells in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients at diagnosis have abnormal phenotype and genotype and form defective immune synapses with AML blasts.
Sex, Age
View SamplesCutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is one of the most common malignancies in fair skinned populations worldwide and its incidence is increasing. Despite previous observations of multiple genetic abnormalities in cSCC, the oncogenic process remains elusive. The purpose of this study was to investigate the transcriptomes of cSCC and actinic keratoses (AK), to elucidate key differences between precursor AK lesions and invasive carcinoma.
Key differences identified between actinic keratosis and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma by transcriptome profiling.
Sex, Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesNegative immunomagnetic selection has become the method of choice for isolating T cell subsets for functional studies due to concerns that directly binding antibody to the surface of a cell, as occurs with positive selection, results in cross-linking of surface antigens, altered gene transcription and subsequent cellular activation. However there is little data to support this. We therefore examined the impact of the method of immunomagnetic cell selection on the gene expression profile of healthy human CD4 and CD8 T cells in a total of 21 cases.
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Sex, Age
View SamplesAnalysis of gene expression at RNA level by 4 different cell sorted Vg9Vd2 subsets (Subset 1=CD28+CD27+, Subset2=CD28-CD27+, Subset 3=CD28-CD7-CD16-, Subset 4 = CD28-CD27-CD16+). Results highlight differences in RNA expression characterising these four cell populations into distinct phenotypic subsets with distinct functional potential
Heterogeneous yet stable Vδ2(+) T-cell profiles define distinct cytotoxic effector potentials in healthy human individuals.
Specimen part
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