Preterm birth (PTB), defined as the delivery of an infant before 37 weeks of completed gestation, results of the interaction of both, genetic and environmental components and constitutes a complex multifactorial syndrome. Transcriptome analysis of PTB has proved challenging because of the multiple causes of PTB and the numerous maternal and foetal gestational tissues that must interact to facilitate parturition. A common pathway of labour and PTB may be the activation of fetal membranes. In this work chorioamnion membranes from severe preterm and term fetus were analysed using RNA seq. The primary goal of this study was to identify differentially expressed transcripts and dilucidate molecular mechanisms distinguishing severe PTBs from term births. Overall design: Chorioamnion tissues were collected immediately after labor from women who had spontaneous severe preterm births between 24-33 weeks (n=4) and women with spontaneous term labor (>37 weeks)(n=4).
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View SamplesDespite the importance of amino acids as basic components of proteins, amino acids also serve as substrates for multiple other metabolic pathways, such as the TCA cycle that regulates energy homeostasis. The response to deficiency in the biosynthesis of specific amino acids (also termed “amino acid starvation”) has been studied extensively in yeast (See for example Petti et. al., 2011 Survival of starving yeast is correlated with oxidative stress response and non-respiratory mitochondria function. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108: 1089-1098). In contrast, very little is known about the metabolic responses to deficiency in the biosynthesis of amino acids in plants. A number of recent reports have already shown that catabolism of amino acids can significantly contribute to cellular energy homeostasis particularly during the nighttime and particularly in response to stress. In the present manuscript we used a previously characterized Arabidopsis mutant with reduced expression of the Lys biosynthesis enzyme L,L-diaminopimelate aminotransferase (dapat) to investigate the physiological and metabolic impacts of deficient Lys biosynthesis. The results obtained demonstrate that not stomatal limitations but rather biochemical alterations are responsible for the decreased photosynthesis and growth of the dapat mutants which mimic stress conditions associated to Lys deficiency. Our findings suggest that manipulation of Lys biosynthesis in dapat mutant simulates a stress response culminating in a highly exquisite metabolic reprogramming such that alternative substrates support energy generation once carbohydrate metabolism is down-regulated.
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View SamplesDiffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has striking clinical and molecular variability. Although a more precise identification of the multiple determinants of this variability is still under investigation, there is a consensus that high-clinical-risk DLBCL cases require a risk-adapted therapy, since intensification of chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) has been shown to improve the prognosis for high-risk patients in randomised clinical trials.
Identification of biological markers of sensitivity to high-clinical-risk-adapted therapy for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
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View SamplesPrimary cells deficient for PDCD10/CCM3 do not enter senescence as control cells. Microarray analysis was performed in cells transduced with non-targeting shRNA and CCM3 shRNA at passage 7 (early passage) and passage 11 (late passage), when control cells are already senescent.
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View SamplesThe recent interest in the role of bone marrow derived endothelial progenitor cells in the benefits of estrogen on cardiovascular health brought us to evaluate if estrogen could affect cardiac repair more broadly by regulating biological processes involved in the functional organization of the bone marrow stem cell niche.
Estrogen-induced gene expression in bone marrow c-kit+ stem cells and stromal cells: identification of specific biological processes involved in the functional organization of the stem cell niche.
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View SamplesSubstantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) is highly sensitive to normal aging and selectively degenerates in Parkinson's disease. However, ventral tegmental area (VTA), a region adjacent to SNpc, is less affected in PD. Until now, molecular mechanisms behind VTA aging have not been fully investigated using high throughput techniques.
Age-mediated transcriptomic changes in adult mouse substantia nigra.
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View SamplesSubstantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) is highly sensitive to normal aging and selectively degenerates in Parkinson's disease. Until now, molecular mechanisms behind SNpc aging have not been fully investigated using high throughput techniques.
Age-mediated transcriptomic changes in adult mouse substantia nigra.
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Age-mediated transcriptomic changes in adult mouse substantia nigra.
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View SamplesGrowth of the drosophila eye imaginal discs is controlled by the activation of Notch in the dorsal-ventral boundary. Overexpression in the eye disc of the Notch ligand Delta together with lola and pipsqueak from the GS(2)88A8 line induces tumoral growth. We used microarray to analyze the expression profile of tumoral discs.
Imaginal discs secrete insulin-like peptide 8 to mediate plasticity of growth and maturation.
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View SamplesTranscriptional profiling of RWPE-1 cells stably expressing human androgen receptor (as described in Altintas et al., Mol Cell Endocrinol 2011) treated with a non-metabolisable androgen, R1881
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