The biological effects of TTR proteins in the vasculature remain unknown.
Transthyretin proteins regulate angiogenesis by conferring different molecular identities to endothelial cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesStroke is a brain attack cutting off vital blood, and consequently the nutrients and oxygen vital to the brain cells that control everything we do. Stroke is a complex disease with unclear pathogenesis resulting from environmental and genetic factors.
TTC7B emerges as a novel risk factor for ischemic stroke through the convergence of several genome-wide approaches.
Sex
View SamplesBehets disease (BD) is a multisystemic immuno-inflammatory disorder characterized by a generalized vasculitis, particularly at the orogenital mucosa and eye. It is a complex disease with unclear pathogenesis.
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View SamplesWe used the Dmrt2a inducible transgenic line Tg(hsp70:HA-dmrt2a) to do a brief dmrt2a overexpression at bud-stage in order to identify Dmrt2a immediate targets and understand its mechanism of action. Both wildtype and transgenic embryos received the same treatment.
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Specimen part
View SamplesBoth, sleep deprivation and ketamine treatments are efficient and fast-acting antidepressants acting within the first 12-24 hr. post-treatment. This experiment was designed to identify if common transcriptional responses are elicited by both treatments
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Specimen part
View SamplesInorganic arsenic, a major environmental contaminant, has risen as an important health problem worldwide. More detailed identification of the molecular mechanisms associated with iAs exposure would help to establish better strategies for prevention and treatment. Although chronic iAs exposures have been previously studied there is little to no information regarding the early events of exposure to iAs. To better characterize the early mechanisms of iAs exposure we conducted gene expression studies using sublethal doses of iAs at two different time-points. The major transcripts differentially regulated at 2 hrs of iAs exposure included antioxidants, detoxificants and chaperones. Moreover, after 12 hrs of exposure many of the down-regulated genes were associated with DNA replication and S phase cell cycle progression. Interestingly, the most affected biological pathway by both 2 or 12 hrs of iAs exposure were the Nrf2-Keap1 pathway, represented by the highly up-regulated HMOX1 transcript, which is transcriptionally regulated by the transcription factor Nrf2. Additional Nrf2 targets included SQSTM1 and ABCB6, which were not previously associated with acute iAs exposure.
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Cell line
View SamplesTIMP-4 overexpression increases tumor burden in mice, promotes progenitor cell phenotype and sensitizes cells to apoptosis, by relying on NFkB signaling
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-4 (TIMP-4) regulates stemness in cervical cancer cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesDefining the aging-cancer relationship is a challenging task. Mice deficient in Zmpste24, a metalloproteinase mutated in human progeria and involved in nuclear prelamin A maturation, recapitulate many features of aging. However, their short lifespan and cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic alterations restrict the application and interpretation of carcinogenesis protocols. To circumvent these limitations we have generated Zmpste24 mosaic mice. Interestingly, these mice develop normally - revealing cell-extrinsic mechanisms are preeminent in progeria- and display decreased incidence of infiltrating oral carcinomas. Moreover, ZMPSTE24 knock-down reduces human cancer cell invasiveness. Our results disclose the ZMPSTE24-prelamin A system as an example of antagonistic pleiotropy on cancer and aging, support the potential of cell-based and systemic therapies for progeria, and highlight ZMPSTE24 as a new anticancer target.
Prelamin A causes progeria through cell-extrinsic mechanisms and prevents cancer invasion.
Cell line
View SamplesIn the present study, we have investigated the effect of CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG-ODN) on the outcome of Plasmodium infection of the mosquito vectors Anopheles stephensi and Anopheles gambiae and on the modulation of mosquito immunity to Plasmodium. Anopheles mosquitoes inoculated with CpG-ODN showed significant reduction of Plasmodium infection rate and intensity. Microarrays were used to profile transcription of fat-body from CpG-ODN-treated mosquitoes. Mosquitoes were dissected 18h after ODN inoculation (immediately before feeding). Batches of 20 to 30 fat bodies (abdomen without midgut, ovaries and malpighian tubule]) were dissected in cold DEPC-treated phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and processed for RNA preparation. Mosquitoes treated with CpG-ODNs are less susceptible to Plasmodium infection. Transcription profile of fat body indicates that protection was associated with coagulation/wound healing, while melanization appears to be depressed.
CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotides increases resistance of Anopheles mosquitoes to Plasmodium infection.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesMice selected for high and low acute inflammation were tested for pristane induced arthritis, showing to be susceptible and resistant, respectively.
Pristane-induced arthritis loci interact with the Slc11a1 gene to determine susceptibility in mice selected for high inflammation.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
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