Veterinary drug mequindox, 3-methyl-2-acethyl-quindoxaline-N-1,4-dioxide, belongs to a class of antibiotic and growth-prompting drug called quinoxalines that are often used in livestock and poultry industry. Previous researches focused on traditional toxicity. However, the effect of mequindox on endogenous metabolic profile remains unknown.
Systems responses of rats to mequindox revealed by metabolic and transcriptomic profiling.
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View SamplesThe oscillation status of the circadian clock during late gestation is not clear. To gain a better understanding on the oscillation state of the clock and possible influences by maternal cues, we performed transcriptome analyses on the fetal liver tissue during late gestation.
Circadian rhythms of fetal liver transcription persist in the absence of canonical circadian clock gene expression rhythms in vivo.
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View SamplesBPH9 is a gene that confers rice strong resistance to its devastating pest BPH. Understanding the molecular responses of the resistant and susceptible varieties would pave the way to controlling the pest more effectively.
Allelic diversity in an NLR gene <i>BPH9</i> enables rice to combat planthopper variation.
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View SamplesThermosensitive genic male sterile (TGMS) lines and photoperiod-sensitive genic male sterile (PGMS) lines have been successfully used in hybridization to improving rice yields. The molecular mechanisms underlying male sterility transitions in most PGMS/TGMS rice lines are unclear, but in the recently developed TGMS-Co27 lines which is based on co-suppression of a UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase gene (Ugp1). UGPase protein accumulates in TGMS-Co27 florets at low temperatures and temperature-sensitive splicing is involved in its sterility transitions.However, details of the molecular mechanisms involved are unknown.
Genes associated with thermosensitive genic male sterility in rice identified by comparative expression profiling.
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View SamplesMany studies have shown that the mucous membranes and skin are at the interface with different external environments and face the disparity of pathogenic effects, such as biological agents, chemical or physical environment. This difference may demand distinct immune responses. However, the mechanism to induce the distinct immune responses in mucous and skin is largely unknown. Dendritic cells of mucosa and skin are crucial in the initiation of immune responses, maintenance of self-tolerance and antigens presentation T cells. The different functions between mucosal and epidermal dendritic cells may play an important role in different immune responses. To compare the different gene expression of the mucosal DC and Langerhans cells (LC), we utilized microarrays to investigate different gene expression profiles in mucosal DC isolated from PPs (PDC) and epidermal LC from skin (ELC). 3548 genes were shown to be differentially expressed between PDC and ELC. According to genes annotations, 105 genes may be involved in immunity process. The genes involved in immune process were categorized to five groups related to DC function, including antigen presentation, antigen uptake, cytokines chemokines, and receptors, cell surface molecules and signal transduction. 11 of the highest expressed genes were selected as the candidate genes and reformed by real-time PCR. These 11 selected genes might be suitable candidates to further study the difference of gene expression between mucosal DC and epidermal LC and would be used for design for new vaccine.
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View SamplesStudies in mouse have led to enormous progress in our understanding of early human development. The identification of genes and the signaling pathways involved in mouse embryogenesis have helped us to better understand fertilization, morulation, gastrulation, organogenesis and embryonic development in mammals.
Global expression profiling reveals genetic programs underlying the developmental divergence between mouse and human embryogenesis.
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View SamplesGene expression profiling has provided critical insights into the molecular pathways underlying development of model organisms, however little information is available on regulated gene expression during human embryogenesis. We have now filled this important gap of knowledge by performing genome-wide microarray analysis of the Homo sapiens gene expression during the 4-9th week, a period when most organs develop.
Gene expression atlas for human embryogenesis.
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View SamplesNongken 58S is photoperiod-sensitive genic male sterile (PGMS) rice. Its pollens are fully sterile when it is treated with LD condition from glume primordium differentiation stage to pistil/stamen primordium forming stage, and its pollens are fertile when treated with SD condition during these stages.
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View SamplesThe liver is one of most important organs in our bodies. It performs many essential functions including metabolism, synthesis, secretion, detoxification, and storage. Hepatocytes are the principal cell type in the liver and are involved in multiple liver-specific functions. There have been several efforts to develop in vitro culture systems capable of maintaining hepatocyte-specific phenotype over long time periods. In hepatic tissue engineering, two commonly used culture systems are the collagen sandwich and monolayers of cells. In this study, genome-wide gene expression profiles of primary hepatocytes were measured over an 8-day period for each cell culture system using Affymetrix GeneChips and analyzed via Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA), which is a powerful method to elicit biologically meaningful information from microarray data at the level of gene sets. Results indicate that the gene expression in hepatocytes in collagen sandwich cultures gradually diverges from that in monolayer cultures. Gene sets up-regulated in collagen sandwich cultures include those associated with liver metabolic and synthetic functions. These functions are associated with lipid, amino acid, carbohydrate, and alcohol metabolism and bile acid synthesis. Nuclear receptors are up-regulated in collagen sandwiches 24 hours after seeding. Signals transmitted from these receptors may cause the up-regulation of other processes in subsequent days. Cytochrome-P450 monooxygenase expression was initially down-regulated but exhibited up-regulation after 72 hours. Our results provide a baseline for further explorations into the systems biology of engineered liver mimics as well as 2D and 3D co-cultures of primary hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells.
A comparative study of genome-wide transcriptional profiles of primary hepatocytes in collagen sandwich and monolayer cultures.
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View SamplesIRF9 is ubiquitously expressed and mediates the effects of IFNs, previous study showed that IRF9 played an important role in immunity and cell fate decision. Our recent study revealed that IRF9 involved in cardiac hypertrophy, hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance. However, the function of IRF9 in VSMC and neointima formation was largely unknown. We found that IRF9 expression was significantly increased in the VSMCs of mouse carotid artery. More importantly, we generated SMC-specific IRF9 overexpression transgenic mice (IRF9 TG) and found that IRF9 TG significantly increased VSMC proliferation, migration and neointima formation compared with NTG mice in response to injury. To evaluate the underlying mechanism by which IRF9 promotes VSMC proliferation and migration after vascular injury, IRF9 TG and NTG mice were subjected to wire-injury and the carotid arteries were collected at 14 days post-injury. We combined 3-5 vessels for one sample, and 3 samples for each phenotype. Subsequently, a total of 400ng RNA was used following Affymetrix instruction and 10 ug of cRNA were hybridized for 16 hr at 45. GeneChips were scanned using the Scanner 7G and the data was analyzed with Expression Console using Affymetrix default analysis settings and global scaling as normalization method. RMA analysis was employed to evaluate the gene expression.
Interferon regulatory factor 9 is critical for neointima formation following vascular injury.
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