In this study we showed that rat XEN cells grown in the presence of a GSK3 inhibitor exhibited enhanced formation of cell contacts and decreased motility. In contrast, treatment with forskolin induced the PE formation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in rat XEN cells. Using microarray and real-time PCR assays, we found that VE versus PE formation of rat XEN cells was correlated with change in expression levels of VE or PE marker genes. Similar to forskolin, EMT was prompted upon treatment of rat XEN cells with recombinant parathyroid hormone related peptide (PTHRP), an activator of the cAMP pathway in vivo. Taken together, our data suggest that rat XEN cells are PrE-like cells. The activation of Wnt pathway in rat XEN cells leads to the acquisition of VE characteristics, whereas the activation of the PTHRP/cAMP pathway leads to EMT and the formation of PE.
Activation of the PTHRP/adenylate cyclase pathway promotes differentiation of rat XEN cells into parietal endoderm, whereas Wnt/β-catenin signaling promotes differentiation into visceral endoderm.
Specimen part
View SamplesTrans-splicing is a post-transcriptional event that joins exons from separate pre-mRNAs. Detection of trans-splicing is usually severely hampered by experimental artifacts and genetic rearrangements. Here, we develop a new computational pipeline, TSscan, which integrates different types of high-throughput long-/short-read transcriptome sequencing of different human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines to effectively minimize false positives while detecting trans-splicing. Combining TSscan screening with multiple experimental validation steps revealed that most chimeric RNA products were platform-dependent experimental artifacts of RNA sequencing. We successfully identified and confirmed four trans-spliced RNAs, including the first reported trans-spliced large intergenic noncoding RNA ("tsRMST"). We showed that these trans-spliced RNAs were all highly expressed in human pluripotent stem cells and differentially expressed during hESC differentiation. Our results further indicated that tsRMST can contribute to pluripotency maintenance of hESCs by suppressing lineage-specific gene expression through the recruitment of NANOG and the PRC2 complex factor, SUZ12. Taken together, our findings provide important insights into the role of trans-splicing in pluripotency maintenance of hESCs and help to facilitate future studies into trans-splicing, opening up this important but understudied class of post-transcriptional events for comprehensive characterization
Integrative transcriptome sequencing identifies trans-splicing events with important roles in human embryonic stem cell pluripotency.
Specimen part
View SamplesGene expression profiling of primary mouse articular chondrocyte infected with recombinant adenovirus expressing the zinc transporter ZIP8 (SLC39A8) protein.
Pleiotropic roles of metallothioneins as regulators of chondrocyte apoptosis and catabolic and anabolic pathways during osteoarthritis pathogenesis.
Age, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesWe report global gene expression profilies of Brassinosteroid related Arabidopsis mutants in response to dehydration and fixed-carbon starvation stresses by RNA-seq Overall design: Arabidopsis plants of listed genotypes were grown for 4 weeks under long day (16 hour light) conditions before being subjected to control, 4 hour dehydration, or 5 day fixed carbon starvation treatments.
Arabidopsis WRKY46, WRKY54, and WRKY70 Transcription Factors Are Involved in Brassinosteroid-Regulated Plant Growth and Drought Responses.
Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
View SamplesThe underlying change of gene network expression of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) remains elusive. We sought to identify GBS-associated gene networks and signalling pathways by analyzing the transcriptional profile of leukocytes in the patients with GBS.
Identification of gene networks and pathways associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Race
View SamplesWe performed knockdown of circARID1A, overexpression of circARID1A and overexpression of miR-204-3p in ReNcell, independently. The 22,480 gene expression changes were examined by microarray analysis.
Genome-wide, integrative analysis of circular RNA dysregulation and the corresponding circular RNA-microRNA-mRNA regulatory axes in autism.
Cell line
View SamplesThe feather follicle is a “professional” regenerative organ that undergoes natural cycling and, regeneration after wound plucking. Similar to mammalian hair follicle, dermal papilla (DP) controls feather regeneration, shape, size, and axis. Here we report gene expression profiling for feather DP at different growth stages. For growth phase, we compared gene expression of DP, the ramogenic zone of feather branching epithelium (Erz) and the mesenchymal pulp (Pp). We also compared gene expression of DP at resting phase. To characterize the feather regeneration process, we further profiled gene expression at Day-2 and Day-4 post wound. Our results provide a resource for investigating feather growth and regeneration. Overall design: Examination of gene expression in dermal papilla (DP) at growth phase and resting phase feather follicle, and during feather regeneration.
Dkk2/Frzb in the dermal papillae regulates feather regeneration.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesThe gene expression of bone marrow Hdc-/- and WT (LSK, Lin-c-kit+Sca-1+) hematopoetic stem and progenitor cells were isolated from Hdc-/- or WT mice. Cells were sorted by the cell surface markers of LSK total RNA was isolated from sorted 2,000 HSPCs using the ARCTURUS PicoPure RNA isolation kit (Life Technologies). cDNA was amplified and libraries were constructed by using the SMARTer Ultra Low Input RNA kit (Clontech Laboratories) and the Nextera XT DNA Library Preparation kit (Illumina) according to the respective manufacturer's instructions. Sequencing was performed on the Illumina HiSeq2500 platform. Overall design: a. Hdc-/- bone marrow HSPC (n=4) b. WT bone marrow HSPC (n=4)
Histidine decarboxylase (HDC)-expressing granulocytic myeloid cells induce and recruit Foxp3<sup>+</sup> regulatory T cells in murine colon cancer.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesBone marrow Hdc-GFP+/hi and Hdc-GFP-/loCD11b+Gr1+ cells were isolated from bones from histidine decarboxylase (Hdc) green fluorescent protein (Hdc-GFP) mice Hdc-GFP+/hiCD11b+Gr1+ cells and Hdc-GFP-/loCD11b+Gr1+ cells were sorted by combinations of GFP and myeloid cell surface markers CD11b and Gr1 and their differential mRNA expression compared with Affymetrix microarrays.
Histidine decarboxylase (HDC)-expressing granulocytic myeloid cells induce and recruit Foxp3<sup>+</sup> regulatory T cells in murine colon cancer.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesGene expression profiling of primary mouse articular chondrocyte treated with interleukin-1.
Estrogen-related receptor γ causes osteoarthritis by upregulating extracellular matrix-degrading enzymes.
Age, Specimen part, Treatment
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