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Mus musculus
53 Downloadable Samples
Illumina Genome Analyzer
Description
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) play a critical role in bridging the innate and adaptive immune systems. pDCs are specialized type I interferon (IFN) producers, which has implicated them as initiators of autoimmune pathogenesis. However, little is known about the down-stream effectors of type I IFN signaling that amplify autoimmune responses. Here we have used a chemokine reporter mouse to determine the CXCR3 ligand responses in DCs subsets. Following TLR7 stimulation conventional type 1 and type 2 DCs (cDC1 and cDC2 respectively) uniformly upregulate CXCL10. By contrast, the proportion of chemokine positive pDCs was significantly less, and stable CXCL10+ and CXCL10 - populations could be distinguished. CXCL9 expression was induced in all cDC1s, in half of the cDC2 but not by pDCs. In all DC subsets, type I IFNs were the main inducer of CXCR3 chemokines, as IFNAR receptor blocking or deficiency completely abrogated reporter expression. Chemoki ne producing potential was not concordant with the previously identified markers of pDC heterogeneity. Finally, we show that CXCL10+ and CXCL10 - populations are transcriptionally distinct, expressing unique transcriptional regulators, IFN signaling molecules, chemokines, cytokines and cell surface markers. This work highlights CXCL10 as a downstream effector of type I IFN signaling and suggests a division of labor in pDCs subtypes that likely impacts their function as effectors of viral responses and as drivers of inflammation. Overall design: Comparison of gene expression in different haematopoietic cell types
Publication Title
Plasmacytoid dendritic cell heterogeneity is defined by CXCL10 expression following TLR7 stimulation.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 8 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
Breast cancer metastasis to bone is a critical determinant of long-term survival after treatment of primary tumors. We used a mouse model of spontaneous bone metastasis to determine new molecular mechanisms. Differential transcriptome comparisons of primary and metastatic tumor cells revealed that a substantial set of genes suppressed in bone metastases were highly enriched for promoter elements for the type I interferon (IFN) regulatory factor, Irf7, itself suppressed in mouse and human metastases. The critical function of the Irf7 pathway was demonstrated by restoration of exogenous Irf7 or systemic interferon administration, which significantly reduced bone metastases and prolonged metastasis-free survival. Using mice deficient in the type I receptor (Ifnar1-/-) or mature B, T and NK cell responses (NOD Scid IL-2r-/- mice), we demonstrated that Irf7-driven suppression of metastasis was reliant on IFN signaling to host immune cells. Metastasis suppression correlated with decreased accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and increased CD4++, CD8 T cells and NK cells in the peripheral blood and was reversed by depletion of CD8+ cells and NK cells. Clinical importance of our findings was demonstrated as increased primary tumor Irf7 expression predicted prolonged bone and lung metastasis-free survival. Thus we report for the first time, a novel innate immune pathway, intrinsic to breast cancer cells, whose suppression in turn restricts systemic immunosurveillance to enable metastasis. This pathway may constitute a novel therapeutic target for restricting breast cancer metastases.
Publication Title
Silencing of Irf7 pathways in breast cancer cells promotes bone metastasis through immune escape.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus, Homo sapiens
- 66 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Expression 430A Array (moe430a), Affymetrix Human Genome U133A Array (hgu133a)
Description
Acute lung rejection is a risk factor for chronic rejection, jeopardizing the long-term survival of lung transplant recipients. At present, acute rejection is diagnosed by transbronchial lung biopsies, which are invasive, expensive, and subject to significant sampling error. In this study, we sought to identify groups of genes whose collective expression in BAL cells best classifies acute rejection versus no-rejection. BAL samples were analyzed from 32 unique subjects whose concurrent histology showed acute rejection (n=14) or no rejection (n=18). Global BAL cell gene expression was measured using Affymetrix U133A microarrays. The nearest shrunken centroid method with 10-fold cross validation was used to define the classification model. 250 runs of the algorithm were performed to determine the range of misclassification error and the most influential genes in determining classifiers. The estimated overall misclassification rate was below 20%. Seven transcripts were present in every classifier and 52 transcripts were present in at least 70% of classifiers; these transcripts were notable for involvement with T-cell function, cytotoxic CD8 activity, and granulocyte degranulation. The proportions of both lymphocytes and neutrophils in BAL samples increased with increasing probability of acute rejection; this trend was more pronounced with neutrophils. We conclude that there is a prominent acute rejection-associated signature in BAL cells characterized by increased T-cell, CD8+ cytotoxic cell, and neutrophil gene expression; this is consistent with established mechanistic concepts of the acute rejection response.
Publication Title
Bronchoalveolar lavage cell gene expression in acute lung rejection: development of a diagnostic classifier.
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No sample metadata fields
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GSE2018- Homo sapiens
- 34 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Human Genome U133A Array (hgu133a)
Description
Bronchoalveolar lavage samples collected from lung transplant recipients. Numeric portion of sample name is an arbitrary patient ID and AxBx number indicates the perivascular (A) and bronchiolar (B) scores from biopsies collected on the same day as the BAL fluid was collected. Several patients have more than one sample in this series and can be determined by patient number followed by a lower case letter. Acute rejection state is determined by the combined A and B score - specifically, a combined AB score of 2 or greater is considered an acute rejection.
Publication Title
Gene expression profiling of bronchoalveolar lavage cells in acute lung rejection.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 4 Downloadable Samples
- IlluminaGenomeAnalyzerIIx
Description
Alternative polyadenylation has been implicated as an important regulator of gene expression. In some cases, alternative polyadenylation is known to couple with alternative splicing to influence last intron removal. However, it is unknown whether alternative polyadenylation events influence alternative splicing decisions at upstream exons. Knockdown of the polyadenylation factors CFIm25 or CstF64 was used as an approach in identifying alternative polyadenylation and alternative splicing events on a genome-wide scale. Although hundreds of alternative splicing events were found to be differentially spliced in the knockdown of CstF64, genes associated with alternative polyadenylation did not exhibit an increased incidence of alternative splicing. These results demonstrate that the coupling between alternative polyadenylation and alternative splicing is usually limited to defining the last exon. The striking influence of CstF64 knockdown on alternative splicing can be explained through its effects on UTR selection of known splicing regulators such as hnRNP A2/B1, thereby indirectly influencing splice site selection. We conclude that changes in the expression of the polyadenylation factor CstF64 influences alternative splicing through indirect effects. Overall design: HeLa cell line was stably transfected with shRNA plasmids targeting CstF64. Total RNA was isolated from CstF64 KD cells and wild-type control cells using Trizol according to manufacturer’s protocols. Samples were deep sequenced in duplicate using the Illumina GAIIx system.
Publication Title
Coupling between alternative polyadenylation and alternative splicing is limited to terminal introns.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Arabidopsis thaliana
- 69 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1 Genome Array (ath1121501)
Description
Plants typically contain two different types of cell walls: a primary wall that is being deposited around all growing cells, and a secondary wall that is produced in cells with specialized functions once they have ceased to grow. In Arabidopsis, VND7 is a transcription factor that is sufficient to activate secondary cell wall synthesis. To artificially turn on the secondary cell wall synthesis, VND7 was fused to the activation domain of the herpes virus VP16 protein and the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) domain. Thus, the transgenic plants harbouring the constructs can then be treated with dexamethasone (DEX), a glucocorticoid derivative, to induce the secondary cell wall formation.
Publication Title
A Transcriptional and Metabolic Framework for Secondary Wall Formation in Arabidopsis.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Treatment
View Samples- Drosophila melanogaster
- 16 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Drosophila Genome 2.0 Array (drosophila2)
Description
Gene expression in larval, early third instar eye-antenna discs was assessed to reveal an ATF4 contribution to target gene induction following COX7a knockdown. As hypothesised, these COX7a-RNAi induced target genes require the transcription factor ATF4 for induction, irrespective of concomitant Notch pathway activation through Delta over-expression.
Publication Title
ATF4-Induced Warburg Metabolism Drives Over-Proliferation in Drosophila.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 9 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
The stromal microenvironment plays a vital role in cancer initiation and progression. We performed a comparative expression profiling of pulmonary MSC derived from NSCLC and corresponding normal lung tissue of 5 newly diagnosed patients. The analysis indicated variable expression of genes involved in DNA repair, apoptosis, proliferation or angiogenesis between NSCLC-MSC and NLT-MSC.
Publication Title
Mesenchymal stem cells in non-small cell lung cancer--different from others? Insights from comparative molecular and functional analyses.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Subject
View Samples- Drosophila melanogaster
- 10 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Drosophila Genome 2.0 Array (drosophila2)
Description
Gene expression in larval, early third instar eye-antenna discs was assesed in genotypes with Notch Gain-of-Function (UAS-Delta or UAS-Notch[intra2]) over-expression or mitochondrial COX7a Loss-of-function (UAS-COX7a-RNAi) or a combination of both (UAS-Delta, UAS-COX7a-RNAi). The analysis revealed that, despite a strong genetic interaction between Notch pathway activation and knockdown of COX7a, no transcriptional cooperation or synergy was detectable in early L3 eye-antenna discs. Rather, COX7a knockdown induced a unique transcriptional signature, which further experiments revealed to be mediated by the transcription factor ATF4.
Publication Title
ATF4-Induced Warburg Metabolism Drives Over-Proliferation in Drosophila.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 6 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
The Gfi1-Cre mouse is commonly used for conditional hair cell-specific gene deletion/activation in the inner ear. However, we have shown that these mice produce a pattern of recombination that is not strictly limited to hair cells, and that Gfi1cre/+ mice exhibit an early onset progressive hearing loss as compared with their wildtype littermates. Here we performed a transcriptome analysis of Gfi1cre/+ and Gfi1+/+ cochlea to detect potential changes in gene expression that could contribute to their hearing loss phenotype, or that could potentially confound downstream analysis of conditional gene deletion using these mice. Overall design: Trancriptome profiles of P8 cochlear duct from mice of two genotype - Gfi1cre/+ and Gfi+/+ controls - were measured. Gene expression levels were recorded in independent triplicates using polyA-enriched RNA-seq
Publication Title
Gfi1<sup>Cre</sup> mice have early onset progressive hearing loss and induce recombination in numerous inner ear non-hair cells.
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Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
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