Adropin is a multifunctional peptide hormone encoded by the ENHO (energy homeostasis associated) gene. It plays a role in mechanisms related to increased adiposity, insulin resistance, as well as glucose and lipid metabolism. The low adropin levels are strongly associated with obesity independent insulin resistance. On the other hand, overexpression or exogenous administration of adropin improves glucose homeostasis. The multidirectional, adropin-related effects associated with the regulation of metabolism in humans also appear to be attributable to the effects of this peptide on the activity of various elements of the endocrine system including adrenal cortex. Therefore, the main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of adropin on proliferation and secretory activity in the human HAC15 adrenal carcinoma cell line.
Adropin Stimulates Proliferation and Inhibits Adrenocortical Steroidogenesis in the Human Adrenal Carcinoma (HAC15) Cell Line.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesRNA expression analysis was performed to compare patterns to DNA copy number changes and sensitivity to BCL2 inhibitors.
Integrative genomic analysis of small-cell lung carcinoma reveals correlates of sensitivity to bcl-2 antagonists and uncovers novel chromosomal gains.
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View SamplesWe used microarrays to detail the global program of gene expression underlying Parkinson's disease
A genomic pathway approach to a complex disease: axon guidance and Parkinson disease.
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View SamplesTo assess pathologic complete response (pCR), clinical response, feasibility, safety, and potential predictors of response to preoperative trastuzumab plus vinorelbine in patients with operable, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: 48 patients received preoperative trastuzumab and vinorelbine weekly for 12 weeks. Single and multigene biomarker studies were done in an attempt to identify predictors of response. RESULTS: 8 of 40 (20%) patients achieved pCR (95% confidence interval, 9-36%). Of 9 additional patients recruited for protocol-defined toxicity analysis, 8 were evaluable; 42 of 48 (88%) patients had clinical response (16 patients, clinical complete response; 26 patients, clinical partial response). T(1) tumors more frequently exhibited clinical complete response (P = 0.05) and showed a trend to exhibit pCR (P = 0.07). 5 (13%) patients experienced grade 1 cardiac dysfunction during preoperative treatment. Neither HER2 nor estrogen receptor status changed significantly after exposure to trastuzumab and vinorelbine. RNA profiling identified three top-level clusters by unsupervised analysis. Tumors with extremes of response [pCR (n = 3) versus nonresponse (n = 3)] fell into separate groups by hierarchical clustering. No predictive genes were identified in pCR tumors. Nonresponding tumors were more likely to be T(4) stage (P = 0.02) and express basal markers (P < 0.00001), growth factors, and growth factor receptors. Insulin-like growth factor-I receptor membrane expression was associated with a lower response rate (50% vs 97%; P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative trastuzumab plus vinorelbine is active and well tolerated in patients with HER2-positive, operable, stage II/III breast cancer. HER2-overexpressing tumors with a basal-like phenotype, or with expression of insulin-like growth factor-I receptor and other proteins involved in growth factor pathways, are more likely to be resistant to this regimen.
Predictors of resistance to preoperative trastuzumab and vinorelbine for HER2-positive early breast cancer.
Sex, Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesA cross sectional study using data collected at the time of liver biopsy, the final eligibility assessment for participation in iWITH (NCT01638559), an immunosuppression withdrawal trial.
Evidence of Chronic Allograft Injury in Liver Biopsies From Long-term Pediatric Recipients of Liver Transplants.
Specimen part
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PGC-1α, a potential therapeutic target for early intervention in Parkinson's disease.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesGenome-wide transcriptome analysis of expression changes in Globus Pallidus interna (GPi) from Parkinson's disease brain tissue versus control brain tissue.
PGC-1α, a potential therapeutic target for early intervention in Parkinson's disease.
Sex, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesGenome-wide transcriptome analysis of expression changes in laser-dissected SNpc neurons from Parkinson's disease brain tissue versus control brain tissue.
PGC-1α, a potential therapeutic target for early intervention in Parkinson's disease.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesSystematic meta-analysis and replication of genome-wide expression studies identifies molecular pathways of Parkinson's disease.
PGC-1α, a potential therapeutic target for early intervention in Parkinson's disease.
Age, Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesGenome-wide transcriptome analysis of expression changes in EBV transformed cell lines from the Coriell Cell Repository in Parkinson and Control subjects.
PGC-1α, a potential therapeutic target for early intervention in Parkinson's disease.
Sex, Disease, Disease stage
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