mRNA gene expression was measured in intact female Sprague-Dawley rats at 6 (young), 26 (adult) and 52 (older) weeks of age at the time of fracture. Samples were collected at 0, 0.4, 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks after fracture. RNA from two rats were pooled for each Affymetrix Rat U34A array. Mid-shaft, simple, transverse left femoral fractures were induced after retrograde intramedullary rod fixation with a Bonnarens and Einhorn device. Samples were collected from one third of the femoral length, centered on the fracture site, including the external callus, cortical bone, and marrow elements.
Altered mRNA expression of genes related to nerve cell activity in the fracture callus of older rats: A randomized, controlled, microarray study.
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View SamplesmRNA gene expression was measured in rats at 6 (young), 26 (adult) and 52 (older) weeks of age at the time of fracture. Samples were collected at 0, 0.4, 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks after fracture. RNA from two rats were pooled for each Affymetrix Rat U34A array.
Altered mRNA expression of genes related to nerve cell activity in the fracture callus of older rats: A randomized, controlled, microarray study.
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View SamplesStudy of rat femur fracture healing in young (6 weeks old), adult (26 weeks old), and older (52 weeks old) rats with samples collected at 0 time (no fracture) and at 0.4, 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks after fracture. RNA from two rats were pooled for each array.
Altered mRNA expression of genes related to nerve cell activity in the fracture callus of older rats: A randomized, controlled, microarray study.
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View SamplesMid-shaft fracture stimulates bone lengthening by increasing linear growth at the growthplate. This project studied changes in mRNA in the proximal growthplate after a mid-shaft fracture in a rat model.
Evidence for overgrowth after midfemoral fracture via increased RNA for mitosis.
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View SamplesmRNA used for the analysis of these microarrays were previously analyzed for 34 genes by reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction in Desai BJ et al., J.Orthop.Trauma 17: 689-698, 2003. These two data sets were subsequently studied to compare the results from these two different methods for mRNA quantitation. The comparison was publised in "Comparison of mRNA gene expression by RT-PCR and DNA microarray" by W. Etienne, M.H. Meyer, J. Peppers, and R.A. Meyer, Jr., BioTechniques 36 (4): 618-626, April 2004.
Comparison of mRNA gene expression by RT-PCR and DNA microarray.
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View SamplesTo achieve the extreme nuclear condensation necessary for sperm function, most histones are replaced with protamines during spermiogenesis in mammals. Mature sperm retain only a small fraction of nucleosomes, which are, in part, enriched on gene regulatory sequences, and recent findings suggest that these retained histones provide epigenetic information that regulates expression of a subset of genes involved in embryo development after fertilization. We addressed this tantalizing hypothesis by analyzing two mouse models exhibiting abnormal histone positioning in mature sperm due to impaired poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) metabolism during spermiogenesis and identified altered sperm histone retention in specific gene loci genome-wide using MNase digestion-based enrichment of mononucleosomal DNA. We then set out to determine the extent to which expression of these genes was altered in embryos generated with these sperm. For control sperm, most genes showed some degree of histone association, unexpectedly suggesting that histone retention in sperm genes is not an all-or-none phenomenon and that a small number of histones may remain associated with genes throughout the genome. The amount of retained histones, however, was altered in many loci when PAR metabolism was impaired. To ascertain whether sperm histone association and embryonic gene expression are linked, the transcriptome of individual 2-cell embryos derived from such sperm was determined using microarrays and RNA sequencing. Strikingly, a moderate but statistically significant portion of the genes that were differentially expressed in these embryos also showed different histone retention in the corresponding gene loci in sperm of their fathers. These findings provide new evidence for the existence of a linkage between sperm histone retention and gene expression in the embryo. Overall design: 9 WT samples in 3 groups of 3. Each group consists of 3 eggs fertilized by the same father. 9 KO samples in the same setup.
Paternal poly (ADP-ribose) metabolism modulates retention of inheritable sperm histones and early embryonic gene expression.
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View SamplesThe host immune response against an infection requires the coordinated action of many diverse cell subsets that dynamically adapt to the pathogen threat. Here we combined WGCNA and DCQ to analyse time-resolved mouse splenic transcriptomes in acute and chronic LCMV infections. This approach allowed to better characterize the dynamic cell events occurring in complex tissues such as the induction of the adaptive T cell response which requires the coordination of monocytes/macrophages and CD8+ T cells. Overall design: mRNA profiles of CD8 T cells and macrophages (in duplicate days 0 and 7 post-infection) from C57BL/6 mice infected with 2x10E2 pfu of LCMV strain Docile, generated by deep sequencing.
Linking Cell Dynamics With Gene Coexpression Networks to Characterize Key Events in Chronic Virus Infections.
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View SamplesThe processes and mechanisms of virus infection fate decisions that are the result of a dynamic virus - immune system interaction with either an efficient effector response and virus elimination or an alleviated immune response and chronic infection are poorly understood. Here we characterized the host response to acute and chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infections by gene coexpression network analysis of time-resolved splenic transcriptomes. We found first, an early attenuation of inflammatory monocyte/macrophage prior to the onset of T cell exhaustion and second, a critical role of the XCL1-XCR1 communication axis during the functional adaptation of the T cell response to the chronic infection state. These findings not only reveal an important feedback mechanism that couples T cell exhaustion with the maintenance of a lower level of effector T cell response but also suggest therapy options to better control virus levels during the chronic infection phase. Overall design: mRNA profiles of spleens (in duplicate, days 0, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 31 post-infection) and macrophages (in triplicate, day 6 post-infection) from C57BL/6 mice infected with 2x10E2 (acute) or 2x10E6 (chronic) pfu of LCMV strain Docile, generated by deep sequencing.
Systems analysis reveals complex biological processes during virus infection fate decisions.
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View SamplesPDE4 inhibitors, which activate cAMP signaling by reducing cAMP catabolism, are known to induce apoptosis in B lineage chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells but not normal human T cells. The explanation for such differential sensitivity remains unknown. Here, we report studies contrasting the response to PDE4 inhibitor treatment in CLL cells and normal human T and B cells.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia and B and T cells differ in their response to cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitors.
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View SamplesRNA sequencing in NIH-3T3 cells Overall design: Transcriptome analysis for three biological replicates of pLX307, SOS1 WT, SOS1 N233Y, and KRAS G12V cells
Identification and Characterization of Oncogenic <i>SOS1</i> Mutations in Lung Adenocarcinoma.
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