Obesity is a risk factor for numerous metabolic disorders; however, not all obese individuals are prone to insulin resistance. The central aim of this study was to identify molecular pathways directly related to insulin resistance independent of BMI in obesity.
Body mass index-independent inflammation in omental adipose tissue associated with insulin resistance in morbid obesity.
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View SamplesObesity is a risk factor for numerous metabolic disorders; however, not all obese individuals are prone to insulin resistance. The central aim of this study was to identify molecular pathways directly related to insulin resistance independent of BMI in obesity.
Body mass index-independent inflammation in omental adipose tissue associated with insulin resistance in morbid obesity.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesIn a screen for upregulated adipocyte genes in insulin resistant versus insulin sensitive subjects matched for BMI, we identified the type II transmembrane protein tenomodulin (TNMD), previously implicated in glucose tolerance in gene association studies. TNMD expression was greatly increased in human preadipocytes during differentiation, while silencing TNMD blocked adipogenic gene induction and adipogenesis.
Tenomodulin promotes human adipocyte differentiation and beneficial visceral adipose tissue expansion.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe generated genome-wide RNASeq data from freshly isolated airway epithelial cells of asthmatics and non-asthmatics. This data was paired with genome-wide genetic and methylation data from the same individuals allowing for an integrated analysis of genetic, transcriptional, and epigenetic signatures in asthma. Overall design: examination of genome-wide genome-wide gene expression levels and comparison to phenotypes
DNA methylation in lung cells is associated with asthma endotypes and genetic risk.
Specimen part, Disease, Subject
View SamplesThe main goal of our study is to identify the molecular events that determine the gonadal identity in mammals. Although testis and ovary arise from a common embryonic primordium, they represent outcomes of opposing fate determination. This decision to differentiate into a testis or an ovary hinges upon the balance between two antagonizing factors, pro-testis SOX9 and pro-ovary -catenin.
Gonadal Identity in the Absence of Pro-Testis Factor SOX9 and Pro-Ovary Factor Beta-Catenin in Mice.
Specimen part
View SamplesMammalian microRNAs (miRNAs) are emerging as key regulators of the development and function of the immune system. Here, we report a strong but transient induction of miR-155 in mouse bone marrow after injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) correlated with granulocyte/monocyte (GM) expansion. Demonstrating the sufficiency of miR-155 to drive GM expansion, enforced expression in mouse bone marrow cells caused GM proliferation in a manner reminiscent of LPS treatment. However, the mir-155-induced GM populations displayed pathological features characteristic of myeloid neoplasia. Extending possible relevance to human disease, miR-155 was overexpressed in the bone marrow of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Furthermore, miR-155 repressed a subset of genes implicated in hematopoietic development and disease. These data implicate miR-155 as a contributor to physiological GM expansion during inflammation and to certain pathological features associated with AML, emphasizing the importance of proper miR-155 regulation in developing myeloid cells during times of inflammatory stress.
Sustained expression of microRNA-155 in hematopoietic stem cells causes a myeloproliferative disorder.
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View SamplesDetermine the effect of miR-203 expression on the global mRNA expression in mesenchymal breast cancer cell line.
Epigenetic silencing of microRNA-203 is required for EMT and cancer stem cell properties.
Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment
View Samplesbulk breast tumor RNA from patient
X chromosomal abnormalities in basal-like human breast cancer.
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View SamplesGene expression for 47 human breast tumor cases;
X chromosomal abnormalities in basal-like human breast cancer.
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View SamplesAngiogenesis in cultures of rat aorta begins with neovessels sprouting from the aortic explant within the first three days of culture.
Macrophage-derived tumor necrosis factor-alpha is an early component of the molecular cascade leading to angiogenesis in response to aortic injury.
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
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