This dataset contains microarray data from normal controls (aged 20-99 yrs) and Alzheimer's disease cases, from 4 brain regions: hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, superior frontal cortex, post-central gyrus. Changes in expression of synaptic and immune related genes were analyzed, investigating age-related changes and AD-related changes, and region-specific patterns of change.
Gene expression changes in the course of normal brain aging are sexually dimorphic.
Sex, Subject
View SamplesThis dataset of cognitively normal controls is a subset of the GSE48350 dataset, which additionally contains microarray data from AD brains.
Gene expression changes in the course of normal brain aging are sexually dimorphic.
Sex, Subject
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Modeling a lethal prostate cancer variant with small-cell carcinoma features.
Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesPurpose: Small-cell prostate carcinoma (SCPC) morphology predicts for a distinct clinical behavior, resistance to androgen ablation, and frequent but short responses to chemotherapy. The model systems we report reflect the biology of the human disease and can be used to improve our understanding of SCPC and to develop new therapeutic strategies for it.
Modeling a lethal prostate cancer variant with small-cell carcinoma features.
Specimen part
View SamplesA fundamental challenge in the post-genome era is to understand and annotate the consequences of genetic variation, particularly within the context of human tissues. We describe a set of integrated experiments designed to investigate the effects of common genetic variability on DNA methylation, mRNA expression and microRNA (miRNA) expression in four distinct human brain regions. We show that brain tissues may be readily distinguished based on methylation status or expression profile. We find an abundance of genetic cis regulation mRNA expression and show for the first time abundant quantitative trait loci for DNA CpG methylation. We observe that the largest magnitude effects occur across distinct brain regions. We believe these data, which we have made publicly available, will be useful in understanding the biological effects of genetic variation.
Abundant quantitative trait loci exist for DNA methylation and gene expression in human brain.
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View SamplesWe used microarrays to study the global gene expression and identified differentially expressed genes in CHD1 knockdown PC-3 cells and CHD1 KO LNCaP cells, aiming to identify genes and pathways that are regulated by CHD1
Synthetic essentiality of chromatin remodelling factor CHD1 in PTEN-deficient cancer.
Cell line
View SamplesTo study the immune response of the prostate tumor tissues after the leuprolide acetate plus ipilimumab, we compared the gene expression of 6 post-therapy with 3 pre-therapy samples. We identified 690 differential expressed genes (DEGs). Pathway analysis showed that these genes are associated with critical immune pathways such as CTLA4 signaling, antigen presenting etc.
VISTA is an inhibitory immune checkpoint that is increased after ipilimumab therapy in patients with prostate cancer.
Specimen part
View SamplesTranscriptional dysregulation is an early feature of Huntington''s disease (HD). We observed gene-specific changes in H3K4me3 at transcriptionally repressed promoters in R6/2 mouse and human HD brain. Genome-wide analysis showed a novel chromatin signature for this mark. Reducing the levels of the H3K4 demethylase SMCX/Jarid1c in primary neurons reversed down-regulation of key neuronal genes caused by mutant Huntingtin (Htt) expression. Finally, reduction of SMCX/Jarid1c in primary neurons from BACHD mice or the single Jarid1 in a Drosophila HD model was protective. Therefore, targeting this epigenetic signature may be an effective strategy to ameliorate the consequences of HD. Overall design: mRNA-seq in wild type and R6/2 cortex and striatum at 8 and 12 weeks.
Targeting H3K4 trimethylation in Huntington disease.
Age, Specimen part, Subject
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Targeting poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and the c-Myb-regulated DNA damage response pathway in castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Cell line
View SamplesAnalysis of AR-regulation of gene expression. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that AR influences the expression of genes that participate in important bioprocesses in prostate cancer cells, including cell cycle, DNA replication, recombination and repair. Results provide important information on AR-responsive genes that may be crucial to the cell survival and the progression of prostate cancer.
Targeting poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and the c-Myb-regulated DNA damage response pathway in castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Cell line
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