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Drosophila melanogaster
6 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Drosophila Genome 2.0 Array (drosophila2)
Description
We used microarrays to detail the global gene expression changes during aging in fly heads and identified genes related to the unfolded protein response are up-regulated upon aging.
Publication Title
EDEM Function in ERAD Protects against Chronic ER Proteinopathy and Age-Related Physiological Decline in Drosophila.
Sample Metadata Fields
Age, Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 4 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
Bone remodeling is characterized by the sequential, local tethering of osteoclasts and osteoblasts, and is key to the maintenance of bone integrity. While bone matrix-mobilized growth factors, such as TGF-, are proposed to regulate remodeling, no in vivo evidence exists that an osteoclast-produced molecule is the enigmatic coupling factor. We have identified Cthrc1, a protein secreted by mature bone-resorbing osteoclasts, that targets stromal cells so as to stimulate osteogenesis. The expression of Cthrc1 is robustly induced when mature osteoclasts are placed on dentin or hydroxyapatite, and also by increasing extracellular calcium. Cthrc1 expression in bone increases in a high turnover state, such as that which is induced by RANKL injections in vivo, whereas it decreases with aging or following alendronate treatment, conditions associated with suppressed bone turnover. The targeted deletion of the Cthrc1 gene eliminates Cthrc1 expression in bone, whereas its deficiency in osteoblasts does not exert any significant effect. Osteoclast-specific deletion of the Cthrc1 gene results in osteopenia due to reduced bone formation: it also impairs the coupling process following resorption induced by RANKL injections, with a resultant impairment of bone mass recovery. Thus, Cthrc1 is an osteoclast-secreted coupling factor that regulates bone remodeling and hence, skeletal integrity.
Publication Title
No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 24 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2500
Description
RNAseq of HEK293 cells with and without MOTSC expression, with and without glucose restriction.
Publication Title
No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part, Disease, Cell line, Treatment
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 16 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
Regulatory T cells (Treg) are pivotal for the maintenance of peripheral tolerance by controlling self-reactive, chronic and homeostatic T cell responses. We now report that the increase in Treg suppressive function observed in lymphopenic mice correlates with the degree of lymphopenia and is caused by a higher frequency of a novel subpopulation of CD103posICOSpos cells among peripheral Treg that differentially express multiple Treg signature genes.
Publication Title
A subpopulation of CD103(pos) ICOS(pos) Treg cells occurs at high frequency in lymphopenic mice and represents a lymph node specific differentiation stage.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part
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GSE8481- Homo sapiens
- 63 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133A Array (hgu133a)
Description
We performed the GeneChip analysis to identify multiple extracellular determinants such as cytokines, cell membrane-bound molecules, and matrix responsible for cardiomyogenic differentiation, and evaluated the statistical significance of differential gene expression by the NIA array analysis (http://lgsun.grc.nia.nih.gov/ANOVA/) (Bioinformatics 21: 2548), a web-based tool for microarrays data analysis.
Publication Title
Gremlin enhances the determined path to cardiomyogenesis.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples GSE11510- Homo sapiens
- 17 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
The placenta is considered one of the candidate cell sources in cellular therapeutics because of a large number of cells and heterogenous cell population with myogenic potentials. We first analyzed myogenic potential of cells obtained from six parts of the placenta, i.e., umbilical cord, amniotic epithelium, amniotic mesoderm, chorionic plate, villous chorion (chorion frondosum), , and decidua basalis. Implantation of placenta-derived cells into dystrophic muscles of immunodeficient mdx mice restored sarcolemmal expression of human dystrophin. Co-existence of human and murine nuclei in one myotube and presence of human dystrophin in murine myotube suggests that human dystrophin expression is due to cell fusion between host murine myocytes and implanted human cells. In vitro analysis revealed that cells derived from amniotic mesoderm, chorionic plate, ,and villous chorion efficiently transdifferentiate into myotubes. These cells fused to C2C12 murine myoblasts by in vitro co-culturing, and murine myoblasts start to express human dystrophin after fusion. These results demonstrate that placenta-derived cells, especially extraembryonic mesodermal cells, have a myogenic potential and regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle. Determination of cell specification with the gene chip analysis revealed that each placental cell has a distinct expression pattern.
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No associated publication
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples GSE10934- Homo sapiens
- 11 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
The sclera maintains and protects the eye ball, which receives visual inputs. The aim of this study is to identify characteristics of the human sclera as one of the connective tissues derived from the neural crest and mesoderm. We have here demonstrated microarray data of cultured human scleral cells.
Publication Title
Human sclera maintains common characteristics with cartilage throughout evolution.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples GSE17368- Homo sapiens
- 9 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Chondrocytes from extra fingers exhibited a high proliferative capacity: the cells reached to population doublings (PD) 30-35 within 4 weeks before replicative senescence. The propagated cells formed hyaline cartilage at 2 weeks after subcutaneous implantation of NOD/Scid/IL-2 receptor gamma knock out (NOG) mice, and the generated cartilage showed enchondral ossification at 8 to 12 weeks. The cartilage formation with osteogenesis depends on the number of cell division in vitro.
Publication Title
No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples GSE8113- Homo sapiens
- 9 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133A Array (hgu133a)
Description
POU5F1 (more commonly known as Oct-4/3) is one of the stem cell markers and affects direction of differentiation in embryonic stem cells. To investigate whether cells of mesenchymal origin acquire embryonic phenotype, we generated a human cell line of mesodermal origin with overexpression of the chimeric POU5F1 gene with physiological co-activator EWS, which is driven by the potent EWS promoter by translocation. The cell line termed Pooh (POU5F1/Oct-4/3 overexpressing human) cells expressed embryonic stem cell genes such as Nanog and also non-translocated POU5F1, lost mesenchymal phenotypes, and exhibited embryonal stem cell-like alveolar structure when implanted into the subcutaneous tissue of immunodeficient mice. Hierarchical analysis by microchip analysis and cell surface analysis revealed that Pooh cells are subcategorized into the group of human embryonic stem cells and embryonal carcinoma cells. These results imply that cells of mesenchymal origin can partially be traced back to cells to embryonic phenotype by the POU5F1 gene in collaboration with the potent cis-regulatory element and the fused co-activator.
Publication Title
Mesenchymal to embryonic incomplete transition of human cells by chimeric OCT4/3 (POU5F1) with physiological co-activator EWS.
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No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 8 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
The conversion of an epithelial cell to a mesenchymal cell is critical to vertebrate embryogenesis and a defining structural feature of organ development, such as forming fibroblasts in injured tissues, or in initiating metastases in epithelial cancer. From a general perspective, EMT is about disaggregating epithelial units and reshaping epithelia for movement. This phenotypic conversion requires the molecular reprogramming of epithelia with new biochemical instructions. It is known that commonly used molecular markers for EMT include increased expression of N-cadherin and vimentin, nuclear localization of beta-catenin, and increased production of the transcription factors such as Snail, Twist, and SIP1/ZEB2. Much of this conversion, however, has been studied during experiments that expose new transduction and signaling pathways in epithelia, and more recently in fibrogenic tissues. It is not yet clear whether the fibroblast transition of EMT is an expected middle phase of transdifferentiating epithelia, or whether EMT producing fibroblasts is an arrested form of transdifferentiation. EMT is easily engaged by a combination of cytokines associated with proteolytic digestion of basement membranes upon which epithelia reside. We analyzed PCA and hierarchical clustering method of the gene expression pattern of the renal tubular cells and mammary gland cells. We then identified the genes which discriminate between the renal tubular and the mammary gland epithelial cells (PC1), or EMT-induced and non-induced cells (PC3). Undergoing EMT identifies the genes that discriminate between the renal tubular and the mammary gland epithelial cells(PC1), or EMT-induced and non-induced cells (PC3).
Publication Title
No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Treatment
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