The glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin (VCM) represents one of the last lines of defense against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. However, vancomycin is nephrotoxic, but the mechanism of toxicity is still unclear.
Gene expression analysis reveals new possible mechanisms of vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity and identifies gene markers candidates.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe objective of this study was analysis of the whole saliva transcriptome to search for biomarkers of psychosocial stressor exposure and substance use in young adults drawn from a population-based longitudinal cohort, the Oregon Youth Substance Use Project. We conducted genome-wide gene expression analysis on whole saliva RNA from 48 individuals stratified by psychosocial stressor exposure using an Affymetrix Gene ST 1.0 array. We applied Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WCGNA) to characterize the high-level structure in the data and to relate expression patterns among samples to participant clinical characteristics. This approach finds clusters of correlated genes (modules) which can reflect clinical, histological, or intracellular organization and function.
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Sex, Age, Specimen part, Race
View SamplesThe objective of this study is to determine the molecular mechanisms of PMCol-induced hapatotoxicity using microarray
Toxicogenomics and metabolomics of pentamethylchromanol (PMCol)-induced hepatotoxicity.
Specimen part, Treatment, Time
View SamplesThe Nicotine Metabolic Ratio (NMR), the ratio of two stable metabolites of nicotine, cotinine and trans-3hydroxycotinin, is a determinant of the number of cigarettes smoked per day (CPD), of smoking topography, responsiveness to treatment via transdermal nicotine for smoking cessation, and carcinogen activation and level. The predominant gene involved in nicotine metabolism is CYP2A6, a highly polymorphic locus located in a cluster of P450 cytochrome protein loci on chr19q13. A recent study comprehensively modeling CYP2A6 genetic variation at seven polymorphisms and a related Nicotine Metabolic Ratio, the cotinine: cotinine+nicotine ratio, explains 72% of NMRC/C+N variation. These results suggest that additional genes may be contributing to nicotine and cotinine metabolism directly or via interaction with CYP2A6 or other genes. To identify additional genes that may influence the NMR, we conducted a genome-wide gene expression analysis of lymphoblastoid cell line (LCL) gene expression in a sample of monozygotic twins discordant for the NMR.
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Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesGene expression profiling to determine transcriptome changes following Snail or Slug expression in MCF-7 breast cancer cells
The transcription factors Snail and Slug activate the transforming growth factor-beta signaling pathway in breast cancer.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesEpithelial cells in the intestinal mucosa maintain gut homeostasis by interacting with different types of microbiota. Proper appropriate immune responses in the intestinal epithelium are essential for the preservation of the intestinal homeostasis. In the present study, we aimed to identify genotypic and phenotypic changes in mice following oral feeding of various substances which has been shown to differentially affect intestinal homeostasis. We orally fed C57BL/6 mice for either one or seven days with one of the four substances: dextran sulfate sodium (DSS); Typhoid VI Polysaccharide vaccine (Vi vaccine); antibiotic cocktails (AB) of ampicillin, vancomycin, neomycin, and metronidazole; or(probiotics)consisting of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus R0011and L. Acidophilus R0052.While DSS and AB feeding resulted in severe gut pathology characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells, epithelium shedding, and distortion of paneth cells. Vi vaccine and probiotics feeding resulted in phenotypic improvement of the gut health characterized by epithelial cell proliferation and increased formation of tight junctions between epithelial cells. Interestingly, microarray data showed significant increase in the expression levels of genes regulating cell proliferation and intestinal homeostasis in the gut epithelium of probiotics-and Vi vaccine-fed mice compared to DSS-or AB-fed mice. In addition, expression levels of genes regulating cell death and inflammation were significantly increased in the gut epithelium of DSS- and AB-fed mice. These results suggest that intestinal homeostasis play a pivotal role in maintaining gut health and, subsequently, in protecting host against enteric bacteria and external pathogens infection.
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Specimen part
View SamplesThe transcriptional regulator AmpR controls expression of the AmpC -lactamase in P. aeruginosa and other bacteria. Studies have demonstrated that in addition to regulating ampC expression, AmpR also regulates the expression of the sigma factor AlgT/U and the production of some quorum-sensing regulated virulence factors. In order to understand the ampR regulon, we compared the expression profiles of PAO1 and its isogenic ampR mutant, PAOampR in the presence and absence of sub-MIC -lactam stress. The analysis demonstrates that the ampR regulon is much more extensive than previously thought, with the deletion of ampR affecting the expression of over 300 genes. Expression of an additional 207 genes are affected by AmpR when the cells are exposed to sub-MIC -lactam stress, indicating that the ampR regulon in P. aeruginosa is much more extensive than previously thought.
The regulatory repertoire of Pseudomonas aeruginosa AmpC ß-lactamase regulator AmpR includes virulence genes.
Specimen part
View SamplesA total of 58 genes were up-regulated (> 1.5 fold-change) while 117 genes were down-regulated
Mutant p53-R273H mediates cancer cell survival and anoikis resistance through AKT-dependent suppression of BCL2-modifying factor (BMF).
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesA total of 26 genes were up-regulated and 63 genes were down-regulated > 2-fold following Cudraflavone C treatment
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Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesA total of 18 genes were up-regulated and 11 genes were down-regulated > 2-fold following 6-shogaol treatment
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Specimen part, Cell line
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