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Role of DNA methylation in the nucleus accumbens in incubation of cocaine craving.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesGene expression profiling of nucleus Accumbens of rats that self administered cocaine and were subjected to 1 or 30 withdrawal days with or without extinction tests.
Role of DNA methylation in the nucleus accumbens in incubation of cocaine craving.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesWe examined the effects of TNFa and Spt5, the major DSIF subunit, on nascent and mature transcripts using RNA-Seq of chromatin-associated and cytoplasmic transcripts. Overall design: RNA was extracted from the cytosolic and chromatin fractions of control and Spt5 KD cells that were treated with TNFa for 1 hour
Analysis of Subcellular RNA Fractions Revealed a Transcription-Independent Effect of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha on Splicing, Mediated by Spt5.
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View SamplesHEK293T cells were transfected with the Rbp1-amr or slow (R729H-amr) -amanitin resistant subunit of RNA Pol II and selected with -amanitin 24 hours after transfection for additional 24 hours. Total RNA was extracted and global changes in gene expression were determined using microarray chips.
Disparity between microRNA levels and promoter strength is associated with initiation rate and Pol II pausing.
Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesTransciptomic analysis of germline tumor cells to understand the role of autophagy and neuronal differentiation in lifespan extension. Overall design: Methods: Worms were grown on control L444 seeded plates or gld-1 RNAi seeded plates and subjected to RNA isolation and sequencing using standard Illumina protocols. Conclusions: Fasting of animals expressing tumors increases their lifespan two-fold through autophagy and modular changes in transcription as well as metabolism.
Autophagy and modular restructuring of metabolism control germline tumor differentiation and proliferation in C. elegans.
Subject
View SamplesButyrate induces Treg via HDACi activity
Metabolites produced by commensal bacteria promote peripheral regulatory T-cell generation.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesThymic Treg cells, mature non-Treg CD4+ single positive thymocytes, peripheral (spleen) resting and activated Treg cells were sorted from Foxp3-gfp reporter (wid type, WT) mice or Foxp3 enhancer CNS3 knockout (KO, carrying the same GFP reporter) mice. Total RNA was extracted and used for RNA sequencing to assess gene expression profiles. Overall design: Two 6-8 week old littermates of male Foxp3-gfp and Foxp3?CNS3-gfp mice were used to sort Treg cells and conventional CD4+ T cells. Lymphocyte preparation and electronic sorting were performed at the same time. RNA extraction, SMART amplification, library preparation were conducted in parallel.
A mechanism for expansion of regulatory T-cell repertoire and its role in self-tolerance.
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View SamplesTo gain more insight into initiation and regulation of T cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangement during human T cell development, we analyzed TCR gene rearrangements by quantitative PCR analysis in nine consecutive T-cell developmental stages, including CD34+ lin- cord blood cells as a reference. The same stages were used for gene expression profiling using DNA microarrays.
New insights on human T cell development by quantitative T cell receptor gene rearrangement studies and gene expression profiling.
Specimen part
View SamplesT cells develop from progenitors that migrate from the bone marrow into the thymus. Thymocytes are subdivided roughly as being double negative (DN), double positive (DP), or single positive (SP), based on the expression of the CD4 and CD8 coreceptors. The DN stage is heterogeneous and can be subdivided into four distinct subsets in mice based on the expression of CD44 and CD25. In human, three distinct DN stages can be recognized: a CD34+CD38CD1a stage that represents the most immature thymic subset and the consecutive CD34+CD38+CD1a and CD34+CD38+CD1a+ stages. Human DN thymocytes mature via an immature single positive (ISP CD4+) and a DP stage into CD4+ or CD8+ SP T cells that express functional T cell receptors (TCR) and that exit the thymus. In this study, gene expression was measured in each of these nine stages.
New insights on human T cell development by quantitative T cell receptor gene rearrangement studies and gene expression profiling.
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View SamplesAutophagy is a membrane-trafficking process that directs degradation of cytoplasmic material in lysosomes. The process promotes cellular fidelity, and while the core machinery of autophagy is known, the mechanisms that promote and sustain autophagy are less well defined. Here we report that the epigenetic reader BRD4 and the methyltransferase G9a repress a TFEB/TFE3/MITF-independent transcriptional program that promotes autophagy and lysosome biogenesis. We show that BRD4 knockdown induces autophagy in vitro and in vivo in response to some, but not all, situations. In the case of starvation, a signaling cascade involving AMPK and histone deacetylase SIRT1 displaces chromatin-bound BRD4, instigating autophagy gene activation and cell survival. Importantly, this program is directed independently and also reciprocally to the growth-promoting properties of BRD4 and is potently repressed by BRD4-NUT, a driver of NUT midline carcinoma. These findings therefore identify a distinct and selective mechanism of autophagy regulation. Overall design: RNA-Seq of KP-4 pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells transfected with control, BRD4 #1 or BRD4 #2 siRNA for 72hrs (n=3 independent sample preparations)
Bromodomain Protein BRD4 Is a Transcriptional Repressor of Autophagy and Lysosomal Function.
Specimen part, Subject
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