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GSE39159
Mus musculus
8 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
Persons with Down syndrome (DS) exhibit low muscle strength that significantly impairs their physical functioning. The Ts65Dn mouse model of DS also exhibits muscle weakness in vivo and may serve as a useful model to examine potential factors responsible for DS-associated muscle dysfunction. Therefore, the purpose of this experiment was to directly assess skeletal muscle function in the Ts65Dn mouse and to reveal potential mechanisms of DS-associated muscle weakness. Soleus muscles were harvested from anesthetized male Ts65Dn and wild-type (WT) colony controls. In vitro muscle contractile experiments revealed normal force generation of unfatigued Ts65Dn soleus, but a 12% reduction in force was observed in Ts65Dn muscle during recovery following fatiguing contractions compared to WT muscle (p<0.05). Oxidative stress may contribute to DS-related pathologies, including muscle weakness, which may be the result of overexpression of chromosome 21 genes (e.g., copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1)). SOD1 expression was 25% higher (p<0.05) in Ts65Dn soleus compared to WT muscle but levels of other antioxidant proteins were unchanged. Lipid peroxidation (4-hydroxynoneal) was unaltered in Ts65Dn muscle although protein carbonyls were 20% greater compared to muscle of WT animals (p<0.05). Cytochrome c oxidase expression was reduced 22% in Ts65Dn muscle, suggesting a limitation in mitochondrial function may contribute to post-fatigue muscle weakness. Microarray analysis of Ts65Dn soleus revealed alteration of numerous cellular pathways including: proteolysis, glucose and fat metabolism, neuromuscular transmission, and ATP biosynthesis. In summary, the Ts65Dn mouse displays evidence of muscle dysfunction, and the potential role of mitochondria and oxidative stress warrants further investigation.
Publication Title
Functional and biochemical characterization of soleus muscle in Down syndrome mice: insight into the muscle dysfunction seen in the human condition.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 19 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HumanMethylation27 BeadChip (HumanMethylation27_270596_v.1.2), Affymetrix Human Gene 1.1 ST Array (hugene11st)
Description
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Publication Title
Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of articular chondrocytes reveals a cluster of osteoarthritic patients.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 19 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HumanMethylation27 BeadChip (HumanMethylation27_270596_v.1.2), Affymetrix Human Gene 1.1 ST Array (hugene11st)
Description
The aim of this study is to identify, for the first time, the genome-wide DNA methylation profiles of human articular chondrocytes from OA and healtly cartilage samples.
Publication Title
Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of articular chondrocytes reveals a cluster of osteoarthritic patients.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
View Samples- Sus scrofa
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Porcine Genome Array (porcine)
Description
Previous results from a genome scan in a F2 Iberian by Meishan intercross showed several chromosome regions associated with litter size traits. In order to identify candidate genes underlying these QTL we have performed an ovary gene expression analysis during pregnancy. F2 sows were ranked by their estimated breeding values for prolificacy, the six sows with higher EBV (HIGH prolificacy) and the six with lower EBV (LOW prolificacy) were selected. Samples were hybridized to Affymetrix porcine expression microarrays. The statistical analysis with a mixed-model approach identified 221 differentially expressed probes, representing 189 genes. These genes were functionally annotated in order to identify the genetic pathways overrepresented. Among the most represented functional groups the first one was immune system response activation against external stimulus. The second group was made up of genes which regulate the maternal homeostasis by complement and coagulation cascades. The last group was involved on lipid and fatty acid enzymes of metabolic processes, which participate in steroidogenesis pathway. In order to identify powerful candidate genes for prolificacy, the second approach of this study was merging microarray data with position information of QTL affecting litter size, previously detected in the same experimental cross. According to this, we have identified 27 differentially expressed genes co-localized with QTL for litter size traits, which fulfill the biological, positional and functional criteria.
Publication Title
Differential gene expression in ovaries of pregnant pigs with high and low prolificacy levels and identification of candidate genes for litter size.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 18 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
The aim of this study was to identify differences in the NK-cell response towards Leishmania mexicana lipophosphoglycan (LPG) between patients with localized (LCL) and diffuse (DCL) cutaneous leishmaniasis through gene expression profiling, in an attempt to pinpoint alterations in the signaling pathways responsible for the NK-cell dysfunction in patients with DCL.
Publication Title
Down-Regulation of TLR and JAK/STAT Pathway Genes Is Associated with Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Gene Expression Analysis in NK Cells from Patients Infected with Leishmania mexicana.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage, Treatment
View Samples- Sus scrofa
- 26 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
Identification of genes and causal mutations regulating growth and fatness traits in pig. Overall design: Transcriptome sequencing of 10 liver samples of two groups of divergent pigs for growth and fatness.
Publication Title
Using RNA-Seq SNP data to reveal potential causal mutations related to pig production traits and RNA editing.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Subject
View Samples- Sus scrofa
- 15 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Porcine Genome Array (porcine)
Description
We studied the influence of the oleic acid content of the diet on adipose tissue transcriptome.
Publication Title
Dietary energy source largely affects tissue fatty acid composition but has minor influence on gene transcription in Iberian pigs.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part, Treatment
View Samples- Sus scrofa
- 26 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Porcine Genome Array (porcine)
Description
We studied the influence of genetic type (pure Iberian pigs vs crossbred with Duroc) on l.dorsi transcriptome
Publication Title
Longissimus dorsi transcriptome analysis of purebred and crossbred Iberian pigs differing in muscle characteristics.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 2 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
Transriptional profiling of white adipose tissue extracted from obese mice.
Publication Title
Loss of mitochondrial protease OMA1 alters processing of the GTPase OPA1 and causes obesity and defective thermogenesis in mice.
Sample Metadata Fields
Age, Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 52 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiScanSQ
Description
Background & Aims. Glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT) is an essential regulator of the total transmethylation flux in the mammalian liver. Distinct DNA methylation patterns are characteristic of liver development, hepatic de-differentiation and liver disease progression, processes in which the levels of GNMT decrease dramatically by mechanisms still poorly understood. Interestingly, putative binding sites for the microRNA miRNA-873-5p were identified in the 3´UTR of GNMT suggesting a potential role for miRNA-873-5p in GNMT regulation. Results. We have identified that the hepatic expression of miRNA-873-5p was increased in a cohort of cirrhotic and liver cancer patients associated with a down-regulation of GNMT levels. Moreover, during liver development, hepatic de-differentiation and fibrosis, the elevation of miRNA-873-5p coincided with the reduction of GNMT expression, indicating that miRNA-873-5p specifically targets the expression of GNMT. Under these circumstances, inhibition of miRNA-873-5p induced GNMT levels and decreased global CpG methylation and transmethylation flux. Indeed, reestablishment of GNMT expression by miRNA-873-5p inhibition reduced hepatocyte de-differentiation, and abolished completely the mortality produced after bile duct ligation as a result of decreased proinflamatory and profibrogenic markers. miRNA-873-5p knockdown-mediated antifibrotic effect was significantly blunted if its effect on GNMT was blocked. Conclusion. Taken together, our studies highlight the role of miRNA-873-5p as a key regulator of GNMT expression, paving the way for new therapeutical approaches in liver de-differentiation and fibrosis. Overall design: Genome-wide changes in gene Expression in mouse livers from BDL treated or not with anti-miR-873 were generated by RNAseq.
Publication Title
MiR-873-5p acts as an epigenetic regulator in early stages of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
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Age, Cell line, Treatment, Subject
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