Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to do investigatge the transcriptional effect of anti-TNF treatment in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Two series of hybridizations were performed. Each hybridization was done with a technical replicate (the same amount of RNA taken from the same amplified RNA aliquot labeled in two separate reactions and hybridized onto two separate arrays). In the first series of hybridizations RNA exptracted from biopsies taken before treatment was hybridized in a common reference design to enable comparisons between patients. In the second series RNA from biopsies taken after and before treatment were hybridized on the same chip in a direct design to enable investigation of the effect of treatment. 10 patients (8 females and 2 males, median age 54, range 25-69) meeting the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for RA were recruited for this study. All patients received infliximab (an antibody directed against TNF-alpha) infusions 3mg/kg at week 0 and than after 2 weeks and 6 weeks. Five of these patients were receiving prednisolon and all ten patients were treated with methotrexate to a maximum of 20 mg per week. Synovial biopsies were obtained during arthroscopy from all patients before and after a median of 9 weeks of treatment (with one exception, patient 7 where the second biopsy was obtained during open surgery). Biopsies were taken at the site of inflammation close to cartilage (cc) or not close to cartilage (ncc), defined as less or more than 1.5 cm away from cartilage, respectively. One biopsy was taken before and after treatment from patient 5, 7, 9 and 10. Multiple biopsies were retrieved before and/or after treatment from patient 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Due to small amounts of RNA available for patient 9 it was only used in the second series of hybridizations. The average biopsy weight was 22 mg. The ethical committee at the Karolinska Hospital approved all experiments on human cells and tissues. Informed consent was obtained from all study subjects.
Project description:Analysis of intra- and inter variation using multiple biopsies taken from the same knee. The biopsies were obtained from thirteen different patients; seven by orthopedic surgery and six by rheumatic arthroscopy. Orthopedic samples (patients 1-7 Three synovial tissue specimens were obtained from random sites of the synovium for each patient. Biopsy III of patient 7 was not used due to bad RNA quality. For patients 1-3 each biopsy was divided into three parts (1/3 of a biopsy is denoted subbiopsy). In total this resulted in 39 specimens from the orthopedic patients (nine biopsies from patients 1-3 and three biopsies from each of patients 4-7). For patient 1-3, pt1 b1.BA means patient 1 biopsy 1 subbiopsy B Technical replicate A. For patient 4-7, pt4 b1A means patient 4 biopsy 1 technical replicate A. Arthroscopic samples (patients 8-13) Arthroscopic biopsies were taken at the site of inflammation close to cartilage (cc) or not close to cartilage (ncc), defined as less or more than 1.5 cm away from cartilage, respectively. Multiple biopsies were taken from two sites in patients 8, 11, 12, 13 and from four sites in patients 9 and 10. pt12_ncc_1A means patient 12 not close to cartilage biopsy 1 technical replicate.
Project description:21120 Arabidopsis thaliana gene sequence tags were amplified and purified using a novel bead-based strategy (see Publication for more details).This experiment was carried out to demonstrate the use of these arrays for expression profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana.Briefly, 10-day old Arabidopsis seedlings were treated for 30, 120 and 240 minutes with the plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid (auxin) and the effects on gene expression were analysed.
Project description:To demonstrate the analysis of differential expression using CATMA v1 arrays, Arabidopsis seedlings were treated with indole-3-acetic acid at physiological concentrations. The seedlings were germinated in liquid medium, and treated with indole-3-acetic acid for 30, 120 or 240 minutes. Changes in expression patterns were monitored using a complete loop design including an untreated sample (0 minutes). Reciprocal labelling was used rendering a total of eight hybridisations. An additional self-to-self hybridisation for time-point 0 was included. The statistical analysis was based an ANOVA model and indicated that 1123 GSTs were differentially expressed (p < 2.37 x 10-6) in at least one of the three time points following treatment.
Project description:Exponentially growing Sulfolobus acidocaldarius were treated with NaAc to generate replication runout and arrest in G2 phase. The cells were then resuspended in fresh acetate-free media which generates a synchronous population. Samples for investigation of gene expression change were taken during the synchronised populations progress through the cell cycle.
Project description:Analysis of transcriptional response to UV irradiation in two related crenarchaea, Sulfolobus solfataricus and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.
Project description:Investigation of differentially expressed genes in human HCT116 cells after knockdown of FBXO28 for 16h and 36h. FBXO28 knockdown and control HCT116 cells. 4 replicates per time point (16h, 36h), including dye swaps.
Project description:Gene expression profiling in leaves of a free-growing aspen tree (Populus tremula) in Umea in northern Sweden during natural autumn senescence (from August 17 to September 21).
Project description:Gene expression in wildtype Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strain 3841 was comapred to a bacA mutant. All cultures were grown in the laboratory on AMS with glucose and ammonia as carbon and nitrogen sources.
Project description:Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae strain 3841 was grown on acetate ammonia AMS and glucose ammonia AMS and gene expression between the two cultures compared