Project description:The presence of a coding variant affecting plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) levels was evaluated in subjects with elevated plasma levels of HDLC. 18 DNA samples from subjects with high plasma HDLC levels were analyzed. The samples were analyzed using the exome chip in three separate phases, with different samples in each phase. The same genotyping platform was used for each of the phases of the experiment under the same experimental conditions. Because different samples were run in different phases, raw intensity data was collected separately for each phase and genotypes were called separately for each phase. Raw intensity data is provided thus separately for the subjects by phase of genotyping. The experimental phase of each subject is also provided.
Project description:Illumina human Omni5Exome arrays were used to investigate CNVs in Sѐzary syndrome tumours as part of a larger study involving whole exome sequencing of the same samples and targeted resequencing of a further cohort.
Project description:The goal of this study was to characterize biochemical profiles observed in human plasma samples originating from an obese cohort stratified by a diagnosis of neuropathy as well as a cohort of lean control subjects without a clinical manifestation of neuropathy.
Project description:Obtaining adipose tissue samples are paramount to the understanding of human obesity. We have examined the impact of needle-aspirated and surgical biopsy techniques on the study of subcutaneous adipose tissue (scAT) gene expression in both obese and lean subjects. Biopsy sampling methods have a significant impact on data interpretation and revealed that gene expression profiles derived from surgical tissue biopsies better capture the significant changes in molecular pathways associated with obesity. We hypothesize that this is because needle biopsies do not aspirate the fibrotic fraction of scAT; which subsequently results in an under-representation of the inflammatory and metabolic changes that coincide with obesity. This analysis revealed that the biopsy technique influences the gene expression underlying the biological themes commonly discussed in obesity (e.g. inflammation, extracellular matrix, metabolism, etc), and is therefore a caveat to consider when designing microarray experiments. These results have crucial implications for the clinical and physiopathological understanding of human obesity and therapeutic approaches. Keywords: subject and tissue biopsy technique comparison Tissue samples from lean and obese subjects were analyzed: total of 36 hybridizations. The goal was to compare the effect of biopsy sampling methods on global subcutaneous adipose tissue gene expression analyses. The following subject groups were used for the analysis: 9 lean subjects: needle biopsy 9 lean subjects: surgical biopsy 9 obese subjects: needle biopsy 9 obese subjects: surgical biopsy
Project description:To investigate the proteomic features in lean subjects with NAFLD, and to identify possible plasma proteins that provide potential application for diagnosing of NAFLD in lean individuals. Participants with or without NAFLD were divided into an overweight NAFLD group, an overweight control group, a lean NAFLD group, and a lean control group according to body mass index. Samples of 20 subjects in each group were used for plasma proteomic profiling.
Project description:Illumina human Omni5Exome arrays were used to investigate CNVs in SÑzary syndrome tumours as part of a larger study involving whole exome sequencing of the same samples and targeted resequencing of a further cohort. 16 Samples underwent SNP array including 10 tumour/gDNA matched samples that also underwent whole exome sequencing, public databases were used as further control data for calling CNVs.
Project description:Microarray analysis was performed with RNA isolated from vastus lateralis muscle biopsies of lean/overweight subjects following 18 days of aerobic exercise training. Samples from lean active individuals were also included. Exercise training led to robust changes in trained muscle. The lean active group profile was distinct from the pre-exercise samples. These results help define the molecular changes associated with aerobic training and contrast with an active phenotype.
Project description:Distal gut bacteria play a pivotal role in the digestion of dietary polysaccharides by producing a large number of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) that the host otherwise does not produce. We report here the design of a high density custom microarray that we used to spot non-redundant DNA probes for more than 6,500 genes encoding glycoside hydrolases and lyases selected from 174 reference genomes from distal gut bacteria. The custom microarray was tested and validated by the hybridization of bacterial DNA extracted from the stool samples of lean, obese and anorexic individuals. Our results suggest that a microarray-based study can detect genes from low-abundance bacteria better than metagenomic-based studies. A striking example was the finding that a gene encoding a GH6-family cellulase was present in all subjects examined, whereas metagenomic studies have consistently failed to detect this gene in both human and animal gut microbiomes. In addition, an examination of eight stool samples allowed the identification of a corresponding CAZome core containing 46 families of glycoside hydrolases and polysaccharide lyases, which suggests the functional stability of the gut microbiota despite large taxonomical variations between individuals. Fecal samples were collected from eight female subjects. Three were obese subjects of BMI kg m-2: 35, 46.8 and 51.3, respectively; age: 42, 21 and 65 years old, respectively. Three were anorexic women of BMI kg m-2: 9.8, 10 and 13.7, respectively; age: 19, 23 and 49 years old, respectively. Finally, two fecal samples from lean women of BMI kg m-2: 18.6 and 23.42 were analyzed.
Project description:Affymetrix miRNA 3.0 array profiling of adipocyte-derived exosomes from obese and lean human subjects. We used miRNA arrays to profile exosomes shed from obese and lean human visceral fat that was cultured for 60 minutes.