Project description:To investigate the transcriptional remodelling during EMT, we transfected normal murine mammary gland epithelial cells during a 4d TGFbeta treatment individually with siRNA against 46 transcription (co)factors or with 13 mature miRNA, all factors that blocked EMT in a phenotypic microscopy-based EMT screen upon RNAi . As a control, cells were transfected with siRNA/miRNA control followed by 4d TGFbeta treatment (mesenchymal control) or were left untreated (epithelial control). miRNA-sequencing together with mRNA-sequencing of these EMT perturbations in combination with transcription factor binding and miRNA target prediction enabled us to build an interaction map between these EMT factors.
Project description:To investigate the transcriptional remodelling during EMT, we transfected normal murine mammary gland epithelial cells during a 4d TGFbeta treatment individually with siRNA against 46 transcription (co)factors or with 13 mature miRNA, all factors that blocked EMT in a phenotypic microscopy-based EMT screen upon RNAi . As a control, cells were transfected with siRNA/miRNA control followed by 4d TGFbeta treatment (mesenchymal control) or were left untreated (epithelial control). miRNA-sequencing together with mRNA-sequencing of these EMT perturbations in combination with transcription factor binding and miRNA target prediction enabled us to build an interaction map between these EMT factors.