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Project description:Analysis of gene expression changes during cortical cataract progression in ICR.
2023-10-26 | GSE230322 | GEO
Project description:The addition of 2ME2 (HIF-1 inhibitor) to rat model of galactose-induced cataract decreased opacity and therapeutic effect. Genes regulated by 2ME2 addition were identified by microarray analysis. A total of 7 samples were analyzed: samples with no cataract (Control_Day4, Control_Day6), samples with cataract (Galactose-1, Galactose-2, Galactose-3), samples with decreased lens opacity (2ME2, 2ME2-2)
2024-02-16 | GSE240617 | GEO
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2023-10-26 | GSE230323 | GEO
Project description:Lens development exhibits a seamless progression from embryogenesis through ageing. Lens maturation and growth proceed throughout life; lens fibre cells differentiate from lens epithelial cells at the equator of the lens, migrate inwards at the bow region and mature around pre-existing fibre cells at the centre of the lens. Lens fibre cells lose their nuclei via an apoptosis like mechanism as they mature. We therefore decided to study further the relationship of apoptosis related gene expression during vital stages of lens maturation in the mouse. This is an important question as defects in lens function and/or maturation result in clouding of the lens, or cataract, which can result in considerable visual impairment. Keywords: development/age comparison
2007-08-11 | GSE8731 | GEO
Project description:We created a rat sugar cataract model and examined the effects of various inhibitors on lens clouding. Lenses were removed from 6-week-old SD rats and cultured in M199 medium containing 30 mM galactose.
2020-03-04 | GSE135000 | GEO
Project description:The addition of Glutamate to the lens induced by galactose eliminated the white clouding formed and showed a therapeutic effect. Genes regulated by Glutamate addition were identified by microarray analysis. A total of seven samples were used in this analysis: two samples without galactose (control), three samples with galactose (galactose) and two samples with Glutamate (Glutamate).
2024-02-22 | GSE227475 | GEO
Project description:Protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) have been associated with aging and age-related diseases. PTMs are particularly impactful in long-lived proteins, such as those found in the ocular lens, because they accumulate with age. Two post-translational modifications that lead to protein-protein crosslinks in aged and cataractous lenses are dehydroalanine (DHA) and dehydrobutyrine (DHB); formed from cysteine/serine and threonine residues, respectively. The purpose of this study was to quantitate DHA and DHB in human lens proteins as a function of age and cataract status. Human lenses of various ages were divided into five donor groups: transparent lenses (18–22-year-old, 48–64-year-old, and 70–93-year-old) and cataractous human lenses of two age groups (48–64-year-old lenses, and 70–93-year-old lenses) and were subjected to proteomic analysis. Relative DHA and DHB peptide levels were quantified and compared to their non-modified peptide counterparts. For most lens proteins containing DHA or DHB, higher amounts of DHA- and DHB-modified peptides were detected in aged and cataractous lenses. DHA-containing peptides were classified into three groups based on abundance changes with age and cataract: those that (1) increased only in age-related nuclear cataract (ARNC), (2) increased in aged and cataractous lenses, and (3) decreased in aged lenses and ARNC. There was no indication that DHA or DHB levels were dependent on lens region. In most donor groups, proteins with DHA and DHB were more likely to be found among urea-insoluble proteins rather than among water- or urea-soluble proteins. DHA and DHB formation may induce structural effects that make proteins less soluble in water that leads to age-related protein insolubility and possibly aggregation and light scattering.
2023-10-12 | PXD045734 | Pride
Project description:The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of lens epithelial cells (LECs) has been proposed as a major cause of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) after cataract surgery. Molecular mechanism of PCO progression is still unclear. Using a microarray-based approach, herein we studied the changes in gene expression pattern during rat PCO formation in vivo as a model.
2020-09-30 | GSE152593 | GEO
Project description:Nasal eosinophil examination is routine for the diagnosis of nasal eosinophil-positive rhinitis in patients with rhinorrhea symptoms. This retrospective data investigated whether testing for nasal discharge eosinophils is useful for diagnosing childhood allergic asthma, and changes of positive rates by each age. Infants and young children (n = 180) with at least 3 recurrent episodes at intervals of ? 1 week of respiratory symptoms and bronchodilator inhalation improvements, were divided into an asthma group and a non-asthma group, and the presence or absence of nasal discharge eosinophils was examined by age. Correlations between nasal discharge eosinophils and other predictive factors for persistent asthma were also examined. The evaluation of nasal discharge eosinophils in the asthma group showed a significantly high positive rate in older age groups than in the 0-1-year-old age group (p< 0.05-0.001). However, none of the asthma patient groups had any significant changes between the 0-1-year-old group and older groups. This pattern was similar for other risk factors, showing correlations between nasal discharge eosinophils and other predictive factors.
| S-EPMC6153190 | biostudies-literature
Project description:The Shumiya cataract rat (SCR) is a model for hereditary cataract. Two-third of these rats develop lens opacity within 10-11-weeks. Onset of cataract is attributed to the synergetic effect of lanosterol synthase (Lss) and farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase 1 (Fdft1) mutant alleles that lead to cholesterol deficiency in the lenses, which in turn adversely affects lens biology including the growth and differentiation of lens epithelial cells (LECs). Nevertheless, the molecular events and changes in gene expression associated with the onset of lens opacity in SCR is poorly understood. Our study aimed to identify the gene expression patterns during cataract formation in SCRs, which may be responsible for cataractogenesis in SCR.
2020-07-31 | GSE152616 | GEO