Project description:Abstract from accompanying publication: "Bats host a number of viruses that cause severe disease in humans without experiencing overt symptoms of disease themselves. While the mechanisms underlying this ability to avoid sickness are not known, deep sequencing studies of bat genomes have uncovered genetic adaptations that may have functional importance in the antiviral response of these animals. Egyptian rousette bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) are the natural reservoir hosts of Marburg virus (MARV). In contrast to humans, these bats do not become sick when infected with MARV. A striking difference to the human genome is that Egyptian rousettes have an expanded repertoire of IFNW genes. To probe the biological implications of this expansion, we synthesized IFN-ω4 and IFN-ω9 proteins and tested their antiviral activity in Egyptian rousette cells. Both IFN-ω4 and IFN-ω9 showed antiviral activity against RNA viruses, including MARV, with IFN-ω9 being more efficient than IFN-ω4. Using RNA-Seq, we examined the transcriptional response induced by each protein. Although the sets of genes induced by the two IFNs were largely overlapping, IFN-ω9 induced a more rapid and intense response than did IFN-ω4. About 13% of genes induced by IFN-ω treatment are not found in the Interferome or other ISG databases, indicating that they may be uniquely IFN-responsive in this bat."
Project description:Integrated callset of high coverage Egyptian genomes from the Pagani et al. 2015 AJHG paper (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.04.019)
Project description:This data set comprises population (47 samples) measurements of transcription factor DNA binding (PU.1 and RPB2) and histone modification (H3K27ac, H3K4me1 and H3k4me3) levels for a subset of the 1000 Genomes Project CEPH samples. This data was generated as part of the following study: - Population Variation and Genetic Control of Modular Chromatin Architecture in Humans. Cell. 2015 Aug 27;162(5):1039-50. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.08.001. Epub 2015 Aug 20. An additional set of 111 samples from the 1000 Genomes Project (GBR and TSI populations) were also assayed for three histone modifications (H3K27ac, H3K4me1 and H3k4me3). This data was generated as part of the following study: - Chromatin 3D interactions mediate genetic effects on regulatory networks.
Project description:Integrated callset of low coverage Ethiopian and Egyptian genomes from the Pagani et al. 2015 AJHG paper (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.04.019)
Project description:This represents the first transcriptomic and epigenomic characterization of the vocalization-associated brain circuits of a non-human mammalian vocal learner (Egyptian fruit bat), yielding fundamental insights into the regulatory and molecular pathways underlying the evolution of complex vocal behavior in mammals.