Project description:Primary outcome(s): Relationship with mRNA expression of B7 family molecules in blood of patients with colorectal cancer and clinicopathological factors
Project description:HCMV glycoproteins US7 and US8 target the innate immune response. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression and identified to down-regulated genes by US7 or US8.
Project description:The change of mRNA expression in murine immortalized podocyte were analyzed after miR-26a silencing. These results provide a basical information of molecular pathology in podocyte biology.
Project description:The viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (replicase) from Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus constitutes a vital component of the bipartite trans-amplifying mRNA vaccine. In this vaccine strategy aimed at targeting SARS-CoV-2, the replicase mRNA is administered alongside the mRNA encoding the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Our investigation sought to determine whether the replicase induces amplification of cellular mRNAs. To this end, cells were transfected with mRNAs encoding the replicase and SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, while control groups received transfections of mRNAs encoding an unrelated protein along with the SARS-CoV-2 spike. We observed no significant upregulation of genes in the treatment group compared to the control group. This suggests that the replicase does not induce off-target amplification of cellular mRNAs.
Project description:Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has been suggested as adjunctive anti-tumor agents in human and veterinary medicine. However, its anti-tumor molecular machinery is still controversial. Therefore, we performed whole transcriptome analysis to discover gene expression influenced by NSAIDs treatment. A canine melanoma cell line (Mi/CMM1) was treated by three NSAIDs, piroxicam, carprofen, and robenacoxib, at their half maximal (50%) inhibitory concentrations (116 µM, 779 µM, and 156 µM) for 6 hours. Subsequently, total RNA were extracted and microarray analysis was performed to evaluate change in gene expression caused by NSAIDs treatment. Each condition had three biological replicates.