Project description:Gene and miRNA profiles from a unique Chinese/Caucasian trans-ethnic collection of breast cancer from Shanghai (China) and Milan (Italy) were compared using an unsupervised approach that identified similar clusters of correlated features in Chinese and Caucasian datasets. Partition of gene expression data using previously published gene signatures, such as the PAM50 intrinsic gene list and the extracellular matrix (ECM) genes, revealed Chinese and Caucasian subgroups with equivalent gene and miRNA expression profiles. A significant reduction of Luminal-A tumors was observed in the Chinese series.
Project description:Gene and miRNA profiles from a unique Chinese/Caucasian trans-ethnic collection of breast cancer from Shanghai (China) and Milan (Italy) were compared using an unsupervised approach that identified similar clusters of correlated features in Chinese and Caucasian datasets. Partition of gene expression data using previously published gene signatures, such as the PAM50 intrinsic gene list and the extracellular matrix (ECM) genes, revealed Chinese and Caucasian subgroups with equivalent gene and miRNA expression profiles. A significant reduction of Luminal-A tumors was observed in the Chinese series.
Project description:As a well-known traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription, Xin-Sheng-Hua Granule (XSHG) has been applied in China for more than thirty years to treat postpartum diseases, especially anaemia. However, the underlying therapeutic mechanisms of XSHG for anaemia were still unclear.
Project description:Gene and miRNA profiles from a unique Chinese/Caucasian trans-ethnic collection of breast cancer from Shanghai (China) and Milan (Italy) were compared using an unsupervised approach that identified similar clusters of correlated features in Chinese and Caucasian datasets. Partition of gene expression data using previously published gene signatures, such as the PAM50 intrinsic gene list and the extracellular matrix (ECM) genes, revealed Chinese and Caucasian subgroups with equivalent gene and miRNA expression profiles. A significant reduction of Luminal-A tumors was observed in the Chinese series. Tissue samples from 78 Chinese (Han Chinese) and 97 Italian (South Europe Caucasian) consecutive primary breast tumors were subjected to gene and miRNA profiling. Tissue specimens, initially collected respectively in the Chinese and Italian hospitals, were all stored, randomly processed and analyzed in identical experimental conditions in the Italian center to minimize pre-analytical, instrumental and computational variability, enabling direct comparison of gene and miRNA profiles from the two groups.
Project description:Gene and miRNA profiles from a unique Chinese/Caucasian trans-ethnic collection of breast cancer from Shanghai (China) and Milan (Italy) were compared using an unsupervised approach that identified similar clusters of correlated features in Chinese and Caucasian datasets. Partition of gene expression data using previously published gene signatures, such as the PAM50 intrinsic gene list and the extracellular matrix (ECM) genes, revealed Chinese and Caucasian subgroups with equivalent gene and miRNA expression profiles. A significant reduction of Luminal-A tumors was observed in the Chinese series. Tissue samples from 78 Chinese (Han Chinese) and 97 Italian (South Europe Caucasian) consecutive primary breast tumors were subjected to gene and miRNA profiling. Tissue specimens, initially collected respectively in the Chinese and Italian hospitals, were all stored, randomly processed and analyzed in identical experimental conditions in the Italian center to minimize pre-analytical, instrumental and computational variability, enabling direct comparison of gene and miRNA profiles from the two groups.
Project description:One day cold treatment of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) lines Chinese Spring, Cheyenne and two 5A chromosome substitution lines of Chinese Spring, Chinese Spring(Cheyenne 5A) and Chinese Spring(Spelta 5A)
Project description:ARPE-19 RPE cells obtained from the Type Culture Collection of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China) were cultured in DMEM medium with 10% FBS (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, USA) at the incubator with 37 °C, 5% CO2 and 100% humidity. Final concentration of 15 μM curcumin (C7727, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, USA) and 100 μM CoCl4 (10007216, Sinopharm Chemical Reagent, Shanghai, China) were added within serum-free medium for 24 h and 4 h respectively. RNA-seq was performed to investigate the transcriptome alteration.
Project description:Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors. Asia has a high incidence of gastric cancer globally. South Korea, Mongolia, Japan and China are the four countries with the highest incidence of gastric cancer in the world. Gansu province in China has the estimated age-standardized incidence rates and mortality rates by Chinese standard population of 62.34/100,000 and 36.94/100,000, respectively, in 2012, which are much higher than the average level of China (22.06/100,000 and 15.16/100,000) in the same year. As a high incidence area of gastric cancer in China, Wuwei city in Gansu province has the prevalence of gastric cancer almost 5 times higher than the average level nationwide. In this study, the cancer tissues and matched adjacent normal mucosa tissues of 5 patients with early gastric cancers who were treated with ESD in Gansu Wuwei Tumor Hospital and the First Hospital of Lanzhou University were collected. All of the patients are from Gansu, China. MicroRNA array was used to find the differences in microRNAs expression profile between the early gastric cancer tissues and the para-cancer normal tissues. It is expected to explore the reasons of the abnormal high incidence of gastric cancer in Gansu Province, China, from the aspect of microRNAs expression profile characteristics.
Project description:One day cold (14 and 19 °C) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) treatment of wheat (Triticum aestivum ssp. aestivum L.) variety Chinese Spring and two chromosome 5A substitution lines of Chinese Spring, Chinese Spring(T. ae. ssp. aestivum L. Cheyenne 5A) and Chinese Spring(T. ae. ssp. spelta L. 5A).
Project description:Xuesaitong injection (XST), a standardized patent Chinese medicine of Panax notoginseng roots (Sanqi in Chinese), has long been used for effective prevention and treatment of stroke in China. However, the mechanisms underlying its effects against ischemic stroke are still poorly understood. In this study, we focused on the polypharmacology of XST against ischemic stroke with a XST-regulated stroke network analysis. Male Sprague Dawley rat model of MCAO and reperfusion were administered XST for 7 days while the control group was not treated.