Project description:Wound healing is orchestrated by a spatial and temporal network of intercellular communication between epithelial cells, the stromal compartment, and the immune system. We found that Hgfac KO mice showed delayed wound healing in an endoscopic wound model. To dissect the celluar and molecular mechanisms of tissue healing, we collected tissues from day2 wounds or intact tissues from Hgfac WT and KO mice using a skin biopsy punch and dissociated cells for scRNA-seq analysis.
Project description:Here, we found that microRNA-223 (miR-223) was highly elevated in hepatocytes after high fat diet (HFD) feeding in mice and in human nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) samples. Genetic deletion of the miR-223 induced a full spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in mice after long-term (up to one year) HFD feeding including NASH-related steatosis, inflammation, fibrosis and HCC. To better explore the mechanisms underlying the abnormalities observed in HFD-fed miR-223KO mice, we examined hepatic gene expression in 3-month-HFD-fed WT and miR-223KO mice by microarray analysis. Finally, we revealed that miR-223 plays a key role in controlling steatosis-to-NASH progression by inhibiting hepatic Cxcl10 and Taz expression.
Project description:Gene Expression in d5 wound-edge tissues of MFG-E8 WT and MFG-E8 KO mice Affymetrix GeneChip® Mouse Genome 430 array was used to study the gene expression in d5 wound-edge tissues of MFG-E8 WT and MFG-E8 KO mice Gene Expression in d5 wound-edge tissues of MFG-E8 WT and MFG-E8 KO mice
Project description:miR-127 is an imprinted microRNA on mouse chromosome 12, strongly expressed during late embryogenesis and known regulator of placental gene Rtl1. miR-127-knockout (KO) mice appear phenotypically normal. An Illumina beadchip whole genome microarray experiment was carried out on embryonic stage 18.5 (E18.5) mice with a deletion in the miR-127 gene, and compared with wild type (WT) mice. Three tissues with varying expression of miR-127 were analysed: brain, skin and muscle. For each tissue (brain, skin, muscle) and genotype (WT or miR-127 KO), total RNA from 15 different embryos was extracted. These RNA samples were divided into three pools of five, to make three biological replicates. Each biological replicate was applied to two separate Illumina Mouse WG-6 v2.0 beadchips, to make two technical replicates.
Project description:The wounds were made on the back skin of Snhg26 knockout (KO) and wild type (WT) mice. The wound edge and skin tissue were collected and the epidermis were separated by incubate the tissue with dispaseII. Total RNA was extracted from the epidermis. The global transcriptome analysis of the epidermis were performed by using Affymetrix arrays.
Project description:Non-thermal plasma, a partially ionized gas, holds significant potential for clinical applications, including wound healing support, oral therapies, and anti-tumour treatments. While its applications shown promising outcomes, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood. We thus applied non-thermal plasma to mouse auricular skin and conducted non-coding RNA sequencing, as well as single-cell blood sequencing. In a time-series analysis (5 time points spanning 2 hours), we compared the expression of microRNAs in the plasma-treated left ears to the unexposed right ears of the same mice as well as to the ears of unexposed control mice. Our findings indicate specific effects in the treated ears for a set of five miRNAs: mmu-miR-144-5p, mmu-miR-144-3p, mmu-miR-142a-5p, mmu-miR-223-3p, and mmu-miR-451a. Interestingly, miR-223-3p also exhibited an increase over time in the right non-treated ear of the exposed mice, suggesting systemic effects. Notably, this miRNA, along with mmu-miR-142a-5p and mmu-miR-144-3p, regulates genes and pathways associated with wound healing and tissue regeneration (namely ErbB, FoxO, Hippo, and PI3K-Akt signalling). This co-regulation is particularly remarkable considering the significant seed dissimilarities among the miRNAs. Finally, single blood cell sequencing revealed the downregulation of 12 from 15 target genes in B-cells, Cd4+ and Cd8+ T-cells. Collectively, our data provide evidence for a systemic effect of non-thermal plasma.
Project description:Non-thermal plasma, a partially ionized gas, holds significant potential for clinical applications, including wound healing support, oral therapies, and anti-tumour treatments. While its applications shown promising outcomes, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood. We thus applied non-thermal plasma to mouse auricular skin and conducted non-coding RNA sequencing, as well as single-cell blood sequencing. In a time-series analysis (5 time points spanning 2 hours), we compared the expression of microRNAs in the plasma-treated left ears to the unexposed right ears of the same mice as well as to the ears of unexposed control mice. Our findings indicate specific effects in the treated ears for a set of five miRNAs: mmu-miR-144-5p, mmu-miR-144-3p, mmu-miR-142a-5p, mmu-miR-223-3p, and mmu-miR-451a. Interestingly, miR-223-3p also exhibited an increase over time in the right non-treated ear of the exposed mice, suggesting systemic effects. Notably, this miRNA, along with mmu-miR-142a-5p and mmu-miR-144-3p, regulates genes and pathways associated with wound healing and tissue regeneration (namely ErbB, FoxO, Hippo, and PI3K-Akt signalling). This co-regulation is particularly remarkable considering the significant seed dissimilarities among the miRNAs. Finally, single blood cell sequencing revealed the downregulation of 12 from 15 target genes in B-cells, Cd4+ and Cd8+ T-cells. Collectively, our data provide evidence for a systemic effect of non-thermal plasma.