Project description:Enzootic nasal adenocarcinoma (ENA), an epithelial tumor induced in goats and sheep by enzootic nasal tumor virus (ENTV), is a chronic, progressive, contact sexually transmitted disease. This study aimed to identify novel and differentially expressed miRNAs in the tumor and para-carcinoma nasal tissues of Nanjiang yellow goats with ENA. Small RNA Illumina high-throughput sequencing was used to construct a goat nasal miRNA library; 406 known miRNAs and 29 novel miRNAs were identified. A total of 116 miRNAs were significantly differentially expressed in para-carcinoma nasal tissues and ENA (54 downregulated; 60 upregulated; 2 only expressed in control group); Target gene prediction and functional analysis revealed that 6176 non-redundancy target genes, 1792 significant GO and 97 significant KEGG pathway for 121 miRNAs (116 significant expression miRNAs and 5 star sequence) were predicted. GO and KEGG pathway analysis revealed the majority of target genes in ENA are involved in cell proliferation, signal transduction and other processes associated with cancer. This is the first large-scale identification of miRNAs in Capra hircus ENA and provides a theoretical basis for investigating the complicated miRNA-mediated regulatory networks involved in the pathogenesis and progression of ENA.
Project description:Five-vertebrate ChIP-seq reveals the evolutionary dynamics of trancription factor binding. The SRF files for this experiment can be found in the European Read Archive with study accession number ERP000054. The fastq files can be found in the raw archives and for some assays links to the ENA runs and ENA fastq files are provided.
Project description:This study aims to study genome wide location of HNF4a, FoxA1 and CEBPA in wild type rat liver. Please note that all raw data files for this study were replaced with new versions on 12 March 2014 because the previous versions are corrupted. The corrupted files are associated with ENA run accessions ERR215698 to ERR215705 and should not be used. The correct files are associated with ENA run accessions ERR458085 to ERR458092.
Project description:We aimed at identifying the targets of the protein Cold-Inducible RNA-Binding Protein in a human epithelial colon adenocarcinoma cell line (LoVo ATCC CCL-229) in cells infected by Listeria monocytogenes strain LL195 compared to non-infected cells. This set is linked to a previous one referenced on ENA (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB26593)
Project description:Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is a photosensitive autoimmune disease characterized by a strong type-I-interferon (IFN) associated inflammation. Keratinocytes are known to determine the interface-dermatitis-pattern in CLE by production of proinflammatory cytokines in the lower epidermis. These cytokines drive a cytotoxic anti-epithelial immune response resulting in keratinocytic cell death and release of endogenous nucleic acids (eNA). We hypothesized that these eNA (RNA- and DNA-motifs) have the capacity to activate innate immune pathways in keratinocytes via pathogen-recognition-receptors (PRR). Gene expression analyses revealed an excessive activation of innate immune response pathways with strong expression of IFN-regulated cytokines in CLE skin lesions. Cultured keratinocytes produce large amounts of these cytokines in response to stimulation of PRR with eNA. UV-stimulation enhances the immunogenicity of eNA and induces CLE-like skin lesions in knockout mice lacking the cytosolic DNase TREX1. Our results provide evidence for a pathogenetic role of endogenous nucleic acids in CLE. They are released within the cytotoxic inflammation along the dermo-epidermal junction and have the capacity to drive the LE-typical inflammation. UV-irradiation supports this inflammation by generation of highly immunostimulatory DNA motifs (8-OHG). These findings explain the photosensitivity of lupus patients and identify pathways of the innate immune system as targets for future therapies.