Project description:Whole genome methylation of the daughters’ blood cells was assessed by Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing (WGBS), revealed the whole epigenetic landscape of calf blood cells, suggesting that the maternal metabolic status can indeed affect the embryo's epigenetic status and metabolic related pathways in offspring, providing further evidence for epigenetic intergenerational inheritance of metabolic stress in domestic animals
Project description:The primary objective of this prospective observational study is to characterize the gut and oral microbiome as well as the whole blood transcriptome in gastrointestinal cancer patients and correlate these findings with cancer type, treatment efficacy and toxicity. Participants will be recruited from existing clinical sites only, no additional clinical sites are needed.
Project description:glioblastoma multiforme genomic profiling by single nucleotide polymorphism microarray<br><br>Human GBM (glioblastoma multiforme)cell lines (U87, U118, U138, U343, U373, T98G) were maintained in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium with 10 % fetal calf serum, 10 U/ml penicillin-G, and 10 mg/ml streptomycin. All cells were incubated at 37 oC in 5% CO2.<br><br>Four primary GBM explants were established from patients with glioblastoma multiforme undergoing surgery as following described: Tumor specimens were immediately transported to the laboratory, finely minced to single cell suspension and cultured in complete medium [Ham's F-12/DME High Glucose medium containing 10% fetal calf serum, 10 U/ml penicillin-G, and 10 mg/ml streptomycin and 2 mM glutamax-1 into 100 cm2 tissue culture plastic dishes the second passage. All cells were incubated at 37 oC in 5% CO2.<br><br>GBM (glioblastoma multiforme) tissue samples were quick frozen. <br><br>Standard proteinase K-phenol-chloroform extraction method was used to extract DNA from GBM samples, cell lines and explants.<br><br>The matched peripheral blood data can be used as normalized data for their matched tumor tissue data. <br><br>The cell lines samples and two explants without normalized data, but they can be normalized by one of the peripheral blood DNA data.
Project description:Steer small intestine transcriptome Evaluation of the naturally occurring transcriptome variation among beef steers with divergent gain and feed intake phenotypes.
Project description:Steer liver transcriptome Evaluation of the naturally occurring transcriptome variation in liver among beef steers with divergent gain and feed intake phenotypes.
Project description:Steer spleen transcriptome Evaluation of the naturally occurring transcriptome variation in the spleen among beef steers with divergent gain and feed intake phenotypes.
Project description:Steer mesenteric fat transcriptome. Evaluation of the naturally occurring transcriptome variation in mesenteric fat among beef steers with divergent gain and feed intake phenotypes.
Project description:The use of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) for transcriptome analysis has already been proven valuable for assessing disease-associated and drug response related gene signatures. While these proof-of-principle studies have been critically important, the instability of RNA within PBMC prohibits their use in large scale multi-center trials for which samples have to be transported for a prolonged time prior RNA isolation. Therefore, a prerequisite for transcriptome analysis of peripheral blood in clinical trials will be a standardized and valid method to immediately stabilize the RNA profile after blood withdrawal. We demonstrate that the globin mRNA reduction method results in significantly improved data quality of stabilized RNA samples resulting in low intra-group variance and a detection rate of expressed genes similar to PBMC. More important, even small differences in gene expression such as observed between females and males were detected and sufficient to predict gender in whole blood samples. Keywords: biological replicates
