Project description:Innate immunity is the first line of defense against viral and microbial pathogens. BMDC is critical for innate immunity. To investigate the complicated net signaling after virus invasion, we did a cDNA microarray analysis of BMDC with or without Sendai Virus infection. We used microarrays to find proteins that upregulated by Sendai Virus infection and investigated if these proteins had functions in regulating Sendai Virus induced signaling pathway. BMDC cells are seperated from C57BL6 mice, infected with Sendai Virus or not,cultured and harveseted for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays
Project description:Innate immunity is the first line of defense against viral and microbial pathogens. BMDC is critical for innate immunity. To investigate the complicated net signaling after virus invasion, we did a cDNA microarray analysis of BMDC with or without Sendai Virus infection. We used microarrays to find proteins that upregulated by Sendai Virus infection and investigated if these proteins had functions in regulating Sendai Virus induced signaling pathway.
Project description:The goal of this experiment was to determine gene expression changes during Sendai virus infection as the result of expression or inhibition of miR-203 in A549 cells. The gene expression profiling experiment was performed with 4 groups (mock infected, Sendai virus infected, Sendai virus infeceted in the presence of exogenous miR-203, and Sendai virus infected in the presence of miR-203 inhibitor) with 3 biological replicates for each group. Total RNA was purified from A549 cells that were mock infected or infected with Sendai virus (Cantell strain, 5pfu/cell) alone or in the presence of miR-203 mimic or inhibitor for 10 hours.
Project description:Small RNAs were profiled during Sendai virus infection of human A549 cells to identify changes in microRNA abundance during the cellular antiviral response. Examination of microRNA abundance during Sendai virus infection.
Project description:We collected whole genome testis expression data from hybrid zone mice. We integrated GWAS mapping of testis expression traits and low testis weight to gain insight into the genetic basis of hybrid male sterility.
Project description:Introgressed variants from other species can be an important source of genetic variation because they may arise rapidly, can include multiple mutations on a single haplotype, and have often been pretested by selection in the species of origin. Although introgressed alleles are generally deleterious, several studies have reported introgression as the source of adaptive alleles-including the rodenticide-resistant variant of Vkorc1 that introgressed from Mus spretus into European populations of Mus musculus domesticus. Here, we conducted bidirectional genome scans to characterize introgressed regions into one wild population of M. spretus from Spain and three wild populations of M. m. domesticus from France, Germany, and Iran. Despite the fact that these species show considerable intrinsic postzygotic reproductive isolation, introgression was observed in all individuals, including in the M. musculus reference genome (GRCm38). Mus spretus individuals had a greater proportion of introgression compared with M. m. domesticus, and within M. m. domesticus, the proportion of introgression decreased with geographic distance from the area of sympatry. Introgression was observed on all autosomes for both species, but not on the X-chromosome in M. m. domesticus, consistent with known X-linked hybrid sterility and inviability genes that have been mapped to the M. spretus X-chromosome. Tract lengths were generally short with a few outliers of up to 2.7 Mb. Interestingly, the longest introgressed tracts were in olfactory receptor regions, and introgressed tracts were significantly enriched for olfactory receptor genes in both species, suggesting that introgression may be a source of functional novelty even between species with high barriers to gene flow.