Project description:We measured gene expression in the adrenal glands of the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY) using Affymetrix RG-U34A GeneChips. All rats were aged-matched at 4-weeks. The rats were obtained from the colonies at the Univeristy of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. Keywords: other
Project description:We have used Affymetrix microarray-driven gene profiling to comprehensively describe the expression of mRNAs in the brainstem and hypothalamus in the adult male spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) as compared to its normotensive parental Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) strain.
Project description:The Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat shows marked susceptibility to crescentic glomerulonephritis, while Lewis rats are resistant. Glomerular injury and crescent formation are macrophage-dependent. The aim of this study is to use gene expression profiling to identify genetic factors that determine macrophage activation and render WKY rats susceptibile to glomerulonephritis.