Project description:ES derived Flk-1+ cells were separated by sorting into Hoxb6 positive and negative populations by RFP Hoxb6 reporter. Gene expression was compared between these two groups. Duplicate analysis of Hoxb6-RFP positive and negative Flk-1+ cells.
Project description:ES derived Flk-1+ cells were separated by sorting into Hoxb6 positive and negative populations by RFP Hoxb6 reporter. Gene expression was compared between these two groups.
Project description:ES derived Flk-1+ cells were separated by sorting into Hoxb6 positive and negative populations by Venus reporter. Gene expression was compared between these two groups. Duplicate analysis of Hoxb6-Venus positive and negative Flk-1+ cells.
Project description:ES derived Flk-1+ cells were separated by sorting into Hoxb6 positive and negative populations by Venus reporter. Gene expression was compared between these two groups.
Project description:A dual biomarker signature extracted a stage-specific cytotype according to cell surface expression of CXCR4/FLK-1 after 5 days of spontaneous differentiation from pluripotent stem cells. Genome-wide microarray analysis revealed a high degree of similarity between CXCR4+/FLK-1+ and CXCR4-/FLK-1- subpopulations at day 5, yet the divergent gene expression profile represents more than 700 unique transcripts. Functional analysis of the 294 up-regulated and 440 down-regulated transcripts that distinguished CXCR4+/Flk-1+ from CXCR4-/Flk-1- subpopulations identified an overt ontologic prioritization of “Cardiovascular Development”-IPA 7.0, 2009.Thus, a biomarker-selected subpopulation from spontaneously differentiated pluripotent stem cells identifies a pool of genes that non-stochastically integrate into a blueprint providing instructions for cardiac lineage-specification. Keywords: Comparison of day 5 embryonic stem cell progenity: CXCR4/FLK-1 biomarker positive versus biomarker negative cells Differentiating embryonic stem cells were FACS sorted at day 5 based on a dual CXCR4/FLK-1 biomarker signature and double positive and double negative progeny were thus collected. Day 5 sorted progeny were independently collected to provide raw material for three biological replicates for each experimental condition. In this manner, three CXCR4/FLK-1 double positive biological samples, and three CXCR4/FLK-1 double negative biological samples were obtained. Total RNA was extracted from each of the samples and RNA pools were profiled on Affymetrix Mouse 430 2.0 Arrays to identify global gene expression changes between double positive and double negative progeny at day 5 of differentiation.
Project description:A dual biomarker signature extracted a stage-specific cytotype according to cell surface expression of CXCR4/FLK-1 after 5 days of spontaneous differentiation from pluripotent stem cells. Genome-wide microarray analysis revealed a high degree of similarity between CXCR4+/FLK-1+ and CXCR4-/FLK-1- subpopulations at day 5, yet the divergent gene expression profile represents more than 700 unique transcripts. Functional analysis of the 294 up-regulated and 440 down-regulated transcripts that distinguished CXCR4+/Flk-1+ from CXCR4-/Flk-1- subpopulations identified an overt ontologic prioritization of “Cardiovascular Development”-IPA 7.0, 2009.Thus, a biomarker-selected subpopulation from spontaneously differentiated pluripotent stem cells identifies a pool of genes that non-stochastically integrate into a blueprint providing instructions for cardiac lineage-specification. Keywords: Comparison of day 5 embryonic stem cell progenity: CXCR4/FLK-1 biomarker positive versus biomarker negative cells
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.