Project description:Very recently, a number of independent studies showed that serum levels of embryonic micro-RNA (miR) clusters 371-3 and 302abc/367 are predictive for the presence of testicular type II germ cell tumors. These miRs could be used to sensitively detect SE and EC components which are indeed known to express these miRs [1-7]. This study investigates ca 750 miRs in a high throughput approach to validate these previously identified markers and identify novel potential miR markers for testicular type II germ cell tumors. 1. Belge, G., et al., Serum levels of microRNAs miR-371-3: a novel class of serum biomarkers for testicular germ cell tumors? Eur Urol, 2012. 61(5): p. 1068-9. 2. Dieckmann, K.P., et al., MicroRNAs miR-371-3 in serum as diagnostic tools in the management of testicular germ cell tumours. Br J Cancer, 2012. 107(10): p. 1754-60. 3. Gillis, A.J., et al., Targeted serum miRNA (TSmiR) test for diagnosis and follow-up of (testicular) germ cell cancer patients: a proof of principle. Mol Oncol, 2013. 7(6): p. 1083-92. 4. Gillis, A.J., et al., High-throughput microRNAome analysis in human germ cell tumours. J Pathol, 2007. 213(3): p. 319-28. 5. Murray, M.J. and N. Coleman, Testicular cancer: a new generation of biomarkers for malignant germ cell tumours. Nat Rev Urol, 2012. 9(6): p. 298-300. 6. Murray, M.J., et al., Identification of microRNAs From the miR-371~373 and miR-302 clusters as potential serum biomarkers of malignant germ cell tumors. Am J Clin Pathol, 2011. 135(1): p. 119-25. 7. Voorhoeve, P.M., et al., A genetic screen implicates miRNA-372 and miRNA-373 as oncogenes in testicular germ cell tumors. Cell, 2006. 124(6): p. 1169-81.
Project description:Pluripotent stem cells can differentiate into all embryonic germ layers, a process that is orchestrated by the dissolution of pluripotency network and activation of pro-differentiation pathways. We established a genome-wide loss-of-function library in haploid hPSCs and differentiated these cells into the three germ layers. The analyses of our high-throughput genetic screening revealed germ layer-specific essential transcription factors, as well as common essential genes for the transition from pluripotency into the three embryonic germ layer fates. Here, we have generated individual knockouts of seven lineage-specific and four common essential genes in human embryonic stem cells by CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis and analyzed the transcriptomes of the mutants upon either directed or spontaneous differentiation.
Project description:<Background & Aims> Precise diagnostic biomarkers are urgently required for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify PDAC-specific exosomal microRNAs (Ex-miRs) from pancreatic juice (PJ) and evaluate their diagnostic potential. <Methods> Exosomes in PJ and serum were extracted using ultracentrifugation and confirmed morphologically and biochemically. PDAC-specific Ex-miRs were identified using our original miR arrays, in which Ex-miRs derived from the PJ of patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) were subtracted from Ex-miRs commonly expressed in both human PDAC cell lines and the PJ of PDAC patients. We verified the expression of these miRs using qRT-PCR. Changes in serum Ex-miR levels were assessed in two PDAC patients who underwent curative resection. In situ hybridization (ISH) was performed to directly visualize PDAC-specific miR expression in cancer cells. <Results> We identified novel Ex-miR-4516 and Ex-miR-4674 from the PJ of PDAC patients, and they showed 80.0% and 81.8% sensitivity, 80.8% and 73.3% specificity, and 90.9% and 80.8% accuracy, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of a triple assay of Ex-miR-4516/4674/PJ cytology increased to 93.3%, 81.8%, and 88.5%, respectively. In serum samples (n = 88), the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of Ex-miR-4516 were 97.5%, 34.3%, and 68%, respectively. Presurgical levels of Ex-miR-4516 in two patients with relatively early disease stages clearly declined after curative resection. ISH demonstrated that Ex-miR-4516 expression exclusively occurred in cancer cells. <Conclusions> Liquid assays using the in situ-proven Ex-miR-4516 may have a high potential for detecting relatively early stage PDAC and monitor its clinical course.
Project description:Identification of novel sugarcane viruses through high-throughput sequencing
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Project description:Identification of Known and Novel Arundo donax L. microRNAs and Their Targets Using High-Throughput Sequencing and Degradome Analysis
Project description:miRNA plays a critical role in a wide variety of biological processes Profiling miRNA expression during the differentiation of embryonic stem cells will help us to understand the regulation pathway of differentiation, therefore to explain disease mechanisms and to find possible therapeutical targets. In this study miRNA expressions were profiled during cardiomyocyte-specific differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells with high-throughput microarray platforms. Two high throughput platforms (Affymetrix and Febit) were involved in miRNA profiling in order to compare the effect of platform on miRNA profiling result as well as to increase the plausibility of target miRNA identification. Four time points (day 0, day 12, day 19, day 26) which correspond to different stages during cardiac-specific differentiation were chosen for the miRNA profiling study.