Project description:Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici (Pgt), the causal agent of stem rust disease in wheat, is one of the most destructive pathogens and can cause severe yield losses. Here, we utilize Hi-C sequencing technology to scaffold and phase the haplotypes for the genome assembly of a US Pgt isolate 99KS76A-1.
Project description:Primary objectives: The primary objective is to investigate circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) via deep sequencing for mutation detection and by whole genome sequencing for copy number analyses before start (baseline) with regorafenib and at defined time points during administration of regorafenib for treatment efficacy in colorectal cancer patients in terms of overall survival (OS).
Primary endpoints: circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) via deep sequencing for mutation detection and by whole genome sequencing for copy number analyses before start (baseline) with regorafenib and at defined time points during administration of regorafenib for treatment efficacy in colorectal cancer patients in terms of overall survival (OS).
Project description:To understand better the nature of the poor response of human neonates to intracellular pathogens, we evaluated the transcriptome of neonates as compared to adult naïve CD8-T cells. A specific transcription signature of the neonatal cells was found, characterized by a lower expression of signalling and CTL functional genes and a high expression of maturation, cell cycle and innate-immunity associated genes. Functional assays demonstrated that neonatal CD8-T cells undergo homeostatic proliferation, transcribe antimicrobial peptides and produce reactive oxygen species. Master transcription factors were found presumably responsible for this specific signature. Genome wide epigenetic studies showed a corresponding chromatin signature for a number of the differentially expressed genes. Altogether our results show that CD8 neonatal T cells have a particular genetic program with functions within the innate immune response, while still undergoing their maturation process. Neonates are highly susceptible to infections by intracellular pathogens, which are a major cause of infant morbidity and mortality. CD8-T cells control intracellular pathogens through cytotoxic mechanisms in an antigen-dependent manner. We found that human neonatal CD8-T cells, as compared to adult lymphocytes, had a distinctive pattern of gene transcription, characterized by the lower expression of genes involved in TCR signalling and cytotoxicity and a high expression of genes involved in cell cycle and innate immunity. Functional studies corroborated that neonatal CD8-T cells are less cytotoxic, transcribe antimicrobial peptides and produce reactive oxygen species. These properties could explain the high sensitivity of neonates to intracellular pathogen infections and outline novel functions of neonatal CD8-T cells. PBMC total RNAs from Adult and Neonate subjects were profiled after hybridization with Agilent SurePrint G3 Human GE 8x60K Microarray. CD8-T cells mRNA were extracted from 8 samples including: 4 Adults and 4 Neonates.
Project description:To understand better the nature of the poor response of human neonates to intracellular pathogens, we evaluated the transcriptome of neonates as compared to adult naïve CD8-T cells. A specific transcription signature of the neonatal cells was found, characterized by a lower expression of signalling and CTL functional genes and a high expression of maturation, cell cycle and innate-immunity associated genes. Functional assays demonstrated that neonatal CD8-T cells undergo homeostatic proliferation, transcribe antimicrobial peptides and produce reactive oxygen species. Master transcription factors were found presumably responsible for this specific signature. Genome wide epigenetic studies showed a corresponding chromatin signature for a number of the differentially expressed genes. Altogether our results show that CD8 neonatal T cells have a particular genetic program with functions within the innate immune response, while still undergoing their maturation process. Neonates are highly susceptible to infections by intracellular pathogens, which are a major cause of infant morbidity and mortality. CD8-T cells control intracellular pathogens through cytotoxic mechanisms in an antigen-dependent manner. We found that human neonatal CD8-T cells, as compared to adult lymphocytes, had a distinctive pattern of gene transcription, characterized by the lower expression of genes involved in TCR signalling and cytotoxicity and a high expression of genes involved in cell cycle and innate immunity. Functional studies corroborated that neonatal CD8-T cells are less cytotoxic, transcribe antimicrobial peptides and produce reactive oxygen species. These properties could explain the high sensitivity of neonates to intracellular pathogen infections and outline novel functions of neonatal CD8-T cells. PBMC total RNAs from Adult and Neonate subjects were profiled after hybridization with Agilent SurePrint G3 Human GE 8x60K Microarray.
Project description:We report here genome wide identification of p63 binding sites in cycling neonatal foreskin keratinocytes using high throughput sequencing of ChIP enriched DNA. Analysis of gene ontology, database mining with integration with publicly available data, reveals a role for p63 in transcriptional regulation of multiple genes genetically linked to cleft palate. In addition, we identify AP-2α, a transcription factor which, when mutated, also results in craniofacial clefting syndrome, as a co-regulator of p63 responsive genes. Examination of p63 binding sites in neonatal foreskin keratinocytes
Project description:The naked mole-rat (NMR; Heterocephalus glaber) has recently gained considerable attention in the scientific community for its unique potential to unveil novel insights in the fields of medicine, biochemistry, and evolution. NMRs exhibit unique adaptations that include protracted fertility, cancer resistance, eusociality, and anoxia. This suite of adaptations is not found in other rodent species, suggesting that interrogating conserved and accelerated regions in the NMR genome will find regions of the NMR genome fundamental to their unique adaptations. However, the current NMR genome assembly has limits that make studying structural variations, heterozygosity, and non-coding adaptations challenging. We present a complete diploid naked-mole rat genome assembly by integrating long-read and 10X-linked read genome sequencing of a male NMR and its parents, and Hi-C sequencing in the NMR hypothalamus (N=2). Reads were identified as maternal, paternal or ambiguous (TrioCanu). We then polished genomes with Flye, Racon and Medaka. Assemblies were then scaffolded using the following tools in order: Scaff10X, Salsa2, 3d-DNA, Minimap2-alignment between assemblies, and the Juicebox Assembly Tools. We then subjected the assemblies to another round of polishing, including short-read polishing with Freebayes. We assembled the NMR mitochondrial genome with mitoVGP. Y chromosome contigs were identified by aligning male and female 10X linked reads to the paternal genome and finding male-biased contigs not present in the maternal genome. Contigs were assembled with publicly available male NMR Fibroblast Hi-C-seq data (SRR820318). Both assemblies have their sex chromosome haplotypes merged so that both assemblies have a high-quality X and Y chromosome. Finally, assemblies were evaluated with Quast, BUSCO, and Merqury, which all reported the base-pair quality and contiguity of both assemblies as high-quality. The assembly will next be annotated by Ensembl using public RNA-seq data from multiple tissues (SRP061363). Together, this assembly will provide a high-quality resource to the NMR and comparative genomics communities.
Project description:The naked mole-rat (NMR; Heterocephalus glaber) has recently gained considerable attention in the scientific community for its unique potential to unveil novel insights in the fields of medicine, biochemistry, and evolution. NMRs exhibit unique adaptations that include protracted fertility, cancer resistance, eusociality, and anoxia. This suite of adaptations is not found in other rodent species, suggesting that interrogating conserved and accelerated regions in the NMR genome will find regions of the NMR genome fundamental to their unique adaptations. However, the current NMR genome assembly has limits that make studying structural variations, heterozygosity, and non-coding adaptations challenging. We present a complete diploid naked-mole rat genome assembly by integrating long-read and 10X-linked read genome sequencing of a male NMR and its parents, and Hi-C sequencing in the NMR hypothalamus (N=2). Reads were identified as maternal, paternal or ambiguous (TrioCanu). We then polished genomes with Flye, Racon and Medaka. Assemblies were then scaffolded using the following tools in order: Scaff10X, Salsa2, 3d-DNA, Minimap2-alignment between assemblies, and the Juicebox Assembly Tools. We then subjected the assemblies to another round of polishing, including short-read polishing with Freebayes. We assembled the NMR mitochondrial genome with mitoVGP. Y chromosome contigs were identified by aligning male and female 10X linked reads to the paternal genome and finding male-biased contigs not present in the maternal genome. Contigs were assembled with publicly available male NMR Fibroblast Hi-C-seq data (SRR820318). Both assemblies have their sex chromosome haplotypes merged so that both assemblies have a high-quality X and Y chromosome. Finally, assemblies were evaluated with Quast, BUSCO, and Merqury, which all reported the base-pair quality and contiguity of both assemblies as high-quality. The assembly will next be annotated by Ensembl using public RNA-seq data from multiple tissues (SRP061363). Together, this assembly will provide a high-quality resource to the NMR and comparative genomics communities.
Project description:Porcine 60K BeadChip genotyping arrays (Illumina) are increasingly being applied in pig genomics to validate SNPs identified by re-sequencing or assembly-versus-assembly method. Here we report that more than 98% SNPs identified from the porcine 60K BeadChip genotyping array (Illumina) were consistent with the SNPs identified from the assembly-based method. This result demonstrates that whole-genome de novo assembly is a reliable approach to deriving accurate maps of SNPs.