Project description:We analyze the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) at the transcriptome level in chicken DCs infected with H9N2 influenza virus compared to mock infection by high-throughput RNA-sequencing technology, and found that H9N2 influenza virus infection induced a strong innate immune response in chicken DCs, but impaired the antigen-processing and –presenting capacity of this cell,
Project description:While infection of chickens with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 subtypes often leads to complete mortality within 24 to 48 h, infection of ducks in contrast causes mild or no clinical signs. Rapid onsets of fatal disease in chickens, but with no evidence of severe clinical symptoms in ducks, suggest underlying differences in their innate immune mechanisms. To understand the molecular basis for such difference, chicken and duck primary lung cells, infected with a low-pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) and two HPAI H5N1 viruses, were subjected to RNA expression profiling using Affymetrix Chicken GeneChip arrays. We used microarrays to analyze the gene expression profiles of primary chicken and duck lung cells infected with H2N3 LPAI and two H5N1 influenza virus subtypes to understand the molecular basis of host susceptibility and resistance. We have identified a set of key genes and pathways that could play an important role in mediating innate host resistance to avian influenza in chickens and ducks.
Project description:Microarray studies were conducted with RNA isolated from vehicle- or PNB-028- treated MAC-16 colon cancer xenograft tumors (n=3/group). PNB-028 significantly regulated over 1400 genes compared to vehicle-treated samples with approximately 450 genes up-regulated and 1100 genes down-regulated by 1.5 fold or greater.
Project description:Purpose: This study aims to identify novel targets in the rare pediatric cancer, fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma (FP-RMS), and examine differences/similarities in FP-RMS tumor responses to BMI1 (B lymphoma Mo-MLV insert region 1 homolog) inhibition. Methods: FP-RMS cell lines Rh28 and Rh30 were treated with DMSO (vehicle) or PTC-028, a BMI1 inhibitor, and RNA was collected after 24 or 48 hr in triplicate. RNA-seq was performed, and gene expression data were analyzed through Gene Ontology (GO) and KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) pathway analyses. Data from OncoPPi and the STRING database were also utilized in this study. Results: Both Rh28 and Rh30 had some overlapping pathways affected by PTC-028, notably downregulation of cell cycle progression, the DNA damage response, and cholesterol biosynthesis. Rh30+PTC-028 had more genes containing TEAD-motifs downregulated compared to Rh28+PTC-028. Rh28 and Rh30 also had differing changes in expression in kinases of LATS1/2, EPHA2, and PDGFRA. Conclusion: Overall, these results bring new insights into pathways influenced by BMI1 expression and contrasting intertumor drug responses in FP-RMS.
Project description:While infection of chickens with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 subtypes often leads to complete mortality within 24 to 48 h, infection of ducks in contrast causes mild or no clinical signs. Rapid onsets of fatal disease in chickens, but with no evidence of severe clinical symptoms in ducks, suggest underlying differences in their innate immune mechanisms. To understand the molecular basis for such difference, chicken and duck primary lung cells, infected with a low-pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) and two HPAI H5N1 viruses, were subjected to RNA expression profiling using Affymetrix Chicken GeneChip arrays. We used microarrays to analyze the gene expression profiles of primary chicken and duck lung cells infected with H2N3 LPAI and two H5N1 influenza virus subtypes to understand the molecular basis of host susceptibility and resistance. We have identified a set of key genes and pathways that could play an important role in mediating innate host resistance to avian influenza in chickens and ducks. 24 hours following infection, total RNA from cells was extracted. Replicate RNA samples from each of the virus-infected (H2N3, H5N1 50-92, or H5N1 ty-Ty) or mock-infected chicken and duck cells (4 treatment groups for each species) were used for microarray analysis. Each of the RNA samples was hybridized to one GeneChipM-BM-. Chicken Genome Array (Affymetrix), and a total of 16 array chips were used.
Project description:Adaptation to hypoxia is a complicated and important physiological course for organisms, but the genetic mechanism underlying the adaptation is not fully understood yet. Tibetan Chicken (T), an indigenous chicken breed in China which inhabit in high areas with an altitude above 2,900 meters. Shouguang Chicken(S) and Dwarf Recessive White Chicken (DRW), two lowland chicken breeds, were used as control groups. The heart was the first functional organ to develop during the embryonic development. Furthermore, the heart is an efficient energy converter utilizing the most appropriate fuel for a given environment. Therefore, GeneChip® Chicken Genome Array was employed to identify the differentially expressed genes in embryonic hearts of Tibetan Chicken and two lowland chicken breeds in both hypoxic and normoxic incubating environments with a genome wide profile. Keywords: stress response
Project description:Chicken brain and lung gene expression profiles following infection with two recombinant H5N3 avian influenza viruses - rH5N3 Ori (P0) and rH5N3 P6