Project description:To investigate the effect of iNKT deficiency in the skin, the analysis of global gene expression in the skin tissues from WT and Cd1d KO mice were performed using RNA-seq data obtained from these samples.
Project description:Keratinocyte-specific RIPK1 deficiency causes skin inflammation due to ZBP1-induced necroptosis. RNA-Seq analysis of the skin from wild type and RIK1E-KO mice was performed to examine how RIPK1 deficiency affects the expression of mRNAs as well as endogenous retroelement-derived transcripts.
Project description:Skin aging is one of the hallmarks of the aging process that causes physiological and morpho-logical changes. Recently, several nutritional studies were conducted to delay or suppress the aging process. This study investigated whether nutritional supplementation of the eggshell membrane (ESM) has a beneficial effect on maintaining skin health and improving the skin aging process in interleukin-10 knockout (IL-10 KO) mice. Oral supplementation of 8% powdered-ESM (pESM) upregulated the expression of growth factors, including transforming growth factor β1, platelet-derived growth factor-β and connective tissue growth factor, and suppressed skin thinning.
Project description:miR-127 is an imprinted microRNA on mouse chromosome 12, strongly expressed during late embryogenesis and known regulator of placental gene Rtl1. miR-127-knockout (KO) mice appear phenotypically normal. An Illumina beadchip whole genome microarray experiment was carried out on embryonic stage 18.5 (E18.5) mice with a deletion in the miR-127 gene, and compared with wild type (WT) mice. Three tissues with varying expression of miR-127 were analysed: brain, skin and muscle. For each tissue (brain, skin, muscle) and genotype (WT or miR-127 KO), total RNA from 15 different embryos was extracted. These RNA samples were divided into three pools of five, to make three biological replicates. Each biological replicate was applied to two separate Illumina Mouse WG-6 v2.0 beadchips, to make two technical replicates.