Project description:We sequenced RNA extracted from a 21-weeks gestation human ovary, at the time when dynamic developmental changes occur in human ovarian development and include primordial follicle formation. We examined genes comprised by copy number variants in fertile and POI women for their expression level in ovarian tissue.
Project description:Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) refers to the decline and stagnation of ovarian function in women before the age of 40.POI-associated EIF4ENIF1 mutations and the distribution of functional domains in the EIF4ENIF1 protein have been separately described. However, not all the clinically observed EIF4ENIF1 mutations in POI cases fall in clearly defined functional domains of the EIF4ENIF1 protein. Herein, we introduce T&T seq as a new evaluation tool to sensitively measure the translation regulation capacities of EIF4ENIF1 proteins with clinically discovered mutations. The sequencing results showed that POI-associated EIF4ENIF1 mutations impaired its translation repression function to different degrees.
Project description:The raw data from the Porcine SNP60k array was used to discover copy number variations in high and low fertile breeding boars. Analysis was done in SNP and Variation Suite ver. 7.7.8. (SVS, GoldenHelix Inc.) Results were published in Revay et al., BMC Genomics 2015
Project description:Structural changes of chromosomes play important roles in the carcinogenesis of colorectal carcinoma (CRC). Here, by using SNP-typing arrays, we have tried to screen for recurrent chromosome copy number changes and loss-of-heterozygosity in the genome of colorectal carcinoma. Genomic DNA was isolated from tumor and paired normal tissues of CRC (n=94), and was hybridized to Affymetrix Mapping 50K Xba 240 arrays. Chromosome copy number and LOH likelihood score was inferred at every SNP locus with CNAG2.0 software (http://www.genome.umin.jp). Keywords: Comparative genomic hybridization
Project description:Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is defined as a primary ovarian defect characterized by absent menarche (primary amenorrhea) or premature depletion of ovarian follicles before the age of 40 (secondary amenorrhea) with hypergonadotropism and hypoestrogenism. Premature ovarian insufficiency has few known genetic causes but in familial cases a genetic link is often suspected. A large consanguineous family with three female affected with POI was investigated. All samples including 3 affected and 5 unaffecd underwent whole genome SNP genotyping using Affymetric Axiom_GW_Hu_SNP array. Linkage analysis was carried out using HomozygosityMapper and Allegro softwares.Linkage analysis mapped the disease phenotype to long arm of chromosome 20. Sequence data analysis of potential candidate genes failed to detect any pathogenic variant.
Project description:Copy-number variants (CNVs) are large-scale amplifications or deletions of DNA that can drive rapid adaptive evolution and result in large-scale changes in gene expression. Whereas alterations in the copy number of one or more genes within a CNV can confer a selective advantage, other genes within a CNV can decrease fitness when their dosage is changed. Dosage compensation - in which the gene expression output from multiple gene copies is less than expected - is one means by which an organism can mitigate the fitness costs of deleterious gene amplification. Previous research has shown evidence for dosage compensation at both the transcriptional level and at the level of protein expression; however, the extent of compensation differs substantially between genes, strains, and studies. Here, we investigated sources of dosage compensation at multiple levels of gene expression regulation by defining the transcriptome, translatome and proteome of experimentally evolved yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) strains containing adaptive CNVs.