Project description:In the current study, we investigated the gene expression response of blood cells of non-human primates that were total body irradiated with a 4 Gy dose. We isolated total RNA from peripheral blood at 3 days before irradiation, and then from the same animals on days 3, 5 and 7 days after irradiation. Using Agilent Rhesus microarrays, we identified genes that were significantly differentially expressed across the 7-day time course of this study. We identified common biological functions affected that persisted across the 7-day study.
Project description:Duplicate hybridizations with fluorochrome switching were performed following the first two fractions of total body irradiation for accumulated doses of 1.5 Gy and 3.0 Gy. Control samples for all hybridizations were from the same patient before the beginning of treatment. Keywords: dose response
Project description:Gottingen minipigs mirror the physiological radiation response observed in humans and hence make an ideal candidate model for studying radiation biodosimetry for both limited-sized and mass casualty incidents. We examined the whole blood gene expression profiles at day 1, 3 and 7 after total-body irradiation with 1.7, 1.9, 2.1 and 2.3 Gy doses of gamma-rays. Blood taken one day prior to radiation served as control. Six animals per dose group were used The minipigs were monitored for up to 45 days or time to euthanasia necessitated by radiation effects. Survival correlative signatures were identified from the data.
Project description:Duplicate hybridizations with fluorochrome switching were performed following the first two fractions of total body irradiation for accumulated doses of 1.5 Gy and 3.0 Gy. Control samples for all hybridizations were from the same patient before the beginning of treatment.
Project description:Fractionated whole-brain irradiation for the treatment of intracranial neoplasia causes progressive neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. The long-term consequences of high single dose brain irradiation are unknown. In order to assess the late effects of brain irradiation we have compared transcriptomic gene expression profiles from nonhuman primates (rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta) receiving single dose total body irradiation to those given fractionated whole brain radiotherapy and control comparators. Gene expression profiles from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (Brodmann area 46), hippocampus, and deep white matter (centrum semiovale) were compared. The goals of this study were to identify novel potential molecular effects of radiation-induced brain injury, to evaluate regional differences in the cerebral radiation response, and to assess whether animals receiving high dose total body irradiation demonstrated similar transcriptomic patterns as those observed in animals receiving fractionated whole brain irradiation.
Project description:This is an experiment to study the effects of total body irradiation on intestinal gene expression. There are 24 male animals in the study; 4 controls, 10 animals received 6.7 Gy, 10 received 7.4 Gy. Animals were killed 4, 7 or 12 days after irradiation
Project description:This is an experiment to study the effects of total body irradiation on intestinal gene expression. There are 24 male animals in the study; 4 controls, 10 animals received 6.7 Gy, 10 received 7.4 Gy. Animals were killed 4, 7 or 12 days after irradiation
Project description:This is an experiment to study the effects of total body irradiation on intestinal gene expression. There are 24 male animals in the study; 4 controls, 10 animals received 6.7 Gy, 10 received 7.4 Gy. Animals were killed 4, 7 or 12 days after irradiation