Project description:Mucosal healing is a key treatment goal for inflammatory bowel disease, and epithelial regeneration is required for an intact gut epithelium. Long noncoding RNAs are involved in the development of inflammatory bowel disease. Here, we investigated the role of a novel long noncoding RNA, Gm31629, in epithelial regeneration. We used RNA-seq to to detail the global programme of gene expression in distal colon tissues from WT and Gm31629-/-.
Project description:Endoplasmic reticulum stress is closely associated with the onset and progression of inflammatory bowel disease. ERdj5 is an endoplasmic reticulum-resident protein disulfide reductase that mediates the cleavage and degradation of misfolded proteins. Although ERdj5 expression is significantly higher in the colonic tissues of patients with inflammatory bowel disease than in healthy controls, its role in inflammatory bowel disease has not yet been reported. Hence, in the current study, we utilized ERdj5-knockout mice to investigate the potential roles of ERdj5 in inflammatory bowel disease. ERdj5 deficiency causes severe inflammation in mouse colitis models and weakens gut barrier function by increasing NF-κB-mediated inflammation. ERdj5 may not be indispensable for goblet cell function under steady-state conditions, while its deficiency induces goblet cell apoptosis under inflammatory stimuli.
Project description:Experimental colitis is often used as a model for the inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Results identify the inflammatory processes during acute colitis in affected tissues from TNBS-treated susceptible 5-7 week old SJL mice. Keywords: Disease state analysis
Project description:Experimental colitis is often used as a model for the inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Results identify the inflammatory processes during acute colitis in affected tissues from TNBS-treated susceptible 5-7 week old SJL mice. Keywords: Disease state analysis Two-condition experiment, Treated vs Non-treated. Biological replicates: 4 treated, 4 non-treated. One replicate per array.
