scholarly journals Electroacupuncture Improves Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid-Induced Colitis, Evaluated by Transcriptomic Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tin-Yun Ho ◽  
Hsin-Yi Lo ◽  
De-Cheng Chao ◽  
Chia-Cheng Li ◽  
Jau-Jin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Sulfonic Acid ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Gene Expression Profiles ◽  
Global Gene Expression ◽  
Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Cytokine Genes ◽  
Microscopic Features

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic colonic inflammation that displays symptoms like diarrhea and weight loss. Acupuncture has been widely accepted by Western countries for the treatment of pain. Here, we analyzed efficacy and mechanism of electroacupuncture (EA) on trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid- (TNBS-) induced colitis in mice. Mice were intrarectally administered with 250 mg/kg TNBS and electroacupunctured at Quze (PC3) and Neiguan (PC6) acupoints, which have been applied for gastrointestinal disorders. Gene expression profiles in colons and spleens were analyzed by microarray for the elucidation of mechanism of EA. Our data showed that EA at PC3 and PC6 improved macroscopic and microscopic features of colitis and the improvement displayed a frequency-dependent manner. Administration of TNBS upregulated the expression of most cytokine genes in colons, while EA downregulated the expression of TNBS-induced cytokine genes. Pathway analysis showed that EA significantly affected inflammatory pathways in colons and immunity-associated pathway in spleens. Immunohistochemical staining further showed that EA decreased the expression of interleukin-1βand nuclear factor-κB. In conclusion, this is the first study reporting the global gene expression profiles of EA on TNBS-induced colitis. Our findings suggested that inflammatory and immunity pathways were involved in the anti-inflammatory mechanism of EA on colitis induced by TNBS.

scholarly journals Gene Expression and Transcriptome Profiling of Changes in a Cancer Cell Line Post-Exposure to Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots: Possible Implications in Oncogenesis

Dose-Response ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 155932582110198
Author(s):  
Mohammed S. Aldughaim ◽  
Mashael R. Al-Anazi ◽  
Marie Fe F. Bohol ◽  
Dilek Colak ◽  
Hani Alothaid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Cadmium Telluride ◽  
Cancer Progression ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Gene Expression Profiles ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Cdte Qds ◽  
Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots

Cadmium telluride quantum dots (CdTe-QDs) are acquiring great interest in terms of their applications in biomedical sciences. Despite earlier sporadic studies on possible oncogenic roles and anticancer properties of CdTe-QDs, there is limited information regarding the oncogenic potential of CdTe-QDs in cancer progression. Here, we investigated the oncogenic effects of CdTe-QDs on the gene expression profiles of Chang cancer cells. Chang cancer cells were treated with 2 different doses of CdTe-QDs (10 and 25 μg/ml) at different time intervals (6, 12, and 24 h). Functional annotations helped identify the gene expression profile in terms of its biological process, canonical pathways, and gene interaction networks activated. It was found that the gene expression profiles varied in a time and dose-dependent manner. Validation of transcriptional changes of several genes through quantitative PCR showed that several genes upregulated by CdTe-QD exposure were somewhat linked with oncogenesis. CdTe-QD-triggered functional pathways that appear to associate with gene expression, cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, cell-cycle progression, signal transduction, and metabolism. Overall, CdTe-QD exposure led to changes in the gene expression profiles of the Chang cancer cells, highlighting that this nanoparticle can further drive oncogenesis and cancer progression, a finding that indicates the merit of immediate in vivo investigation.

scholarly journals Granulosa cells from human primordial and primary follicles show differential global gene expression profiles

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 666-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
E H Ernst ◽  
S Franks ◽  
K Hardy ◽  
P Villesen ◽  
K Lykke-Hartmann
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Granulosa Cells ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Gene Expression Profiles ◽  
Global Gene Expression

scholarly journals Dynamical consequences of regional heterogeneity in the brain’s transcriptional landscape

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Deco ◽  
Kevin Aquino ◽  
Aurina Arnatkevičiūtė ◽  
Stuart Oldham ◽  
Kristina Sabaroedin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Gene Expression Profiles ◽  
Global Gene Expression ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Biophysical Model ◽  
Neuronal Dynamics ◽  
Regional Heterogeneity ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri

AbstractBrain regions vary in their molecular and cellular composition, but how this heterogeneity shapes neuronal dynamics is unclear. Here, we investigate the dynamical consequences of regional heterogeneity using a biophysical model of whole-brain functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) dynamics in humans. We show that models in which transcriptional variations in excitatory and inhibitory receptor (E:I) gene expression constrain regional heterogeneity more accurately reproduce the spatiotemporal structure of empirical functional connectivity estimates than do models constrained by global gene expression profiles and MRI-derived estimates of myeloarchitecture. We further show that regional heterogeneity is essential for yielding both ignition-like dynamics, which are thought to support conscious processing, and a wide variance of regional activity timescales, which supports a broad dynamical range. We thus identify a key role for E:I heterogeneity in generating complex neuronal dynamics and demonstrate the viability of using transcriptional data to constrain models of large-scale brain function.

Global gene expression profiles in fibroblasts from synovial, skin and lymphoid tissue reveals distinct cytokine and chemokine expression patterns

2003 ◽  
Vol 90 (10) ◽  
pp. 688-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Filer ◽  
Ewan Ross ◽  
Margarita Bofill ◽  
Stuart Martin ◽  
Mike Salmon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Gene Expression Profiles ◽  
Global Gene Expression ◽  
Synovial Fibroblasts ◽  
Skin Fibroblasts ◽  
Inflammatory Reactions ◽  
Tnf Α

SummaryWe investigated the extent to which fibroblasts isolated from diverse tissues differ in their capacity to modulate inflammation by comparing the global gene expression profiles of cultured human fibroblasts from skin, acute and chronically inflamed synovium, lymph node and tonsil. The responses of these fibroblasts to TNF-α, IFN-γ and IL-4 stimulation were markedly different, as revealed by hierarchical cluster analysis and principal component analysis. In the absence of exogenous cytokine, syn-ovial and skin fibroblasts exhibited similar patterns of gene expression. However their transcriptional profiles diverged upon treatment with TNF-α.This proved to be biologically relevant, as TNF-α induced the secretion of different patterns and amounts of IL-6, IL-8 and CCL2 (MCP-1) in the two fibroblast types. Co-culture of skin or synovial fibroblasts with synovial fluid-derived mononuclear cells provided further evidence that these transcriptional differences were functionally significant in an ex vivo setting. Interestingly, the transcriptional response of skin fibroblasts to IL-4 converged with that of TNF-α-treated synovial fibroblasts, suggesting resident tissue fibroblasts and their blood-borne precursors may be imprinted by inflammatory cytokines that are characteristic of different tissues. Our data supports the concept that fibroblasts are heterogeneous, and that they contribute to the tissue-specificity of inflammatory reactions. Fibroblasts are therefore likely to play an active role in the persistence of chronic inflammatory reactions.This publication was partially financed by Serono Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Science.Part of this paper was originally presented at the 2nd International Workshop on New Therapeutic Targets in Vascular Biology from February 6-9, 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Global gene expression profiles in developing soybean seeds

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 147-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomiko Asakura ◽  
Tomoko Tamura ◽  
Kaede Terauchi ◽  
Tomoyo Narikawa ◽  
Kazuhiro Yagasaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Gene Expression Profiles ◽  
Global Gene Expression ◽  
Soybean Seeds
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