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Systems-based analyses of brain regions functionally...
Detailed analysis of disease-affected tissue provides insight into molecular mechanisms contributing to pathogenesis. Substantia nigra, striatum and cortex are functionally connected with increasing degreesof alpha-synuclein pathology in Parkinson's disease. Functional and causal pathway analysis of gene expression and proteomic alterations in these three regions revealed pathways that correlated with depositionof alpha-synuclein. Microarray and RNAseq experiments revealed previously unidenti...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Identification and characterization of small molecul...
An essential function of the human epidermis is the maintenance of a protective barrier against the environment. As a consequence, keratinocytes, which make up this layer of the skin, undergo an elaborate process of self-renewal, terminal differentiation and cell death. Misregulation of these processes can lead to several human diseases including psoriasis and basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. To identify novel regulators of keratinocyte differentiation, a cell-based screen of small mo...
Keywords: time course of compound treatment expression profiling by array
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Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Regulates TLR9 but not TLR7...
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) can be activated by the endosomal TLRs, and contribute to the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by producing type I IFNs. Thus, blocking TLR-mediated pDC activation may represent a useful approach for the treatment of SLE. In an attempt to identify a therapeutic target for blocking TLR signaling in pDCs, we investigated the contribution of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) to the activation of pDCs by TLR7 and TLR9 stimulation by using a selec...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Expression data from human with lupus nephritis (LN)
Nephritis (LN) is a serious manifestation of SLE. Therapeutic studies in mouse LN models do not always predict outcomes of human therapeutic trials, raising concerns about the human relevance of these models. In this study we used an unbiased transcriptional network approach to define similarities and differences between three lupus models and human LN. Affymetrix-based expression profiles were analyzed using Genomatix Bibliosphere software and transcriptional networks were compared using the...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Induction of Dendritic Cell-like Phenotype in Macrop...
Foam cell formation from monocyte-derived macrophages is a hallmark of atheroscle-rotic lesions. Aspects of this process can be recapitulated in vitro by exposing MCSF-induced or platelet factor4 (CXCL4)-induced macrophages to oxidized (ox) or minimally modified (mm) low density lipoprotein (LDL). We measured gene expression in periph-eral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), monocytes and macrophages treated with CXCL1 (GRO-α) or CCL2 (MCP-1) as well as foam cells induced by native LDL, mmLDL or...
Keywords: PBMC monocytes macrophages foam cells chemokines macrophages expression profiling by array
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Expression data from advanced Parkinson's disease (P...
Sub-thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) reversibly modulates Parkinson’s disease (PD) motor symptoms, providing an unusual opportunity to compare leukocyte transcripts in the same subjects before and after neurosurgery and after disconnecting the stimulus (ON-and OFF-stimulus). Here, we report rapid stimulus-induced and largely reversible changes in PD leukocyte transcripts, which were larger in scope than the disease-induced changes. These transcript changes classified advanced pre- from p...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Expression data from lupus NZB/W, NZM2410, NZW/BXSB ...
Nephritis (LN) is a serious manifestation of SLE. Therapeutic studies in mouse LN models do not always predict outcomes of human therapeutic trials, raising concerns about the human relevance of these models. In this study we used an unbiased transcriptional network approach to define similarities and differences between three lupus models and human LN. Affymetrix-based expression profiles were analyzed using Genomatix Bibliosphere software and transcriptional networks were compared using the...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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Determinants of excess genetic risk of acute myocard...
Peripheral blood samples of patients with acute myocardial infarction were matched with those of control patients to identify possible differences in corresponding gene expression profiles. The controls were matched to cases based on gender, age, status of diabetes mellitus and smoking status. Six months cardiovascular survival status of the cases was used to identify two distinct subgroups among the cases. Linear models for microarray data (‘limma’) were employed to identify differential gen...
Keywords: NCBI GEO expression profiling by array
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