Summary from the GEO: "The use of the hormonal contraceptive DMPA has been associated with a moderate increase in sexually transmitted infections, including HIV-1. To better understand the biological mechanisms behind this phenomenon, we report here the use of mRNA-sequencing on the Illumina HiSeq2000 of vaginal epithelial cells from women using DMPA or controls. We found that women using DMPA demonstrate...

Summary from the GEO: "In humans, the most common sex chromosomal disorder is Klinefelter syndrome (KS), caused by the presence of one or more extra X-chromosomes. The KS patients display a diverse adult phenotype with increased height, gynaecomastia, and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism as the most common symptoms. Men with KS are almost always infertile due to testicular degeneration, which accelerates...

From Dryad entry: "Abstract Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are clinically diverse and incompletely characterized cancers that are challenging to classify. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs that can be used to classify cancers. Recently, a morphology-based classification framework for evaluating NENs from different anatomic sites was proposed by experts, with the requirement of improved...

Summary from Dryad: "Abstract: The mechanisms underlying ETS-driven prostate cancer initiation and progression remain poorly understood due to a lack of model systems that recapitulate this phenotype. We generated a genetically engineered mouse with prostate-specific expression of the ETS factor, ETV4, at lower and higher protein dosages through mutation of its degron. Lower-level expression of...

Summary from GEO: "Master regulators, such as the hematopoietic transcription factor GATA1, have numerous roles in lineage commitment and differentiation. While human GATA1 mutations result in several blood diseases, all characterized mutations act relatively early to impair hematopoietic differentiation. Here, we describe a distinct form of hemolytic anemia involving impaired terminal erythropoiesis...

Summary from GEO: "The aim of the study was to compare gene expression between Treg cells in the bone marrow and the spleen." Overall design from GEO: "2 male Foxp3-DTR-GFP were used for the study. Single cells suspension from BM and spleen were prepared, then enriched for CD4 by magneic beads and sorted by gating on CD4+TCRb+. GFP was used to differentiate between Tregs and CD4conv. CD4conv...

Summary from GEO: "RNA sequencing of human leukemia." Overall design from GEO: "The goals of this project are to obtain a comprehensive study of mutations and gene expression in human acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Methods: AML cells were thawed. DNA and RNA (polyA) was extracted and sequences were obtained with an Illumina HiSeq 2000 sequencer." Project website: https://data.leucegene.iric.ca/

Summary from GEO: "Nuclear-receptor-binding SET-domain protein 1 (NSD1), a methyltransferase that catalyzes H3K36me2, is essential for mammalian development and frequently dysregulated in diseases, including a spectrum of cancers and the genetic disorder Sotos syndrome. Despite its function in modulating the chromatin landscape, a direct role of NSD1 in transcriptional regulation remains largely...

Summary from GEO: "Oncogenes can only initiate tumors in certain cellular contexts, which is referred to as oncogenic competence. In melanoma, whether cells in the microenvironment can endow such competence remains unclear. Using a combination of zebrafish transgenesis coupled with human tissues, we demonstrate that GABAergic signaling between keratinocytes and melanocytes promotes melanoma initiation...

Summary from GEO: "LY6E is an antiviral restriction factor that inhibits coronavirus spike-mediated fusion, but the cell types in vivo that require LY6E for protection from respiratory coronavirus infection are unknown. Here, we used a panel of seven conditional Ly6e knockout mice to define which Ly6e-expressing cells confer control of airway infection by murine coronavirus and SARS-CoV-2. Loss...