Effect of Storage Temperature on Key Functions of Cultured Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells by Lara Pasovic, Jon Roger Eidet, Berit S. Brusletto, Torstein Lyberg, Tor P. Utheim

“…Total RNA was isolated and the gene expression profile was determined using DNA microarrays. Comparison of the microarray expression values with qRT-PCR analysis of selected genes validated the results. …”
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Evaluation of LRIG1 Expression in Larynx Pathologies by Yavuz Gündoğdu, Orhan Asya, Ayşegül Gönen, Tajaddin Muradov, Selim Yiğit Erçetin, Zeliha Leyla Cinel, Ali Cemal Yumuşakhuylu

“…Patients’ data were obtained from the medical records. The tissue microarray method was used to evaluate specimens. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the tumor differentiation, diagnosis, and the expression of LRIG1 (respectively p=0.045, p<0.001). …”
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Common gene-network signature of different neurological disorders and their potential implications to neuroAIDS. by Vidya Sagar, S Pilakka-Kanthikeel, Paola C Martinez, V S R Atluri, M Nair

“…An mRNA microarray analysis in HIV-infected monocytes showed significant changes in the expression of several genes of this in silico derived common pathway which suggests the possible physiological relevance of this gene-circuit in driving neuroAIDS condition. …”
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Investigation of Underlying Biological Association and Targets between Rejection of Renal Transplant and Renal Cancer by Yinwei Chen, Zhanpeng Liu, Qian Yu, Xu Sun, Shuai Wang, Qingyi Zhu, Jian Yang, Rongjiang Jiang

“…Finally, the PLAC8 was selected for further research, including its clinical and biological role. …”
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Maternal cocaine administration in mice alters DNA methylation and gene expression in hippocampal neurons of neonatal and prepubertal offspring. by Svetlana I Novikova, Fang He, Jie Bai, Nicholas J Cutrufello, Michael S Lidow, Ashiwel S Undieh

“…Endogenous expression of selected genes linked to the abnormally methylated CGIs was correspondingly decreased or increased by as much as 4-19-fold. …”
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Genetic variation and antioxidant response gene expression in the bronchial airway epithelium of smokers at risk for lung cancer. by Xuting Wang, Brian N Chorley, Gary S Pittman, Steven R Kleeberger, John Brothers, Gang Liu, Avrum Spira, Douglas A Bell

“…Prior microarray studies of smokers at high risk for lung cancer have demonstrated that heterogeneity in bronchial airway epithelial cell gene expression response to smoking can serve as an early diagnostic biomarker for lung cancer. …”
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Bioinformatics-based analysis of autophagy-related genes and prediction of potential Chinese medicines in diabetic kidney disease by Yufeng Xing, Zining Peng, Chaoyang Ye

“…Methods: Data from sequencing microarrays GSE30528, GSE30529, and GSE1009 in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) were employed. …”
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Polymorphisms in the mitochondrial DNA control region and frailty in older adults. by Ann Z Moore, Mary L Biggs, Amy Matteini, Ashley O'Connor, Sarah McGuire, Brock A Beamer, M Danielle Fallin, Linda P Fried, Jeremy Walston, Aravinda Chakravarti, Dan E Arking

“…At baseline, frailty was identified as the presence of three or more of five indicators (weakness, slowness, shrinking, low physical activity, and exhaustion). mtDNA variation was assessed in a pilot study, including 315 individuals selected as extremes of the frailty phenotype, using an oligonucleotide sequencing microarray based on the Revised Cambridge Reference Sequence. …”
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Digital spatial proteomic profiling reveals immune checkpoints as biomarkers in lymphoid aggregates and tumor microenvironment of desmoplastic melanoma by Ruth Halaban, Kelly Olino, James Clune, David L Rimm, Harriet M Kluger, Dijana Djureinovic, Wael Ibrahim, Raymond Baumann, Anjela Galan, David G Su, David A. Schoenfeld, Raysa Cabrejo, Sajid A Khan

“…These findings might have therapeutic implications and help guide treatment selection in addition to informing potential prognostic significance.…”
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The Role of Chromosomal Instability and Epigenetics in Colorectal Cancers Lacking β-Catenin/TCF Regulated Transcription by Wael M. Abdel-Rahman, Johanna E. Lotsari-Salomaa, Sippy Kaur, Anni Niskakoski, Sakari Knuutila, Heikki Järvinen, Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, Päivi Peltomäki

“…MFISH and CGH revealed distinct instability of chromosome structure in RKO. Gene expression microarray of RKO versus 7 colon cancer lines (with active Wnt signaling) and 3 normal specimens revealed 611 differentially expressed genes. …”
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Bioinformatics and network pharmacology-based study to elucidate the multi-target pharmacological mechanism of the indigenous plants of Medina valley in treating HCV-related hepato... by Mubarak A. Alamri

“…But the findings were not validated in actual patients, so further investigation is needed to confirm the potential use of selected medicinal plants towards HCV-related HC.…”
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Machine learning reveals CAT gene as a novel potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer by Yi Tian, Wen-ya Zhao, Yi-ru Liu, Wen-wen Song, Qiao-xin Lin, Yan-na Gong, Yi-ting Deng, Dian-na Gu, Ling Tian

“…Furthermore, immunohistochemical staining was performed in an independent cohort from a tissue microarray. Additionally, cell culture and RT-qPCR were employed for external validation. …”
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Copy Number Variation of Immune-Related Genes and Their Association with Iodine in Adults with Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases by Xing Jin, Yunfeng Guan, Hongmei Shen, Yi Pang, Lixiang Liu, Qingzhen Jia, Fangang Meng, Xiaoye Zhang

“…Blood samples from 15 patients with AITD and 15 controls were assessed by chromosome microarray to identify candidate genes. The copy number of candidate genes and urinary iodine level was determined in adults from areas of different iodine statuses including 158 patients and 181 controls. …”
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Molecular Signatures of Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma Secondary to Hepatitis C Virus following Liver Transplantation by Trina Das, Deborah L. Diamond, Matthew Yeh, Sajida Hassan, Janine T. Bryan, Jorge D. Reyes, James D. Perkins

“…Microarray analysis containing more than 29,000 known genes was performed on formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded (FFPE) liver tissue from explanted livers. …”
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Metastatic melanoma: An integrated analysis to identify critical regulators associated with prognosis, pathogenesis and targeted therapies. by Zeinab Chaharlashkar, Yousof Saeedi Honar, Meghdad Abdollahpour-Alitappeh, Sepideh Parvizpour, Abolfazl Barzegar, Effat Alizadeh

“…We conducted an integrated analysis to identify critical regulators associated with the prognosis, pathogenesis, and targeted therapies of metastatic-melanoma. A microarray dataset, GSE15605, including 12 metastatic-melanoma and sixteen normal skin (NS) samples, were obtained from the GEO database. …”
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MicroRNA controlled adenovirus mediates anti-cancer efficacy without affecting endogenous microRNA activity. by Ryan Cawood, Suet-Ling Wong, Ying Di, Dilair F Baban, Leonard W Seymour

“…These were then filtered to select mRNAs that were only altered by Ad5mir122 and the remaining 21 mRNAs were compared to predicted mir122 targets. …”
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Prolonged application of high fluid shear to chondrocytes recapitulates gene expression profiles associated with osteoarthritis. by Fei Zhu, Pu Wang, Norman H Lee, Mary B Goldring, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos

“…Confirmation of the expression patterns of select genes was obtained by qRT-PCR. Using significance analysis of microarrays with a 5% false discovery rate, 71 and 60 non-redundant transcripts were identified to be ≥2-fold up-regulated and ≤0.6-fold down-regulated, respectively, in sheared chondrocytes. …”
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Early Regulation of Profibrotic Genes in Primary Human Cardiac Myocytes by Trypanosoma cruzi. by Aniekanabassi N Udoko, Candice A Johnson, Andrey Dykan, Girish Rachakonda, Fernando Villalta, Sammed N Mandape, Maria F Lima, Siddharth Pratap, Pius N Nde

“…The transcriptome microarray data, validated by quantitative Real-Time PCR, was also confirmed by immunoblotting and customized Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA) array showing significant increases in the protein expression levels of fibrogenic EGR1, SNAI1 and IL 6. …”
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Stroma regulates increased epithelial lateral cell adhesion in 3D culture: a role for actin/cadherin dynamics. by Karen F Chambers, Joanna F Pearson, Naveed Aziz, Peter O'Toole, David Garrod, Shona H Lang

“…The upregulated growth factors TGFβ2, CXCL12 and FGF10 were selected for further analysis because of previous associations with morphology. …”
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HSPA6 augments garlic extract-induced inhibition of proliferation, migration, and invasion of bladder cancer EJ cells; Implication for cell cycle dysregulation, signaling pathway a... by Seung-Shick Shin, Jun-Hui Song, Byungdoo Hwang, Dae-Hwa Noh, Sung Lyea Park, Won Tae Kim, Sung-Soo Park, Wun-Jae Kim, Sung-Kwon Moon

“…In addition, GE impeded the migration and invasion of EJ cells via inhibition of MMP-9 expression followed by decreased binding activities of AP-1, Sp-1, and NF-κB motifs. Based on microarray datasets, we selected Heat shock protein A6 (HSPA6) as the most up-regulated gene responsible for the inhibitory effects of GE. …”
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