A pig BodyMap transcriptome reveals diverse tissue physiologies and evolutionary dynamics of transcription

L Jin, Q Tang, S Hu, Z Chen, X Zhou, B Zeng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A comprehensive transcriptomic survey of pigs can provide a mechanistic understanding of
tissue specialization processes underlying economically valuable traits and accelerate their …

TISSUES 2.0: an integrative web resource on mammalian tissue expression

O Palasca, A Santos, C Stolte, J Gorodkin… - Database, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Physiological and molecular similarities between organisms make it possible to translate
findings from simpler experimental systems—model organisms—into more complex ones …

Age-related gene expression signature in rats demonstrate early, late, and linear transcriptional changes from multiple tissues

T Shavlakadze, M Morris, J Fang, SX Wang, J Zhu… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
To understand the changes in gene expression that occur as a result of age, which might
create a permissive or causal environment for age-related diseases, we produce a multi …

MARRVEL: integration of human and model organism genetic resources to facilitate functional annotation of the human genome

J Wang, R Al-Ouran, Y Hu, SY Kim, YW Wan… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
One major challenge encountered with interpreting human genetic variants is the limited
understanding of the functional impact of genetic alterations on biological processes …

Growing old, yet staying young: the role of telomeres in bats' exceptional longevity

NM Foley, GM Hughes, Z Huang, M Clarke, D Jebb… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Understanding aging is a grand challenge in biology. Exceptionally long-lived animals have
mechanisms that underpin extreme longevity. Telomeres are protective nucleotide repeats …

A comprehensive mouse transcriptomic BodyMap across 17 tissues by RNA-seq

B Li, T Qing, J Zhu, Z Wen, Y Yu, R Fukumura… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The mouse has been widely used as a model organism for studying human diseases and for
evaluating drug safety and efficacy. Many diseases and drug effects exhibit tissue specificity …

Neurobiology and therapeutic potential of α5-GABA type A receptors

TC Jacob - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
α5 subunit containing GABA type A receptors (GABAARs) have long been an enigmatic
receptor subtype of interest due to their specific brain distribution, unusual surface …

HDAC inhibitor–dependent transcriptome and memory reinstatement in cognitive decline models

E Benito, H Urbanke, B Ramachandran… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Aging and increased amyloid burden are major risk factors for cognitive diseases such as
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Effective therapies for these diseases are lacking. Here, we …

Atmospheric H2S triggers immune damage by activating the TLR-7/MyD88/NF-κB pathway and NLRP3 inflammasome in broiler thymus

X Hu, Q Chi, Q Liu, D Wang, Y Zhang, S Li - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Atmospheric hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) is a highly toxic air pollutant that has a negative effect
on human health and animal welfare. The immunotoxicity of H 2 S has been explored …

An RNA-Seq atlas of gene expression in mouse and rat normal tissues

JF Söllner, G Leparc, T Hildebrandt, H Klein, L Thomas… - Scientific data, 2017 - nature.com
Gene functionality is closely connected to its expression specificity across tissues and cell
types. RNA-Seq is a powerful quantitative tool to explore genome wide expression. The aim …