Diversity analysis and taxonomic profiles can be generated from marker-gene sequence data with the help of many available computational *** Quantitative Insights into Microbial Ecology Version 2(QIIME2)has been widely...
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Diversity analysis and taxonomic profiles can be generated from marker-gene sequence data with the help of many available computational *** Quantitative Insights into Microbial Ecology Version 2(QIIME2)has been widely used for 16S rRnA data *** many articles have demonstrated the use of QIIME2 with suitable datasets,the application to preclinical data has rarely been talked *** issues involved in the pre-clinical data include the low-quality score and small sample size that should be addressed properly during *** addition,there are few articles that discuss the detailed statistical methods behind those alpha and beta diversity significance tests that researchers are eager to *** the program without knowing the logic behind it is extremely *** this article,we first provide a guideline for analyzing 16S rRnA data using *** we will talk about issues in pre-clinical data,and how they could impact the ***,we provide brief explanations of statistical methods such as group significance tests and sample size calculation.
Dioxin-like molecules have been associated with endocrine disruption and liver *** better understand aryl hydrocarbon receptor(AHR)biology,metabolic phenotyping and liver proteomics were performed in mice following li...
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Dioxin-like molecules have been associated with endocrine disruption and liver *** better understand aryl hydrocarbon receptor(AHR)biology,metabolic phenotyping and liver proteomics were performed in mice following ligand-activation or whole-body genetic ablation of this *** wild type(WT)and Ahr^(-/-) mice(Taconic)were fed a control diet and exposed to 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl(PCB126)(61 nmol/kg by gavage)or vehicle for two ***126 increased expression of canonical AHR targets(Cyp1 a1 and Cyp1 a2)in WT but not Ahr^(-/-).Knockouts had increased adiposity with decreased glucose tolerance;smaller livers with increased steatosis and perilipin-2;and paradoxically decreased blood ***126 was associated with increased hepatic triglycerides in Ahr^(-/-).The liver proteome was impacted more so by Ahr^(-/-) genotype than ligandactivation,but top gene ontology(GO)processes were *** PCB126-associated liver proteome was *** principally regulated liver metabolism(e.g.,lipids,xenobiotics,organic acids)and bioenergetics,but it also impacted liver endocrine response(e.g.,the insulin receptor)and function,including the production of steroids,hepatokines,and pheromone binding *** effects could have been indirectly mediated by interacting transcription factors or *** biologic roles of the AHR and its ligands warrant more research in liver metabolic health and disease.
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