2014
Production of RNA for Transcriptomic Analysis from Mouse Spinal Cord Motor Neuron Cell Bodies by Laser Capture Microdissection
Bandyopadhyay U, Fenton WA, Horwich AL, Nagy M. Production of RNA for Transcriptomic Analysis from Mouse Spinal Cord Motor Neuron Cell Bodies by Laser Capture Microdissection. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2014, 51168. PMID: 24457537, PMCID: PMC4089401, DOI: 10.3791/51168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaser capture microdissectionMotor neuronsSpinal cordMotor neuron cell bodiesCapture microdissectionMouse spinal cordNeuron cell bodiesTotal cell populationCell typesPharmacologic treatmentStained neuronsCell bodiesNeurodegenerative diseasesNeuronsExogenous RNasesQRT-PCRSame cell typeCell populationsCordRNA damageDiseaseTotal RNASuch preparationsMicrodissectionTranscriptional differences
2013
RNA-Seq Profiling of Spinal Cord Motor Neurons from a Presymptomatic SOD1 ALS Mouse
Bandyopadhyay U, Cotney J, Nagy M, Oh S, Leng J, Mahajan M, Mane S, Fenton WA, Noonan JP, Horwich AL. RNA-Seq Profiling of Spinal Cord Motor Neurons from a Presymptomatic SOD1 ALS Mouse. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e53575. PMID: 23301088, PMCID: PMC3536741, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA metabolismMutant proteinsMotor neuron cell bodiesPost-translational effectsRNA-seq profilingMotor neuronsNeuron cell bodiesWhole transcriptome profilingMonths of ageAltered expression levelsMutant human SOD1Transcriptome profilingLower motor neuron cell bodiesCell bodiesTransgenic strainsSpinal cord motor neuronsSymptoms of ALSMutant SOD1 miceSOD1-ALS miceAge-matched animalsHuman SOD1Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisProtein TDP43Expression levelsForms of ALS