2024
Early adversity causes sex-specific deficits in perforant pathway connectivity and contextual memory in adolescent mice
Islam R, White J, Arefin T, Mehta S, Liu X, Polis B, Giuliano L, Ahmed S, Bowers C, Zhang J, Kaffman A. Early adversity causes sex-specific deficits in perforant pathway connectivity and contextual memory in adolescent mice. Biology Of Sex Differences 2024, 15: 39. PMID: 38715106, PMCID: PMC11075329, DOI: 10.1186/s13293-024-00616-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral entorhinal cortexContextual fear conditioningDorsal hippocampusHippocampal developmentSex differencesFear conditioningEarly adversityLimited beddingSevere deficitsModel of early adversitySex-specific deficitsReelin-positive neuronsPerforant pathwayReelin-positive cellsDiffusion magnetic resonance imagingEx vivo diffusion magnetic resonance imagingContextual freezingContextual memoryAdolescent miceHippocampal functionLife adversityEntorhinal cortexHippocampusDeficitsAdolescent males
2022
Prdm6 controls heart development by regulating neural crest cell differentiation and migration
Hong L, Li N, Gasque V, Mehta S, Ye L, Wu Y, Li J, Gewies A, Ruland J, Hirschi KK, Eichmann A, Hendry C, van Dijk D, Mani A. Prdm6 controls heart development by regulating neural crest cell differentiation and migration. JCI Insight 2022, 7: e156046. PMID: 35108221, PMCID: PMC8876496, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.156046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac NCCNeural crest cell fateNeural crest cell differentiationSingle-cell RNA-seq analysisRNA-seq analysisDorsal neural tubeG1-S progressionFate-mapping approachCNCC migrationSpecification genesH4K20 monomethylationCell fateTranscriptomic analysisEpigenetic modifiersHeart developmentRegulated networkTranscript levelsKey regulatorMolecular mechanismsCell differentiationNeural tubePRDM6Ductus arteriosusPotential targetDifferentiation
2021
Cumulus cells of euploid versus whole chromosome 21 aneuploid embryos reveal differentially expressed genes
Tiegs AW, Titus S, Mehta S, Garcia-Milian R, Seli E, Scott RT. Cumulus cells of euploid versus whole chromosome 21 aneuploid embryos reveal differentially expressed genes. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2021, 43: 614-626. PMID: 34417138, DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum response factorCumulus cellsDifferential gene expressionRNA sequencing analysisGene expression analysisIngenuity Pathway AnalysisCellular communication network factor 1Embryo developmental competenceExpression analysisPreimplantation embryo qualityGene expressionPathway analysisSegment polarity protein 2Sequencing analysisGenesProtein 2Response factorTrisomy 21Factor 1Developmental competenceAneuploid embryosReal-time polymerase chain reaction assaysDevelopment of biomarkersEmbryosCells
2020
Repeat tick exposure elicits distinct immune responses in guinea pigs and mice
Kurokawa C, Narasimhan S, Vidyarthi A, Booth CJ, Mehta S, Meister L, Diktas H, Strank N, Lynn GE, DePonte K, Craft J, Fikrig E. Repeat tick exposure elicits distinct immune responses in guinea pigs and mice. Ticks And Tick-borne Diseases 2020, 11: 101529. PMID: 32993942, PMCID: PMC7530331, DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuinea pigsElicit distinct immune responsesDistinct immune responsesGuinea pig modelLocal blood flowImmune animalsInflammatory pathwaysTick rejectionMechanisms of resistanceImmune responseMouse modelVaccine candidatesBite siteBlood flowPig modelCoagulation pathwayComplement activationAcquired ResistanceProtective antigenTick detachmentTick proteinsBlood mealMiceTick infestationRNA sequencing
2019
Prefrontal cortex interneurons display dynamic sex-specific stress-induced transcriptomes
Girgenti MJ, Wohleb ES, Mehta S, Ghosal S, Fogaca MV, Duman RS. Prefrontal cortex interneurons display dynamic sex-specific stress-induced transcriptomes. Translational Psychiatry 2019, 9: 292. PMID: 31712551, PMCID: PMC6848179, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-019-0642-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFluorescence-activated cell sortingInitiation factor 2Distinct transcriptome profilesTranslational machineryTranscriptome profilesEnriched pathwaysTranscriptional pathwaysTranscriptional profilesRNA sequencingDepressive-like behaviorSST interneuronsKey pathwaysChronic stressInterneuron subtypesSex-specific differencesPrefrontal cortexCell sortingSignificant dysregulationFactor 2PathwayStress-induced depressive-like behaviorDecreased expressionReporter miceGrowth factorNon-stressed femalesTranscriptional down-regulation of ccr5 in a subset of HIV+ controllers and their family members
Gonzalo-Gil E, Rapuano PB, Ikediobi U, Leibowitz R, Mehta S, Coskun AK, Porterfield JZ, Lampkin TD, Marconi VC, Rimland D, Walker BD, Deeks S, Sutton RE. Transcriptional down-regulation of ccr5 in a subset of HIV+ controllers and their family members. ELife 2019, 8: e44360. PMID: 30964004, PMCID: PMC6456299, DOI: 10.7554/elife.44360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAccessible chromatinActive transcriptionATAC-seqNearby genesCell surface expressionChromosome 3p21Genetic determinantsFamily membersT cell activationHost genetic determinantsResistance phenotypeChemokine receptor mRNACCR5 cell surface expressionRNA levelsCell activationPhenotypeT cellsCellsChromatinTranscriptionGenesKbMembersReceptor mRNAMRNA