The phrase
"cellular phenotype" refers to the observable characteristics or traits of a cell. It refers to what we can see and measure, such as the cell's shape, size, and behavior, that determine its appearance or function.
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She has discovered several novel disease specific
cellular phenotypes in their in vitro models, many of them involved in accurate performance of the neural progenitors.
«It is already known that Rbfox is important for controlling RNA splicing but what is not understood is its contribution to neuronal maturation and which
specific cellular phenotypes it controls,» says Dr. Zhang.
Using this approach, researchers can easily generate diseaserelevant isogenic models to determine the impact of correcting or introducing disease - relevant mutations
on cellular phenotypes in a tissue - appropriate context.
The fundamental question he raises in his research is how lipid signaling regulates gene expression and how a changing extra - and intracellular lipid environment impacts the expression of the genome and contributes to
changing cellular phenotypes.
RNAi - mediated silencing of RASSF1A induced epithelial - to - mesenchymal transition (EMT), fomenting a motile and
invasive cellular phenotype in vitro and increased metastatic prowess in vivo.
RELA and INCENP silencing both produce
distinct cellular phenotypes that are easily detected by the human eye and can be quantified through image analysis software.
The combination of these methods enables complex tissues to be studied by single cell genomics workflows, revealing interrelationships between molecular and
cellular phenotypes within tumor microenvironments.
Other flow cytometry applications include:
cellular phenotyping by multiparameter cytofluorimetric analysis, sorting of fluorescence protein - tagged cells, assessing apoptosis and cell cycle status, the identification / isolation of stem and cancer stem cells (e.g., marker positive, side - population, etc.) and the deposition of single cells.
Kevin works on developing high - throughput precision genome editing technologies with CRISPR / Cas9 to enable dissecting the genetic architecture underlying
complex cellular phenotypes.
The focus of the Mar lab is to understand how variability in gene expression contributes to the regulation
of cellular phenotypes.
The SMDC has allowed Gladstone scientists to design molecules to modulate the functions of proteins or
specific cellular phenotypes and, most significantly, screen for drugs that could be used as therapies for disease.
The objective of the research project led by Marko Kallio, Principal Scientist at VTT, was to accelerate the drug development process by identifying new compounds that would possess similar binding properties and
cellular phenotype, but a different chemical structure, as the selected drugs in clinical use or investigational compounds in development.
Current explorations into the molecular underpinnings of cell circuitry are leveraging multiple data types including expression profiling and epigenetic analysis leveraging RNA - seq and CHiP - Seq coupled with molecular markers and
cellular phenotypes.