Visualizing the spatial gene expression organization in the brain through non-linear similarity embeddings

Neuro Imaging Researc

Antigenic variants of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) are defined by amino acid substitutions in the NH2 part of the envelope glycoprotein gp51

Previous studies with monoclonal antibodies of the antigenic structure of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) envelope glycoprotein (gp51) have identified three epitopes (F, G, H) directly involved in the infectivity of BLV. F, G, and H lost their reactivity with the respective monoclonal antibodies after treatment with a reducing agent, indicating that these epitopes were conformational. Sequence comparisons between BLV mutants and differential reactivities of urokinase or proteinase K gp51 fragments with monoclonal antibodies indicated that the NH2 moiety of the env protein harbored the three architectural determinants F, G, and H. ELISA tests demonstrated that anti-F, -G, and -H monoclonal antibodies were maximally reactive toward intact virions whereas they showed much poorer affinities for their respective epitopes when presented on a purified protein. Accordingly, an efficient vaccine against BLV infection will include at least the identified gp51 region presented in its native architectural configuration. © 1989.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Visualizing the spatial gene expression organization in the brain through non-linear similarity embeddings

The Allen Brain Atlases enable the study of spatially resolved, genome-wide gene expression patterns across the mammalian brain. Several explorative studies have applied linear dimensionality reduction methods such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and classical Multi-Dimensional Scaling (cMDS) to gain insight into the spatial organization of these expression patterns. In this paper, we describe a non-linear embedding technique called Barnes-Hut Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (BH-SNE) that emphasizes the local similarity structure of high-dimensional data points. By applying BH-SNE to the gene expression data from the Allen Brain Atlases, we demonstrate the consistency of the 2D, non-linear embedding of the sagittal and coronal mouse brain atlases, and across 6 human brains. In addition, we quantitatively show that BH-SNE maps are superior in their separation of neuroanatomical regions in comparison to PCA and cMDS. Finally, we assess the effect of higher-order principal components on the global structure of the BH-SNE similarity maps. Based on our observations, we conclude that BH-SNE maps with or without prior dimensionality reduction (based on PCA) provide comprehensive and intuitive insights in both the local and global spatial transcriptome structure of the human and mouse Allen Brain Atlases.Intelligent SystemsElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc

Infecção pelo vírus da leucose enzoótica bovina(BLV) Enzootic bovine leukosis infection(BLV)

O vírus da leucose bovina (BLV) é o agente causal de duas condições clínicas relacionadas aos bovinos: o linfossarcorma, doença neoplásica comum no gado adulto, e linfocitose persistente, proliferação benigna das células linfóides. A identificação do BLV em 1969 e o subseqüente desenvolvimento de técnicas sorológicas sensíveis permitiram o reconhecimento da infecção como prevalente em muitos países, principalmente no gado leiteiro. Devido a inexistência de tratamento ou de uma vacina eficaz, as pesquisas concentram-se nos modos de transmissão e no desenvolvimento de programas de controle e prevenção da infecção. Este trabalho faz uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o BLV, incluindo modos de infecção, sinais clínicos e diagnóstico laboratorial, além de descrever medidas que o produtor deve seguir para prevenir ou controlar a disseminação do vírus no rebanho.<br>Bovino leukaemia virus (BLV) is the causative agent of tvo related conditions in cattle: the lymphosarcoma, common neoplastic disease of cattle, and persistent lymphocytosis, a benign proliferation of lymphoide cells. The identification of BLV in 1969 and the subsequent development of sensitive serological techniques allowed the recognition that infections of BLV are prevalent in many countries, especially in dairy cattle. Because of there 's no effective therapy or vaccine, the investigations concentrate on modes of transmission and the development of control and prevention programmes. This paper reviews the BLV, as to their modes of infection, clinical disease and laboratory diagnosis and also describes measures which the owner may take to prevent or control the dissemination of the virus in the herd