Bcl11b maintains quiescent mammary repopulating units. Mus musculus

This gene expression microarray analysis is to test how induced Bcl11b expression affect the overall gene expression profile of Comma D Beta Cells in the progenitor (sca1+) and differentiated (Sca1-) population. Comma D beta Cell line was cultured DMEM F12+2% FBS+1% PSA+5ug/ml insulin+10ng/ml EGF in 175 cm2 culture flask overnight, followed by 100ng/ml Doxycycline treatment for 1 day. Then, cells were trypsinized and subjected for flow sorting of Sca1+ and Sca- population. RNA was then extracted and subjected to microarray gene expression analysis. Overall design: Sca1+ and Sca1- cells in the presence or absence of Doxycycline.