The pineal gland maintains the circadian rhythm in the body by secreting the hormone melatonin. Alzheimers disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease. Pineal gland impairment in AD is widely observed, but no study to date has analyzed the transcriptome in the pineal glands of AD. To establish resources for the study on pineal gland dysfunction in AD, we performed a transcriptome analysis of the pineal glands of AD model mice and compared them to those of normal mice. There were diverse protein-coding RNAs, long noncoding RNAs and circular RNAs with global change in the pineal glands of AD mouse model. The analyzed data reported in this study will be an important resource for future studies to elucidate the altered physiology of the pineal gland in AD. SOURCE: Young-Kook Kim (ykkim.bio@gmail.com) -  Chonnam National University Medical School

Pluto Bioinformatics

GSE129586: Transcriptome analysis of pineal glands in a mouse model of Alzheimers disease