Time-Resolved Haemocyte Transcriptomics in Mythimna Separata

Masaya Ono's study provides transcriptomic data from haemocytes of the oriental armyworm Mythimna separata. The dataset compares cellular and transcriptional responses to inert polystyrene beads versus the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans over a time course. It was last updated on May 12, 2026, and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal gene expression patterns based on time-course RNA sequencing data.
• Compare immune responses to living parasites versus inert particles based on encapsulation assay results.
• Investigate Toll signalling pathway activation based on the described enrichment for regulatory and immune processes.

Strengths

• Dataset includes time-resolved RNA sequencing data, enabling analysis of dynamic responses.
• Directly compares responses to two distinct challenge types: living nematodes and inert beads.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Dataset size is only 5.9 KB, indicating extremely limited scope or that the file may be a summary document rather than raw data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Haemocytes were collected following injection treatments, and RNA sequencing was used.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 16:40:12