Project description:In this study we present the first genome-wide expression profiling of peripheral B cells by massive parallel RNA sequencing in patients with allergic asthma validating the discovery potential of this approach in allergy. RNA-seq was used to asses expression differences in B CD19 Lymphocytes from house dust mite allergic patients and healthy controls.
Project description:There are marked socioeconomic disparities in pediatric asthma control. To identify the molecular origins of these disparities, we performed genome-wide expression profiling of monocytes and T-helper cells isolated from pediatric asthma patients of lower- and higher socioeconomic status (SES).
Project description:The Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex plays an important role in gene expression regulation, stem cell self-renewal, and lineage commitment. Yet little is known about the dynamics of NuRD during cellular differentiation. Here, we study these dynamics using genome-wide profiling and quantitative interaction proteomics in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and neural progenitor cells (NPCs). The genomic targets of NuRD are highly dynamic during differentiation, with most binding occurring at cell-type specific promoters and enhancers. We identify ZFP296 as a novel, ESC-specific NuRD interactor that also interacts with the SIN3A complex. ChIP-sequencing in Zfp296 knockout (KO) ESCs reveals decreased NuRD binding both genome-wide and at ZFP296 binding sites, although this has little effect on the transcriptome. Nevertheless, Zfp296 KO ESCs exhibit delayed induction of lineage-specific markers upon differentiation to embryoid bodies. In summary, we identify an ESC-specific NuRD interacting protein which regulates genome-wide NuRD binding and cellular differentiation.
Project description:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways driven by complex genetic-environmental interactions. Epigenomic mechanisms including histone modifications and DNA methylation are altered in key cell types of asthma. However, genome-wide studies of histone modifications in the airway epithelium of asthmatics have yet to be undertaken. We undertook genome-wide profiling of an enhancer (regulatory domain)-associated histone modification H3K27ac in bronchial epithelial cells (BECs) from asthmatic and healthy control individuals. We identified 49,903 (P<0.05) regions exhibiting differential H3K27ac enrichment in asthma and found they clustered predominately at genes associated with Th2-high asthma (e.g. CLCA1) and epithelial processes (e.g. EMT). We determined asthma had a dramatic influence on the enhancer landscape of BECs and identified asthma-associated Super-Enhancers encompassing genes encoding transcription factors (e.g. TP63) and enzymes involved in lipid metabolism (e.g. NOX4). We integrated published protein expression, epigenomic and transcriptomic datasets and identified epithelium-specific transcription factors associated with H3K27ac in asthma (e.g. TP73) and dynamic relationships between asthma-associated changes in H3K27ac, DNA methylation, genetic susceptibility and transcriptional profiles. Finally, using a CRISPR-based approach to recapitulate the H3K27ac landscape of asthma in vitro, we provide proof of principal that asthma-associated gene expression (e.g. SERPINB2) is driven in part by aberrant histone acetylation. This report identifies the influence of asthma on the epigenome of airway epithelium and provides evidence that aberrant epigenomic mechanisms exert functional consequences in key cell types of asthma, validating the combination of genome-wide and epigenome-editing approaches in identifying and deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying asthma pathogenesis.
Project description:In this study we present the first genome-wide expression profiling of peripheral B cells by massive parallel RNA sequencing in patients with allergic asthma validating the discovery potential of this approach in allergy.
Project description:Genetic variation governs protein expression through both transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes. To investigate this relationship, we combined a multiplexed, mass spectrometry-based method for protein quantification with an emerging mouse model harboring extensive genetic variation from 8 founder strains. We collected genome-wide mRNA and protein profiling measurements to link genetic variation to protein expression differences in livers from 192 diversity outcross mice. We observed nearly 3,700 protein-level quantitative trait loci (pQTL) with an equal proportion of proteins regulated directly by their cognate mRNA as uncoupled from their transcript. Our analysis reveals an extensive array of at least five models for genetic variant control of protein abundance including direct protein-to-protein associations that act to achieve stoichiometric balance of functionally related enzymes and subunits of multimeric complexes.
Project description:Exposure to rod-shaped carbon nanotubes reveals novel innate immunity mediated asthma-like inflammation in mice. Inhalation of rCNT elicited a drastic infiltration of eosinophils into the lungs but only minor infiltration of neutrophils and lymphocytes. Transcriptomic study revealed remarkable effects of rCNT exposure, affecting almost exclusively pathways essential for innate immunity.
Project description:We performed genome-wide profiling of miRNA expression in the airway epithelial compartment in asthma to identify miRNA pathways associated with epithelial abnormalities using miRNA microarrays and real-time PCR. We also sought to identify the effect of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on airway epithelial miRNA expression Samples were obtained from airway epithelial cells by bronchoscopic brushing from three groups of subjects: Healthy Controls ( N=12), Steroid Naïve Asthma (N=16), Steroid-requiring Asthma (N=19).