MRNA profile in purified human peripheral blood eosinophil treated with retinoic acids

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Eosinophils cultured with all-trans RA (ATRA) and 9-cis RA showed dramatically induced cell survival, and the efficacy of RAs (10-6 M) was similar to that of IL-5 (1 ng/ml), the most critical cytokine for eosinophil activation. Using a gene microarray, we studied mRNA profile regulated by RAs. Methods: Peripheral venous blood was obtained from subjects with mild eosinophilia. Eosinophils were isolated by sedimentation with 6% dextran followed by centrifugation on 1.088 Percoll (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden) density gradients. The cells were further purified by negative selection using anti-CD16 immunomagnetic beads and a MACS system (Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany). Purified eosinophils were resuspended in RPMI 1640 medium (Gibco, Grand Island, NY) with 10% FCS

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Hajime Oyamada 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12926 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress