Neuronal and glial Gene expression from control and healthy patient iPSC-derived forebrain neurons (A)
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ABSTRACT: Neuronal or glial cell fates related gene expression from single cells with variety of sAPPa or total Aβ secretion profiles were presented here. Single living human iPSC-derived forebrain neuronal cells with variety of sAPPa or total Aβ secretion profiles were selected and examined for gene expression.
Project description:Neuronal or glial cell fates related gene expression from single cells with variety of sAPPa or total Aβ secretion profiles were presented here. Single living human iPSC-derived forebrain neuronal cells with variety of sAPPa or total Aβ secretion profiles were selected and examined for gene expression.
Project description:A key pathogenic agent in Alzheimerâs disease (AD) is the amyloid β-protein (Aβ), which self-assembles into a variety of neurotoxic structures. Establishing structure-activity relationships for these assemblies is critical for proper therapeutic target identification and design. We examined the effects of Aβ monomers, dimers, higher-order oligomers, and fibrils on gene expression in primary rat hippocampal neurons. As opposed to âreverseâ Aβ or non-Aβ peptides typically used as controls in such studies, we designed novel scrambled Aβ peptides predicted to behave distinctly from native Aβ. Significant changes in gene expression were observed for all peptide assemblies, but fibrils induced the largest changes. Significant changes in gene expression were observed for all peptide assemblies, but fibrils induced the largest changes. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) revealed two predominant gene modules related to Aβ treatment. Many genes within these modules were associated with inflammatory signaling pathways We examined the effects of Aβ monomers, dimers, higher-order oligomers, and fibrils on gene expression in primary rat hippocampal neurons. Novel scrambled Aβ peptides, as opposed to âreverseâ Aβ or non-Aβ peptides, were used as controls. Please note that the 'XL42_1' sample was excluded from data processing as an outlier (resulting total 23 sample records). However the 'XL42_1' raw data is provided in the 'non_normalized.txt' (total 24 data columns).
Project description:We performed Visium CytAssist (10X), GeoMx DSP (Nanostring) and Chromium Flex (10X Genomics) full transcriptome profiling on Breast Cancer (BC), Lung Cancer (LC) and diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) samples from archival FFPE blocks. We explore the data quality across blocks with different storage times and DV200 values for all the three methods. We compared the cell type signature purity between ST methods Visium and GeoMx by utilising pathology annotations and scRNAseq. For the Visium and Chromium methods with a large number of data points we explored the heterogeneity between tissues. Finally, we demonstrate the discovery of patient-specific tumor-TME interactions across all three methods.
Project description:The objectives of this study were to assess differences in Bone Marrow Derived Menenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) during co-culture with myeloma cells, and to assess differences in myeloma patient MSCs compared to normal donor MSCs. In the study presented here, a Bone Marrow Derived Menenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) were analyzed after FACS sorting from 2 week culture in osteogenic media lacking dexamethasone in 3D silk scaffold matrices either in co-culture with the multiple myeloma cell line GFP+Luc+MM1.S or Alone, as controls. Also, monocultures of MSCs grown in 2D, in MSC expansion media, from Normal Donor Controls (ND) or Multiple myeloma patients (MM) were analyzed. Analysis was done looking at microRNA expression in samples with the nanoString microRNA platform for 800 microRNAs.
Project description:Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem and we lack a comprehensive understanding of how Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) infection impacts host immune responses. We compared, at two timepoints, the induced immune response to TB antigen, BCG and IL-1β stimulation between latently M. tb infected individuals (LTBI) and active TB patients. The immune response was stimulated using the TruCulture system with the corresponding stimulations: TB antigen, BCG, 1L1b, and the Nanostring platform was used to assess the gene expression profiles of the samples. The Nanostring platform was used to evaluate the gene expression
Project description:Plaques consisting of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the brain are characteristic for patients with Alzheimer´s disease. Aβ is enzymatically generated of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). During the disease, Aβ starts to aggregate forming soluble oligomers, soluble protofibrils and eventually insoluble fibrils. Aβ pathology starts mainly at the hippocampus and the surrounding cortical area. Mice overexpressing the A�-precursor protein with the Swedish mutation (APPswe) are one of the most commonly used animal models in Alzheimer’s field. These mice overexpress APP with the Swedish mutation (KM670/671NL), which is adjacent to the β-secretase cleavage site on APP. This results in increased production of Aβ. The aim of this study was to study the proteome of APPswe brain at the early stages (7-8 months old) of the disease, before plaque onset, which starts at around 11-12 months of age in this mouse model. Homogenates of the hippocampus and the rest of the cerebrum from 7-8 months-old APPswe and wild-type (WT) controls were lysed. Afterwards, filter aided tryptic digestion was performed. The resulting peptides were analyzed using LC-UDMSE. The data was searched against a randomized mouse database and label-free quantification analysis was done. In total 2487 proteins were found. In the hippocampus of APPswe mice, the levels of 1283 proteins were significantly altered compared to WT controls. While 1379 proteins were significantly altered in the rest of the cerebrum of APPswe mice compared to WT controls. Among these, mitochondrial proteins and proteins involved in neuron's development were significantly downregulated, suggesting mitochondrial dysfunction and dysregulation of neuron’s growth in the brain of APPswe mice at already this stage of the disease.
Project description:Understanding human Regulatory T cell (Treg) heterogeneity may identify markers of disease pathogenesis and facilitate the development of optimized cellular therapeutics. Previous analysis revealed that the co-inhibitory receptor T-cell immunoglobulin and immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif domain (TIGIT) was highly expressed on tTreg. The negative regulator TIGIT and the co-stimulatory factor CD226 bind the common ligand CD155. Human regulatory T cells (CD4+CD25+CD127-/lo) from adult peripheral blood were sub-fractionated based on the markers CD226 and TIGIT and were subsequently expanded in vitro according to clinical expansion protocols. The transcriptional profile of the final cell products uncovered considerable heterogeneity in terms of in vitro expansion and suppressive capacity. Most notably, the CD226+TIGIT- fraction adopted a transcriptional profile most similar to that of conventional T cells, including the capacity for effector cytokine production. Tregs and corresponding Tconv were expanded from peripheral blood of three normal healthy control male subjects.
Project description:Human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs) are able to differentiate into a wide variety of cell types, which makes them an interesting source for tissue engineering applications. On the other hand, these cells also secrete a broad panel of growth factors and cytokines that can exert trophic effects on surrounding tissues. In bone tissue engineering applications, the general assumption is that direct differentiation of hMSCs into osteoblasts accounts for newly observed bone formation in vivo. However, the secretion of bone-specific growth factors, but also pro-angiogenic factors, could also contribute to this process. We recently demonstrated that secretion of bone specific growth factors can be enhanced by treatment of hMSCs with the small molecule db-cAMP (cAMP) and here we investigate the biological activity of these secreted factors. We demonstrate that conditioned medium contains a variety of secreted growth factors, with differences between medium from basic-treated and cAMP-treated hMSCs. We show that conditioned medium from cAMP-treated hMSCs increases proliferation of various cell types and also induces osteogenic differentiation, whereas it has differential effects on migration. Microarray analysis on hMSCs exposed to conditioned medium confirmed upregulation of pathways involved in proliferation as well as osteogenic differentiation. Our data suggests that trophic factors secreted by hMSCs can be tuned for specific applications and that a good balance between differentiation on the one hand and secretion of bone trophic factors on the other, could potentially enhance bone formation for bone tissue engineering applications. For more information check: https://cbit.maastrichtuniversity.nl/
Project description:Using outcome after long term follow-up to define risk at disease presentation high risk (n=9 who went on to require liver transplantation) and low risk (n=7 who responded fully to UDCA) patients were identified and their first liver biopsies retrieved. RNA was successfully extracted and analysed using nanostring® transcriptomics. Patients with progressive disease appear to have a distinct molecular signature. high risk (n=9 who went on to require liver transplantation) and low risk (n=7 who responded fully to UDCA) patient material was processed along with non-diseased control liver (n=8)