Project description:Patient-derived intestinal organoids provide an excellent tool to unravel mechanisms underlying ulcerative colitis (UC). Fresh biopsies, to isolate crypts and culture organoids, were obtained from both inflamed and non-inflamed regions from eight patients with active UC (Mayo endoscopic subscore ≥2), and from eight non-IBD controls.To address the inflammatory character of ex vivo organoids, we compared the transcriptome of biopsies, crypts and organoids derived from inflamed, and non-inflamed regions and aimed to (re-)induce inflammation ex vivo.
Project description:Ulcerative Colitis fecal samples were transplanted into IL10 deficient gnotobiotic mice. Half of the mice received a protease inhibitor cocktail in their drinking water. After 8-weeks colonization the animals were studied for colonic inflammation, and fecal samples were collected and analyzed by LC-MS3 based quantitative metaproteomics. Data from mice transplanted with two UC patients were analyzed in this dataset.
Project description:The series was designed to identify the different methylated single CpGs involved in the pathophysiology of ulcerative colitis. A cohort of n=20 monozygotic twins, discordant for ulcerative colitis was selected. Illumina and Nimblegen platforms were used.
Project description:Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder in the lower part of the digestive system. Despite of many functional studies, the hidden mechanisms of this complex disease limit complete remission. Here, we investigated transcriptomic signature of ulcerative colitis using RNA sequencing obtained from 15 active (inflamed), 15 inactive (non-inflamed) samples of ulcerative colitis, and 15 healthy controls. The transcriptomics profiling revealed that inflammatory transcriptomic signature was highly enriched in active samples compared to inactive or healthy control samples. However, this bulk RNAseq cannot provide the cell type information, which play a key role in such a chronic inflammation. To overcome this limitation, we borrowed the power of single cell RNAseq. Deconvolution of bulk RNAseq based on the single cell expression estimated active UC enriched cell types including inflammatory fibroblast and inflammatory monocytes. This integrative approach using bulk and single cell transcriptomics provide not only target genes but also target cell types of ulcerative colitis for therapeutic purpose.
Project description:The samples are a part of a study aiming at diagnosing ulcerative colitis from genome-wide gene expression analysis of the colonic mucosa. Colonic mucosal samples were collected as endoscopic pinch biopsies from ulcerative colitis patients and from control subjects. Samples with and without macroscopic signs of inflammation were collected from the patients. Experiment Overall Design: The series contain eight UC samples with macroscopic signs of inflammation, 13 UC smaples without macroscopic signs of inflammation, five control subjects.