Project description:Uveitis is a severe autoimmune disease characereized by retinal inflammation, whicn brings harms to the visual function of the patients. We found that nimodipine could protect annimals from experimental autoimmune uveitis. To further clarify the possible mechanism through which nimodipine exerted effect, we performed genomic expression profiling of CD3+ T cells in EAU model and nimodipine treated group.
Project description:We investigated the effects of nimodipine, a L-type voltage-gated calcium channel antagonist, on the expression profile of myelin genes in the oligodendrocyte precursor cell (OPC) line Oli-Neu. We performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of four biological replicates for treatment and four replicates for control condition.
Project description:To investigate the effects of nimodipine on TGF-β induced fibrotic phenotype switching of human orbital fibroblasts, we performed the RNA sequencing of human orbital fibroblasts (OFs) derived from Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) patients and co-cultured with TGF-β for 24 hours,with or without nimodipine pretreatment.
Project description:Murine N9 microglial cells were treated with LPS (1µg/ml) for 6 hours. Comparing LPS treated vs. untreated microglial cells will expand upon our previous study comparing the microgial transcriptional reponse from wild-type vs. 5XFAD mice in an effort to further understand the transcriptional response in Alzheimer's disease progression
Project description:Mice underwent cecal ligation and puncture (19 GA with concurrent administration of imipenem), sham operation, or were unoperated. 14 days after operation, microglia were isolated by fluorescent activated cell sorting for CD11b+/CD45mid/CD64+ cells. For each sample, the brains of 3 mice were pooled. RNA was then isolated for transcriptome analysis.