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 assessed using the TruCulture system with a Null stimulation. samples were tested by Ultrahigh Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectroscopy (UPLC MS/MS) for a total of 696 metabolites.
Project description:The aim of this experiment was to investigate the role of KLF3 in regulating gene expression at different stages throughout the erythroid maturation process. Affymetrix microarrays were performed on fetal liver cells (both TER119- progenitor cells and TER119+ erythroblast cells) from E14.5 wildtype and Klf3 KO mice. Four wildtype TER119- replicates, four Klf3 KO TER119- replicates, four wildtype TER119+ replicates, three Klf3 KO TER119+ replicates. All are from E14.5 fetal liver.