Project description:Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract. We used single cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) to define the cellular and transcriptional activity of the mucosa at different stages of disease progression in CD.
Project description:The goal of this project is to find out whether human intestinal IgA1 and IgA2 secretion, transport and reactivity towards the microbiota might be involved in dysbiosis induction during Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. Mass spectrometry was used to characterize SIgA from Crohn’s disease patient and Ulcerative colitis patient, in term of O- and N-glycosylation in order to study their reverse transcytosis capacity and their role in intestinal inflammation.
Project description:Crohn’s disease arises through host-environment interaction, with abnormal gene expression resulting from disturbed pathway activation or response to bacteria. Single cell RNA-sequencing of ileal tissue from 2 paediatric Crohn’s disease patients was performed, identifying populations of CD8+ effector memory T cells (CD8+ Tem), memory B-cells, monocytes, epithelial cells and plasma cells within the ileal tissue. Specialised epithelial cells driving differential expression of S100A8 and S100A9 and associated with defence to bacterium were identified, as well as IL17-signalling associated pathways in monocyte and epithelial cell populations.
Project description:Crohn’s Disease (CD) pathogenesis is still unclear. Disorders in the mucosal immunoregulation and its crosstalk with the microbiota may represent an important component in tissue injury. We aimed to characterize the molecular immune response distribution within the ileal layers ( mucosa, submucosa and serosa) and to evaluate the correlated microbiota in pathological/healthy settings comparing first surgery/relapse clinical conditions.
Project description:Crohn’s Disease (CD) pathogenesis is still unclear. Disorders in the mucosal immunoregulation and its crosstalk with the microbiota may represent an important component in tissue injury. We aimed to characterize the molecular immune response distribution within the ileal layers ( mucosa, submucosa and serosa) and to evaluate the correlated microbiota in pathological/healthy settings comparing first surgery/relapse clinical conditions.
Project description:The enriched low mass proteome is unexplored as a source of differentiators for diagnosing and monitoring Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) activity, less invasively than colonoscopy and histopathology. Differences in the enriched low mass plasma proteome (<25kDa) were assessed by label-free quantitative mass-spectrometry. A panel of marker candidates were progressed to validation phase and ‘Tier-2’ FDA-level validated quantitative assay. Proteins important in maintaining gut barrier function and homeostasis at the epithelial interface have been quantitated by Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) in plasma and serum including both inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis controls (RA) and non-inflammatory healthy controls (C), ulcerative colitis (UC) and crohn’s disease (CD) patients. Detection by immunoblot confirmed presence at the protein level in serum. Correlation analysis and receiver operator characteristics were used to report the sensitivity and specificity. Five peptides discriminating IBD activity and severity had very little-to-no correlation to Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), white cell or platelet counts. Three of these peptides were found to be binding partners to SPP24 protein alongside other known matrix proteins. These Proteins have the potentially improve effective diagnosis and evaluate IBD activity, reducing the need for more invasive techniques.
Project description:Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) are chronic inflammatory diseases with increasing worldwide prevalence that show a perplexing heterogeneity in manifestations and response to treatment. We applied spatial transcriptomics at single-cell resolution (CosMx Spatial Molecular Imaging) to human inflamed and uninflamed intestine.
Project description:Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) are chronic inflammatory diseases with increasing worldwide prevalence that show a perplexing heterogeneity in manifestations and response to treatment. We applied single cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) a to colonic tissue from a combined healthy, UC and CD cohort.
Project description:IL23R signaling dependent genes are significantly upregulated in Crohn’s disease non-responders compared to responders during ongoing anti-TNF therapy
