Project description:Detection and molecular characterisation of Actinomyces denticolens as a cause of (submandibular) lymph node abscessation in Dutch horses
Project description:A subset of post-infection irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) patients have elevated, or high fecal proteolytic activity (PA). Fecal PA has been shown to correlate with increased symptom severity as well as lower quality of life scores, increased fecal output and increased intestinal permeability. To address the underlying mechanisms of barrier disruption as a consequence of high fecal PA, colonic biopsies were collected from healthy individuals PI-IBS patients (n=11). Individuals diagnosed with PI-IBS were further divided in to 2 subgroups, high PA and low PA as defined by the PA in matched fecal samples. RNA was extracted from the biopsies for bulk RNA sequencing to understand transcriptional differences between healthy and high PA PI-IBS patients as well as high PA and Low PA PI-IBS patients.
Project description:Influenza A virus induces host shutoff mainly through its endoribonuclease PA-X. Like many host shutoff nucleases, PA-X activity affects different host RNAs to varying degrees. To understand how PA-X discriminates between different mRNAs, we took a high-throughput approach to directly identify PA-X cut sites transcriptome-wide and examine PA-X cleavage characteristics. To do this, we compared RNA fragments from mock infected cells to cells infected with the wild-type (WT) A/PuertoRico/8/1934 H1N1 (PR8) influenza virus strain, or the same strain engineered to lack PA-X, referred to as PR8-PA(∆X).
Project description:Alveolar type II cells were isolated from mice before P. aeruginosa injection (basal state) and at 72 h post-PA, and were separated into Sca-1+ and Sca-1- populations. Gene expression profile in the following four groups of cells were compared: non-PA Sca-1-, non-PA Sca-1+, 72 h post-PA Sca-1- and 72 h post-PA Sca-1+.
