Project description:RNA from in vitro grown Salmonella typhimurium is compared with RNA extracted from Salmonella typhimurium from infected chick caecums using a common DNA reference. Keywords: Disease state analysis, infected versus uninfected, common reference
Project description:High-density gene expression profile of 14,151+ unique genes for 6 normal porcine neutrophild and 6 porcine neutrophils samples infected by Salmonella using deep sequencing technology.
Project description:Acute gastrointestinal infection with intracellular pathogens like Salmonella Typhimurium triggers the release of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin 1β (IL-1β). However, the role of IL-1β in intestinal defense against Salmonella remains unclear. Here, we show that IL-1b production is detrimental during Salmonella infection. Mice lacking IL-1b (IL-1b -/-) failed to recruit neutrophils to the gut during infection, which reduced tissue damage and prevented depletion of short-chain fatty acid-producing commensals. Changes in epithelial cell metabolism that typically support pathogen expansion, such as switching energy production from fatty acid oxidation to fermentation, were absent in infected IL-1b -/- mice which inhibited Salmonella expansion. Additionally, we found that IL-1b induces expression of complement anaphylatoxins and suppresses the complement-inactivator Carboxypeptidase N (CPN1). Disrupting this process via IL-1b loss prevented mortality in Salmonella-infected IL-1b -/- mice. Finally, we found that IL-1b expression correlates with expression of the complement receptor in patients suffering from sepsis, but not uninfected patients and healthy individuals. Thus, Salmonella exploits IL-1b signaling to outcompete commensal microbes and establish gut colonization. Moreover, our findings identify the intersection of IL-1b signaling and the complement system as key host factors involved in controlling mortality during invasive Salmonellosis.
Project description:RNA from in vitro grown Salmonella typhimurium is compared with RNA extracted from Salmonella typhimurium from infected chick caecums using a common DNA reference. Keywords: Disease state analysis, infected versus uninfected, common reference Five replicates from infected chick caecal contents compared to a common reference. Three replicates from in vitro grown Salmonella compared to a common reference. The common reference was genomic DNA and always occupies the Cy3 channel (channel 2).
Project description:To have a global picture of the miRNAs regulated upon Salmonella infection, we assessed small RNA changes, by RNA-sequencing, of HeLa cells infected with Salmonella Typhimurium compared with mock-treated cells . In addtion to the total population, we evaluated miRNA expression in the fraction of HeLa cells with internalized bacteria (Salmonella-positive), as well as in bystander cells, separated by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS)
Project description:In this study we determine the effects of silencing adiponectin receptor in A. gambiae mosquitoes after taking Plasmodium gambiae infected blood meals. dsRNA (dsAdpR and dsGluc) microinjected A. gambiae mosquitoes were fed on P. berghei-infected Swiss Webster mice. Two days after a blood meal, the mosquitoes were collected for midgut dissection.