Project description:The study aims to determine the molecular signature associated with varying applications of a novel skin vaccination array, compared to traditional needle and syringe immunization. The hypothesis is that the vaccination array induces a better immune response compared to the needle and syringe and this is due to a heightened inflammatory profile at the site of vaccination. We performed the study on wild-type mice that received varying forms of immunization, including intradermal needle and syringe with or without vaccine, Nanopatch with or without vaccine, Nanopatch with vaccine with QS-21 adjuvant, and Nanopatch with vaccine at higher application energy.
Project description:This array is spotted in house in order to survey the interested genes expressed mainly in skin with the selection of the clones from Research Genetics. Keywords: Genetic Mutant
Project description:Solar urticaria (SU) is clinically characterised by rapid onset sunlight-induced urticaria, but its cutaneous pathophysiology is not well understood. The aim of this study was to investigate cutaneous cellular and molecular events in the evolution of SU responses following solar simulated ultraviolet radiation (SSR) exposure, and compare with responses in healthy controls (HC). Cutaneous biopsies were taken from unexposed skin and from skin exposed to a single low (physiological) dose of SSR, at 30 minutes, 3 hours and 24 hours post-exposure, in n=6 SU patients and n=6 HC. Biopsies were assessed by immunohistochemistry (n=6 SU, n=6 HC) and RNA-sequencing analysis (n=4 SU, n=4 HC). This dataset contains RNAseq data from the SU patients.
Project description:Antigen presenting cells (APC) are a heterogenous population, comprised of macrophages/monocytes (CD14+ cells), classical dendritic cells (CD141+DC and CD1c+ DC) and pDC. Upon stimulation, APC migrate from peripheral organs to lymph nodes, where they drive T cell specific lineage fate, that is towards immune activation or suppression. APC in human tissues remain poorly defined. Through our previous published data we have charactised APC within adult skin and blood. Here we extend these findings, by increasing the sample for skin CD14+ DC and CD1c+ DC and performing gene array analysis of adult spleen CD14+ DC, CD141+DC and CD1c+ DC. Once, we were confident we could clearly distinguish our populations (CD14+ cell, CD141+ DC and CD1c+ DC) of interest from other cells, we sorted FACS purified the cells and prepared them for gene array analysis. Through generating subset specific gene signatures and comparing CMAP scores we confirmed we had identified equivalent APC subsets across human adult skin and spleen.
