Project description:To investigate the role of the COX-2-dependent lung fibroblast program in reprogramming lung myeloid cells, we generated fibroblast-targeted Ptgs2 conditional knockout mice by crossing Pdgfra-Cre mice with Ptgs2flox/flox mice. Then we isolated two primary types of lung resident DCs-CD103+ conventional DC (cDC1) and CD11b+ conventional DC (cDC2), and lung monocytes from WT and Ptgs2 cKO mice by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and performed RNA sequencing.
Project description:To better understand the role of the COX-2-dependent lung fibroblast program in modulating the lung immune microenvironment, we generated fibroblast-targeted Ptgs2 conditional knockout (cKO) mice by crossing Pdgfra-Cre mice with Ptgs2flox/flox mice. Then we determined how Ptgs2 deficiency in CD140a+ fibroblasts alters the lung immune microenvironment by performing single-cell RNA sequencing on lung CD45+ immune cells from WT and Ptgs2-cKO mice.
Project description:Atglflox/flox (B6N.129S-Pnpla2tm1Eek/J), S100A8-cre+/- (B6.Cg-Tg(S100A8-cre,-EGFP)1Ilw/J) mice were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory. Atglflox/flox mice were bred to S100A8-cre+/- mice to generate Atglflox/WTS100A8-cre+/- mice, which were backcrossed onto Atglflox/flox mice to generate Atglflox/floxS100A8-cre+/- mice (Atgl neutrophils-specific knock out, Atgl-cKO). Age-matched littermate Atglflox/flox mice were used as wild-type (WT) controls. To compare of the gene expression of the lung-infiltrating neutrophils isolated from Atgl-cKO mice and their WT littermates, AT3-g-csf cells were injected into the fourth mammary fat pads of female WT and Atgl-cKO mice (10-week-old, n = 4/group). The AT3-g-csf cell line is based on a murine breast cancer cell line (AT3) derived from MMTV-PyMT tumors in the C57BL/6 background, and further constructed to overexpress granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) for induction of the host inflammatory condition. At day 10 (pre-metastatic stage), the mice were euthanized and then Ly6G+ neutrophils were isolated from lung by using anti-Ly6G MicroBead Kit (Miltenyi Biotec) following manufacturer’s instructions. The isolated neutrophils were analyzed by flow cytometry and the cells with a > 95% purity were used for the next procedure. Total RNA was isolated from neutrophils using the miRNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen) and the transcriptional profiles of neutrophils were analyzed by RNA sequencing.
Project description:We found that the E3 ubiquitin ligase Itch significantly affects early B-cell differentiation. To explore the role of Itch in late B-cell differentiation, we sorted B cells from WT and Itch cKO mice. To explore the effect of Itch deficency on gene expression, we determined mRNA profiles in B cells from WT and Itch cKO mice by RNA-seq. RNA-seq was done with an Illumina HiSeq 2500 instrument at GENEWIZ, Suzhou, China.
Project description:To identify important differential expression genes(mRNA) in the lung of Eif4b CKO mice and wild type mice with or without IAV infection, transcriptome RNA sequencing in the lungs of uninfected or infected eIF4B CKO mice and control mice was performed
Project description:CCP1 is a deglutamylase responsible for protranslational modification of proteins. CCP1 cKO interneurons show impaired acto-myosin contraction and increased invasion of the cortex. Transcriptome analysis of Wt and cKO interneurones aimes at uncovering secondary disregulation of gene expression.
Project description:Purpose: To elucidate the roles of airway epithelial STAT3 in allergic airway inflammation. Method: Doxycycline-induced airway epithelial cells-specific STAT3-deficient mice (STAT3-cKO) and their genetic control mice (STAT3-WT) were sensitized intratracheally twice with house dust mite (HDM) extract or PBS at a 7-day interval. Airway epithelial cells were isolated by a cell sorter 48 h after the last senstization. N=2 each. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, 206 transcripts showed differential expression between HDM-treated STAT3-WT and STAT3-cKO with adjusted p value <0.05.
Project description:We isolated and cultured BMDC from WT and FAM21 cKO mice and analyzed transcriptional profiling of the cellular genes between WT and FAM21 cKO mice.