Project description:Our experiment is to compare Glyco-gene expression by interferon-gamma/TNF-treated human corneal epithelial cells also treated either with cell communication glycoprotein 'lacritin' or negative control deletion construct 'C-25 lacritin'. In a newly developing story, lacritin but not C-25 protects human corneal epithelial cells from INFG/TNF-induced cell death. This expression array will help work out the mechanism of protection to complement phosphoblotting and shRNA approaches currently underway. Lacritin targets its coreceptor 'syndecan-1' in lacritin-dependent cell proliferation and secretion. Lacritin appears to be important in human 'dry eye' and in promoting corneal epithelial cell survival in the presence of inflammatory cytokines.
Project description:Our experiment is to compare Glyco-gene expression by interferon-gamma/TNF-treated human corneal epithelial cells also treated either with cell communication glycoprotein 'lacritin' or negative control deletion construct 'C-25 lacritin'. In a newly developing story, lacritin but not C-25 protects human corneal epithelial cells from INFG/TNF-induced cell death. This expression array will help work out the mechanism of protection to complement phosphoblotting and shRNA approaches currently underway.
Project description:RNA from cultured human bronchial epithelial cells treated for 8 hours or for 24 hours with medium alone, interferon gamma, dexamethasone or both interferon gamma and dexamethasone. Keywords = interferon gamma Keywords = dexamethasone Keywords = human bronchial epithelial cells Keywords: dose response
Project description:RNA from cultured human bronchial epithelial cells treated for 8 hours or for 24 hours with medium alone, interferon gamma, dexamethasone or both interferon gamma and dexamethasone.
Project description:Effect of TNF-alpha on microRNAs levels in Human Umbilical Endothelial Cells (HUVECs). HUVEC that were treated or not for 2 or 24 hours with TNF (10 ng/ml). Duplicate samples (1 or 2) of two different isolations of HUVEC (A or B)
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:Human corneal epithelial cells internalize Aspergillus flavus conidia. But the biochemical response of corneal epithelial cells in response to A.flavus is not clear. In this study, NanoString analysis was used to study the immune genes expression in primary corneal epithelial cells and cell line infected with A. flavus conidia. The study revealed the differential expression of immune genes associated with TNF, Th17, NF-kB signaling and B cell receptor signaling in corneal epithelial cells. There is also difference in the response between cell line and primary cells to A. flavus implies the use of both cells to understand the host-pathogen interaction.