Project description:Necrotizing enterocolitis is an intestinal disease induces rapid destruction of the epithelial monolayer of the neonatal intestine. Clinically relevant models of this disease are lacking. Using our novel microfluidic model of necrotizing enterocolitis, we characterized the response of intestinal epithelial cell-derived organoids to intestinal bacteria isolated from a neonate with fatal NEC. We subsequently used RNA-sequencing to determine the gene expression profile of these cells after 24 or 72 hours of incubation.
Project description:Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a deadly and unpredictable gastrointestinal disease, for which no biomarkers exist. We aimed to describe the methylation patterns in stool and colon from infants with NEC.
Project description:We have employed miRNA microarray expression profiling to identify miRNA differentially expressed in neonatal bowel tissues with different gastrointestinal conditions. Bowel tissues were collected from infants who underwent surgery treatment for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP). Infants with other non-inflammatory, congenital intestinal conditions were employed as the Surgical-Control. Differential miRNA microarray analysis was performed.
Project description:Preterm infants are highly susceptible to late-onset sepsis (LOS) and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) but specific biomarkers for diagnosis and effective treatment are lacking. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are related to sepsis in adults but not investigated in infant conditions. This is the first proteome study to document that circulating NETs are involved in neonatal LOS and NEC. cfDNA and NET proteins may provide new potential diagnostic markers for these diseases.
2018-03-05 | PXD004082 | Pride
Project description:Infant gut microbiome during necrotizing enterocolitis
Project description:Disruption of circadian rhythm during pregnancy produced adverse health outcomes in offspring. However, the role of maternal circadian rhythms in infants’ immunity and their susceptibility to inflammation remains poorly understood. Here we reported that disruption of circadian rhythms in pregnant mice profoundly aggravated the severity of neonatal inflammatory disorders, including necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and sepsis. The diminished production of maternal-derived docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and the impaired immunosuppressive function of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) in neonates played a dominant role in this process. Mechanistically, DHA enhanced the immunosuppressive function of neonatal MDSCs viaPPARγ mediated mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Transfer of MDSCs or perinatal supplementation of DHA relieved neonatal inflammation induced by maternal rhythms disruption. These observations revealed an important role of maternal circadian rhythms in the control of neonatal inflammation via metabolic reprograming of myeloid cells.
2023-09-08 | GSE242246 | GEO
Project description:Potentially pathogenic hypoxia related genes in neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
Project description:Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) is an inflammation causing injury to the bowel in newborns. This project uses a rodent model that mimics the intestinal pathological changes seen in NEC to study the effect of formula feeding and hypoxia on NEC development
