Project description:rs11-07_opine2 - septante soil - Transcriptomic changes induced by opine production in Arabidopsis thaliana grown in natural soil - Arabidopsis thalian Col- line was transformed in order to obtain transgenic lines that produce opine compound (octopine and mannopine). Transgenic lines producing respectively octopine and mannopine and the WT line were grown in greenhouse under long-day condition in pots containing half commercial compost and half soil of la Mérantaise and watered with water. Whole plant aged of one month were harvested and frozen in liquid nitrogen. The plants were ground with a mortar an pestls and RNA extraction was performed with the RNeasy extraction kit (QIAGEN) with cristal of PVP. The RNA concentration was measured on a NANODrop spectrophotometer.
Project description:Peanut allergy reaction severity correlates with increased intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) barrier permeability. CC027/GeniUnc mice develop peanut allergy by intragastric administration of peanut proteins without adjuvant. We report that peanut-allergic CC027/GeniUnc mice showed increased IEC barrier permeability and systemic peanut allergen Ara h 2 after challenge. Jejunal epithelial cell transcriptomics showed effects of peanut allergy on IEC proliferation, survival, and metabolism, and revealed IEC-predominant angiopoietin like-4 (Angptl4) as a unique feature of CC027/GeniUnc peanut allergy. Peanut-allergic pediatric patients demonstrated significantly higher serum ANGPTL4 compared to non-peanut-allergic but atopic patients, highlighting its potential as a biomarker of peanut allergy.
Project description:Peanut-responsive T cells from peanut allergic subjects were identified and selected based on CD154 expression after stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with crude peanut extract for 18h. As controls, polyclonally activated CD4+ T cells from peanut allergic subjects were selected. Additional controls included CD4+CD25+CD127- Tregs from peanut allergic or healthy controls. Single cells were obtained using the C1 system from Fluidigm, and a barcoded library constructed. Sequencing (Illumina) was performed using 100 nt paired end reads. Data on a total of 431 cells was available. The goal of the study was to understand the heterogeneity of the peanut-specific T cell response.
Project description:Peanut allergy is increasingly prevalent among children in the United States and other industrialized countries and is now estimated to affect approximately 2% of children. While there are currently no approved treatment options, peanut allergy usually persists into adulthood, can be life-threatening, and accounts for most deaths related to food allergy. Here, we track peanut-reactive CD4+ T effector (pTeff) cells using the CD154 up-regulation assay. We found that CRTH2+ pTeff cells and CCR6+ pTeff cells represent two mutually exclusive, non-overlapping cellular and molecular entities involved in food allergic diseases.
Project description:Peanut-specific IgE is present with peanut sensitizations at day 1 an day 8, while is absent with peanut sensitizations at day 1 and day 3. Since TFH and TFR cells are import in regulating antibody response in germinal center, we would like to know the different in TFH and TFR cells between D1D3 and D1D8 peanut sensitizations.