Project description:Analyses of gene alterations of human Treg cells treated with or without TLR8 ligand using the Illumina whole-genome Human HT-12 BeadChips. The study will provide important information for the molecular signature changes during the reversal of human Treg suppression mediated by activation of TLR8 signaling.
Project description:To gain a comprehensive understanding of gene regulation in CXCL4 and TLR8 signaling crosstalk, we treated primary human blood monocytes with CXCL4 and TLR8 ssRNA ligand ORN8L for 6 h and performed transcriptomic analysis via RNA-seq. We observed that CXCL4 interacted with TLR8 ssRNA ligand and triggered inflammatory cytokine storm including IL6, IL12p40, TNF and IFNβ, and pro-fibrotic gene expression and activated NLRP3 inflammasome leading to interleukin-1β (IL-1β) secretion and pyroptosis in human blood monocytes.
Project description:Goal was to detect differences in response to TLR7 versus TLR8 agonists in human monocytes from healthy donors 3 deidentified donors from the Red Cross, monocytes from each donor incubated overnight with either vehicle, TLR7 agonist or TLR8 agonist
Project description:To gain a comprehensive understanding of gene regulation in CXCL4 and TLR8 signaling crosstalk, we treated primary human blood monocytes with CXCL4 and TLR8 ssRNA ligand ORN8L for 6 h and performed transcriptomic analysis via RNA-seq. We observed that CXCL4 interacted with TLR8 ssRNA ligand and triggered inflammatory cytokine storm including IL6, IL12p40, TNF and IFNβ, and pro-fibrotic gene expression and activated NLRP3 inflammasome leading to interleukin-1β (IL-1β) secretion and pyroptosis in human blood monocytes.
Project description:To investigate the function of RIPK3 in regulation of IFN response and inflammatory response in human monocytes stimulated with CXCL4 and TLR8, We blocks (CXCL4 + TLR8)-induced pyroptosis and RIPK3 activation using necrosulfonamide (NSA, 5 µM) and GSK'872 (10 µM) and measure gene expression genome-wide with RNA-seq.
Project description:Notch receptors direct the differentiation of T helper (Th) cell subsets, but their influence on regulatory T (TR) cell responses is obscure. Interruption of Notch signaling in TR cells resulted in a super-regulatory phenotype, with suppression of TR cell Th1 programming and apoptosis as well as Th1 cell responses in systemic inflammation. In contrast, gain of function Notch1 signaling in TR cells resulted in lymphoproliferation, dysregulated Th1 responses and autoimmunity. To determine mechanisms by which Notch signaling may alter TR cell function, we compared the transcriptional profiles of splenic TR cells of Foxp3EGFPCre mice with those of Foxp3EGFPCreR26N1c/N1c (gain of function Notch signaling), Foxp3EGFPCreRBPJ∆/∆ (loss of function canonical Notch signaling), and Foxp3EGFPCreR26N1c/N1cRBPJ∆/∆ mice (gain of function/canonical loss of function Notch signaling). Regulatory T cells are isolated from the spleen of 6 weeks old males, based on the expression of CD3, TCRbeta, CD4 and GFP (Foxp3), after Red blood cell lysis by ACK and gate on lineage negative (CD8, B220, CD11b, CD11c, Gr1) cells. To reduce variability and increase cell number, cells from multiple mice were pooled for sorting and at least three replicates were generated for all groups. RNA from 4.0-5.0x104 cells was amplified, labeled and hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Arrays