Project description:Resistance traits of parasitic infestation and diseases in bovine breeds display various unknown differences in the immune response indicating to be related to the host`s genomic background. We studied the differential gene expression of monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) stimulated or unstimulated with LPS in vitro, from two bovine breeds by RNA sequence methodology. MDMs were grown in supplemented RPMI medium for 11 days. Then, 100 ng/ml LPS was added to medium for 48h in treated samples. Total RNA was extracted from macrophages and sequenced by RNA-Seq technology. Resulting sequences were mapped to the bovine reference genome and gene expression was compared between breeds. We found several differences in immune response activation, as leucocyte recruitment, immune response, antigen processing and presentation, positive regulation of NFκB and cell cycle biological processes in unstimulated cells and lipid metabolism, inflammatory response, regulation of cell proliferation and cycle and arginine catabolism in LPS treated cells. Finally, LPS seems to trigger inflammation by distinct pathways in these two bovine breeds.
Project description:In order to study the gene expression profiles of monocyte and macrophages, we collected three type of cells and performed pair-wised comparison. It includes human peripheral blood monocyte (MONO), human peripheral blood monocyte derived macrophages treated with M-CSF (MACRO)and primary alveolar macrophages (BAL). All the experiments are performed comparing two of the three cell types from the same person (total 4 persons). Totally we got three set of microarray data, MONO/MACRO, MONO/BAL and MACRO/BAL with 4 biological replicates.
Project description:We investigate the impact of an initial stimulation and a re-stimulation in altering transcriptional responses in both peripheral blood-monocyte derived macrophages and human pluripotent stem cell derived macrophages.
Project description:In a subclinical infection such as bovine streptococcal mastitis, early recognition is a great challenge, and miRNAs profiling could potentially assist in the diagnosis and contribute to the understanding of pathogenicity and defense mechanisms. We have examined the miRNA repertoire during the early phase response of bovine macrophages to in vitro infection with live Streptococcus agalactiae. Next generation sequencing of 20 small RNA libraries from blood monocyte-derived macrophages exposed to two sequence types of S. agalactiae (ST103 and ST12) for 6 hours in vitro was performed. Analyzes of over 356 million of high quality sequence reads, revealed that 17 and 44 miRNAs were differentially expressed (P < 0.05) between the control unchallenged macrophages and the macrophages infected with ST103 and ST12, respectively. We also identified the expression of 31 potentially novel bovine miRNAs.
Project description:In order to gain a better understanding of MAP infection in immature macrophages, high-throughput sequencing technology was used to perform an analysis of lncRNAs profiles of bovine monocyte derived macrophages upon MAP infection.
Project description:This study aimed to identify transcription networks and signatures of bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to LPS stimulation. A total of 464 genes including at least 17 transcription factors were identified to be significantly induced by LPS using a high density bovine oligonucleotide microarray. The network analysis revealed that alternation in gene expression was regulated by transcription factors through potential interaction within the pathway networks in the LPS stimulated cells. Our results demonstrated that specific pathway networks are responsible for transcription regulation in bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to pathogen components such as LPS.
Project description:This study aimed to identify transcription networks and signatures of bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to LPS stimulation. A total of 464 genes including at least 17 transcription factors were identified to be significantly induced by LPS using a high density bovine oligonucleotide microarray. The network analysis revealed that alternation in gene expression was regulated by transcription factors through potential interaction within the pathway networks in the LPS stimulated cells. Our results demonstrated that specific pathway networks are responsible for transcription regulation in bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to pathogen components such as LPS. One class unpaired: Bovine Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from 10 BLV positive cattle are divided into 2 groups: 5 treated with PBS in vitro for 2h serve as controls. The remaining 5 samples are stimulated with LPS in vitro for 2h.
Project description:Biomarkers of response are needed in breast cancer to stratify patients to appropriate therapies and avoid unnecessary toxicity. Peripheral blood gene expression and cell type abundance were used to identify biomarkers of response and recurrence in neoadjuvant chemotherapy treated breast cancer patients. Higher peripheral blood monocyte abundance after neoadjuvant chemotherapy was associated with improved prognosis in multiple independent cohorts of breast cancer patients.