Project description:Tonsil organoid cultures were prepared from one donor and stimulated with live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) or left unstimulated. Cells were harvested on the days described below, total T and B cells were sorted, and cells were sequenced using the BD Rhapsody platform with a targeted set of immune-related genes, BCR, and TCR repertoire analysis.
Project description:Endometrial gland cultures were established from human non-pregnant endometrium and decidua. We analysed the global gene expression profile of the human endometrial gland organoid cultures to assess the similarity of their molecular signature to the tissue of origin. Organoid cultures established from decidua were also included in the analysis to assess their similarity to endometrial dervied cultures.
Project description:The aim of the experiment was to investigate the effects of stimulation of human endometrial organoids with estrogen (E2) and progesterone (P4) In humans, the endometrium, the uterine mucosal lining, undergoes dynamic changes throughout the menstrual cycle and in pregnancy. We adapted conditions used to establish human adult stem cell-derived organoid cultures to generate 3D cultures of human endometrium. Unlike other mucosal epithelia, the endometrium responds dramatically to ovarian sex hormones, estrogen (E2) and progesterone (P4), which regulate cyclical proliferation and differentiation of endometrial glands with concomitant dynamic temporal and spatial expression of their receptors, ERalpha and PR.
Project description:Organ to organ interactions have not yet been modeled with human organoid cultures. This work demonstrates the coupling of intestinal and liver organoids recapitulates aspects of enterohepatic bile signaling. The integration of organoids can be used to probe intra-organ interactions. Single cell RNA-Seq studies were performed in human liver organoids to examine the heterogeneity of the cultures.
Project description:The aim of this microarray experiment was to compare the overall transcriptomic profile of human placenta derived trophoblast organoid cultures with its tissue of origin, human placental villi. As the placental villi contains both trophoblast and stromal populations, we have included placenta derived stromal cultures in this comparison.
Project description:To investigate miRNA expression in human tonsil squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) compared to normal tonsil tissue. Two colour LNA Exiqon array. MicroRNAs were labeled at 3'-end with a P-CU-C3-Cy3 RNA linker. A mixture of 371 synthetic DNA reference oligonucleotides containing complementary sequences to all LNA probes was randomly labeled using the ULYSIS labeling kit.
Project description:In order to investigate the response of epithelium to butyrate, we generated in vitro epithelial organoid cultures from colon samples of non-IBD controls and they were stimulated with different doses of butyrate. The transcriptional signature revealed that butyrate negatively regulated proliferation and cell cycle, induced a protective response to oxidative stress and regulated genes related to the immune response.