Project description:The Gauging Response in Allergic Rhinitis to Sublingual and Subcutaneous Immunotherapy (GRASS) study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of individuals with timothy grass allergy who received 2 years of placebo, subcutaneous (SCIT), or sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) and were followed for a total of 3 years. Here we utilized longitudinal transcriptomic profiling of nasal brush and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) samples after allergen provocation collected in the GRASS study to uncover airway and systemic expression pathways mediating responsiveness to immunotherapy.
Project description:The Gauging Response in Allergic Rhinitis to Sublingual and Subcutaneous Immunotherapy (GRASS) study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of individuals with timothy grass allergy who received 2 years of placebo, subcutaneous (SCIT), or sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) and were followed for a total of 3 years. Here we utilized longitudinal transcriptomic profiling of nasal brush and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) samples after allergen provocation collected in the GRASS study to uncover airway and systemic expression pathways mediating responsiveness to immunotherapy.
Project description:Arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) are the most common symbiotic associations between plant’s root compartment and fungi. They can provide both nutritional benefit (mostly inorganic phosphate) leading to improved growth and non-nutritional benefits including defense responses to environmental cues throughout the host plant, which in return delivers carbohydrates to the symbiont. However how transcriptional changes occurring in AM leaves differ from those induced by phosphate fertilization is poorly understood. We investigated systemic changes in the leaves of mycorrhized Medicago truncatula compared to non-mycorrhized control plants, and in phosphate fertilized plants compared to control plants.
