Project description:How epigenetic changes contribute to MS pathogenesis is still poorly understood. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in four immune cell populations isolated from MS patients at clinical disease onset. We also performed parallel transcriptome analysis in B cells to better understand the functional consequences of the DNA methylation changes in MS.
Project description:How epigenetic changes contribute to MS pathogenesis is still poorly understood. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in four immune cell populations isolated from MS patients at clinical disease onset. We also performed parallel transcriptome analysis in B cells to better understand the functional consequences of the DNA methylation changes in MS.
Project description:Multiple sclerosis is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Studying whole blood RNA from a cohort of 195 MS patients and 66 healthy controls, we identified gene expression signatures for interferon treatment and disease status by microarray analysis. Blood was collected at multiple time points (up to 3 for patients, 2 for controls). Patients were either untreated or treated with Interferon. In total, 626 Affymetrix exon arrays were analyzed, split into discovery and replication data sets. This metadata file contains information on all samples processed in the replication data set (n=102) when we compared gene expression in untreated MS patients (n=27) to healthy controls (n=25).
Project description:Multiple sclerosis is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Studying whole blood RNA from a cohort of 195 MS patients and 66 healthy controls, we identified gene expression signatures for interferon treatment and disease status by microarray analysis. Blood was collected at multiple time points (up to 3 for patients, 2 for controls). Patients were either untreated or treated with Interferon. In total, 626 Affymetrix exon arrays were analyzed, split into discovery and replication data sets. This metadata file contains information on all samples processed in the discovery data set (n=212) when we compared gene expression in untreated MS patients (n=62) to healthy controls (n=41).
Project description:In order to better understand the functional properties of this type of cells under different circumstances, we integrated the single-cell RNA-seq data of peripheral blood CD8+ T cells from healthy subjects, MS patients and COVID-19 patients generated from the 10X Genomics platform using the Seurat package. KIR+CD8+ T cells from different conditions (healthy, MS, and COVID-19) formed a distinct cluster with high expression of effector genes (GZMB and PRF1) as well as KIR transcripts. These findings reveal the commonality of KIR+CD8+ T cells across physiological and diseased status as well as their uniqueness relative to other CD8+ T cells.
Project description:Multiple sclerosis is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Studying whole blood RNA from a cohort of 195 MS patients and 66 healthy controls, we identified gene expression signatures for interferon treatment and disease status by microarray analysis. Blood was collected at multiple time points (up to 3 for patients, 2 for controls). Patients were either untreated or treated with Interferon. In total, 626 Affymetrix exon arrays were analyzed, split into discovery and replication data sets. This metadata file contains information on all samples processed in the replication data set (n=102) when we compared gene expression in untreated MS patients (n=27) to healthy controls (n=25). The following comparisons were made: untreated MS vs Controls (discovery and replication), untreated vs Interferon treated MS (discovery and replication). For each comparison, respective arrays were processed (background corrected and normalized) together, but seperate from other comparisons. The two time points for controls were averaged. For the first comparison, we report differentially expressed genes at an FDR cutoff of 0.1 at any of the three tested time points in MS patients in the discovery data set. For the second comparison, the FDR cutoff was 0.001. The respective genes were validated in the replication data set when they passed a nominal p-value cutoff of 0.05 at any of the three tested time points.
Project description:Multiple sclerosis is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Studying whole blood RNA from a cohort of 195 MS patients and 66 healthy controls, we identified gene expression signatures for interferon treatment and disease status by microarray analysis. Blood was collected at multiple time points (up to 3 for patients, 2 for controls). Patients were either untreated or treated with Interferon. In total, 626 Affymetrix exon arrays were analyzed, split into discovery and replication data sets. This metadata file contains information on all samples processed in the discovery data set (n=212) when we compared gene expression in untreated MS patients (n=62) to healthy controls (n=41). The following comparisons were made: untreated MS vs Controls (discovery and replication), untreated vs Interferon treated MS (discovery and replication). For each comparison, respective arrays were processed (background corrected and normalized) together, but seperate from other comparisons. The two time points for controls were averaged. For the first comparison, we report differentially expressed genes at an FDR cutoff of 0.1 at any of the three tested time points in MS patients in the discovery data set. For the second comparison, the FDR cutoff was 0.001. The respective genes were validated in the replication data set when they passed a nominal p-value cutoff of 0.05 at any of the three tested time points.