Project description:Prospective, open labelled, multicenter trial to evaluate the feasibility of ex vivo culture 3D (chemogram obtaining) on biopsies in order to estimate the predictive value of this technique for treatment response in patients treated by two different chemotherapies (FOLFOX or FOLFIRI) for colorectal cancer.
Project description:Tumor-specific T cells are frequently exhausted by chronic antigenic stimulation. To explore new pathways for reinvigoration of anti-tumor immune functions, we developed a human ex vivo exhaustion model by repetitive antigenic stimulation of primary CD8 T cells. This results in T cells that resemble patient-derived T cells in tumors on a phenotypic and transcriptional level.
Project description:NK cells were isolated from the perpheral blood of healthy donors (n=6) and expanded ex vivo in the presence of feeder cells and IL-2. RNA from fresh and expanded cells was isolated, sequenced, and gene expression of the cell populations were compared.
Project description:Human in vivo skin wound: Non-wounded skin was obtained by taking punch biopsies from three healthy donors (donor 1,2 and 3). The samples were termed 'skin day 0 in vivo wound'. Skin wound samples were retrieved by making new punch biopsies from the edge of the original biopsies after four days. These samples were termed 'skin day 4 in vivo wound'. As much dermal tissue as possible was removed by dissection to make sure mainly epidermis was present in the samples. The samples were washed in NaCl to possible remove infiltrating inflammatory cells before RNA isolation. Ex vivo skin wounds: Skin was obtained from three healthy donors following reduction surgery (donor 1, 2, and 3). As much dermal tissue as possible was removed dissection. These samples were termed 'skin day 0 ex vivo wound'. Skin was sliced into 1x10 mm slices and incubated in keratinocyte medium for four days with either 1:1000 fold dilution of DMSO or 10 micromolar AG-1478 (dissolved in DMSO). Again as much dermal tissue was removed by dissection as possible before RNA was isolated. These samples were termed 'skin day 4 ex vivo wound' and 'skin day 4 AG-1478 ex vivo wound'. By comparing the gene expression day 4 in ex vivo wound with in vivo wounds it was possible to see which part of the gene expression in wounded skin that was due to the epidermal reaction to injury and how much was due to stimuli from infiltrating inflammatory cells absent in the ex vivo skin wounds. By comparing the data from ex vivo skin wounds day 4 with and without the EGFR-inhibitor AG-1478, it was possible to look at the importance of the EGF-receptor of EGFR for the gene expression in ex vivo wounded skin.
Project description:The objective of this study was to use RNAseq to determine baseline gene expression in mouse primary tumor cells grown in a matrix of matigel and growth factors ex vivo, as well as which genes change expression in response to treatment with a platinum-based therapeutic, cisplatin.
Project description:Proteins that were newly-synthesized during ex vivo lung perfusion were labeled with an azido-sugar Ac4GalNAz in the perfusate. These proteins were enriched using click chemistry to attach an alkyne-desthiobiotin group to the azido-labeled proteins, then pulled out of solution using streptavidin beads. The overall goal is to better understand the effects of warm ischemia injury in lungs destined for lung transplantation.
