Project description:The purpose of this study is to determine whether the presence of pathogenic Escherichia coli in colon is associated with psychiatric disorders.
Project description:Despite the characterization of many aetiologic genetic changes. The specific causative factors in the development of sporadic colorectal cancer remain unclear. This study was performed to detect the possible role of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in developing colorectal carcinoma.
Project description:We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling to identify differently expressed genes following stimulation of interleukin-16-knock-out bone-marrow derived macrophages with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Macrophages were stimulated with LPS (100 ng/ml) for 6 hours and a signature was identified that distinguished between infected and control samples. Expression of several genes from this signature was quantified in the same RNA samples by real-time PCR, confirming the predicted macrophage response pattern.
