Project description:Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is released into the circulation from dead and dying cells, and is elevated in critical illness syndromes including sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Plasma cfDNA has been implicated as a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) that propagates ongoing inflammation. However, the tissue source of circulating cfDNA from different pathological processes has not been fully elucidated, and identification of the cellular origin of cfDNA may provide insight into the mechanisms underlying the early inflammatory response. As cfDNA retains the unique methylation pattern of its tissue of origin, we can leverage cfDNA methylome to map the presumed tissue of origin of these DAMPs. We conducted a pilot study to assess the cfDNA methylation pattern in pediatric ARDS.
Project description:This study used nasal transcriptomic profiling of the inferior turbinate in control and pediatric ARDS subjects to identify endotypes. This data set is for amplified specimens. The study identfied three pediatric ARDS endotypes.
Project description:This study used nasal transcriptomic profiling of the inferior turbinate in control and pediatric ARDS subjects to identify endotypes. This data set is for non-amplified specimens. The study identfied three pediatric ARDS endotypes.
Project description:We aimed to identify endotypes of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) using whole blood transcriptomics collected within 24 hours of Berlin ARDS onset in intubated children from CHOP Affy microarray and cluster analysis
Project description:Pediatric patients survive from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) better than adults. However, immunological characteristics of lung tissue and peripheral circulation in pediatric ARDS has been scared. A 10-year-old girl suffered from ARDS was treated with anti-infection, anti-inflammatory regimen and with ECMO support. Air leak was fixed by surgery. Surgically dissected lung biopsies and peripheral blood cells (PBCs) were obtained from this patient and other control subjects for single cell RNA sequencing analysis. Pathological examination was also conducted on the lung biopsy. Out data revealed transcriptional characteristics of PBCs and lung microenvironment during ARDS recovery phase, and pointed out that efficient oxygen supply, appropriate immune regulation, and adequate anti-infection treatment favor for the recovery of children from ARDS.
Project description:The objective of this study was to identify differences in the nasal methylome of patients with Pediatric ARDS (PARDS) compared to controls and to observe how this might change over time. We found two different methylomic patterns. Subgroup 1 was comprised of entirely of PARDS subjects, and Subgroup 2 contained both control and PARDS subject. Subgroup 1was characterized by hypomethylation of genes related to cell adhesion and hypermethylation of cell metabolism-related genes. Over time, the methylation pattern of PARDS subjects changed, but the pattern of control subjects was stable. Five concurrent bronchial and nasal specimens were obtained showing very few differences in methylation between these two collection sites.