Project description:Affymetrix miRNA arrays were used to generate miRNA profiles of peripheral blood leukocytes and FACS sorted neutrophils, monocytes, B-cells, T-cells, CD4+ T-cells, and CD8+ T-cells, being the major leukocyte cell types in human. The study allowed for the determination of the miRNAs that were expressed in each leukocyte cell subtype. Two-way hierarchical clustering on the miRNAs and samples illustrated that miRNA expression profiles of B- and T-cells were very much alike, and that there there were a number of miRNAs which appeared to have an expression profile specific to certain leukocyte cell subtypes. This study will facilitate the identification of microRNAs associated with and contributing to single leukocyte cell subtypes. Peripheral blood leukocytes were extracted, and neutrophils, monocytes, B-cells, T-cells, CD4+ T-cells, and CD8+ T-cells were FACS sorted from total blood from a healthy subject. In order to determine the miRNA expression profile of these cells, RNA was extracted, labeled and hybridized on an Affymetrix miRNA array.
Project description:Human T-cells that express CXCR5 and/or CCR6 provide help to naive B-cells for IgG production. To understand the molecular pathways that are shared or unique to individual B helper T-cell subsets in human peripheral blood, CD4+IL-7R+CD25-/lo helper T-cells were purified according to the expression of CXCR5, CCR6, CXCR3, CD161 and CCR5 as follows: 1) TFH17(CD161-): CXCR5+CXCR6+CXCR3-CD161- 2) Th17: CXCR5-CCR6+CXCR3-, CD161+ or CCR5+ 3) CCR6”SP”: CXCR5-CCR6+CXCR3-CD161-CCR5- RNA-seq was performed with FACS-purified T-cell subsets from 3 healthy individuals.
Project description:Compared to circulating neutrophils (NC cells), splenic neutrophils (NBH cells) have an activated phenotype and enhanced B cell-helper activity. The transcriptome analysis of splenic and circulating neutrophils was performed to verify whether the enhanced B cell-helper activity of splenic neutrophils correlated with a specific gene signature. Unstimulated neutrophils were FACS sorted from the peripheral blood and spleen of six adult healthy subjects for RNA isolation and Agilent analysis.
Project description:The development and propagation of an adaptive immune response to an invading pathogen is a highly orchestrated process that involves the precise regulation of cytokine expression. Naïve CD4+ T lymphocytes give rise to T helper (Th) cell subsets with functions that are tailored to their respective roles in host defense. MicroRNAs are important regulators of most cellular processes, including many responses in the immune system. To identify novel microRNAs that might be important in human T helper cell differentiation to different subsets we purified T cell subsets from peripheral blood and performed microRNA arratys at Exiqon. Naïve, Th1, Th2, Th17 and Tregs were FACS-sorted ex-vivo from peripheral blood of 6-11 donors. Due to the very low amount of starting material total RNA from at least 6 different donors was pooled and anlaysed on the arrays. All samples were analyzed against a common reference, which was made by pooling together a small amount of total CD4+ cells from all donors.
Project description:This study generated ErbB2-specific CAR-T and CAR-CIK (cytokine induced killer) cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells by lentiviral transduction. Transduced and untransduced parental cells were co-incubated with the human rhabomyosarcoma cell line Rh30 for 24 hours, harvested and washed twice. CD45+ (CD45PacificBlue, BioLegend) effector cells were isolated via FACS (BD FACS Aria 3), spun down and stored at -80 °C for analysis via LS-MS.