Project description:Patients with Celiac Disease, first degree relatives of celiac patients and control groups displayed significant differential gene expression.
Project description:Compositional and functional gut microbiome in celiac disease patients compared to first-degree relatives and effect of gluten free diet on them
Project description:First Degree Relatives (FDRs) of Patients with Celiac Disease Harbour an Intestinal Transcriptomic Signature that Might Protect Them from Enterocyte Damage
Project description:Celiac disease (CeD) is an intestinal immune-mediated disorder caused by gluten ingestion in genetically predisposed subjects. CeD is characterized by villous atrophy, altered intestinal permeability, crypt hyperplasia and innate and adaptive immune response. This study aimed to develop and validate the use of intestinal organoids from celiac patients to study CeD. A repository of organoids from duodenum of non-celiac and celiac patients was generated and characterized accordingly to standard procedures. RNA-seq analysis was employed to study the global gene expression program of CeD (n=3) and non-CeD (n=3) organoids sets. While the three celiac derived organoids shared similar transcriptional signatures the NC samples set appeared more heterogeneous. We found 486 genes differentially expressed between the two groups. Of them, 299 genes were downregulated (FC<2; FDR<0.05) and 187 were upregulated in CeD (FC >2; FDR<0.05). We observed CeD organoids had significantly altered expression of genes associated with barrier function, innate immunity, and stem cell function.
Project description:Differential miRNA Expression in Seropositive and Seronegative First-degree Relatives of Celiac Disease Patients by High-throughput RNA sequencing
Project description:To study V-gene usage among antigen-specific and non-antigen-specific serum IgA antibodies in celiac disease patients, purified antibody fractions were subjected to proteomic analysis. Patients either had eastablished, untreated disease with severe intestinal inflammation or "potential" celiac disease characterized by presence of antibodies but no or mild inflammation. Quantification of the fraction of antibodies using different IGHV segments revealed that antibodies specific to the autoantigen transglutaminase 2 (TG2) displayed a bias toward usage of IGHV5-51 in agreement with previous observations. The fraction of antibodies using IGHV5-51 correlated with the degree of intestinal inflammation, indicating that production of hallmark IGHV5-51 anti-TG2 antibodies coincides with onset of clinical celiac disease.
