Project description:Whole transcriptional analysis of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients-derived CFBE41o- cells under the linc-SUMF1-2 knockdown condition. We utilized the gene expression data to understand the linc-SUMF1-2 function in CF bronchial epithelial cells.
Project description:Thousands of human long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) have been detected in human adipose tissue. Here we characterized the function of one human adipse lincRNA, linc-ADAL (chr5:115292235-115296985) in mature adipcoytes through loss-of-function studies. Our results indicate that knockdown of linc-ADAL in differentiated adipocytes modulated expression of lipid metabolism genes.
Project description:Biological mechanisms explaining asthma control improvement following bronchial thermoplasty are still not well understood. We used a large-scale transcriptomic approach to evaluate the transcriptome of bronchial epithelial cell (BEC) obtained before and after bronchial thermoplasty treatment (BT).
Project description:We carry out a comparative proteomic analysis of human bronchial epithelial cells from patients clinically treated or not with inhaled budesonide and stimulated or not with the viral mimic Poly(I:C).We also wanted to investigate the potential anti-viral effects of imiquimod, a TLR7 agonist, on the bronchial epithelial cells proteome in vitro.
Project description:Bronchial epithelial basal cells express high levels of SNAI2 and in order to identify the genes downstream of SNAI2, we performed a knockdown approach with shRNA specific of SNAI2 We used microarrays to compare the effect of SNAI2 knockdown versus a non-targetting sequences and identified genes that are up- or down-regulated downstream of SNAI2
Project description:The F508del mutation, the most frequent in cystic fibrosis (CF), impairs the maturation of the CFTR chloride channel. The F508del defect can be partially overcome at low temperature (27 °C) or with pharmacological correctors. The rescue elicited by low temperature may involve a direct stabilization of mutant CFTR protein and/or a change in cell transcriptome that creates a more favorable proteostasis environment. To assess the effect of low temperature on gene expression we investigated the transcriptome of bronchial epithelial cells derived from CF with F508del mutation. Cells were kept under control conditions or incubated at 27 °C. Microarray data indicate that hypothermia induces a profound and global change in gene expression that may be in part responsible for rescue of F508del-CFTR. Bronchial epithelial cells from cystic fibrosis patients homozygotes for F508del mutation were isolated. Cells differentiated as epithelial monolayers on porous membranes (Snapwell inserts) were incubated for 24 hours at 27 °C or kept under control conditions. Rescue of mutant CFTR channel by low temperature was checked by measuring transepithelial chloride currents with the Ussing chamber technique. Total RNA was extracted from treated and control cells to assess changes in gene expression with microarrays.
Project description:mRNA expression was assayed from bronchial epithelial cells collected via bronchoscopy from healthy current and never smoker volunteers in order to determine relationships between microRNA and mRNA expression in bronchial epithelial cell samples across current and never smokers and within the same individual. Keywords: Global mRNA expression profiling