Project description:The microbiota of the mouth disperses into the lungs and both compartments share similar phyla. Considering the importance of the microbiota in the maturation of the immunity and physiology during the first days of life, we hypothesized that primo-colonizing bacteria of the oral cavity may induce immune responses in bronchial epithelial cells. Herein, we have isolated and characterized 57 strains of the buccal cavity of two human new-borns. These strains belong to Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Rothia and Pantoea genera; Streptococcus being the most represented. The strains were co-incubated with a bronchial epithelial cell line (BEAS-2B) and we established their impact on a panel of cytokines/chemokines and global changes in gene expression. The Staphylococcus strains, which appeared soon after birth, induced a high production of IL-8, suggesting they can trigger inflammation, whereas the Streptococcus strains were less associated with inflammation pathways. The genera Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Pantoea induced differential profiles of cytokine/chemokine/growth factor and set of genes associated with maturation of morphology. Altogether, our results demonstrate that the micro-organisms, primo-colonizing the oral cavity, impact immunity and morphology of the lung epithelial cells, with specific effects depending on the phylogeny of the strains.
Project description:The study was designed to identify differential expressed genes between human oral cavity carcinoma cell lines with and without LDBI knockout Three parental human oral cavity carcinoma cell lines were used as control, LDB1 was knocked out in the three parent cell lines to create KO cell lines.
Project description:Gene Expression Profiling of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) was performed to delineate candidate genes clusters with potential to distinguish normal and tumor tissue from oral cavity. All tissue samples were collected after obtaining written informed consent. The RNA profile of 27 OSCC patients was compared with 4 independent controls and 1 pooled control oral cavity tissue from healthy donors. Agilent one-color experiment, Organism: Human, Agilent-014850 Whole Human Genome Microarray 4x44K G4112F
Project description:Genome wide high resolution assay of copy number in a series of frozen, microdissected head and neck cancers originating from the oral cavity. The objective was to characterize areas of amplification and deletion in head and neck cancers arising from the oral cavity subsite.
Project description:The study was designed to identify differential expressed genes between human oral cavity carcinoma cell lines with and without LDBI knockout
Project description:The opportunistic pathogen A. actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) expereinces fluctuating oxygen levels in its natural habitat, the gingival crevice of the human oral cavity. Since oxygen influences metabolic interactions between Aa and other oral microbes, we sought to characterize oxygen-dependent Aa gene expression.
Project description:The Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the causative agent of Kaposi sarcoma (KS), the most common HIV/AIDS-associated tumor worldwide. Involvement of the oral cavity portends a poor prognosis for patients with KS, but mechanisms for KSHV regulation of the oral tumor microenvironment are largely unknown. Infiltrating fibroblasts are found with KS lesions, and KSHV establishes latent infection within human primary fibroblasts in vitro, but contributions for KSHV-infected fibroblasts to the KS microenvironment have not been previously characterized. In the present study, we used Illumina microarray to detect the global gene profile altered in KSHV-infected primary human fibroblasts (PDLF and HGF) isolated from the oral cavity.
