Project description:Purpose: to understand the mechanisms of vaccines in the lymph nodes of mice Methods: mice were treated with mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine or the yellow fever vaccine. The draining inguinal or illiac lymph nodes were harvested 1, 3, or 7 days after treatment and analyzed by scRNA-seq Results: TBD Conclusions: TBD
Project description:Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is an inherited multi-system disorder, characterized by oral leukoplakia, nail dystrophy, and abnormal skin pigmentation, as well as high rates of bone marrow failure, solid tumors, and other medical problems such as osteopenia. DC and telomere biology disorders (collectively referred to as TBD here) are caused by germline mutations in telomere biology genes leading to very short telomeres and limited proliferative potential of hematopoietic stem cells. We found that skeletal stem cells (SSCs) within the bone marrow stromal cell population (BMSCs, also known as bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells), may contribute to the hematological phenotype. TBD-BMSCs exhibited reduced clonogenicity, reduced telomerase activity, spontaneous differentiation into adipocytes and fibrotic cells, and increased senescence in vitro. Upon in vivo transplantation into mice, TBD-BMSCs failed to form bone or support hematopoiesis, unlike normal BMSCs. TERC reduction (a TBD-associated gene) in normal BMSCs by siTERC-RNA recapitulated the TBD-BMSC phenotype by reducing proliferation and secondary colony forming efficiency, and by accelerating senescence in vitro. Microarray profiles of control and siTERC-BMSCs showed decreased hematopoietic factors at the mRNA level, and decreased secretion of factors at the protein level. These findings are consistent with defects in SSCs/BMSCs contributing to bone marrow failure in TBD.
Project description:Purpose: To understand the innate immune response to an adjuvant, 3M052, and yellow fever vaccine, YFV Methods: Draining lymph nodes were negatively selected for CD19+ and CD3+, then flow sorted into four populations: Dendritic cells (DCs), Double positive cells (DP, CD11b+BST1+), Ly6c+ cells (Ly6c), and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs). Lymph nodes were harvested at baseline (D0), 24 hours post-treatment (D1) or 28 days post-treatment (D28). Results: TBD Conclusions: TBD