Project description:The goal of this study is to identify Macrophage-specific L13a Knockout Transcriptomic Signatures. We treated Macrophages (L13a KO and WT) with M1/M2 cytokines , and identified L13a KO specific transcriptomic changes.
Project description:Patients with peritoneal metastasis of colorectal or high grade appendiceal origin who are candidates for cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC (hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy) will be enrolled in this study. Blood collection for measurements of plasma cell-free DNA hydroxymethylation signatures will be performed at different time points, before and after surgery, in order to determine if plasma hydroxymethylation signatures are more sensitive than conventional tumor markers in identifying clinically detectable recurrence at 1 year after surgery.
Project description:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation accompanied by alterations in immune cell function and enteric nervous system homeostasis. To investigate the role of PCIF1-mediated N6,2′-O-dimethyladenosine (m6Am) RNA methylation in macrophages during colitis, we generated macrophage-specific Pcif1 knockout mice and performed transcriptome-wide RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and m6Am profiling (m6Am-seq). These datasets were generated to characterize m6Am-regulated gene expression programs and identify molecular pathways associated with extracellular matrix remodeling, macrophage function, and enteric neuronal regulation during intestinal inflammation.
Project description:To identify genes involved in macrophage differentiation, a genome-wide CRISPR knockout library in macrophage progenitors was differentiated into macrophages. Samples were collected from the progenitor library at day 0, from a library maintained as progenitors for seven days, and from macrophages after seven days of differentiation.