Project description:Effects of SOCS3 on the transcriptional response of bone marrow-derived macrophages to IL-6. Fetal liver cells from SOCS3+/+ or SOCS3-/- embryos were used to reconstitute recipient mice. Donor derived bone marrow from these mice was differentiated to macrophages. Macrophages were either unstimulated, or stimulated for 100 or 400 minutes with 10 ng/ml IL-6. Keywords = macrophage, SOCS3, IL-6, interferon Keywords: repeat sample
Project description:We speculate that the genes that acquired mutations in liver cancer tissues might be preferentially and actively transcribed in hepatic lineage cells. Therefore, to examine whether the mutated genes in liver cancer tissues in mice were transcribed at relatively higher levels in liver-lineage cells compared with hematopoietic lineage cells, we aim to analyze and compare the gene expression profiles in the adult liver, fetal liver and bone marrow.
Project description:RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation in treating patients who have hematologic cancer.
Project description:We analyzed the effect of Calr deficiency on Mac1 and Gr1 positive bone marrow cells using hematopoietic cell specific Calr knockout (Mx-cre;Calrf/-) mice and control (Mx-cre;Calr+/+) mice.
Project description:This phase II trial studies how well giving fludarabine phosphate, cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and total-body irradiation together with a donor bone marrow transplant works in treating patients with high-risk hematologic cancer. Giving low doses of chemotherapy, such as fludarabine phosphate and cyclophosphamide, and total-body irradiation before a donor bone marrow transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells by stopping them from dividing or killing them. Giving cyclophosphamide after transplant may also stop the patient’s immune system from rejecting the donor’s bone marrow stem cells. The donated stem cells may replace the patient’s immune system cells and help destroy any remaining cancer cells (graft-versus-tumor effect). Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can also make an immune response against the body’s normal cells. Giving tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil after the transplant may stop this from happening
Project description:In order to comprehensively characterize bone marrow mesenchymal cells after myeloablation, single-nuclei RNA sequencing was performed on bone marrow adipocytes and bone marrow stromal cells isolated from sublethally-irradiated mice.
Project description:Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) is under dynamic controlled in the bone marrow to differentiate into cells of all lineages that constitute the blood. The bone marrow niches form a specific microenvironment to maintain and regulate HSC. However, the mechanisms that the effect of cytokines from blood on HSC function still remain largely unknown. Leukocyte chemotactic factor 2 (LECT2), a liver-derived cytokine, is involved in many immune dysfunctions, such as sepsis, cancer and diabetes. Here we showed that LECT2 affected the gene expression of bone marrow cells in mice. Especially, we found that LECT2 treatment for 3 and 5 days led to the down-regulation of cytokines such as, TNF, IL-6, IL-1β, CXCL10, CCL4, CCL3 et al. Moreover, the functions and mechanisms for LECT2 regulated HSC in bone marrow is still needed further investigation.
Project description:Objective: Bone marrow-derived myeloid cells accumulate in the liver as monocytes and macrophages during the progression of obesity-related non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to steatohepatitis (NASH). Myeloid cells comprise heterogeneous subsets, and dietary overnutrition may affect macrophages in liver and bone marrow. We therefore aimed at characterizing in-depth the functional adaptations of myeloid cells in fatty liver. Design: We employed single-cell RNA-sequencing to comprehensively assess the heterogeneity of myeloid cells in liver and bone marrow during NAFLD, by analyzing C57BL/6 mice fed with a high-fat, high-sugar, high-cholesterol "Western diet" for 16 weeks. We also characterized NAFLD-driven functional adaptations of macrophages in vitro and their functional relevance during steatohepatitis in vivo.