Project description:The purpose of this study is to identify novel markers for the type II activated macrophage, which is generated by classical stimulation in the presence if IgG immune complexes. These cells gererally produce high levels of IL-10 and low levels of IL-12, in comparison to classically activated macrophages. We wish to identify gene expression which is enriched in Type II activated macrophages in comparison to classically activated macrophages. Keywords: Stimulation comparison
Project description:The purpose of this study is to identify novel markers for the type II activated macrophage, which is generated by classical stimulation in the presence if IgG immune complexes. These cells gererally produce high levels of IL-10 and low levels of IL-12, in comparison to classically activated macrophages. We wish to identify gene expression which is enriched in Type II activated macrophages in comparison to classically activated macrophages. Experiment Overall Design: The design of this experiment is to simulateously stimulate two popultions of macrophages and compare their gene expression. In this case, macrophages are primed overnight with IFN-gamma, washed, then stimulated with LPS (Classically) or LPS+Immune complexes (Type II).
Project description:We compared mRNA expression in alveolar macrophages between bleomycin–treated wild-type and S1pr2-/- mice, using DNA microarray analysis. In S1pr2-/- macrophages, 398 genes showed decreases to less than 50% of the levels in wild-type macrophages. In contrast, 122 genes showed more than 2.0-fold increases in S1pr2-/- macrophages compared with wild-type macrophages. The downregulated genes in S1pr2-/- mice included the following potentially fibrosis–related genes: profibrotic cytokines, chemokines, and the markers characteristic of classically activated (M1) and alternatively activated (M2) macrophages.
