This study identifies differentially expression genes in the sputum of people with eosinophilic, neutrophilic and paucigranulocytic asthma. A selection of markers identified using this microarray were further validated using qPCR on a wider sample set. Gene expression profiles were generated from in...
Comparison of the gene expression profile of Moraxella catarrhalis grown in the presence of 20% pooled human sputum in chemically-defined medium relative to Moraxella catarrhalis grown in chemically-defined medium alone. Moraxella catarrhalis ATCC43617 was grown to mid-logarithmic phase either in th...
In this study we profiled sputum samples of active and non tuberculosis patients for a comparative proteomics study to identify deregulated important molecules as markers.
Induced sputum is used to sample inflammatory cells, predominantly neutrophils and macrophages, from the airways of COPD patients. Our aim was to identify candidate genes associated with the degree of airflow obstruction and the extent of emphysema by expression profiling, and then to confirm these ...
We set out to test the hypothesis that ozone inhalation exposure significantly alters miRNA expression profiles within the airway of humans. Adult human volunteers were exposed to 0.4 ppm ozone for two hours. Induced sputum samples were collected from each subject 48 hours pre-exposure and 6 hours p...
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited, multi-system disease caused by dysfunction of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, a ubiquitous ion channel important for epithelial hydration. A direct consequence of this dysfunction is impaired mucociliary clearance, chronic...
In this study, we aim to identify sputum proteins that can classify individuals with lung cancer, and to build a classification model with potential clinical utility based on the panel of proteins that can identify lung cancer patients and even different lung cancer subtypes.
Sputum cells collected before (visit 2) and after (visit 4) allergen challenge in asthma patients were isolated and RNA purified for analysis on gene expression arrays. Human subject recruitment part of NIH sponsored protocol as part of the Eosinophil Program Project Grant (PI: Dr. Nizar Jarjour) Sp...
