To determine characterize human B cells that express IL-10 on a molecular level, we compared the global gene expression of primary CD19pos B cells secreting IL-10 or not, upon activation with anti-CD40, IL-4 and CpG for 2 days. Human B cells from healthy donors were sorted according to CD19 expressi...
Gene expression profiling of cells isolated ex vivo is a unique tool to assess gene expression in vivo. Exemplified for CD4+CD45RO+ effector/memory T helper (T E/M) lymphocytes of human peripheral blood, we have analyzed different isolation procedures and storage conditions for the introduction of b...
Many cytokines are involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases and are recognized as relevant therapeutic targets to attenuate inflammation, such as TNFα in RA and IFNα/γ in SLE. To relate the transcriptional imprinting of cytokines in a cell type-specific and disease-specific manner, we gen...
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Sequential polarization and imprinting of type 1 T helper lymphocytes by interferon-gamma and interleukin-12.
Schulz EG, Mariani L, Radbruch A, Höfer T.
Immunity.2009;30(5):666-8.
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Abstract:
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To understand differences between resting and activated memory CD8+ T cells, we compared the global gene expression of ex vivo isolated naive and spleen and BM memory cells to in vitro activated spleen and BM memory cells. Single cell suspension from the spleen and bones of aged C57BL/6 mice were pr...
To compare human memory CD4+ T cell subsets in peripheral blood (PB) and bone marrow (BM) of healthy individuals at transcriptional level, we analyzed the global gene expression of ex vivo PB CD69- as well as BM CD69- and CD69+ memory CD4+ T cells from 4 paired PB and BM samples. The gene expression...
To understand differences in the pathogenesis of synovial hyperplasia during TNF-induced arthritis, we compared the global gene expression of hTNFtg and hTNFtg;Rsk2-/y primary synovial fibroblasts. Murine fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) were isolated from the hind paws of hTNFtg and hTNFtg;Rsk2-/...
We sought to investigate the extent of genetic and antigen-driven predetermination of antibody repertoires throughout B-cell development (pre-B cells, naive B cells, plasma cells). To this end, we used (i) an inbred model organism (mouse, C57BL/6J) to quantify genetic predetermination and (ii) cohor...
This study demonstrates quantitative and qualitative differences between type I IFN signatures in autoimmunity and viral infection using purified CD4pos T cells and CD16pos- and CD16neg-monocyte subsets. We were able to discriminate between cell-specific viral response signatures and the pathogenica...
Viruses manipulate cellular metabolism and macromolecule recycling processes like autophagy. Dysregulated metabolism might lead to excessive inflammatory and autoimmune responses as observed in severe and long COVID-19 patients. Here we show that SARS-CoV-2 modulates cellular metabolism and reduces ...
