We analyzed gene expression in CD4+ cells sorted from naïve or D30 Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected mice and incubated in vitro in the presence or absence of Schistosoma egg antigen. We found genes associated with Th1 function, T cell signaling, T cell costimulation and T cell activation were downregulated in SEA-treated cells, while expression of Th2 cytokines was below the threshold for detection. Overall design: RNAseq results for 3 replicates for naïve or CD4+ T cells from M.tuberculosis-infected mice treated with or without Schistosoma egg antigen in vitro.
Helminth-induced arginase-1 exacerbates lung inflammation and disease severity in tuberculosis.
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View SamplesThe aim of this study was to identify differences in the NK-cell response towards Leishmania mexicana lipophosphoglycan (LPG) between patients with localized (LCL) and diffuse (DCL) cutaneous leishmaniasis through gene expression profiling, in an attempt to pinpoint alterations in the signaling pathways responsible for the NK-cell dysfunction in patients with DCL.
Down-Regulation of TLR and JAK/STAT Pathway Genes Is Associated with Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Gene Expression Analysis in NK Cells from Patients Infected with Leishmania mexicana.
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage, Treatment
View SamplesThe emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains, resistant to the frontline anti-tubercular drugs rifampicin and isoniazid, forces treatment with less effective and toxic second-line drugs and stands to derail TB control efforts. However, the immune response to MDR Mtb infection remains poorly understood. Here, we determined the RNA transcriptional profile of in vitro generated macrophages to infection with either drug susceptible Mtb HN878 or MDR Mtb W_7642 infection. Overall design: Bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) from WT and Il1r1–/– mice were derived in 7 days in GM-CSF supplemented complete DMEM. Cells were infected with either Mtb HN878 or Mtb W_7642 (multiplicity of infection = 1) and RNA samples collected after 6 days.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis carrying a rifampicin drug resistance mutation reprograms macrophage metabolism through cell wall lipid changes.
Cell line, Subject
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Gene expression profile of cervical and skin tissues from human papillomavirus type 16 E6 transgenic mice.
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View SamplesQuorum sensing controls the expression of multiple virulence factors. PA14 genes lasR and rhlR are necessary for quorum sensing via homoserine lactones.
Quorum sensing enhancement of the stress response promotes resistance to quorum quenching and prevents social cheating.
Treatment
View SamplesHuman alveolar epithelial cells were exposed to cigarette smoke extract (CSE) for 1, 3 and 5 weeks at 1%, 5% and 10%, and gene expression was evaluated by complete transcriptome microarrays.
Cigarette Smoke Enhances the Expression of Profibrotic Molecules in Alveolar Epithelial Cells.
Cell line, Time
View SamplesTo study effects of IFNalpha treatment on monocyte-derived macrophages which may influence susceptibility or resistance to HIV.
Interleukin-27 inhibition of HIV-1 involves an intermediate induction of type I interferon.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe report the phenotype of human lung ILC2 and ILC3 populations from individuals with tuberculosis (TB) and non-TB cancer controls. We find that ILC2s demonstrate moderate transcriptional differences in TB infection, whereas ILC3s demonstrate large differences. Overall design: ILC2s and ILC3s were purified by FACS from lung biopsies from TB infected lung tissue and peripheral healthy lung tissue from individuals with cancer. Low-input RNA-seq was performed on 1-3 replicates (dependent on cell number) on 5 individuals with TB infection and 2 controls.
Group 3 innate lymphoid cells mediate early protective immunity against tuberculosis.
Specimen part, Disease, Subject
View SamplesTo study the gene expression profile of salivary glands with varying degrees of inflammation in Sjogren's and non Sjogren's patients
Chitinases in the salivary glands and circulation of patients with Sjögren's syndrome: macrophage harbingers of disease severity.
Specimen part, Disease
View SamplesTo study characteristics of the orapharyngeal epithelia which may influence susceptibility or resistance to HIV, we performed microarray analysis of the tonsil and gingival epithelium.Tonsil epithelium has been implicated in HIV pathogenesis, but its role in oral transmission remains controversial. We performed microarray analysis of Laser Capture Microdissected tonsil and gingival epithelium. Our data revealed that genes related to immune functions such as antibody production and antigen processing were increasingly expressed in tonsil compared to the epithelium of another oro-pharyngeal site, gingival epithelium. Importantly, tonsil epithelium highly expressed genes associated with HIV entrapment and/or transmission, including the HIV co-receptor CXCR4 and the potential HIV binding molecules, FcRIII, complement receptor 2, and various complement components. This increased expression of molecules involved in viral recognition, binding and entry may favor virus-epithelium interaction in an environment with reduced innate anti-viral mechanisms. Specifically, secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor, an innate molecule with anti-HIV activity, was minimal in the tonsil epithelium, in contrast to oral mucosa. Collectively, our data suggest that increased expression of molecules associated with HIV binding and entry coupled with decreased innate anti-viral factors may render the tonsil a potential site for oral transmission.
Tonsil epithelial factors may influence oropharyngeal human immunodeficiency virus transmission.
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