Project description:CD4 T cell responses are characterized based on a limited number of molecular markers selected from exisiting knowledge. The goal of the experiment was to assess antigenic-peptide specific T-cell responses in vitro without bias using microarrays. PBMCs were isolated from 20 healthy donors and 15 patients with type 1 diabetes. The cells were stimulated with peptides derived from type 1 diabetogenic protein (IGRP, PPI) for 24 hours. Unstimulated cells were cultured without the peptides for 24 hours.
Project description:CD4 T cell responses are characterized based on a limited number of molecular markers selected from exisiting knowledge. The goal of the experiment was to assess antigenic-peptide specific T-cell responses in vitro without bias using microarrays. PBMCs were isolated from 3 healthy donors. The cells were stimulated with peptides derived from west nile virus (E, NS2a), type 1 diabetogenic antigens (GAD65, ZnT8) for 24 hours. Unstimulated cells were cultured without the peptides for 24 hours.
Project description:CD4 T cell responses are characterized based on a limited number of molecular markers selected from exisiting knowledge. The goal of the experiment was to assess antigenic-peptide specific T-cell responses in vitro without bias using microarrays. PBMCs were isolated from 15 healthy donors and 15 patients with type 1 diabetes. The cells were stimulated with peptides derived from type 1 diabetogenic protein (GAD65, IGRP, PPI, ZnT8) and influenza virus M for 24 hours. Unstimulated cells were cultured without the peptides for 24 hours.
Project description:CD4 T cell responses are characterized based on a limited number of molecular markers selected from exisiting knowledge. The goal of the experiment was to assess antigenic-peptide specific T-cell responses in vitro without bias using microarrays. PBMCs were isolated from 2 donors with allergy. The cells were stimulated with antigenic peptides derived from silver birch wood and cat for 24 hours. Unstimulated cells were cultured without the peptides for 24 hours.
Project description:CD4 T cell responses are characterized based on a limited number of molecular markers selected from exisiting knowledge. The goal of the experiment was to assess antigenic-peptide specific T-cell responses in vitro without bias using microarrays. PBMCs were isolated from 1 healthy donor. The cells were stimulated with peptides derived from influenza virus H1 and H5, human cytomegalovirus, and candida albicans for 24 hours. Unstimulated cells were cultured without the peptides for 24 hours.
Project description:CD4 T cell responses are characterized based on a limited number of molecular markers selected from exisiting knowledge. The goal of the experiment was to assess antigenic-peptide specific T-cell responses in vitro without bias using microarrays. PBMCs were isolated from 1 healthy donor. The fresh cells or cells thawed from cryopresevation (frozen) were stimulated with peptides derived from influenza virus for 24 hours. Unstimulated cells were cultured without the peptides for 24 hours. Experiments were done in triplicate.
Project description:CD4 T cell responses are characterized based on a limited number of molecular markers selected from exisiting knowledge. The goal of the experiment was to assess antigenic-peptide specific T-cell responses in vitro without bias using microarrays. PBMCs were isolated from 11 young (⤠45 years old) and old (> 60 years old) healthy donors. The cells were stimulated with peptides derived from influenza virus for 24 hours. Unstimulated cells were cultured without the peptides for 24 hours.
Project description:In this work we present an analytical strategy to systematically identify early regulators by combining gene regulatory networks (GRN) with GWAS. We hypothesized that early regulators in T-cell associated diseases could be found by defining upstream transcription factors (TFs) in T-cell differentiation. Time series expression and DNA methylation profiling of T-cell differentiation identified several upstream TFs, of which TFs involved in Th1/2 differentiation were most enriched for disease associated SNPs identified by GWAS. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were prepared from fresh blood from 10 patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis and 10 healthy controls using Lymphoprep (Axis-Shield PoC, Oslo, Norway) according to the manufacturerâs protocol. PBMCs were stimulated with allergen extract (ALK-Abelló A/S; 100 μg/ml) or diluent (PBS) in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine (PAA Laboratories, Linz, Austria), 5% human AB serum (Lonza, Switzerland), 5 µM beta-mercaptoethanol (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Missouri, USA) and 50 µg/mL gentamicin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Missouri, USA). After 17 hours of incubation, total CD4+ T cells were enriched from PBMCs by MACS negative sorting. Total RNA was extracted using a miRneasy Mini Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA). The cRNA was prepared using a Low Input QuickAmp Labeling Kit. The expression microarray analyses were performed using Agilent SurePrint G3 Human Exon 4x180K Microarrays according to the manufacturer's instructions. Complementary microRNA data have been deposited in ArrayExpress under accession number E-MTAB-4900 ( http://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/experiments/E-MTAB-4900/ ).
Project description:The primary objective of this study was to evaluate response to a SIV DNA-based vaccine that was adminstered via vivo electroporation (EP) in rhesus macaques to further understand the molecular correlates of protection against SIV. In this study, rhesus macaques were immunized with a DNA vaccine including individual plasmids encoding SIV gag, env, and pol alone, or in combination with a molecular adjuvant, plasmid DNA expressing the chemokine ligand 5 (RANTES), followed by EP. At eight month post-vaccination, animals were challenged with SIV. Standard immunological assays, flow-based activation analysis without ex vivo restimulation and high-throughput gene expression analysis were performed to determine the host response to each vaccine regimen. The overall study was designed to evaluate the response to a SIV-DNA vaccination administered to animals via intramuscular electroporation. Chinese rhesus macaques were divided into three treatment groups (n=6 animals per group): Control (no vaccination), DNA vaccine alone (pCSIVgag, pCSIVpol, pCSIVenv), DNA vaccine with RANTES adjuvant (pCSIVgag, pCSIVpol, pCSIVenv, pmacRANTES). Eight months following the last vaccination, animals were infected with 25 MID of SIVmac251 and response to infection was monitored. RNA for microarray analysis was isolated from fresh PBMCs that were isolated from individual animals and treated overnight with a pool of overlapping SIV pol peptides or mock treated. Samples for microarray analysis were taken longitudinally at 8 months post-vaccination (pre-SIV challenge; biological n=5-6 per group for each treatment; technical n=2 for each sample) and at day 10 post-SIV challenge (n=5-6 per group for each treatment; technical n=2 for each sample).
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Bone-Marrow derived mouse Dendritic Cells (bmDCs) infected with Ad-MyD88 vs. Ad-GFP or mock infected Three-condition experiment, Ad-MyD88 vs. Ad-GFP vs. Mock infected cells. Biological replicates: 3 Ad-MyD88, 3 Ad-GFP, 3 mock, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array.