Project description:The study aimed to comprehensively characterize human myoblastic cell line RCMH using using electron microscopic and proteomic approaches. Myoblastic cell lines can be useful to investigate the complex biochemical changes occuring under different conditions that reflect the physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms of muscle. So far, there are no suitable in vitro models of human muscle origin to study a variety of muscle related processes including responses to mechanical stress, EC-coupling and (ER-associated) myopathic disorders. Therefore, we characterized the human immortal myoblastic cell line RCMH and the results suggest RCMH as a suitable in vitro model for investigating human muscle related processes and disorders.
Project description:Global transcriptome analyses provide an excellent basis for the identification and definition of biomarkers with high relevance in infection processes, therapeutic intervention and protective immunity. The measurement applies three different state of the art transcriptomic technologies for global expression profiling to vaccine development. Different microarray platforms in conjunct to next generation sequencing (NGS) will build the basis for comparative approaches, such as up-down classification and correlation coefficients. This measurement is based on Agilent microarrays and a clinical trial phase Ia study with M. bovis BCG vaccination, using two different tuberculin skin test (PPD negative and PPD positive) groups. • Surrogate measurement using PBMCs • 4 time points: d0 (naïve, pre-immunization) and d29, d57, d180 post m. bovis BCG immunization • Responses of PPD negative and PPD positive study groups • Group size of approximately 9 individuals European network of vaccine research and development (TRANSVAC)
Project description:Global transcriptome analyses provide an excellent basis for the identification and definition of biomarkers with high relevance in infection processes, therapeutic intervention and protective immunity. The measurement applies three different state of the art transcriptomic technologies for global expression profiling to vaccine development. Different microarray platforms in conjunct to next generation sequencing (NGS) will build the basis for comparative approaches, such as up-down classification and correlation coefficients. This measurement is based on Agilent microarrays and a clinical trial phase Ia study with M. bovis BCG vaccination, using two different tuberculin skin test (PPD negative and PPD positive) groups. � Surrogate measurement using PBMCs � 4 time points: d0 (naïve, pre-immunization) and d29, d57, d180 post m. bovis BCG immunization � Responses of PPD negative and PPD positive study groups � Group size of approximately 9 individuals European network of vaccine research and development (TRANSVAC) Microarray experiments were performed as single-color hybridizations using Agilent Technologies whole human genome 4x44K microarrays
Project description:We investigated an intergenic haplotype on chr21q22, linked to five different inflammatory diseases, and discovered a mechanism that orchestrates macrophage responses during chronic inflammation. We delineated how the risk haplotype increases expression of the causal gene, ETS2, and demonstrated that ETS2 is necessary for inflammatory macrophage effector functions. To establish whether ETS2 is sufficient to drive inflammatory responses, we overexpressed ETS2 in a dose-dependent manner and performed RNA-sequencing to characterise the transcriptional effects.
Project description:Global transcriptome analyses provide an excellent basis for the identification and definition of biomarkers with high relevance in infection processes, therapeutic intervention and protective immunity. The measurement applies three different state of the art transcriptomic technologies for global expression profiling to vaccine development. Different microarray platforms in conjunct to next generation sequencing (NGS) will build the basis for comparative approaches, such as up-down classification and correlation coefficients. This measurement is based on Agilent microarrays and a clinical trial phase Ib study with M. bovis BCG vaccination. • Surrogate measurement using whole human blood • 4 time points: d0 (naïve, pre-immunization) and d14, d28,d56, d168 post m. bovis BCG immunization • Responses of PPD positive study groups • Group size of approximately 6 individuals European network of vaccine research and development (TRANSVAC)