Project description:mRNA expression levels in synovial fibroblasts in 6 rheumatoid arthritis patients versus 6 osteoarthritis patients. Keywords: disease type comparison, mRNA expression study
Project description:Autologous chondrocyte transplantation (ACT) is a routine technique to regenerate focal cartilage lesions. However, patients with osteoarthritis (OA) are lacking an appropriate long-lasting treatment alternative, partly since it is not known if chondrocytes from OA patients have the same chondrogenic differentiation potential as chondrocytes from donors not affected by OA. Articular chondrocytes from patients with OA undergoing total knee replacement (Mankin Score >3, Ahlbäck Score >2) and from patients undergoing ACT, here referred to as normal donors (ND), were isolated applying protocols used for ACT. Their chondrogenic differentiation potential was evaluated both in high-density pellet and scaffold (Hyaff-11) cultures by histological proteoglycan assessment (Bern Score) and immunohistochemistry for collagen types I and II. Chondrocytes cultured in monolayer and scaffolds were subjected to gene expression profiling using genome-wide oligonucleotide microarrays. Expression data were verified by using quantitative RT-PCR. Chondrocytes from ND and OA donors demonstrated accumulation of comparable amounts of cartilage matrix components, including sulphated proteoglycans and collagen types I and II. The mRNA expression of cartilage markers (COL2A1, COMP, aggrecan, CRTL1, SOX9) and genes involved in matrix synthesis (biglycan, COL9A2, COL11A1, TIMP4, CILP2) was highly induced in 3D cultures of chondrocytes from both donor groups. Genes associated with hypertrophic or OA cartilage (COL10A1, RUNX2, periostin, ALP, PTHR1, MMP13, COL1A1, COL3A1) were not significantly regulated between the two groups of donors. The expression of 661 genes, including COMP, FN1, and SOX9, were differentially regulated between OA and ND chondrocytes cultured in monolayer. During scaffold culture, the differences diminished between the OA and ND chondrocytes, and only 184 genes were differentially regulated. Only few genes were differentially expressed between OA and ND chondrocytes in Hyaff-11 culture. The risk of differentiation into hypertrophic cartilage does not seem to be increased for OA chondrocytes. Our findings suggest that the chondrogenic capacity is not significantly affected by OA and OA chondrocytes fulfill the requirements for matrix-associated ACT. Keywords: time course, cell type comparison, tissue engineered cartilage; osteoarthritis; Hyaff-11 scaffold; human chondrocytes; gene expression profiling; regenerative medicine; differentiation potential
Project description:Gene expression profiles were performed from CD3+ T cells isolated from peripheral blood samples of untreated patients with cHL versus 2 control groups consisting of healthy donors and patients with sarcoidosis. Keywords = Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Keywords = T cell Keywords = immune regulation Keywords: repeat sample
Project description:Single-cell transcriptomics analysis of human knee articular cartilage tissue to present a comprehensive transcriptome atlas and osteoarthritis-critical cell populations.
Project description:Cells: Primary human osteoblasts from subchondral bone of osteoarthritis patients (n=3 patients). Treatments: Cells transfected using Lipofectamine 3000 (Qiagen) with either control LNA (NC) or MALAT1 LNA1 or MALAT1 LNA2 for 24 hours. Total RNA extracted by Qiagen RNeasy columns. RIN values >7 via Agilent Bioanalyser. Analysis: RNA subjected to Quantseq 3' RNA sequencing (Lexogen) and sequenced reads mapped to the hg38 reference human genome.