Project description:Adult human neural crest-derived stem cells are of extraordinary high plasticity and promising candidates for the use in regenerative medicine. Here we describe for the first time a novel neural crest-derived stem cell population within the respiratory epithelium of adult human inferior turbinate. In contrast to superior and middle turbinates, high amounts of source material could be isolated from human inferior turbinates using minimally-invasive surgery methods isolation is efficient even from older patients. Within their endogenous niche, inferior turbinate stem cells (ITSCs) expressed high levels of nestin, p75NTR and S100. Immuno-electron microscopy using anti-p75 antibodies displayed that ITSCs are of glial origin and closely related to non-myelinating Schwann cells. Cultivated ITSCs were positive for nestin and S100 as well as the neural crest markers Slug and Sox10. Whole genome microarray analysis showed pronounced differences to human ES cells in respect to pluripotency markers OCT4, SOX2, LIN28 and NANOG, whereas expression of WDR5, KLF4 and c-MYC was nearly similar. ITSCs were able to differentiate into ectodermal, mesodermal and endodermal cell types. Additionally ITSCs are able to survive and perform neural crest typical chain migration in vivo when transplanted into chicken embryos. However ITSCs do not form teratomas in immunodeficient mice. Finally, we developed a separation strategy based on magnetic cell sorting of p75 positive ITSCs, which formed larger neurospheres and proliferated faster than p75 negative ITSCs. Taken together our study describes a novel, readily accessible source of multipotent human neural crest-derived stem cells for potential cell-replacement therapy. RNA samples to be analyzed by microarrays were prepared using Qiagen RNeasy columns with on-column DNA digestion. 500 ng of total RNA per sample was used as input into a linear amplification protocol (Ambion) which involved synthesis of T7-linked double-stranded cDNA and 12 hours of in vitro transcription incorporating biotin-labelled nucleotides. Purified and labeled cRNA was then hybridized for 18h onto HumanHT-12 v4 expression BeadChips (Illumina) following the manufacturers instructions. After washing as recommended, chips were stained with streptavidin-Cy3 (GE Healthcare) and scanned using the iScan reader (Illumina) and accompanying software.
Project description:We report the application of RNA sequencing for transcriptome analysis of HCMV infected Human nasal turbinate tissues, enabling the study of tissue responses to HCMV infection
Project description:Global transcriptome analysis via RNAseq shows a high silimarity between the expression profiles of adult human cardiac stem cells and adult human inferior turbinate stem cells
Project description:Total RNAseq of human healthy control inferior turbinate and glucocorticoid-treated, aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) nasal polyp nasal brushings
Project description:NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease (N-ERD) represents a particularly severe endotype of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), which affects around 10-16% of CRSwNP patients. N-ERD is characterized by severe and refractory nasal polyposis, bronchial asthma and intolerance to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including aspirin. Today, the pathogenesis of N-ERD remains incompletely understood and curative treatments are lacking. Using a global transcriptomic approach, we identified local changes between the mucosa of N-ERD nasal polyps and healthy control inferior turbinates. Nasal brushing samples were collected from inferior turbinates of healthy controls and nasal polyps of N-ERD patients under anterior rhinoscopy and stored at -80°C in RNAprotect until RNA isolation and RNAseq.
Project description:mRNA expression was assayed from bronchial epithelial cells collected via bronchoscopy and nasal epithelial cells collected by brushing the inferior turbinate from healthy current and never smoker volunteers in order to determine the relationship between smoking-related gene expression changes in bronchial and nasal epithelium within the same individual. Bronchial epithelial cells were collected from current and never smokers via bronchoscopy, and nasal epithelial cells were collected by brushing the inferior turbinate during the same clinic visit. 1ug of RNA was isolated and hybridized to Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST microarrays to obtain mRNA expression. The genome build upon which transcript assignments are based is hg18 (HuEx-1_0-st-v2.na27.hg18.transcript.csv).
Project description:We report the application of RNA sequencing for transcriptome analysis of SARS-CoV-2-infected and Influenza A-infected Human nasal turbinate and lung tissues, enabling the study of tissue responses to viral infections
Project description:ATAC-seq on human left ventricle myocardium inferior For data usage terms and conditions, please refer to http://www.genome.gov/27528022 and http://www.genome.gov/Pages/Research/ENCODE/ENCODE_Data_Use_Policy_for_External_Users_03-07-14.pdf
Project description:ATAC-seq on human right ventricle myocardium inferior For data usage terms and conditions, please refer to http://www.genome.gov/27528022 and http://www.genome.gov/Pages/Research/ENCODE/ENCODE_Data_Use_Policy_for_External_Users_03-07-14.pdf