Project description:Kidney stone disease causes significant morbidity and increases health care utilization. In this dataset, we applied a single-nucleus assay to renal papila samples in order to charachterize the cellular and molecular niches in patients with calcium oxalate (CaOx) stone disease and healthy subjects. In addition to identifying cell types important in papillary physiology, we characterize collecting duct cell subtypes and an undifferentiated epithelial cell type that was more prevalent in stone patients. Despite the focal nature of mineral deposition in nephrolithiasis, we uncover a global injury signature characterized by immune activation, oxidative stress and extracellular matrix remodeling. We also identify the association of MMP7 and MMP9 expression with stone disease and mineral deposition, respectively. MMP7 and MMP9 are significantly increased in the urine of patients with CaOx stone disease, and their levels correlate with disease activity. Our results define the spatial molecular landscape and specific pathways contributing to stone-mediated injury in the human papilla and identify associated urinary biomarkers.
Project description:We use high through put RNA sequenceing technology to study the genome-wide expression profile in an oral pathogen Filifactor alocis when co-cultured with another key-stone oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis under anaerobic conditions and oxidative stress conditions.
Project description:We use high through put RNA sequenceing technology to study the genome-wide expression profile of a unknown-function gene PG0686 mutant, designated as FLL361, in key-stone oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis under anaerobic conditions and oxidative stress conditions.
