Project description:Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) are abundant in the developing or healthy intestine to critically support tissue homeostasis in response to microbial cues and other environmental signals. However, during gastrointestinal disease including infections, colorectal cancer, or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), intestinal ILC3 numbers are dramatically reduced and the remaining ILC3s become dysfunctional which fuels disease and barrier breakdown. To define the underlying transcriptomic changes, we employed RNA sequencing of ILC3s from IBD patients. This may help to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms driving these alterations and ultimately lead to novel preventive, diagnostic, or therapeutic opportunities in IBD.
Project description:Analyses of ILC3s in Rorc floxed control and Id2iÎ?RORγt mice following daily treatments of tamoxifen for two weeks. Cells were sort purified as lineage negative, CD127+ CD90.2+ CCR6+ ST2- CCR6+ ILCs were sorted from the mesenteric LN of Rorc floxed control and Id2iÎ?RORγt mice following daily treatments of tamoxifen for two weeks.
Project description:Analyses of ILC3s in Rorc floxed control and Id2iΔRORγt mice following daily treatments of tamoxifen for two weeks. Cells were sort purified as lineage negative, CD127+ CD90.2+ CCR6+ ST2-
Project description:ILC3s from the spleen (SP) and small intestine (SI) have been shown to be phenotypically and functional different. Intestinal factors are likely to regulate transcriptional profiles and thereby function of ILC3s. The goal of this study is to analyze if SI ILC3s acquire a SP-similar transcriptional profile after in vitro culture. Therefore transcriptional profiles of cultured SI ILC3s were compared to freshly isolated ILC3s of the murine SP and the SI by RNA seq technology. Cell suspension were generated from both organs and ILC3s (CD117+, Thy1.2+, KLRG1-, lin- (CD3, CD8, CD11b, CD11c, CD19, B220, Gr-1, TCRβ, TCRγδ, TER-119, NK1.1)) were sort purified. SI ILC3 were cultured for 7 days in vitro with IL-2, IL-7 and SCF. RNA was isolated and RNA sequencing was done using Ilumina Hiseq 2500 system and NuGEN Ovation RNA Seq System V2, with biological replicates. We show that intestinal ILC3 acquire a splenic-similar transcriptional profile after in vitro culture.
Project description:Splenic and intestinal NCR- ILC3s have been shown to be phenotypically and functional different. The goal of this study is to compare transcriptional profiles of NCR- ILC3s isolated of the murine spleen (SP) and the small intestine (SI) by RNA seq technology. Cell suspension were generated from both organs and NCR- ILC3s (CD117+, Thy1.2+, eYFP+, lin- (CD3, CD8, CD11b, CD11c, CD19, B220, Gr-1, TCRβ, TCRγδ, TER-119, NK1.1, NKp46)) were sort purified. RNA was isolated and RNA sequencing was done using Ilumina Hiseq 2500 system and NuGEN Ovation RNA Seq System V2, with biological triplicates. We provide the first comparison of transcriptional profiles of intestinal and splenic NCR- ILC3s.
Project description:We generated genome-wide chromatin-state maps of immune cells purified from LPMC of IBD and non-IBD patients by using next generation sequencing.
Project description:We obtained transcriptome profiling (SAGE-seq) of immune cells purified from LPMC of IBD and non-IBD patients by using next generation sequencing.
Project description:Clinical remission is apparent when laboratory markers of inflammation are normal and clinical symptoms are absent. However, sub-clinical inflammation can still be present. A detailed analysis of the immune status during this inactive state of disease may provide a useful tool to subcategorize patients with subclinical immune activation We performed (un)supervised clustering analysis of IBD-associated genes and applied IngenuityM-BM-. pathway software to identify specific molecular profiles between patients. We analyzed RNA gene expression profiles of peripheral blood leucocytes (PBL) from pediatric IBD patients in clinical remission and age-matched controls.