Project description:Mice were treated for three days by oral gavage with the synthetic LXR ligand T0901317 (Cayman chemical, USA) using a dose of 50 mg/kg/day in vehicle (0.5% Carboxy-methylcellulose; 400 cPs (Sigma-Aldrich, USA); 0.2% Tween80 (Sigma-Aldrich, USA)) or solely the vehicle (control group). Mice were anesthetized with isoflurane and euthanized by cardiac puncture followed by cervical dislocation. Intestines were flushed with ice cold PBS and frozen in liquid nitrogen.
Project description:Analysis of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) using RNA derived from freshly harvested peripheral blood CD4+ lymphocytes from 200 asthmatics collected in clinical settings. RNA was obtained from peripheral blood CD4+ lymphocytes at four study centers. Peripheral blood (17 cc) was collected into BD Vacutainer CPT tubes (BD Diagnostics, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey) and placed on ice. Samples were centrifuged within 1 hour of collection for 20 minutes at 1700RCF, followed by mononuclear cell layer isolation and suspension in 10 ml of PBS. We isolated CD4+ lymphocytes using anti-CD4+ microbeads by column separation (Miltenyi Biotec, Auburn, CA) using 20 µl anti-CD4+ Micro beads per 106 total cells
Project description:We have isolated and characterized several bacteriophages infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa distantly related to Felix O1 virus and proposed they form a new subfamily named Felixounavirinae. The infectious cycle of bacteriophages belonging to this subfamily has not been studied yet in terms of gene expression. The present study reports the RNA-Seq analysis of bacteriophage PAK_P3 infecting PAK strain of P. aeruginosa.
