Project description:Origin Recognition Complex Associated (ORCA) associates with repressive chromatin environments. We carried out H3K9me3 ChIP-seq to determine the affect of ORCA's loss on this repressive mark. Towards this end, we cultured U2OS osteosarcoma cells, performed control and ORCA knockdowns using siRNAs and then carried out H3K9me3 ChIP-seq to determine the regions in the genome which get affected upon ORCA knockdown. Examination of the levels of H3K9me3 in control and ORCA knockdown cells
Project description:ORCA is an ORC associated protein that plays important roles in replication initiation as well as heterochromatin organization. We carried out ORCA ChIP-seq in U2OS cells synchronized at different stage of G1 phase to determine its genome wide localization. To understand the genomic features of ORCA binding regions, we also carried out Methylated DNA IP (MeDIP) followed by deep sequencing in U2OS cells to determine the genome wide localizatoin of methyl-CpG sites in U2OS cells and how ORCA bidning regions co-localize with this important repressive mark.
Project description:Origin Recognition Complex Associated (ORCA) associates with repressive chromatin environments. We carried out H3K9me3 ChIP-seq to determine the affect of ORCA's loss on this repressive mark. Towards this end, we cultured U2OS osteosarcoma cells, performed control and ORCA knockdowns using siRNAs and then carried out H3K9me3 ChIP-seq to determine the regions in the genome which get affected upon ORCA knockdown.
Project description:Twenty-four patients were randomized to receive Orca-T alone (n=12) or Orca-T plus single-agent GVHD prophylaxis (n=12) to determine if Orca-T alone was non-inferior in preventing acute GVHD.
Project description:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a curative therapy for hematologic malignancies. The primary non-relapse complication after allo-HSCT is graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The use of T regulatory (Treg) cells to prevent GVHD has emerged as a promising allogeneic T cell immunotherapy in the form of Orca-T. However, the precise differences in immune states which may influence clinical outcomes after Orca-T compared with unmanipulated peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) grafts remain unexplored. Using peripheral blood specimens longitudinally collected between 3 weeks and one year after leukemia treatment, we examined single-cell mRNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of 16 HLA-matched patients receiving either Orca-T or unmanipulated PBSC grafts.
Project description:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a curative therapy for hematologic malignancies. The primary non-relapse complication after allo-HSCT is graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The use of T regulatory (Treg) cells to prevent GVHD has emerged as a promising allogeneic T cell immunotherapy in the form of Orca-T. However, the precise differences in immune states which may influence clinical outcomes after Orca-T compared with unmanipulated peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) grafts remain unexplored. Using peripheral blood specimens longitudinally collected between 3 weeks and one year after leukemia treatment, we examined single-cell mRNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of 16 HLA-matched patients receiving either Orca-T or unmanipulated PBSC grafts.