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Project description:By studying differently expressed immune genes with gene expression profiling in immune competent children researchers have been able to distinguish between children with asymptomatic viral infection and those with symptomatic viral infection as well as patients with bacterial infection. In this study we asked if gene expression profiling is feasible as a diagnostic tool in febrile neutropenia. We included children under treatment for a malignancy presenting with febrile neutropenia. Clinical data regarding the infectious episode was prospectively collected and children grouped based on microbiological agent detected into virus, bacteria, co-infection and unknown aetiology. Fourty three episodes had sufficient RNA for RNA-sequencing, 15 with respiratory tract virus, 22 with unknown etiology, 4 with co-infection and 2 with bacteria. No pathogen specific host-innate immune expression profile was seen in the group with virus, bacteria nor unknown aetiology probably due to the low white blood cell account (WBC). In the co-infection group with higher WBC but lower absolute neutrophil count (ANC) compared to the other groups, a downregulated innate response were detected. We conclude that gene expression profiling in children presenting with neutropenic fever is not a feasible diagnostic tool for febrile neutropenia in children with cancer due the low WBC.:
2020-08-26 | GSE152341 | GEO
Project description:Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are one of the major immunosuppressive cells that accumulate in tumor-bearing hosts. Since MDSCs suppress anti-tumor immunity and promote tumor progression, they are promising targets for cancer immunotherapy. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is an agent for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in patients with cancer. However, several reports reveal that G-CSF would play crucial immune-related adverse roles in tumor progression through MDSCs. In this study, we showed that MDSCs differentiated in the presence of G-CSF in vitro exhibited the enhanced proliferation and immunosuppressive activity compared with those differentiated without G-CSF. RNA-seq analysis demonstrated that G-CSF enhanced the immunosuppressive function of MDSCs through the upregulation of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) 1. Moreover, in the EL4 lymphoma-bearing neutropenic mouse model, the administration of recombinant G-CSF increased MDSCs and attenuated anti-cancer effect of chemotherapy. We showed that the combination of GGsTop, a GGT inhibitor, with G-CSF could prevent tumor growth caused by G-CSF, without affecting the promoting myelopoiesis by G-CSF. These results suggest that targeting GGT1 on MDSCs can eliminate the effect of G-CSF in promoting tumor growth. GGsTop could be an attractive combination agent when receiving G-CSF treatment for febrile neutropenia in patients with cancer.
2022-05-13 | GSE183066 | GEO
Project description:This study aimed to use pan-viral detection microarrays to identify viruses in serum from cases of acute pediatric febrile illness in a tropical setting. Patient clinical data and serum samples were collected between 2005 and 2009 as part of an ongoing pediatric dengue virus study at the Hospital Infantil Manuel de Jesús Rivera in Managua, Nicaragua. This study focused on patients who presented with dengue-like illness but who tested negative for dengue-virus infection. We hypothesized that non-dengue viruses or previously uncharacterized viruses might be causing these illnesses. The Virochip microarray is capable of detecting known viruses and discovering novel viruses. This series includes 153 arrays corresponding to 148 cases and 5 HeLa controls. Keywords: viral detection, tropical febrile illness, dengue virus, Nicaragua, Virochip From each serum sample, total nucleic acid was extracted and used to prepare a randomly-primed dsDNA library. These libraries were fluorescently labeled and hybrized to Virochip arrays.
2011-12-31 | E-GEOD-28142 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Viral infections are among the most common causes for fever without an apparent source (FWS) in young children; however, many febrile children are treated with antibiotics despite the absence of bacterial infection. Adenovirus, human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and enterovirus are detected in children with FWS more often than other viral species. Virus and bacteria interact with pattern recognition receptors in circulating blood leukocytes and trigger specific host transcriptional programs that mediate immune response, and unique transcriptional signatures may be ascertained to discriminate between viral and bacterial causes for children with FWS. Microarray analyses were conducted on peripheral blood samples obtained from 51 pediatric patients with confirmed adenovirus, human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), enterovirus or bacterial infection. Whole blood transcriptional profiles could clearly distinguish febrile children from healthy controls, and febrile children with viral infections from afebrile children carrying the same virus. Molecular pathways regulating host immune response were the most affected in febrile children with infection. Pattern recognition programs were prominently activated in all febrile children with infection, while differential activation of transcriptional programs was observed among viral species. Interferon signaling pathway was uniquely activated in children with febrile viral infection, while a different set of pathways was uniquely activated in children with bacterial infection. Transcriptional signatures were identified and classified febrile children with viral or bacterial infection with 87% overall accuracy, an improvement from the current clinical practice of deducing from white blood cell (WBC) count status. Similar degree of accuracy was observed when we validated the signature probes on data sets from an independent study with different microarray platforms. The current study confirms the clinical utility of blood transcriptional analysis, suggests the composition of transcriptional signatures which can be used to ascertain the infectious etiology of febrile young children without an apparent source, thus limit the overuse of antibiotics on febrile children presenting with this common clinical complaint. Total RNA samples extracted from whole blood of young children were processed for hybridization onto Illumina Human-HT12 version 4 beadchips, and differential expression of the transcripts was analyzed between sick children with either viral or bacterial infection and healthy children.
2012-10-15 | E-GEOD-40396 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:This study aimed to use pan-viral detection microarrays to identify viruses in serum from cases of acute pediatric febrile illness in a tropical setting. Patient clinical data and serum samples were collected between 2005 and 2009 as part of an ongoing pediatric dengue virus study at the Hospital Infantil Manuel de Jesús Rivera in Managua, Nicaragua. This study focused on patients who presented with dengue-like illness but who tested negative for dengue-virus infection. We hypothesized that non-dengue viruses or previously uncharacterized viruses might be causing these illnesses. The Virochip microarray is capable of detecting known viruses and discovering novel viruses. This series includes 153 arrays corresponding to 148 cases and 5 HeLa controls. Keywords: viral detection, tropical febrile illness, dengue virus, Nicaragua, Virochip
2011-12-31 | GSE28142 | GEO
Project description:Viral infections are among the most common causes for fever without an apparent source (FWS) in young children; however, many febrile children are treated with antibiotics despite the absence of bacterial infection. Adenovirus, human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and enterovirus are detected in children with FWS more often than other viral species. Virus and bacteria interact with pattern recognition receptors in circulating blood leukocytes and trigger specific host transcriptional programs that mediate immune response, and unique transcriptional signatures may be ascertained to discriminate between viral and bacterial causes for children with FWS. Microarray analyses were conducted on peripheral blood samples obtained from 51 pediatric patients with confirmed adenovirus, human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), enterovirus or bacterial infection. Whole blood transcriptional profiles could clearly distinguish febrile children from healthy controls, and febrile children with viral infections from afebrile children carrying the same virus. Molecular pathways regulating host immune response were the most affected in febrile children with infection. Pattern recognition programs were prominently activated in all febrile children with infection, while differential activation of transcriptional programs was observed among viral species. Interferon signaling pathway was uniquely activated in children with febrile viral infection, while a different set of pathways was uniquely activated in children with bacterial infection. Transcriptional signatures were identified and classified febrile children with viral or bacterial infection with 87% overall accuracy, an improvement from the current clinical practice of deducing from white blood cell (WBC) count status. Similar degree of accuracy was observed when we validated the signature probes on data sets from an independent study with different microarray platforms. The current study confirms the clinical utility of blood transcriptional analysis, suggests the composition of transcriptional signatures which can be used to ascertain the infectious etiology of febrile young children without an apparent source, thus limit the overuse of antibiotics on febrile children presenting with this common clinical complaint.
2012-10-15 | GSE40396 | GEO
Project description:Metagenomics for pathogens detection from pediatric patients with meningitis
| PRJDB12113 | ENA