Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE23859: Regional Immune Response to Trichostrongylis colubriformis - Gene Expression during the Development of Immunity GSE23863: Regional Immune Response to Trichostrongylis colubriformis - Gene Expression during Challenge of Immunized Sheep Refer to individual Series
Project description:Once Haemonchus contortus infects sheep it receives a series of host attacks, especially those relating to the infected animal’s T lymphocytes immune response. To obtain a systematic genome-wide profiling of the T lymphocyte genes involved, microarrays were used to compare gene expression between 0 days post infection (dpi), 3-5 dpi, 25-30 dpi and 60dpi in infected sheep. In this 853, 242 and 42 differentially expressed genes were acquired in the 3d vs. 0d comparison, the 30d vs. 0d comparison and the 60d vs. 0d comparison, respectively. Gene Ontology and pathway analysis indicated that modulated genes including SUGT1, FCER1G, CD23, IL-13 and galectin-14, were mostly associated with cellular homeostasis maintaining and immune response. Haemonchus contortus infection induced gene expression in sheep T lymphocytes was measured at 0, 3, 30 and 60 days post infection. Four time-series experiments were performed at each sheep (2#, 3# and 5#).
Project description:Infection of sheep with Brucella ovis results in ovine brucellosis, a disease characterized by infertility in rams, abortion in ewes and increased perinatal mortality in lambs. During the course of the infection both the ovine immune response and host cell gene expression are modified. The objective of this research was to conduct a preliminary characterization of differential gene expression in rams experimentally infected with B. ovis by microarray hybridization and real-time RT-PCR. Six hybridizations were conducted using total RNA from three individual infected sheep at 15 and 60 days post infection. In each comparison, the control channels contained total RNA from each of the same three sheep at 0 days post infection. Ratios were calculated as B. ovis-infected sheep at 15 and 60 dpc versus uninfected animals at 0 dpc.