Project description:IL-2 mutant (F42K) is a variant of IL-2 that binds preferentially to the lower affinity IL-2Rβγ and has minimal binding to CD25, on Tregs, effector NK and T-cell subsets. Our recent study has uncovered that in contrast to WT IL-2, F42K did not efficiently induce the expansion of highly suppressive ICOS+ Tregs in PBMC from healthy controls and melanoma patients whereas it did promote the expansion of NK cells. We used microarray to study the differences of gene profiles induced by wild-type (WT) IL-2, F42K and IL-15 when treated on freshly isolated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy control. Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were isolated from buffy coat and were stimulated with 0.4nM WT IL-2, F42K or IL-15 for 24 hr. Total RNA was extracted from each WT IL-2, F42K and IL-15 treated PBMCs and Sense RNA was reverse-transcribed via RT reaction into DNA and labeled with biotin using Affymetrix labeling kits and hybridized on human Affymetrix microarray chip.
Project description:Single cell transcriptomes of flow cytometry-sorted peripheral blood NK cells from COVID-19 patients and healthy controls. Single cell transcriptomes of peripheral blood NK cells from healthy donors stimulated with IL-12 and IL-15 +/- TGF-beta.
Project description:Tuberculosis remains a major cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide, yet only 10% of people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop disease. Defining both necessary and sufficient immunologic determinants of protection remains a great scientific challenge. Analysis of peripheral blood gene expression profiles of active tuberculosis patients has identified correlates of risk for disease or pathogenesis. We sought to identify human potential candidate markers of host defense by studying gene expression profiles of macrophages, cells which, upon infection by M. tuberculosis, can mount an antimicrobial response. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis revealed an association between the cytokine, IL-32, and the vitamin D antimicrobial pathway in a network of IFN-γ and IL-15 induced ‘defense response’ genes. IL-32 was sufficient for induction of the vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial peptides, cathelicidin and DEFB4, and generation of antimicrobial activity in vitro, dependent on the presence of adequate 25-hydroxyvitamin D. The IL-15 induced ‘defense response’ macrophage gene network was integrated with ranked pairwise comparisons of gene expression from five different clinical data sets of latent vs. active tuberculosis or healthy controls, and a co-expression network derived from gene expression in patients with tuberculosis undergoing chemotherapy. Together, these analyses identified eight common genes, including IL-32, as molecular markers of latent tuberculosis and the IL-15 induced gene network. Inferring that maintaining M. tuberculosis in a latent state and preventing transition to active disease represents host resistance, we believe these results identify IL-32 as one functional marker and potential correlate of protection against active tuberculosis. Adherent peripheral blood monuclear cells were derived by Ficoll-Hypaque from the whole blood of four healthy donors. Cells adhered to tissue culture-treated plates for 2 h in 1% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) in RPMI. Cells were washed then stimulated with IL-10 (10ng/ml), IL-15 (10ng/ml) (R&D Systems), or IL-4 (1U/ml) in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% FBS at 37°C, 5% CO2. Cells were harvested at 6 h and 24 h after stimulation and monocytes purified by CD14 microbeads (Miltenyi Biotec) for a confirmed monocyte purity of at least 90%. RNA from purified monocytes extracted by Trizol and purified by Qiagen RNeasy Kit. RNA probe and microarray performed by UCLA Clinical Microarray Core using Ambion labeling kit and Affymetrix Human U133 Plus 2.0 array.
Project description:The expression of genes like IL-6, IL-10, TNF, OSM, CXCL1 and CXCL5 were found out to be heightened in patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells compared to unstimulated cells.
Project description:To explore the effects of IL-4 on tumor-associated macrophagess, we first sorted CD14+ monocytes from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy donors using magnetic-activated cell sorting and then induced their differentiation into macrophages by culture with M-CSF for 5 days. We then stimulated these macrophages with or without IL-4 (20 ng/ml) for 6 hours and examined gene expression using a cDNA microarray.
Project description:Variation in individuals' responses to environmental factors is believed to influence susceptibility to complex diseases in humans. The genetic basis of such variation is poorly understood. We measured gene expression from resting and stimulated dendritic cells (DCs) derived from the peripheral blood of healthy individuals. We stimulated the primary DCs with E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or influenza virus. Using serial replicate samples, we selected genes that showed evidence of reproducibility within the serial replicates. We collected peripheral blood from each human donor. We isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells by Ficoll, and magnetically sorted them for CD14+CD16- monocytes. We then differentiated the monocytes into monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MoDCs) by culturing the cells for 7 days with GM-CSF and IL-4. We stimulated the cells with E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for 5 hr or influenza (PR8 dNS1) for 10 hr. Finally, we lysed the cells and isolated total RNA for microarray.
Project description:Illumina microarray analysis of primary human B cell and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) co-cultures stimulated with anti-IgM and superantigens for 3 days (BT) compared to the same co-cultures without stimualtion (BTNo).
Project description:This study aimed to identify transcription networks and signatures of bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to LPS stimulation. A total of 464 genes including at least 17 transcription factors were identified to be significantly induced by LPS using a high density bovine oligonucleotide microarray. The network analysis revealed that alternation in gene expression was regulated by transcription factors through potential interaction within the pathway networks in the LPS stimulated cells. Our results demonstrated that specific pathway networks are responsible for transcription regulation in bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to pathogen components such as LPS. One class unpaired: Bovine Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from 10 BLV positive cattle are divided into 2 groups: 5 treated with PBS in vitro for 2h serve as controls. The remaining 5 samples are stimulated with LPS in vitro for 2h.