Project description:Deep characterization of a large series of splenic diffuse red pulp lymphomas DNA from 5 tumor samples, corresponding to 4 cases, were analyzed with Affymetrix SNP 6.0 platform for copy number alteration study.
Project description:To compare the splenic macrophages between SIRPα-knockout mice and WT mice, we performed a complete transcript profiling of the splenic red pulp macrophages from SIRPα-KO mice compared to WT mice using mRNA microarray as a discovery platform. SIRPα-KO mice and WT mice were kept under the same condition. Macrophages were isolated from spleen red pulp of SIRPα-KO mice and WT mice. RNA was then isolated from the same number of freshly isolated macrophages.
Project description:Acute malaria infection with P. chabaudi obliterates embryonically seeded tissue-resident red pulp macrophages in the spleen of C57Bl/6J mice - regardless of whether the infection is mild (mosquito transmitted P. chabaudi AS - no hyperparasitaemia, no measurable clinical manifestations of disease other than low-grade anaemia) or severe (mosquito transmitted P. chabaudi AJ - acute hyperparasitaemia, severe anaemia, hypothermia and prostration). Red pulp macrophages return 100 days later, once mice cleared parasitaemia. We then flow sorted 10,000 red pulp macrophages (lineage-, autofluorescent, F4/80+, B220-, CD11bint, CD11cint) directly into Trizol, extracted total RNA and analysed their transciptome using the affymetrix mouse exon 1.0 ST array. Red pulp macrophages from mice once infected with mild AS or severe AJ P. chabaudi parasites were compared to uninfected age-matched mice. We uncover that red pulp macrophages isolated from the spleens of once-malaria infected mice are transcriptionally identical to prenatally seeded red pulp macrophages from uninfected mice. The spleen tissue niche thus imprints an identical functional profile onto these cells - regardless of their origin.
Project description:We performed RNAseq analysis on CD8+ T cells isolated from splenic white and red pulp upon lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-Arm infection to understand how cell function and fate are determined. Analyses of transcriptional profiles revealed that decisions for gene expression patterns to become a memory cell were established during the early contraction phase by 11 days post infection (dpi) and their expression remained constant throughout the T cell development. This study may have important implication for development of efficacious vaccines.
Project description:Macrophages in the bone marrow erythroblastic island (EIM) and splenic red pulp (RPM) are required for terminal erythropoiesis and removal of aged erythrocytes, respectively. This manuscript shows that EIM and RPM development require both PPARg and Spi-C.
Project description:Purpose: Single cell RNA-Seq was used to characterize in depth splenic samples obtained from splenic marginal zone lymphomas Methods: 3 frozen samples of spleen from SMZL patients were selected and thawed for performing a 10X genomics single cell RNA-Sequencing 3' assay. Results: Tumor cells formed mainly patient specific-B cell clusters, while T-cells from the 3 patients clustered together. Conclusion: Single RNA-Seq unveils the cellular composition of splenic tumors from SMZL patients.