Project description:Sickle cell disease is associated with systemic complications, many associated with either severity of disease or increased risk of mortality. We sought to identify a circulating gene expression profile whose predictive capacity spanned the spectrum of these poor outcomes in sickle cell disease. The Training cohort consisted of patients with SCD who were prospectively recruited from the University of Illinois. The Testing cohort consisted of a combination of patients prospectively seen at two separate institutions including the University of Chicago and Howard University.
Project description:Sickle cell disease is associated with systemic complications, many associated with either severity of disease or increased risk of mortality. We sought to identify a circulating gene expression profile whose predictive capacity spanned the spectrum of these poor outcomes in sickle cell disease. The Training cohort consisted of patients with SCD who were prospectively recruited from the University of Illinois. The Testing cohort consisted of a combination of patients prospectively seen at two separate institutions including the University of Chicago and Howard University
Project description:Sickle cell disease is associated with systemic complications, many associated with either severity of disease or increased risk of mortality. We sought to identify a circulating gene expression profile whose predictive capacity spanned the spectrum of these poor outcomes in sickle cell disease. The Training cohort consisted of patients with SCD who were prospectively recruited from the University of Illinois. The Testing cohort consisted of a combination of patients prospectively seen at two separate institutions including the University of Chicago and Howard University.
Project description:Gene expression profiling was carried out on peripheral blood mononuclear cell mRNA samples collected from 93 older adults participating in the Chicago Health Aging and Social Relations Study (CHASRS). The primary research question is whether gene expression differs in participants who are chronically lonely. Keywords: Risk prediction Gene expression profiling was carried out on peripheral blood mononuclear cell mRNA samples collected from 93 older adults participating in the Chicago Health Aging and Social Relations Study (CHASRS). The primary research question is whether gene expression differs in participants who are chronically lonely.
Project description:Gene expression profiling was carried out on peripheral blood mononuclear cell mRNA samples collected from 93 older adults participating in the Chicago Health Aging and Social Relations Study (CHASRS). The primary research question is whether gene expression differs in participants who are chronically lonely. Keywords: Risk prediction
Project description:MiRNAs are non-protein-coding small RNA molecules negatively regulating gene through inhibition of mRNA. The characteristics of microRNA expression patterns obtained from sickle cell diseases are not clearly elucidated. In this study, we recruited 12 children and adults suffering from sickle cells diseases with high HbF fetal hemoglobin (HbF) group (6 subjects) and lower HbF (6 subjects). The peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMN) were processed using a MACS column with magnetic anti-CD71 antibody to isolate reticulocytes according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Miltenyi Biotec, San Diego, CA). After data normalization, 327 miRNA were identified by PCA (principal component analysis) as differentially expressed in low HbF group compared to high HbF groups.
