Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Candida albicans cells comparing control untreated C. albicans cells with sulfite-treated C. albicans cells. Sulfite is a toxic molecule that C. albicans encounters in its human host. Both wild type and ∆zcf2 mutant cells were used. The goal was to determine the effects of sulfite on C. albicans gene expression, and to determine which of the genes areZcf2-depedent.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Candida albicans comparing pterostilbene treated cells with untreated cells Wild type Candida albicans strain SC5314 was selected to carry out the expression profile microarray. Two-condition experiment, pterostilbene treated vs. untreated cells. Biological replicates: 3 control, 3 pterostilbene treated, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Candida albicans after 3 h phagocytosis by vehicle DMSO-treated macrophages (intact, expanding phagosomes) or calcium chelator BAPTA-AM-treated macrophages (inhibits lysosomal repair of expanding phagosomes, leading to phagosome rupture) to determine the effect of preventing phagosome expansion on C. albicans gene expression after phagocytosis by macrophages. Cultivation of Candida only for 3 h in DMEM-FBS cell culture medium or YPD complex medium as non-phagocytosis control conditions.
Project description:The effects of Candida albicans on the metastatic activity of oral squamous cell carcinoma was observed in vitro and in vivo. In the in vitro experimental setup HO-1-N-1 and HSC-2 human oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines were treated with zymosan, heat-killed Candida albicans, heat-killed C. parapsilosis, live C. albicans and live C. parapsilosis. Whole transcriptomics was performed of the human tumor cells. In the in vivo experiment human HSC-2 tumor cells were injected to the tongue of mice. Whole transcriptomic analysis was performed of the human HSC-2 derived tumor cells comparing control tumor and oral candidiasis treated tumor.
