Project description:Mouse spleen CD4+CD44LowCD62LHigh cells were stimulated with 2ug/ml anti-CD3(eBioscience), 2ug/ml anti-CD28 (eBioscience) in the presence (Th17 condition) or absence (Th0 condition) of hTGFb-1 (1ng/ml eBioscience), mouse IL-6(10ng/ml eBioscience). Cells were collected after 24 hourÕs culture using RNAeasy columns (Qiagen) for total RNA isolation. Isolated total RNA from Th0 and Th17 conditioned cells were submitted for the microarray gene transcription comparison analysis using Affymetrix Mouse 430A 2.0 array chips.
Project description:Stem cell memory T cells can be defined as the memory T cell subsets with naïve T cell phenotypes and stem cell-like properties. We find that Notch signaling converts activated T cells into stem cell memory T (TSCM) cells by OP9-DL1 feeder cell coculture. Based on gene expression profile analysis, we provide evidence that these cells represent distinct characters with central memory T (TCM) cells and naïve T cells with effector molecules and transcription factors. TSCM cells induced by Notch cluster closer to TCM cells than naïve T cells, and display similar phenotypes to TCM phenotype in terms of effector molecules and transcription factors, but the gene expressions of TSCM cells are entirely lower than that of TCM cells.
Project description:We compared CD8 TCM cells specific for a CMV epitope (pp65495-503) and an influenza A virus (IAV) epitope (M158-66) of the same healthy adults and identified genes whose expression are altered in CMV-specific compared to IAV-specific TCM cells.
