Project description:Ischemia reperfusion induced injury contributes to poor lung transplant outcomes. We used microarrays to study the biological response of human lungs to the ischemia reperfusion process. Samples were collected from lung transplant cases at Toronto General Hospital. Lungs were donation after brain death (DBD)
Project description:Lung transplantation remains the only viable treatment option for the majority of patients with advanced lung diseases. However, 5-year post-transplant survival rates remain low primarily secondary to chronic rejection. Novel insights from global gene expression profiles may provide molecular phenotypes and therapeutic targets to improve outcomes after lung transplantation. We compared whole-genome transcriptional expression profiled using the Affymetrix Human Exon Array in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in lung transplant patients and normal individuals. 364 dysregulated genes in Caucasian lung transplant patients relative to normal individuals. Enriched Gene Ontology biological processes and pathways included defense response, immune response” and response to wounding”. We then compared the expression profiles of potential regulating miRNAs which suggested that dysregulation of a number of lung transplant-associated genes (e.g., ATR, FUT8, LRRC8B, NFKBIA) may be attributed to the differential expression of their regulating miRNAs. This exploratory analysis of the relationship between these miRNAs and their gene targets in the context of lung transplantation warrants further investigation and may serve as novel therapeutic targets in lung transplant complications. PBMC samples were collected from 18 patients (14 Caucasian Americans and 4 African Americans) who underwent single-lung transplant or bilateral single-lung transplant surgery during 2005-2008. Control samples were collected from healthy individuals (27 Caucasians and 8 African Americans). Whole-genome expression profiles were performed using the Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0ST Array. The expression levels of miRNAs were profiled using the Exiqon miRCURY™0. *This represents the Affymetrix Human Exon component of the study only.
Project description:Ex vivo lung perfusion restores normothermia, ventilation and circulation to donor lungs, typically after a period of cold ischemia. This allows donor lungs to be evaluated prior to transplantation. We used microarrays to study the biological response of human lungs to Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion. These are a subset of samples previously described in the paper: Yeung, Jonathan C., et al. Towards donor lung recovery—gene expression changes during ex vivo lung perfusion of human lungs. American Journal of Transplantation 18.6 (2018): 1518-1526.
Project description:Lung transplantation remains the only viable treatment option for the majority of patients with advanced lung diseases. However, 5-year post-transplant survival rates remain low primarily secondary to chronic rejection. Novel insights from global gene expression profiles may provide molecular phenotypes and therapeutic targets to improve outcomes after lung transplantation. We compared whole-genome transcriptional expression profiled using the Affymetrix Human Exon Array in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in lung transplant patients and normal individuals. 364 dysregulated genes in Caucasian lung transplant patients relative to normal individuals. Enriched Gene Ontology biological processes and pathways included defense response, immune response” and response to wounding”. We then compared the expression profiles of potential regulating miRNAs which suggested that dysregulation of a number of lung transplant-associated genes (e.g., ATR, FUT8, LRRC8B, NFKBIA) may be attributed to the differential expression of their regulating miRNAs. This exploratory analysis of the relationship between these miRNAs and their gene targets in the context of lung transplantation warrants further investigation and may serve as novel therapeutic targets in lung transplant complications.
Project description:Ex vivo lung perfusion restores normothermia, ventilation and circulation to donor lungs, typically after a period of cold ischemia. This allows donor lungs to be evaluated prior to transplantation. We used microarrays to study the biological response of human lungs to Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion. Samples were collected from donor lungs at Toronto General Hospital. Lungs were donation after brain death (DBD)
Project description:Human hair follicles undergo repetitive cycles of growth throughout their lifetime. During the hair follicle cycle, functional and structural changes occur within the surrounding skin environment. However, skin that experienced a deep injury lacks cycling hair follicles and turns into a mass of unremodelled scar tissue. We hypothesise that re-introducing cycling hair follicles into human scars will stimulate skin remodelling improving fibrotic tissue. To determine the transcriptional events underlying remodelling of scar dermis after hair follicle transplantation, we used Affymetrix microarrays to perform profiling of scar dermis before (0 mo), and at three time points after hair transplantation transplantation: 2, 4, and 6 months.
Project description:Ischemia reperfusion (IR) is an unavoidable step of organ transplantation. IR-induced injury constrains the number of donor lungs used for transplant. Here we performed longitudinal single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) from human lungs of six individuals who underwent lung transplantation. Lung biopsies were collected after cold preservation and 2-hour reperfusion for each individual resulting in the profiling of 108,613 cells in total.