Project description:Addition of CO2 to the inspired gas can ameliorate lung injury during high tidal volume mechanical ventilation in animal models. Although some effects of hypercapnia on physiology and cell signaling have been characterized, we hypothesized that assessment of genome-wide gene expression patterns would reveal novel pathways of protection. We subjected male C57BL/6J mice to non-injurious low stretch (tidal vol = 10 mL/kg, PEEP = 2 cm H2O) or injurious high stretch (tidal volume approx 35 mL/kg, PEEP = 0 cm H2O) mechanical ventilation for 3 hours under normocapnia (FiCO2 = 0) or hypercapnia (FiCO2 = 0.12).
Project description:Genome-wide gene expression patterns were measured in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs) infected in vitro with seasonal H1N1 influenza A/New Caledonia/20/1999. To provide a mechanistic explanation for the timing of gene expression changes over the first 12 hours post-infection, we developed a statistically rigorous enrichment approach integrating genome-wide expression kinetics and time-dependent promoter analysis. Our approach, TI me-Dependent Activity Linker (TIDAL), generates a regulatory network that connects transcription factors associated with each temporal phase of the response into a coherent linked cascade. TIDAL infers 12 transcription factors and 32 regulatory connections that drive the antiviral response to influenza. To demonstrate the generality of this approach, TIDAL was also used to generate a network for the DC response to measles infection.
Project description:This study aimed at identification of genetic regulations for desiccation and submergence tolerance in intertidal seaweed species Ulva lactuca which arisies periodically due to tidal rhythms.
