Project description:Exploration of proteome differences between CD45+ and CD45- cell types in renal cell carcinoma tumors and normal adjacent tissue patient samples.
Project description:We used immunocompetent Fah-/- mice as the recipients and adoptively transferred HBsAg+ hepatocytes from HBs-Tg mice to replace the recipient hepatocytes (HBs-HepR). HBs-HepR mice maintained persistent HBsAg expression with chronic hepatitis and spontaneous liver fibrosis, and eventually developed HCC with a prevalence of 100%.
Project description:Mononuclear phagocytes are key regulators of both tissue damage and repair in neuroinflammatory conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS). To examine divergent phagocyte phenotypes in the inflamed central nervous system (CNS) we introduce an in vivo imaging approach combined with RNAseq and proteomics that allows us to temporally and spatially resolve the evolution of phagocyte polarization in a murine MS model. We show that the initial pro-inflammatory polarization of phagocytes is established after spinal cord entry and critically depends on the compartment they enter. Guided by signals from the CNS environment individual phagocytes then switch their phenotype as lesions move from expansion to resolution. Our study thus provides a first real-time analysis of the temporo-spatial determinants and regulatory principles of phagocyte specification in the inflamed CNS.
Project description:To further development of our gene expression approach to biodosimetry, we have employed microRNA microarray expression profiling to identify genes with the potential to distinguish liver metastasis related microRNA. Colorectal cancer patients were administered anesthesia and 20 mL BM was taken from the right and left anterior iliac crests before surgery. Mononucleated cells were collected using a standard Ficoll-Hypaque gradient technique. To enrich for EpCAM+ cells, CD14+ cells were removed from the whole bone marrow using auto MACSTM pro (Milteny Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) with anti-CD14 immunomagnetic beads (clone; TÜK4, Milteny Biotec). Next, CD45+ cells were removed by treatment with anti-CD45 immunomagnetic beads (clone; 5B1; Milteny Biotec). The residual CD14?CD45? cells were then incubated with FcR blocking reagent (Milteny Biotec), followed by incubation with anti-EpCAM immunomagnetic beads (clone; HEA-125, Milteny Biotec), and the CD14?CD45?EpCAM+ cells were taken up. Total RNA of these cells we analyzed the microRNA levels of CD14?CD45?EpCAM+ cells obtained from non-metastasis patients (n = 12) and liver metastasis patients (n = 7). Ten-microRNA consensus signature was identified that distinguished between CD14?CD45?EpCAM+ cells from liver metastasis patients and CD14?CD45?EpCAM+ cells from non-liver metastasis patients. MicroRNA expression of CD14-CD45-EpCAM+ cells in human bone marrow was measured. RNA of these cells we analyzed the microRNA levels of CD14?CD45?EpCAM+ cells obtained from non-metastasis patients (n = 12) and liver metastasis patients (n = 7).
Project description:To investigate the changes in CD45+ cardiac murine cells, we radiated WT mice with 12 Gyx1 RT and isolated constituents cell lines We then performed expression profiling using scRNA sequencing obtained from CD45+ cells
Project description:Liver has a crucial role in the regulation of immune defense in systemic infections. During endotoxemia, the liver transits from an immune-tolerant towards an immune-active state and forms the first line of defense against invading microorganisms. the role of liver parenchymal cells in endotoxemia remains unintelligible. To characterize the liver parenchymal cells in endotoxemia liver, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing of liver parenchymal cells from healthy C57BL/6J mice and murine model of endotoxemia at early or late stage. The single-cell RNA-seq analyses revealed the heterogeneity of liver parenchymal cells in endotoxemia liver.
Project description:Liver has a crucial role in the regulation of immune defense in systemic infections. During endotoxemia, the liver transits from an immune-tolerant towards an immune-active state and forms the first line of defense against invading microorganisms. the role of liver nonparenchymal cells in endotoxemia remains unintelligible. To characterize the liver nonparenchymal cells in endotoxemia liver, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing of liver nonparenchymal cells from healthy C57BL/6J mice and murine model of endotoxemia at early or late stage. The single-cell RNA-seq analyses revealed the heterogeneity of liver nonparenchymal cells in endotoxemia liver.