Project description:Pediatric MS patients suffer from severe first and second relapse but better recovery explained by difference in age-restricted transcriptional profiles associated with antigen-presentation and B-cell activation Herein, we compared the blood mononuclear cell transcriptome of pediatric and adult MS patients with recovery (PDMS-rec, ADMS-rec) and without recovery (PDMS-norec, ADMS-norec) 6 months after relapse. Healthy pediatric and adult subjects (PDC, ADC) were used as controls.
Project description:This study was designed to identify gene expression changes in skeletal muscle that could define reliably the degree of the severity of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). All samples were from human biopsies, either from healthy muscles or from muscle whose patients were clearly diagnosed as having Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Project description:We identified eighty two skin transcripts significantly correlated with the severity of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis. These genes separated patients with more sever ILD in unsupervised hierarchical clustering. Pathway analysis revealed pathways involved in extravasation and adhesion of inflammatory cells to endothelium. Skin biopsy samples from 59 patients enrolled in the GENISOS cohort or an open label imatinib study were examined by global gene expression studies.
Project description:We identified eighty two skin transcripts significantly correlated with the severity of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis. These genes separated patients with more sever ILD in unsupervised hierarchical clustering. Pathway analysis revealed pathways involved in extravasation and adhesion of inflammatory cells to endothelium.
Project description:While the molecular mechanisms mediating submergence tolerance have been extensively studied, those underpinning age-dependent resilience remain poorly characterized. In Arabidopsis thaliana, submergence elicits a leaf-age dependent phenotype in which senescence and death progress across an age gradient starting with older leaves. Here we sought to investigate the mechanisms mediating this observed differential flood resilience by interrogating leaf age-specific transcriptome and proteome changes during submergence and recovery. Following submergence, most age-dependent differences were in the magnitude or speed of transcript abundance changes, whereas qualitative leaf-age dependent responses were most apparent during recovery. This included a strong desiccation response in old leaves despite a stronger ABA-signaling response. Physiological measurements suggested that faster dehydration was mediated by a combination of submergence-mediated reduction of ABA sensitivity and higher conductance in old leaves. We also observed a stronger induction in young shoot tissue of genes associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the unfolded protein response (UPR). Mutants disabled in the two UPR signaling branches were affected in new leaf formation and the ability to restore the proteome, but not in senescence, suggesting that young tissues activate ER stress recovery to permit continuation of growth. Of the mitochondrial membrane proteins differentially regulated in young leaves, loss of mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel function impacted submergence-recovery tolerance. Our data reveal multiple mechanisms underlying leaf age-dependent differential submergence recovery and demonstrate how tolerance is determined by an interplay between age related developmental traits and stress signaling pathways.
Project description:Although in-hospital mortality rates for sepsis have decreased, survivors often experience lasting physical and cognitive deficits. Moreover, older adults are more vulnerable to long-term complications associated with sepsis. We employed a murine model to examine the influence of age and sex on the brain’s response and recovery following sepsis. Young (~4 months) and old (~20 months) mice (C57BL/6) of both sexes underwent cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) with restraint stress. The hippocampal transcriptome was examined in age and sex-matched controls at 1 and 4 days post-CLP. In general, immune and stress-related genes increased while neuronal, synaptic, and glial genes decreased one day after CLP-induced sepsis. However, specific age and sex differences were observed for the initial responsiveness to sepsis as well as the rate of recovery examined on day 4. Young females exhibited a muted transcriptional response relative to young males and old females. Old females exhibited a robust shift in gene transcription on day 1 and, while most genes recovered, genes linked to neurogenesis and myelination continued to be downregulated by day 4. In contrast, old males exhibited a more delayed or prolonged response to sepsis, such that neuronal and synaptic genes continued to decrease while immune response genes continued to increase on day 4. These results suggest that aging is associated with delayed recovery from sepsis, which is particularly evident in males.
Project description:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes severe disease mostly in infants; however, mechanisms of age association remain elusive. Here, employing human bronchial epithelium models generated from tracheal aspirate-derived basal stem cells of neonates and adults, we investigate whether age regulates RSV-epithelium interaction to determine disease severity. We show that following RSV infection, only neonatal epithelium model exhibits cytopathy and mucus hyperplasia, and neonatal epithelium has more robust viral spread and inflammatory responses than adult epithelium. Mechanistically, RSV-infected neonatal ciliated cells display age-related impairment of STAT3 activation, rendering susceptibility to apoptosis, which facilitates viral spread. In contrast, SARS-CoV-2 infection of ciliated cells has no effect on STAT3 activation and is not affected by age. Taken together, our findings identify an age-related and RSV-specific interaction with neonatal bronchial epithelium that critically contributes to severity of infection, and STAT3 activation offers a potential strategy to battle severe RSV disease in infants.
Project description:Two wild house mice lines were genetically selected for short and long attack latency. Mice with an attack latency <50s or >600s were considered short attack latency mice (SAL) and long attack latency mice(LAL) respectively. RNA from the hippocampus of 14 SAL or 14 LAL mice was pooled and used as input material for the SAGE libraries. Keywords: other
Project description:Two wild house mice lines were genetically selected for short and long attack latency. Mice with an attack latency <50s or >600s were considered short attack latency mice (SAL) and long attack latency mice(LAL) respectively. RNA from the hippocampus of 14 SAL or 14 LAL mice was pooled and used as input material for the SAGE libraries. Keywords: other
Project description:In this study we investigated whether there exists a genomic signature that can accurately predict the course of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in hospitalized young infants. We used early blood microarray transcriptome profiles from 39 infants that were followed until recovery and of which the level of disease severity was determined retrospectively. Applying support vector machine learning on age by sex standardized transcriptomic data, an 84 gene signature was identified that discriminated hospitalized infants with eventually less severe RSV infection from infants that suffered from most severe RSV disease.