Project description:Human DNA methylation Beadchip v1.2 was used to profile buffy coat samples. The main goal of the study was to relate DNA methylation data to Huntington disease status (control, pre-manifest disease, manifest motor disease).
Project description:Cord blood DNA methylation is associated with numerous health outcomes and environmental exposures. Whole cord blood DNA reflects all nucleated blood cell types, while centrifuging whole blood separates red blood cells by generating a white blood cell buffy coat. Both sample types are used in DNA methylation studies. Cell types have unique methylation patterns and processing can impact cell distributions, which may influence comparability. To evaluate differences in cell composition and DNA methylation between buffy coat and whole cord blood samples, cord blood DNA methylation was measured with the Infinium EPIC BeadChip (Illumina) in 8 individuals, each contributing buffy coat and whole blood samples.
Project description:Buffy coat PBMC RNA expression was tested using a custom Nanostring probe panel, to identify general immune and glucocorticoid receptor-associated immune genes. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00824941
Project description:#G017 Burn/Trauma Study. This is a Glue Grant Study comparison between gene expression analyses performed in eight trauma/burn subjects using either a buffy coat isolation of whole blood or using the PAXgene system
Project description:Human DNA methylation Beadchip v1.2 was used to profile n=475 samples from various brain regions of subjects with Huntington's disease and control samples. The main goal of the study was to relate Huntington's disease status to measures of epigenetic age acceleration based on DNA methylation data. To measure DNA methylation age, we used the epigenetic clock software described in Horvath S (n=2013) DNA methylation age of human tissues and cell types. Genome Biology.2013, 14:R115. DOI: 10.1186/10.1186/gb-2013-14-10-r115 PMID: 24138928.
Project description:An Infinium microarray platform (HorvathMammalMethylChip40) was used to generate DNA methylation data from n=168 blood samples of a transgenic sheep model of Huntington's disease. 84 transgenic sheep and age matched control sheep.
Project description:Proteins secreted into the conditioned medium by human monocytic cell line, THP-1, or human buffy coat-derived monocytes polarised to either an M1 (incubation for 48 h with 100 ng/mL LPS and 20 ng/mL IFN-gamma) or M2 (incubation for 48 h with 20 ng/mL IL-4) phenotype. The conditioned medium was enriched for anionic molecules (including proteoglycans) by anion exchange chromatography prior to analysis.
Project description:Cord blood DNA methylation is associated with numerous health outcomes and environmental exposures. Whole cord blood DNA reflects all nucleated blood cell types, while centrifuging whole blood separates red blood cells, generating a white blood cell buffy coat. Both sample types are used in DNA methylation studies. Cell types have unique methylation patterns and processing can impact cell distributions, which may influence comparability. We evaluated differences in cell composition and DNA methylation between cord blood buffy coat and whole cord blood samples. Cord blood DNA methylation was measured with the Infinium EPIC BeadChip (Illumina) in eight individuals, each contributing buffy coat and whole blood samples. We analyzed principal components (PC) of methylation, performed hierarchical clustering, and computed correlations of mean-centered methylation between pairs. We conducted moderated t-tests on single sites and estimated cell composition. DNA methylation PCs were associated with individual (PPC1 = 1.4 × 10-9; PPC2 = 2.9 × 10-5; PPC3 = 3.8 × 10-5; PPC4 = 4.2 × 10-6; PPC5 = 9.9 × 10-13, PPC6 = 1.3 × 10-11) and not with sample type (PPC1-6>0.7). Samples hierarchically clustered by individual. Pearson correlations of mean-centered methylation between paired samples ranged from r = 0.66 to r = 0.87. No individual site significantly differed between buffy coat and whole cord blood when adjusting for multiple comparisons (five sites had unadjusted P<10-5). Estimated cell type proportions did not differ by sample type (P = 0.46), and estimated proportions were highly correlated between paired samples (r = 0.99). Differences in methylation and cell composition between buffy coat and whole cord blood are much lower than inter-individual variation, demonstrating that both sample preparation types can be analytically combined and compared.