Project description:Occupational exposure to dust containing crystalline silica may result in serious adverse health effects including silicosis and cancer. Previous studies which employed animal models for inhalation exposure to crystalline silica revealed changes in blood gene expression profiles in association with the silica-induced lung toxicity. Currently, global gene expression profiles were determined in the whole blood samples obtained from control (not exposed to dust) and dust containing silica exposed individuals with or without clinically identified silicosis. Differences in the blood gene expression profiles were detected in the blood samples obtained from the control and the silica-containing dust exposed individuals. Between the two groups of the silica-containing dust exposed individuals, the number of significantly differentially expressed genes was more in the blood samples obtained from those with silicosis.
Project description:Investigation of the gene expression changes associated with TLR2 adjuvant (lipoteichoic acid; LTA) inhibition of allergic TH2 responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures (derived from house dust mite allergic individuals) stimulated with house dust mite extract. Pooled samples from 5 individuals were analysed by microarray; qPCR validation was carried out in a larger cohort of 23 individuals.
Project description:To identify relevant mRNA targets of differentially dysregulated lung miRNA signatures of a house dust mite mouse (HDM) model of asthma. cDNA libraries were constructed using the same lung RNA samples as the miRNA libraries preparation.
Project description:This study are compares the transcriptomes of lower airway constitutive connective tissue mast cells (MCs), characterized by low expression of b7 integrin (B7low), and induced mucosal MCs, characterized by high b7 integrin (B7hi) at rest and in response to repeated inhalation of house dust mite extract (HDM). Lower airway b7hi and b7low MCs were flow cytometrically isolated from female 5-7 week old C57BL/6 mice following 6 challenges (2x/week for three weeks) with saline (PBS) or 3 ug house dust mite extract (HDM). Each sample is derived from pooled lung digests from three mice to reduce experimental variance. Samples were sequenced on an Illumina NextSeq 500
Project description:To identify differentially expressed transcripts between control samples and spontaneous tumors, or control samples and cobalt treated tumors, we collected RNA from male and female B6C3F1 mice from a 2-year inhalation NTP bioassay exposed to 0 or 5 mg/m3 cobalt metal dust. These samples were interrogated with the Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 GeneChip Array. A total of 11557 gene transcripts were differentially expressed between control samples and spontaneous tumors, and 12420 gene transcripts were differentially expressed between control samples and treated cobalt tumors (false discovery rate (FDR) < 0.05).
Project description:The very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) is a multi-ligand receptor that mediates pleiotropic biological processes, such as brain development. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from lungs from mice that had been challenged with house dust mite to induce experimental asthma or saline, as a control. These data are used to obtain genes that are differentially expressed in response to VLDLR signaling. We compared wild type and VLDLR knock out mice that had been sensitized and challenged with house dust mite or saline, as a control. There were total 16 samples with four biological relicates in each group.