Project description:Ponesimod is a slective S1PR1 antagonist and is approved for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis by FDA. To determine how ponesimod controls neuroinflammatory responses in astrocytes, single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) was conducted in cytokine mixture-stimulated human primary astrocytes in the presence or absence of ponesimod.
Project description:ADAR1 regulates the accumulation of endeognouse double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), a pro-inflammatory/innate immune activator. The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of ADAR1 suppression in human astrocytes and determine RNAs regulated by ADAR1. Primary human astrocytes were culture and transfected with a scramble or ADAR1 siRNA. RNA was isolated from these cells for total RNA-seq to analyze changes in gene/repetitive element expression and RNA editing.