Project description:Platelets can change their expression of mRNA and miRNAs when educated by tumors. In this assay we assesed the diferential expression of miRNA between healthy individuals and patients suffering pancreatic cancer (PDAC) Platelets form 4 healthy donors, 4 PDAC patient blood and 4 PDAC patient pancreatic drainage were collected to asses differential expression
Project description:miRNA differential expression in Rheumatoid arthritis(RA) blood: Microarray analysis of miRNAs in blood from RA and healthy donors.
Project description:We aimed to characterize transcriptome heterogeneity of human neutrophil at steady state and in response to stress-induced myelopoiesis. We performed single-cell (sc)RNA-Seq on CD15+ neutrophils isolated from isolated from peripheral blood (PB) or bone marrow (BM) samples of healthy controls (PB n=2, BM n=2), G-CSF-treated donors (n=4), patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSC-T; n=3) and patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC; n=5). Moreover, in order to characterize stage specific neutrophil response to type I or type II interferon (IFN), we stimulated ex vivo cord blood (n=3) derived neutrophils with IFN-beta or IFN-gamma and we processed samples for scRNA-Seq.
Project description:We aimed to characterize transcriptome plasticity of human myeloid cells in response to stress induced myelopoiesis. We performed bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) analyses of normal density neutrophils (NDNs), low density neutrophils (LDNs), and monocytes isolated from the peripheral blood (PB) of healthy controls (n=19), of G-CSF-treated donors (n=17) as well as of patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSC-T; n=8), patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC; n=15) or intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN; n=14). We also analyzed neutrophil differentiation intermediates from bone marrow samples of controls (n=3) or HSC-T patients (n=7). We generated a total of 210 RNA-Seq samples from 73 individuals.
Project description:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide, underscoring the need to improve diagnostic strategies. Platelets play a major role, not only in the process of acute thrombosis during plaque rupture, but also in the formation of atherosclerosis itself. MicroRNAs are endogenous small non-coding RNAs that control gene expression and are expressed in a tissue and disease-specific manner. Therefore they have been proposed to be useful biomarkers. The aim of this study was to investigate whether differences in miRNA expression levels in platelets can be found (i) between patients with premature CAD and healthy controls and (ii) within healthy controls after and before aspirin and statin administration. In this case-control study we measured expression levels of platelet miRNAs using microarrays from 40 male patients with premature CAD and 40 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Premature CAD was defined as a cardiac event before the age of 51 years. The patients were selected from the outpatient clinic of the Academic Medical Center (AMC) of Amsterdam, which is specialised in premature CAD. The control cohort was composed of 40 healthy Caucasian male volunteers, who were recruited by advertisement and who were matched with the cases for age and smoking habits. Individuals of this control cohort did not have a history of CVD, nor did they have a positive family history of CVD and they were not allowed to use any medication. Patients and controls were excluded when they suffered from diabetes. Most CAD patients use aspirin and statins as secondary prevention. The influence of these drugs on miRNA profiles is unknown. To assess the possible influence of medication on miRNA expression and to control for medication as confounding factor, we asked 27 volunteers in our control cohort to also use these drugs. We administered simvastatin 40 mg, once daily, for 6 weeks and during the last two weeks we added 100mg of acetyl salicylic acid, once daily. Blood samples including isolated platelets were collected at baseline in the absence of aspirin and statins and after six weeks of medication use. We also assessed platelet function using the Multiplate® Analyzer (Roche) in the absence of aspirin and statin use. In short, 300 µl whole blood was diluted with 300 µl 0.9% saline and stirred for 3 minutes at 37 ºC. Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) was added in a final concentration of 2.5 ?mol/L to initiate platelet aggregation. Aggregation was measured for 6 minutes and was reported in arbitrary aggregation units plotted against time. Also, the area under the aggregation curve (AUC) was measured. All samples were measured in the absence and presence of 200 ?mol/L indomethacin (20 min incubation with blood) to mimic the effect of aspirin use. We calculated the percentage reduction in AUC after incubation with indomethacin as an in vitro measure of the effect of aspirin use on whole blood platelet aggregation.
Project description:To identify the miRNA expressing profiles of Platelet microparticlesï¼PMPs, we have employed the Agilent Human miRNA 8Ã60K (Design ID:046064) microarray. Platelet microparticles. The platelets were derived from citrated blood of healthy human donors under an Institutional Review Board-approved protocol. Platelets were isolated after centrifugation of blood (1200r for 30 min at 21â), then the supernatant (platelet-rich plasma) was centrifuged at 2000r for 30 min at 21â, and the pellet containing platelets was resuspended in RPMI-1640 medium (HyClone, Logan, UT). Platelets were counted (Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai) and adjusted to a density of 150 à 106 cells/mL before supplement with 1.5% ACD(sigma ) and stimulated with thrombin (1.0 u/mL; Takeda Austria) for 1 h. PMPs were in the supernatant after centrifugation at 4000r for 10 min at 4â,then the supernatants were centrifuged at 50,000 à g for 60 min at 4 °C. The pellets containing MPs were resuspended in RPMI-1640 medium and quantified by BCA method. The gene expressions of three independent paired PMPs from platelets stimulated by thrombin or apoptosis.
Project description:To identify the miRNA expressing profiles of Platelet microparticles(PMPs, we have employed the Agilent Human miRNA 8×60K (Design ID:046064) microarray. Platelet microparticles. The platelets were derived from citrated blood of healthy human donors under an Institutional Review Board-approved protocol. Platelets were isolated after centrifugation of blood (1200r for 30 min at 21℃), then the supernatant (platelet-rich plasma) was centrifuged at 2000r for 30 min at 21℃, and the pellet containing platelets was resuspended in RPMI-1640 medium (HyClone, Logan, UT). Platelets were counted (Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai) and adjusted to a density of 150 × 106 cells/mL before supplement with 1.5% ACD(sigma ) and stimulated with thrombin (1.0 u/mL; Takeda Austria) for 1 h. PMPs were in the supernatant after centrifugation at 4000r for 10 min at 4℃,then the supernatants were centrifuged at 50,000 × g for 60 min at 4 °C. The pellets containing MPs were resuspended in RPMI-1640 medium and quantified by BCA method.
Project description:Human peripheral monocytes have been categorized into three subsets based on differential expression levels of CD14 and CD16. However, the factors that influence the distribution of monocyte subsets and the roles which each subset plays in autoimmunity are not well studied. To compare the gene expression profiling 1) on intermediate monocytes CD14++CD16+ monocytes between healthy donors and autoimmune uveitis patients and 2) among 3 monocyte subsets in health donors, here we purified circulating intermediate CD14++CD16+ monocytes from 5 patients with autoimmune uveitis (labeled as P1-5) and 4 healthy donors (labeled as HD1-4) by flow cytometry and isolated total RNA to proceed microarray assay. In addition, we also purified CD14+CD16++ (non-classical monocytes) and CD14++CD16- (classical monocytes) from 4 healthy donors to do microarray. We demonstrate that CD14++CD16+ monocytes from patients and healthy control donors share a similar gene expression profile. The CD14+CD16++ cells (non-classical monocytes) display the most distinctive gene expression profiling when compared to intermediate CD14++CD16+ monocytes and classical CD14++CD16- monocytes.
Project description:Upon activation, platelets release a multitude of soluble and vesicular signals, collectively termed the ‘platelet releasate’ (PR). This PR plays an important role in haemostasis, wound healing and the inflammatory response. We and others have used qualitative/quantitative proteomic approaches to characterise the PR; however, with reports of marked inter-individual variability, confident and reliable insights have been hindered. Here we aimed to provide a reproducible and quantifiable proteomic analysis and establish a 'core' human PR, as well as to assess its variability in healthy human pregnancy where increased platelet activation is observed. 896 proteins from thrombin-induced PRs were quantified across 32healthy donors, with 277 proteins forming a ‘core’ PR with low variability. All 277 core PR proteins were identified in pregnancy. Furthermore 69 proteins were found differentially released from platelets in healthy human pregnancy. In summary, the PR comprises a ‘core’ set of proteins between healthy individuals. This dynamic proteome significantly changes in physiologic and pathologic conditions. Thus, the PR is a barcode for the health status of an individual at a given time.