Project description:To investigate dendritic cells-Leishmania interaction, the transcriptional profile of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) infected with Leishmania infantum or of cells exposed to chemically inactivated parasites was assessed
Project description:Transcriptional analyses of L. infantum promastigote compared to L. infantum intracellular amastigote, and L. major promastigote compared to L. major intracellular amastigote The full-genome DNA microarray includes one 70mer-oligonucleotide probe for each gene of L. infantum and for each gene of L.major LV39 Keywords: stage-specific comparison Leishmania infantum: Two-condition experiment, promastigote stage vs amastigote stage. Six biological replicates for each stage, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array Leishmania major: Two-condition experiment, promastigote stage vs amastigote stage. Four biological replicates for each stage, independently grown and harvested. One replicate per array
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE9947: Transcriptional analysis of Leishmania infantum methotrexate resistant strains using full-genome DNA microarrays GSE9948: Transcriptional analysis of Leishmania major methotrexate resistant strains using full-genome DNA microarrays Keywords: SuperSeries Refer to individual Series
Project description:Gene expression profiling to address the effects of infection with Leishmania infantum during distinct clinical outcomes as active visceral leishmaniasis (VL), remission of disease and asymptomatic infection.
Project description:To ascertain which genes are involved in the outcome of Leishmania infantum infection and immunopathology of human visceral leishmaniasis (VL), we investigated the transcriptional profile of whole blood samples from patients diagnosed with active VL compared to asymptomatic individuals (positive serology for Leishmania, but without clinical signs of disease) and healthy control samples.
Project description:The uploaded model is linked to the Scientific Reports article: Subramanian, A., Sarkar, R.R. Revealing the mystery of metabolic adaptations using a genome scale model of Leishmania infantum . Sci Rep 7, 10262 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10743-x. Human macrophage phagolysosome and sandfly midgut provide antagonistic ecological niches for Leishmania parasites to survive and proliferate. Parasites optimize their metabolism to utilize the available inadequate resources by adapting to those environments. No genome-scale metabolic reconstruction was available for Leishmania infantum previously. Hence, we proposed a reconstructed genome-scale metabolic model for Leishmania infantum JPCM5, the analyses of which not only captures observations reported by metabolomics studies in other Leishmania species but also divulges novel features of the L. infantum metabolome. This manually reconstructed genome-scale metabolic network model (iAS556) contains 1260 reactions and 1160 metabolites. Our results indicate that Leishmania metabolism is organized in such a way that the parasite can select appropriate alternatives to compensate for limited external substrates. A dynamic non-essential amino acid motif exists within the network that promotes a restricted redistribution of resources to yield required essential metabolites. Further, subcellular compartments regulate this metabolic re-routing by reinforcing the physiological coupling of specific reactions. This unique metabolic organization is robust against accidental errors and provides a wide array of choices for the parasite to achieve optimal survival.
