Project description:Despite robust literature associating IL-31 with pruritic inflammatory skin diseases, its influence on cutaneous inflammation and on the interplay between inflammatory and neurosensory pathways remain unmapped. Here, we examined the consequences of disrupting Il31 and its receptor Il31ra in a mouse model of house dust mite (HDM) allergic dermatitis. Il31-deficient mice displayed an increased number and proportion of cutaneous type 2 cytokine-producing CD4 T cells and serum IgE in response to HDM. Single cell RNA-sequencing analysis of skin CD45+ populations from HDM-treated skin revealed that Il4ra+ monocytes and macrophages capable of fueling a feedforward type 2 inflammatory loop were selectively enriched in Il31ra-deficient HDM dermatitis skin. Thus, IL-31 is not strictly a pro-inflammatory cytokine, but rather an immunoregulatory factor that limits the magnitude of type 2 inflammatory responses in skin.
Project description:We examined the transcriptional changes in mouse lungs induced by house dust mite (HDM), D.f. extract and the isolated RNA was utilized for RNA-seq analysis. Our results demonstrated that HDM strongly triggered an inflammatory response.
Project description:Using mouse lung resident conventional CD11b+ dendritic cells (CD11b+ cDCs) in the context of house-dust mite (HDM)-driven allergic airway sensitization as a model, we aimed here to identify transcriptional events regulating the pro-Th2 activity of cDCs. We used microarray analyses to identify genes differentially expressed by lung CD11b+ conventional dendritic cells in response to house dust mite allergens in wild-type and Irf3-deficient mice
Project description:Response to allergen was studied in epithelial cells derived from allergic pantients and from healthy controls. Cells were cultured after isolation from a nasal biopsy. Cells were exposed to Housed dust mite or vessel (saline); Microarray data was analysed using bioinformatics and biostaistics. We conclude that a marked difference in basal expression and in response to hous dust mite exists Experiment Overall Design: We used 5 monotypic house dust mite allergic patients and 5 non-allergic healthy controls, the cells obtained from the biopsies were cultured in two wells, for two different conditions.
Project description:Genomewide DNA methylation profiling of saline, diesel exhaust particiles and house dust mite treated human airway epithelial cells. Methylation profiles were generated by the Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC beadchips.
Project description:PBMC from house dust mite (HDM) sensitized atopics were cultured in the presence or absence of HDM extract for 24 hours. At the termination of the cultures, CD4 T cells were isolated using immunomagnetic separation. Gene expression was profiled on microarrays.
Project description:Allergic asthmatic, allergy only, asthma only (no allergy), and non-allergic non-asthmatic (control) subjects underwent bronchoscopy with instillation of saline, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and house dust mite antigen in separate subsegmental bronchi. Airway epithelial cells were collected four hours later (three samples per subject). RNA was extracted from these cells for microarray analysis. Keywords: gene expression arrays (two-dye: sample against common "universal" reference RNA)
Project description:Allergic asthmatic, allergy only, asthma only (no allergy), and non-allergic non-asthmatic (control) subjects underwent bronchoscopy with instillation of saline, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and house dust mite antigen in separate subsegmental bronchi. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid was collected four hours later (three samples per subject). Inflammatory cells from each specimen were isolated and RNA was extracted for microarray analysis. Keywords: gene expression arrays (two-dye: sample against common 'universal' reference RNA)
Project description:PBMC from house dust mite (HDM) sensitized atopics were cultured in the presence or absence of HDM extract for 24 hours. At the termination of the cultures, CD4 T cells were isolated using immunomagnetic separation. Gene expression was profiled on microarrays. The study design consisted of 45 subjects and two conditions (medium control, HDM stimulation).
Project description:We clarified MD-2 might have a protective role in house dust mite(HDM)-induced asthmatic characteristics. The purpose of RNA-Seq analysis is to identify transcriptional events regulated by MD-2 in HDM-stimulated airway epithelial cells.