Homeostatic interactions between the host and its resident microbiota is important for normal physiological functions and if altered, it could lead to dysbiosis, a change in the structure and function of the microbiota, and as a result to various pathophysiologies. Altered structure in bacterial community is associated with various pathophysiologies, but we are just beginning to understand how these structural changes translate into functional changes. Environmental factors including pathogenic infections can lead to altered interactions between the host and its resident microbiota.
Giardia duodenalis-induced alterations of commensal bacteria kill Caenorhabditis elegans: a new model to study microbial-microbial interactions in the gut.
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View SamplesPrimary human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection usually goes unnoticed, causing mild or no symptoms in immunocompetent individuals. Some rare severe clinical cases have however been reported without investigation of host immune responses or viral virulence. In this present study, we investigate, for the first time, phenotypic and functional features together with gene expression profiles in immunocompetent adults experiencing a severe primary HCMV infection. Twenty PHIP were enrolled as well as 26 HCMV-seronegative and 39 HCMV-seropositive healthy controls. PHIP had a huge lymphocytosis marked by massive expansion of NK and T cell compartments. Interestingly, PHIP mounted efficient innate and adaptive immune responses with a deep HCMV imprint, revealed mainly by the expansion of NKG2C+ NK cells, CD16+ V2- T cells and conventional HCMV-specific CD8+ T cells. The main effector lymphocytes were activated and displayed an early immune phenotype that developed toward a more mature differentiated status. We suggest that both huge lymphocytosis and excessive lymphocyte activation could contribute to a massive cytokine production known to mediate tissue damage observed in PHIP. Taken together, these findings bring new insights into the comprehensive understanding of immune mechanisms involved during primary HCMV-infection in immunocompetent individuals.
Severe Symptomatic Primary Human Cytomegalovirus Infection despite Effective Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses.
Disease
View SamplesThe human seminal plasma is a potential source of biomarkers for male reproductive disorders. A tissue-profiling analysis of the main organs participating in the secretion of this body fluid was conducted to identify tissue-specific genes along the male reproductive tract.
Identification of genital tract markers in the human seminal plasma using an integrative genomics approach.
Specimen part
View SamplesBecause of the extensive data in mice supporting the concept that ST2+ Tregs might have desirable therapeutic properties, including tissue repair function, high suppressive capacity, and enhanced stability, we engineered human blood Tregs to constitutively express ST2 (IL-33R). Here we used RNA sequencing to explore the effects of short-term culture with IL-33 on human ST2-transduced Tregs. Overall design: Human naive Tregs flow-sorted from 4 independent donors were lentivirally transduced with ST2, expanded for 13 days, then stimulated with IL-2 and TCR (16 h) or IL-2, TCR, and IL-33 (16 h).
Innate Control of Tissue-Reparative Human Regulatory T Cells.
Sex, Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesMammary glands were collected from 8 pubescent (4.7-4.9 week-old) female mice and 8 adult (10 week old) female mice. Freshly sorted epithelial cells were submitted to a Fluidigm C1 System machine for single cell capture and cDNA synthesis. Cells were visualized under the microscope to ensure integrity of the captured single cells prior to cDNA preparation. Libraries were prepared using the Nextera XT kit and sequencing was carried out on an Illumina NextSeq 500 to achieve paired-end 75 bp reads. Overall design: RNA-seq profiling was completed for 221 cells from pubescent mice and 223 cells from adult mice.
Construction of developmental lineage relationships in the mouse mammary gland by single-cell RNA profiling.
Cell line, Subject
View SamplesMammary glands were collected from pre-pubescent (2 weeks old), pubescent (4.7- 4.9 weeks old) and adult (10 week-old) female mice. Freshly sorted epithelial cells were submitted to a Fluidigm C1 System machine for single cell capture and cDNA synthesis. Cells were visualized under a microscope to ensure integrity of the captured single cells prior to cDNA preparation. Libraries were prepared using the Nextera XT kit and sequencing was carried out on an Illumina Hiseq 2000 to achieve 100 bp paired-end reads. Overall design: RNA-seq profiling was completed for 144 cells from 8 pre-puberty (2 week old) mice, 136 cells from 8 pubescent (4.7-4.9 week old) mice and 66 cells from 8 adult (10 week old) mice.
Construction of developmental lineage relationships in the mouse mammary gland by single-cell RNA profiling.
Cell line, Subject
View SamplesMammary glands were collected from 8 pregnant (12.5 day) mice and 8 adult (10 week old) female mice. Basal epithelial cells were FACS sorted. Freshly sorted cells were submitted to a Fluidigm C1 System machine for single cell capture and cDNA synthesis. Cells were visualized under the microscope to ensure integrity of the captured single cells prior to cDNA preparation. Libraries were prepared using the Nextera XT kit and sequencing was carried out on an Illumina NextSeq 500 to achieve paired-end 75 bp reads. Overall design: RNA-seq profiling was completed for 75 cells from pregnant mice and 237 cells from adult mice.
Construction of developmental lineage relationships in the mouse mammary gland by single-cell RNA profiling.
Cell line, Subject
View SamplesMammary glands were collected from 8 pregnant (12.5 day) mice and 8 non-pregnant adult (10 week old) female mice. Epithelial cells were FACS sorted from the pregnant mice. Cells from the adult mice were FACS sorted as basal or luminal. Freshly sorted cells were submitted to a Fluidigm C1 System machine for single cell capture and cDNA synthesis. Cells were visualized under the microscope to ensure integrity of the captured single cells prior to cDNA preparation. Libraries were prepared using the Nextera XT kit and sequencing was carried out on an Illumina NextSeq 500 to achieve 75 bp paired-end reads. Overall design: 112 basal cells and 43 luminal cells were profiled from the adult mice. 123 total epithelial cells were profiled from the pregnant mice.
Construction of developmental lineage relationships in the mouse mammary gland by single-cell RNA profiling.
Cell line, Subject
View SamplesMammary glands of 8 adult (10 week-old) female mice were collected. Freshly sorted basal and luminal epithelial cells were submitted to a Fluidigm C1 System machine for single cell capture and cDNA synthesis. Cells were visualized under the microscope to ensure integrity of the captured single cells prior to cDNA preparation. Libraries were prepared using the Nextera XT kit and sequencing was carried out on an Illumina Hiseq 2000 to achieve 100bp paired-end reads. Overall design: 96 basal and 90 luminal cells were profiled from 8 mice.
Construction of developmental lineage relationships in the mouse mammary gland by single-cell RNA profiling.
Cell line, Subject
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CSNK1a1 Regulates PRMT1 to Maintain the Progenitor State in Self-Renewing Somatic Tissue.
Specimen part, Treatment
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