In this experiment we catalogue transcriptional changes accompanying COPD in the quadriceps. We measure global gene transcription in the quadriceps using Affymetrix HuGene 1.1 ST arrays in an unselected cohort of 79 stable COPD patients in secondary care and 16 healthy age-and gender-matched controls.
COPD is accompanied by co-ordinated transcriptional perturbation in the quadriceps affecting the mitochondria and extracellular matrix.
Disease, Disease stage
View SamplesWe have previously identified hundreds of human islet lncRNAs. Here we functionally characterise 12 such lncRNAs in EndoC-betaH1 cells through loss of function studies.
Human Pancreatic β Cell lncRNAs Control Cell-Specific Regulatory Networks.
Cell line
View SamplesAsthma is characterized by intermittent inflammation of the airways, airflow limitation and wheeze. The ORMDL3 locus on chromosome 17q21 confers the major genetic susceptibility to childhood asthma. Although sphingolipids are important in immune signalling, the mechanisms of action of ORMDL3 on airway inflammation are incompletely understood.
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Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesE4bp4 is essential for the development of natural killer (NK) cells. We sought to identify downstream targets of E4bp4 by comparing mRNA expression in wild type vs. E4bp4 knockout
The transcription factor E4bp4/Nfil3 controls commitment to the NK lineage and directly regulates Eomes and Id2 expression.
Specimen part
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Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease Using a Minimal Whole-Blood Gene Expression Signature.
Sex
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Diagnostic Test Accuracy of a 2-Transcript Host RNA Signature for Discriminating Bacterial vs Viral Infection in Febrile Children.
Sex, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage
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Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and host RNA expression in Africa.
Disease
View SamplesGenome-wide analysis of transcriptional profiles in children <17 years of age with inflammatory diseases, bacterial or viral infections or with clinical features suggestive of infection.
Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease Using a Minimal Whole-Blood Gene Expression Signature.
Sex
View SamplesTranscriptional profiles are increasingly used to investigate the severity, subtype and pathogenesis of disease. We now describe whole blood RNA signatures and local and systemic immune mediator levels in a large cohort of adults hospitalised with influenza from which extensive clinical and investigational data was obtained. Signatures reflecting interferon-related antiviral pathways were common up to day 4 of symptoms in cases not requiring mechanical ventilatory support; in those needing mechanical ventilation, an inflammatory, activated neutrophil and cell stress/death (bacterial) pattern was seen, even early after disease onset. Identifiable bacterial co-infection was not necessary for this bacterial signature but could enhance its development while attenuating the early viral signature. Our findings emphasise the importance of timing and severity in the interpretation of transcriptomic profiles and soluble mediator levels, and identify specific patterns of immune activation that may enable the development of novel diagnostics and therapeutics
Progression of whole-blood transcriptional signatures from interferon-induced to neutrophil-associated patterns in severe influenza.
Sex, Age, Race, Subject, Time
View SamplesThe study aimed to define transcriptional signatures for detection of active TB (TB) compared to latent TB infection (LTBI) as well as to other diseases (OD) with similar clinical phenotypes in patients with and without HIV in two African paediatric populations.
Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and host RNA expression in Africa.
Disease
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