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Dual-species transcriptional profiling during systemic candidiasis reveals organ-specific host-pathogen interactions.
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View SamplesThe opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans is a common cause of life-threatening nosocomial bloodstream infections. In the murine model of systemic candidiasis the kidney is the primary target organ while the fungal load declines over time in liver and spleen. To get a better understanding of the organ-specific differences in host-pathogen interaction during systemic murine candidiasis, we performed a time-course gene expression profiling to investigate the differential responses of murine kidney, liver and spleen and determined the fungal transcriptome in liver and kidney. We clearly demonstrate a delayed immune response on the transcriptional level in kidney accompanied by late induction of fungal stress response genes in this organ. In contrast, early upregulation of the proinflammatory response in the liver was associated with a fungal transcriptional profile resembling that of phagocytosed cells, suggesting that the resident phagocytic system contributes significantly to fungal control in the liver. Although no visible filamentation occurred in the liver, C. albicans hypha-associated genes were upregulated, indicating an uncoupling of gene expression and morphology during infection of this organ. In vitro the induction of hypha-associated gene expression in yeast cells led to altered interaction with macrophages, suggesting that the observed transcriptional changes affect host-pathogen interaction in vivo. Consistently, the combination of host and pathogen transcriptional data in an inference network model implied that C. albicans cell wall remodeling and metabolism were connected to the immune responses in kidney and liver. Furthermore, the network suggested links between fungal iron acquisition and amino acid metabolism in the kidney and host organ homeostasis. Thus, this work provides novel insights into the organ-specific host-pathogen interactions during systemic C. albicans infection.
Dual-species transcriptional profiling during systemic candidiasis reveals organ-specific host-pathogen interactions.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesThe opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans is a common cause of life-threatening nosocomial bloodstream infections. In the murine model of systemic candidiasis the kidney is the primary target organ while the fungal load declines over time in liver and spleen. To get a better understanding of the organ-specific differences in host-pathogen interaction during systemic murine candidiasis, we performed a time-course gene expression profiling to investigate the differential responses of murine kidney, liver and spleen and determined the fungal transcriptome in liver and kidney. We clearly demonstrate a delayed immune response on the transcriptional level in kidney accompanied by late induction of fungal stress response genes in this organ. In contrast, early upregulation of the proinflammatory response in the liver was associated with a fungal transcriptional profile resembling that of phagocytosed cells, suggesting that the resident phagocytic system contributes significantly to fungal control in the liver. Although no visible filamentation occurred in the liver, C. albicans hypha-associated genes were upregulated, indicating an uncoupling of gene expression and morphology during infection of this organ. In vitro the induction of hypha-associated gene expression in yeast cells led to altered interaction with macrophages, suggesting that the observed transcriptional changes affect host-pathogen interaction in vivo. Consistently, the combination of host and pathogen transcriptional data in an inference network model implied that C. albicans cell wall remodeling and metabolism were connected to the immune responses in kidney and liver. Furthermore, the network suggested links between fungal iron acquisition and amino acid metabolism in the kidney and host organ homeostasis. Thus, this work provides novel insights into the organ-specific host-pathogen interactions during systemic C. albicans infection.
Dual-species transcriptional profiling during systemic candidiasis reveals organ-specific host-pathogen interactions.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesFor the study, colorectal cancer tumour samples were collected from 34 patients and transcriptome sequencing of the samples was done to classify them into consensus molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer. To quantify relative abundances of bacterial strains in the samples, 16S rRNA amplicon metabarcoding was done and the non-human part of the transcriptome data was also analysed. Analysis of the association between the subtypes and microbiome was carried on and the targeted quantitative PCR was done to confirm the findings.
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View SamplesAfter elevated and reduced incubation temperature during embryonic days (ED) 7-10 and 10-13 changes of gene expression were determined at ED 10, ED 13, and post-hatch at day (D) 35
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View SamplesAfter elevated and reduced incubation temperature during embryonic days (ED) 7-10 and 10-13 changes of gene expression were determined at ED 10, ED 13, and post-hatch at day (D) 35
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View SamplesPorcine mammary epithelial cell (PMEC) cultures of three lactating sows were treated with potential mastitis-causing pathogens E. coli and S. aureus in vitro. Subsequently transcriptome profiles were analysed after 3 h and 24 h post-challenge, respectively.
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View SamplesPietrain gilts were fed a control diet (CON) or a methyl-enriched diet (MET) throughout their pregnancy. Liver transcriptome profiles of the offspring were analyzed at prenatal stages [35, 63, 91 days post-conception (dpc)].
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View SamplesThe objective of the present study was to identify genes that are involved in increasing the ovulation number in mouse line FL1 that had been selected for high fertility performance.
Expression profiling of a high-fertility mouse line by microarray analysis and qPCR.
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