Asthma is a complex, chronic respiratory disease with marked clinical and pathophysiological heterogeneity. Distinct inflammatory phenotypes of eosinophilic, mixed, neutrophilic and paucigranulocytic asthma are identified in patients, but most in vivo mouse models, studying asthma mechanisms, mimic only eosinophilic phenotype in humans. The detailed unbiased in vivo studies on molecular responses among different kinds of inflammation in asthma models are lacking. Therefore, we developed mouse models representing three different inflammatory phenotypes of airway inflammation, namely eosinophilic, mixed, and neutrophilic asthma via different methods of house dust mite sensitisation.
Tight junction, mucin, and inflammasome-related molecules are differentially expressed in eosinophilic, mixed, and neutrophilic experimental asthma in mice.
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View SamplesBalanced immune responses in airways of patients with asthma are crucial to succesful clearance of viral infection and proper asthma control.
Rhinovirus-induced epithelial RIG-I inflammasome suppresses antiviral immunity and promotes inflammation in asthma and COVID-19.
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View SamplesIn order to better understand the systemic immunological responses in a clinical cohort of obese and non-obese asthmatics and healthy subjects, we sought to analyze gene expression from whole blood. We collected whole blood samples from 156 donors and performed gene expression analysis of these samples and identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in each obese and/or asthma group relative to healthy volunteers.
Obesity and disease severity magnify disturbed microbiome-immune interactions in asthma patients.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesWe profiled genome-wide gene expression of human prostate benign and malignant tissue to identify potential biomarkers and immunotherapy targets.
Identification of the transcription factor single-minded homologue 2 as a potential biomarker and immunotherapy target in prostate cancer.
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