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Mus musculus
8 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
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Parietal epithelial cells (PECs) are crucially involved in the pathogenesis of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) as well as in focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). In this study, transgenic mouse lines were used to isolate pure, genetically tagged primary cultures of PECs or podocytes using FACsorting. By this approach, the morphology of primary glomerular epithelial cells in culture could be resolved: Primary podocytes formed either large cells with intracytoplasmatic extensions or smaller spindle shaped cells, depending on specific culture conditions. Primary PECs were small and exhibited a spindle-shaped or polygonal morphology. In the very early phases of primary culture, rapid changes in gene expression (e.g. of WT-1 and Pax-2) were observed. However, after prolonged culture primary PECs and podocytes still segregated clearly in a transcriptome analysis - demonstrating that the origin of primary cell cultures is important. Of the classical markers, synaptopodin and podoplanin expression were differentially regulated the most in primary PEC and podocyte cultures. However, no expression of any endogenous gene allowed to differentiate between the two cell types in culture. Finally, we show that the transcription factor WT1 is also expressed by PECs. In summary, genetic tagging of PECs and podocytes is a novel and necessary tool to derive pure primary cultures with proven origin. These cultures will be a powerful tool for the emerging field of parietal epithelial cell biology.
Publication Title
Primary cultures of glomerular parietal epithelial cells or podocytes with proven origin.
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Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 3 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
Transcriptomes of differentiated cells of the conditionally immortalized mouse podocyte cell line SVI (Schiwek et al., Kidney Int. 66: 91-101, 2004) were determined as described in Kabgani et al. (PLoS One 7:e34907, 2012).
Publication Title
Primary cultures of glomerular parietal epithelial cells or podocytes with proven origin.
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Specimen part, Cell line
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- 5 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2500
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Purpose: The gastric microbe Helicobacter pylori represents an ancestral constituent of the human microbiota that causes gastric disorders on the one hand, and is inversely associated with allergies and chronic inflammatory conditions on the other. This study aims to investigate the consequences of trans-maternal exposure to H. pylori extract in utero and during lactation on the regulatory T-cell transcriptome profile. Experiment type: Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing Overall design: Transcriptome profling (RNA-seq) of lung regulatory T-cells in mice after perinatal PBS and H. pylori extract exposure. One factorial design with 2 levels (with and without H. pylori exposure) including 2-3 biological replicates per experimental group. A biological replicate represents pools from 3-4 animals.
Publication Title
Transmaternal Helicobacter pylori exposure reduces allergic airway inflammation in offspring through regulatory T cells.
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Age, Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 9 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2000
Description
Thymic antigen-presenting cells (APCs), including thymic dendritic cells (t-DCs) and medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) have been described to play a critical role in thymic Treg generation. Our findings could show that both these thymic APCs can induce a more pronounced demethylation of Foxp3 and other Treg-specific epigenetic signature genes in developing Tregs when compared to splenic DCs. In order to elucidate the unique properties of thymic APCs, gene expression profiling was performed in comparison to splenic DCs. Transcriptome analysis of thymic APCs revealed differential expression of costimulatory molecules that could be involved in stable Treg generation. Importantly, both mTEC- and t-DC- induced alloantigen-specific Tregs displayed significantly higher efficacy in prolonging skin allograft acceptance when compared to alloantigen-specific Tregs generated by splenic DCs. Overall design: Thymic APCs, including mTECs and t-DCs and splenic DCs were isolated ex vivo from thymus as CD45-EpCAM+Ly51- (mTECs) and CD45+EpCAM-CD11chiLin- (t-DCs) and from spleen as CD11chiLin- (splenic DCs) (Lin is defined as CD90, CD49b, F4/80 and CD19), respectively.
Publication Title
Unique properties of thymic antigen-presenting cells promote epigenetic imprinting of alloantigen-specific regulatory T cells.
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- 27 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
We investigated at which stage of maturation commitment to a stable Foxp3-expressing phenotype takes place. We assessed stability of Foxp3 expression in thymic Foxp3+ Treg subsets of different maturity, defined by CD24 expression. Next we compared gene expression profiles of Foxp3+ Treg subsets (+) of different maturity (24lo, 24int, 24hi) and could identify a set of genes that were specifically up or downregulated in Foxp3+ Tregs, but not in Foxp3- conventional T cells, in a maturation-dependent manner.
Publication Title
Active demethylation of the Foxp3 locus leads to the generation of stable regulatory T cells within the thymus.
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Specimen part
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GSE40488- Mus musculus
- 8 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Publication Title
Neuropilin 1 is expressed on thymus-derived natural regulatory T cells, but not mucosa-generated induced Foxp3+ T reg cells.
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Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 5 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
iTreg cells from Tbmc mLN mice treated with one week of 1% Oral Ova were compared to Total Treg from WT mice.
Publication Title
Neuropilin 1 is expressed on thymus-derived natural regulatory T cells, but not mucosa-generated induced Foxp3+ T reg cells.
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Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 3 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
To compare subpopulations of Treg cells in wild type mice based upon Nrp1 Expression, differentiating nTreg and iTreg
Publication Title
Neuropilin 1 is expressed on thymus-derived natural regulatory T cells, but not mucosa-generated induced Foxp3+ T reg cells.
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Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 29 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2500
Description
Gut-draining mesenteric lymph nodes (mLNs) play a key role in peripheral tolerance towards food and commensal antigens by providing an optimal microenvironment for efficient de novo induction of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs). We recently identified mLN stromal cells as critical cellular players in this process and demonstrated that their tolerogenic properties are imprinted by microbiota. Here, we show that this imprinting process already takes place in the neonatal phase and renders the mLN stromal cell compartment resistant to inflammatory perturbations later in life. Utilizing LN transplantation, RNA-seq and single-cell RNA-seq allowed identification of stably imprinted expression signatures in mLN fibroblastic stromal cells. We dissected common stromal cell subsets across gut-draining mLNs and skin-draining LNs with location-specific immunomodulatory functions, such as subset-specific expression of Aldh1a2/3. Accordingly, mLN stromal cells shaped resident dendritic cells to attain high Treg-inducing capacity in a Bmp2-dependent manner. Thus, crosstalk between mLN stromal and resident dendritic cells provides a robust feedback mechanism for the maintenance of intestinal tolerance. Overall design: Transcriptomic analysis of fibroblastic stromal cells of skin-draining and intestinal-draining lymph nodes from endogenous and transplanted lymph nodes at the popliteal fossa.
Publication Title
Neonatally imprinted stromal cell subsets induce tolerogenic dendritic cells in mesenteric lymph nodes.
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Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 23 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2500
Description
Gut-draining mesenteric lymph nodes (mLNs) play a key role in peripheral tolerance towards food and commensal antigens by providing an optimal microenvironment for efficient de novo induction of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs). We recently identified mLN stromal cells as critical cellular players in this process and demonstrated that their tolerogenic properties are imprinted by microbiota. Here, we show that this imprinting process already takes place in the neonatal phase and renders the mLN stromal cell compartment resistant to inflammatory perturbations later in life. Utilizing LN transplantation, RNA-seq and single-cell RNA-seq allowed identification of stably imprinted expression signatures in mLN fibroblastic stromal cells. We dissected common stromal cell subsets across gut-draining mLNs and skin-draining LNs with location-specific immunomodulatory functions, such as subset-specific expression of Aldh1a2/3. Accordingly, mLN stromal cells shaped resident dendritic cells to attain high Treg-inducing capacity in a Bmp2-dependent manner. Thus, crosstalk between mLN stromal and resident dendritic cells provides a robust feedback mechanism for the maintenance of intestinal tolerance. Overall design: Transcriptomic analysis of resident dendritic cells of skin-draining and intestinal-draining lymph nodes from endogenous and lymph nodes transplanted to the popliteal fossa.
Publication Title
Neonatally imprinted stromal cell subsets induce tolerogenic dendritic cells in mesenteric lymph nodes.
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Cell line, Subject
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