This study examines the global transcriptomic profiles in peripheral blood of Papua New Guinea newborns at birth (D0) comparing with follow up at day 1 (D1), day 3 (D3), or day 7 (D7) post birth. Overall design: Systems biology provides a powerful approach to unravel complex biological processes yet it has not been applied systematically to samples from newborns, a group highly vulnerable to a wide range of diseases. Published methods rely on blood volumes that are not feasible to obtain from newborns. We optimized methods to extract transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic, cytokine/chemokine, and single cell immune phenotyping data from <1ml of blood, a volume readily obtained from newborns. Furthermore, indexing to baseline and applying innovative integrative computational methods that address the challenge of few data points with many features enabled identification of robust findings within a readily achievable sample size. This approach uncovered dramatic changes along a stable developmental trajectory over the first week of life. The ability to extract information from 'big data' and draw key insights from such small sample volumes will enable and accelerate characterization of the molecular ontogeny driving this crucial developmental period.
Dynamic molecular changes during the first week of human life follow a robust developmental trajectory.
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View SamplesWe performed gene expression analysis using the SCRB-Seq method from cervical and peripheral blood antigen presenting cells that were collected from women with different cervicovaginal bacterial community types. Overall design: Cervical and peripheral blood antigen presenting cells were FACS sorted using the gating strategy: FSC vs. SSC -> Singlets -> Live CD45+ -> HLA-DR+ -> CD11c+ or CD14+. The genital bacterial microbiomes were characterized in the same women and categorized into Lactobacillus dominance, Gardnerella dominance, or Prevotella dominance.
Cervicovaginal bacteria are a major modulator of host inflammatory responses in the female genital tract.
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View SamplesWe apply RNA-seq to limited populations of Innate Lymphoid Cells type 2 and type 3 (ILC2s and ILC3s, respectively) in human individuals infected with acute HIV in the FRESH study. We measured the whole transcriptome of ILC2s and ILC3s in both untreated (n=2) and ART treated (n=2) individuals over the course of infection, in order to compare these populations at key points during infection, namely: viral detection, peak viremia, and weeks past peak viremia (6-7 weeks post detection). Lacking true biological replicates, HIV- patients in the same study (n=9) were used as replicates to conduct Differential Expression (DE) analysis between time points in both ILC2s and ILC3s on a patient by patient basis. In untreated patients, ILC2s and ILC3s differentially expressed genes associated with apoptosis and cell death between peak viremia and viral detection, while ART treated patients' ILC2s and ILC3s demonstrated a mitigated response. Comparing 6-7 weeks after detection with peak viremia revealed a relative decrease in genes associated in cell death in untreated patients, while ART treated patients showed varied responses where several DE genes were associated with immune response. Overall design: RNA-seq of two Innate Lymphoid Cell populations in 2 HIV+ untreated patients, 2 HIV+ ART treated patients, and 9 HIV- patients (control, replicates).
Innate Lymphoid Cells Are Depleted Irreversibly during Acute HIV-1 Infection in the Absence of Viral Suppression.
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View SamplesWe report the phenotype of human lung ILC2 and ILC3 populations from individuals with tuberculosis (TB) and non-TB cancer controls. We find that ILC2s demonstrate moderate transcriptional differences in TB infection, whereas ILC3s demonstrate large differences. Overall design: ILC2s and ILC3s were purified by FACS from lung biopsies from TB infected lung tissue and peripheral healthy lung tissue from individuals with cancer. Low-input RNA-seq was performed on 1-3 replicates (dependent on cell number) on 5 individuals with TB infection and 2 controls.
Group 3 innate lymphoid cells mediate early protective immunity against tuberculosis.
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