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COPD-Specific Gene Expression Signatures of Alveolar Macrophages as well as Peripheral Blood Monocytes Overlap and Correlate with Lung Function-GSE16972

Purpose

Among inflammatory cell types, alveolar macrophages appear to have a key role in initiating and/or sustaining disease progression. These cells are derived from peripheral monocytes. Identification of disease and cell type specific gene expression profiles can be revealing and also practically useful in order to diagnose and characterize disease progression and the effect of drug treatment.

Experimental Design

Brochoalveolar lavage fluid samples were collected from of COPD and healthy control patients. Alveolar macrophages were isolated using Percoll gradient centrifugation, isolated using CD14+ magnetic beads, and total RNA was extracted using Qiagen RNeasy Kit. The monocyte samples represent a pool of RNA from 5 patients. Total RNA was labeled with biotin and individual samples were hybridized to Affymetrix HG U133A GeneChips.Affymetrix data files were analyzed using GeneSpring 7.3 software. Using a non-parametric statistical test, we compared the gene expression patterns of the COPD and the healthy control patients and identified a set a genes that showed differential expression between the two groups.

Methods

We used Affymetrix microarrays to obtain gene expression data of alveolar macrophages and circulating monocytes of COPD and healthy control patients. The microarray results were confirmed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in multiple patient collections.Measurements and Main Results: We have identified gene sets specifically associated with COPD in alveolar macrophages and also in monocytes. Immune function, responses to stimuli, and cell death related genes appear to be impacted in both cell types. Remarkably, there is an overlapping gene set between the two cell types.

Platform Affymetrix HG-U133A
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