Transcript- and protein-level analyses of the response of human eosinophils to glucocorticoids
Manasi Gadkari, Michelle A Makiya, Fanny Legrand, Kindra Stokes, Thomas Brown, Katherine Howe, Paneez Khoury, Zonghui Hu, Amy Klion, Luis M Franco, Manasi Gadkari, Michelle A Makiya, Fanny Legrand, Kindra Stokes, Thomas Brown, Katherine Howe, Paneez Khoury, Zonghui Hu, Amy Klion, Luis M Franco
Abstract
Glucocorticoids are first-line agents for the treatment of many eosinophil-associated disorders; however, their effects on human eosinophils remain poorly understood. To gain an unbiased, genome-wide view of the early transcriptional effects of glucocorticoids on human eosinophils in vivo, RNA sequencing was performed on purified blood eosinophils obtained before and 30, 60, and 120 minutes after administration of a single dose of oral prednisone (1 mg/kg) to three unrelated healthy subjects with hypereosinophilia of unknown significance. The resulting dataset is of high quality and suitable for differential expression analysis. Flow cytometry and qPCR were then performed on three additional cohorts of human subjects, to validate the key findings at the transcript and protein levels. The resulting datasets provide a resource for understanding the response of circulating human eosinophils to glucocorticoid administration.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no competing interests.
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