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Dataset Information
Accession GSE155672
Status 2021/6/9
Title Innate Lymphoid Cells Activation and Transcriptomic Changes in Response to Human Dengue Infection
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment type Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary Background: Dengue virus (DENV) infection has a global impact on public health. The clinical outcomes (of DENV) can vary from a flu-like illness called dengue fever (DF), to a more severe form, known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). The underlying innate immune mechanisms leading to protective or detrimental outcomes have not been fully elucidated. Helper innate lymphoid cells (hILCs), an innate lymphocyte recently discovered, functionally resemble T-helper cells and are important in inflammation and homeostasis. However, the role of hILCs in DENV infection had been unexplored. Methods: We performed flow cytometry to investigate the frequency and phenotype of hILCs in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from DENV-infected patients of different disease severities (DF and DHF), and at different phases (febrile and convalescence) of infection. Intracellular cytokine staining of hILCs from DF and DHF were also evaluated by flow cytometry after ex vivo stimulation. Further, the hILCs were sorted and subjected to transcriptome analysis using RNA sequencing. Differential gene expression analysis was performed to compare the febrile and convalescent phase samples in DF and DHF. Selected differentially expressed genes were then validated by quantitative PCR. Results: Phenotypic analysis showed marked activation of all three hILC subsets during the febrile phase as shown by higher CD69 expression when compared to paired convalescent samples, although the frequency of hILCs remained unchanged. Upon ex vivo stimulation, hILCs from febrile phase DHF produced significantly higher IFN-g and IL-4 when compared to those of DF. Transcriptomic analysis showed unique hILCs gene expression in DF and DHF, suggesting that divergent functions of hILCs may be associated with different disease severities. Differential gene expression analysis indicated that hILCs function both in cytokine secretion and cytotoxicity during the febrile phase of DENV infection. Conclusions: Helper ILCs are activated in the febrile phase of DENV infection and display unique transcriptomic changes as well as cytokine production that correlate with severity. Targeting hILCs during early innate response to DENV might help shape subsequent immune responses and potentially lessen the disease severity in the future.
Samples
GSM ID Sample info Characteristics Description
GSM4709961 DF1_F subject status:DENV infected patient; age:19; Sex:M; severity:DF; timepoint:Febrile phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709962 DF2_F subject status:DENV infected patient; age:38; Sex:M; severity:DF; timepoint:Febrile phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709963 DF3_F subject status:DENV infected patient; age:32; Sex:F; severity:DF; timepoint:Febrile phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709964 DF1_C subject status:DENV infected patient; age:19; Sex:M; severity:DF; timepoint:Convalescent phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709965 DF2_C subject status:DENV infected patient; age:38; Sex:M; severity:DF; timepoint:Convalescent phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709966 DF3_C subject status:DENV infected patient; age:32; Sex:F; severity:DF; timepoint:Convalescent phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709967 DHF1_F subject status:DENV infected patient; age:21; Sex:M; severity:DHF; timepoint:Febrile phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709968 DHF2_F subject status:DENV infected patient; age:24; Sex:M; severity:DHF; timepoint:Febrile phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709969 DHF3_F subject status:DENV infected patient; age:15; Sex:F; severity:DHF; timepoint:Febrile phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709970 DHF1_C subject status:DENV infected patient; age:21; Sex:M; severity:DHF; timepoint:Convalescent phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709971 DHF2_C subject status:DENV infected patient; age:24; Sex:M; severity:DHF; timepoint:Convalescent phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
GSM4709972 DHF3_C subject status:DENV infected patient; age:15; Sex:F; severity:DHF; timepoint:Convalescent phase; cell type:innate lymphoid cells -
Platform GPL20795  : HiSeq X Ten (Homo sapiens)
Literature 34079535  
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