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Gene Expression Profiling of Dendritic Cells in Different Physiological Stages under Cordyceps sinensis Treatment

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  • Chia-Yang Li
  • Chi-Shiun Chiang
  • Wei-Chung Cheng
  • Shu-Chi Wang
  • Hung-Tsu Cheng
  • Chaang-Ray Chen
  • Wun-Yi Shu
  • Min-Lung Tsai
  • Ruey-Shyang Hseu
  • Cheng-Wei Chang
  • Chao-Ying Huang
  • Shih-Hua Fang
  • Ian C Hsu

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Cordyceps sinensis (CS) has been commonly used as herbal medicine and a health supplement in China for over two thousand years. Although previous studies have demonstrated that CS has benefits in immunoregulation and anti-inflammation, the precise mechanism by which CS affects immunomodulation is still unclear. In this study, we exploited duplicate sets of loop-design microarray experiments to examine two different batches of CS and analyze the effects of CS on dendritic cells (DCs), in different physiology stages: naïve stage and inflammatory stage. Immature DCs were treated with CS, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), or LPS plus CS (LPS/CS) for two days, and the gene expression profiles were examined using cDNA microarrays. The results of two loop-design microarray experiments showed good intersection rates. The expression level of common genes found in both loop-design microarray experiments was consistent, and the correlation coefficients (Rs), were higher than 0.96. Through intersection analysis of microarray results, we identified 295 intersecting significantly differentially expressed (SDE) genes of the three different treatments (CS, LPS, and LPS/CS), which participated mainly in the adjustment of immune response and the regulation of cell proliferation and death. Genes regulated uniquely by CS treatment were significantly involved in the regulation of focal adhesion pathway, ECM-receptor interaction pathway, and hematopoietic cell lineage pathway. Unique LPS regulated genes were significantly involved in the regulation of Toll-like receptor signaling pathway, systemic lupus erythematosus pathway, and complement and coagulation cascades pathway. Unique LPS/CS regulated genes were significantly involved in the regulation of oxidative phosphorylation pathway. These results could provide useful information in further study of the pharmacological mechanisms of CS. This study also demonstrates that with a rigorous experimental design, the biological effects of a complex compound can be reliably studied by a complex system like cDNA microarray.

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  • Chia-Yang Li & Chi-Shiun Chiang & Wei-Chung Cheng & Shu-Chi Wang & Hung-Tsu Cheng & Chaang-Ray Chen & Wun-Yi Shu & Min-Lung Tsai & Ruey-Shyang Hseu & Cheng-Wei Chang & Chao-Ying Huang & Shih-Hua Fang , 2012. "Gene Expression Profiling of Dendritic Cells in Different Physiological Stages under Cordyceps sinensis Treatment," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(7), pages 1-10, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0040824
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040824
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