PLX100076

GSE101993: Molecular characterization of gene regulatory networks in primary human tracheal and bronchial epithelial cells.

• Organsim human
• Type RNASEQ
• Target gene
• Project ARCHS4

The epithelial layer lining the airways has a central role in maintaining lung health, particularly serving as a barrier to prevent infection and delivery of harmful particles, which are cleared from the lung on the mucociliary escalator driven by the epithelium. Robust methods to culture primary airway epithelial cells were developed several decades ago and these cells provide the model of choice to investigate many diseases of the human lung. However, to date the molecular signature of cells from different regions of the airway epithelium has not been well characterized. Here we examine primary cells derived from human tracheal and bronchial tissues and perform genome-wide analysis of their active regulatory elements and gene expression profiles. We also compare cells from healthy and diseased (cystic fibrosis) donor lung tissue. Our data reveal an airway cell signature that is divergent from other epithelial cell types and from immortalized or transformed airway epithelial cell lines. The differences between tracheal and bronchial cells are clearly evident as are common regulatory features between the cell types of two different origins. Only minor variation is seen between cells from healthy or CF bronchial cells. These data are a valuable resource for functional genomics analysis of airway epithelial tissues in human health and disease. SOURCE: Ann Harris Case Western Reserve University Medical School