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| Author(s): |
Diogo Vieira da Silva Pellegrina
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME/SBI) |
| Defense date: | 2016-07-28 |
| Examining board members: |
Eduardo Moraes Rego Reis;
André Fujita;
Daniel Guariz Pinheiro
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| Advisor: | Eduardo Moraes Rego Reis; Fabiano Pinheiro da Silva |
| Abstract | |
Sepsis is one of the major causes of mortality in hospitalized patients, and a common complication, both in clinical patients and in surgeries, admitted to hospital for non-infectious causes. Sepsis is especially common in older patients, and is therefore expected that its incidence increases as the population ages, and despite its higher mortality rate, the immune response in the elderly during septic shock is very similar to that of younger patients. The objective of this study was to conduct a gene expression analysis of circulating neutrophils, both adults and elderly patients, noting both the mRNAs, the pathways in which those are involved, and the role of ncRNAs, for a better understanding of the immune response of the elderly to severe infections. The RNAs of 24 individuals, equally divided among the adults and the elderly, and among patients in septic shock and controls, were hybridized to DNA microarrays. From this experiment many genes whose expression can be used to differentiate the immune response in adults and the elderly were found. These genes were concentrated in some metabolic pathways, including oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial dysfunction, TGF- signaling, and others. Besides the analysis using mRNAs, this work shows strong indications of mRNAs interactions with non coding RNAs, most of which have no known function. To propose a role for noncoding RNAs a coexpression network was built in which some RNAs of unknown function showed strongly connected to genes of the molecular pathways of the ribosome and mitochondria. It was also noted that for the elderly, the coexpression network is less centralized, supporting the hypothesis that altering the expression of a few key genes can be a determining factor for altering the gene expression of a larger set (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/03150-6 - Global expression analysis of mRNAs and non coding RNAs in the human immune system in aging and sepsis |
| Grantee: | Diogo Vieira da Silva Pellegrina |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |