Cental South University

1 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Immunology and Infection

Genome-wide Analysis of HDAC Inhibitor-mediated Modulation of microRNAs and mRNAs in B Cells Induced to Undergo Class-switch DNA Recombination and Plasma Cell Differentiation

Helia N. Sanchez¹, Tian Shen^1,2, Dawn Garcia^1,3, Zhao Lai^1,3, Paolo Casali¹, Hong Zan¹

¹Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Long School of Medicine at San Antonio, ²Xiangya School of Medicine, Cental South University, ³Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Long School of Medicine at San Antonio

Epigenetic factors can interact with genetic programs to modulate gene expression and regulate B cell function. By combining in vitro B-cell stimulation, qRT-PCR, and high-throughput microRNA-sequence and mRNA-sequence approaches, we can analyze the epigenetic modulation of miRNA and gene expression in B cells.