Trans-maternal exposure to Helicobacter pylori induces stable and highly suppressive regulatory T-cells and protects against allergic airway inflammation

Purpose: The gastric microbe Helicobacter pylori represents an ancestral constituent of the human microbiota that causes gastric disorders on the one hand, and is inversely associated with allergies and chronic inflammatory conditions on the other. This study aims to investigate the consequences of trans-maternal exposure to H. pylori extract in utero and during lactation on the regulatory T-cell transcriptome profile. Experiment type: Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing Overall design: Transcriptome profling (RNA-seq) of lung regulatory T-cells in mice after perinatal PBS and H. pylori extract exposure. One factorial design with 2 levels (with and without H. pylori exposure) including 2-3 biological replicates per experimental group. A biological replicate represents pools from 3-4 animals.