Transcriptomics of THP-1 macrophages treated with or without IL-26 for 24h

Purpose: The aim of this study was to obtain a comprehensive transcriptomic analysis of IL-26-exposed macrophages. Methods: THP-1 derived macrophage were generated by incubating THP-1 cells with PMA (50 ng/ml) for 24h.Then THP-1 macrophages were treated with IL-26 for 24h, which were collected and applied to RNA-sequencing. The constructed sequencing library was sequenced using an Illumina Novaseq 6000 system. The expression of transcripts was calculated as fragments per kilobase of exon model per million mapped reads (FPKM). Results: In total, we identified 1303 differentially expressed protein-coding genes between untreated and IL-26-treated macrophages, including 667 up-regulated and 636 down-regulated genes. THP-1 macrophages treated without (Control; n=3) or with IL-26 (0.28 μM,Treatment; n=3)