Expression data from human alternatively activated macrophages

Human CD14 positive monocytes were purified from healthy volunteers’ blood and cultured in vitro for 6 hours. While culturing, macrophages were activated alternatively with interleukin-4 (IL-4 100 ng/ml). Simultaneously, macrophages were also treated with vehicle (DMSO:ethanol) or 1uM synthetic PPARg agonist, Rosiglitazone. We used Affymetrix microarrays (U133Plus 2.0) to analyze activation and PPARg-induced gene expression changes. Monocytes from 2 donors were used and treated as indicated in Summary. Technical replicates were generated from each sample.