Expression data from allergy and non allergy humans

In previous studies with peripheral blood cells, platelet factors were found to be associated with severe allergic phenotypes. A reliable method yielding highly concentrated and pure platelet samples is usually not available for immunological studies. Plateletpheresis is widely used in the clinics for donation purposes. In this study, we designed a protocol based on plateletpheresis to obtain platelet-rich plasma (PRP), Platelet Poor Plasma (PPP) as well as CD3+ and CD14+ cells matched samples from a waste plateletpheresis product for immunological studies. Twenty-seven subjects were voluntarily subjected to plateletpheresis. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and blood cell concentrate contained in a leukocyte reduction system chamber (LRSC) were obtained in this process. CD3+ and CD14+ cells were isolated from the LRSC by density-gradient centrifugation and positive magnetic bead isolation. RNA was isolated from PRP, CD3+ and CD14+ cell samples and used for transcriptomic studies by Affymetrix.