Array-based comparative genomic hybridization study of human embryonic stem cell lines
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Afroditi Mertzanidou
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-13422 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Recurrent chromosomal abnormalities in human embryonic stem cells.
Spits Claudia C Mateizel Ileana I Geens Mieke M Mertzanidou Afroditi A Staessen Catherine C Vandeskelde Yves Y Van der Elst Josiane J Liebaers Inge I Sermon Karen K
Nature biotechnology 20081123 12
Cultured human embryonic stem (hES) cells have a known predisposition to aneuploidy of chromosomes 12, 17 and X. We studied 17 hES cell lines by array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) and found that the cells accumulate other recurrent chromosomal abnormalities, including amplification at 20q11.21 and a derivative chromosome 18. These genomic changes have a variable impact at the transcriptional level. ...[more]
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