Molecular characterisation of soft tissue tumours: a gene expression study

ABSTRACT: Soft-tissue tumours are derived from mesenchymal cells such as fibroblasts, muscle cells, or adipocytes, but for many such tumours the histogenesis is controversial. We aimed to start molecular characterisation of these rare neoplasms and to do a genome-wide search for new diagnostic markers. We analysed gene-expression patterns of 41 soft-tissue tumours with spotted cDNA microarrays. After removal of errors introduced by use of different microarray batches, the expression patterns of 5520 genes that were well defined were used to separate tumours into discrete groups by hierarchical clustering and singular value decomposition. Synovial sarcomas, gastrointestinal stromal tumours, neural tumours, and a subset of the leiomyosarcomas, showed strikingly distinct gene-expression patterns. Other

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Matt Van De Rijn 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-3443 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress