ABSTRACT: This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE37370: microRNA expression data from Ewing's sarcoma tumor samples GSE37371: Expression data from Ewing's sarcoma tumor samples Refer to individual Series
Project description:Ewing sarcoma a rare pediatric tumor characterized by EWSR1-ETS fusions. We performed expression profiling of both miRNA and mRNA from the same Ewing's sarcoma tumors. We propose a novel statistical measure of non-linear dependence between miRNA and mRNA expression, In order to infer miRNA-target interactions. This approach, That we name antagonism pattern detection, Is based on the statistical recognition of a triangular-shaped pattern in miRNA-target expression profiles. This pattern is observed in miRNA-target expression measurements since their simultaneously elevated expression is statistically under-represented in the case of miRNA silencing effect. The proposed method enables miRNA target prediction to strongly rely on cellular context and physiological conditions reflected by expression data. Total RNAs issued of 39 Ewing tumors were used for mRNA and miRNA microarray analyses. The microRNA data were collected using the Illumina human-6 V1 BeadChip.
Project description:Smoothened (SMO)-inhibitors recently entered clinical trials for sonic-hedgehog driven medulloblastoma (SHH-MB). Clinical response appears highly variable. To understand the mechanism(s) of primary resistance and to identify pathways co-operating with aberrant SHH-signaling, we sequenced a large cohort of SHH-MBs across all age groups by sequencing, DNA methylation and expression profiling. Our data show that most adults but only half of the pediatric patients with SHH-MB will respond to SMO inhibition as predicted by molecular analysis of the primary tumor and tested in the SHH-xenografts, demonstrating that the next generation of SMO-inhibitor trials should be based on these predictive biomarkers. To further dissect the biological differences between the different age groups within SHH medulloblastomas, we looked at the DNA methylation profiles of SHH medulloblastoma samples. We investigated the DNA methylation profiles of 46 SHH medulloblastomas across all age groups using the Illumina 450k methylation array.
Project description:Pilocytic astrocytomas (PA) are the most common brain tumor in pediatric patients and can cause significant morbidity, including chronic neurological deficiencies. They are characterized by activating alterations in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, but little else is known about their development. To map the global DNA methylation profiles of these tumors, we analysed 61 PAs and 6 normal cerebellum samples using Illumina's Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChips. These data revealed two subgroups of PA that separate according to tumor location (infratentorial versus supratentorial), and identified key neural developmental genes that are differentially methylated between the two groups. Integration with transcriptome microarray data highlighted significant expression differences, which were unexpectedly associated with a strong positive correlation between methylation and expression. Differentially methylated probes were often identified within the gene body and/or regions up- or downstream of the gene, rather than at the transcription start site. We also identified a large number of differentially methylated genes between cerebellar PAs and normal cerebellum, which included additional developmental genes. Bisulphite converted DNA from 61 PA tumours (fresh frozen) and 6 normal cerebellum (from commerical sources) were hybridised to the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChips.
Project description:Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a strong predictor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease and is defined by a constellation of phenotypes including increased and adverse body fat distribution, insulin resistance, abnormalities in lipids and lipoproteins, malfunctional cardiovascular performance, and abnormal levels of adipokines and cytokines. We assayed in a subset of our family cohort phentoyped for MetS phentoypes, the genome-wde transcript levels using the Illumina Human WG-6 v2 expression arrays. Genome-wide gene expression was assayed in members of families that originally contribute to linkage signals in a previous genome-wide linkage scans for multiple MetS phenotypes.
Project description:Expression profiling of tumor and adjacent non-tumorous tissues of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) patients. Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip was used to obtain expression profiles across more than 31,000 annotated genes. Samples included 59 tumors and 59 adjacent non-tumorous samples. Total RNA obtained from the 39 tumors and 39 adjacent non-tumorous samples
Project description:Methylation profiling was performed on DNA samples matched to the RNA samples included in the NIH Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Database (Series GSE32923). Nineteen undifferentiated human embryonic stem cell lines and 5 human induced pluripotent stem cells were analyzed. Expanded descriptions of methods used are available at: http://stemcelldb.nih.gov. 24 samples: 19 human ESC (UNDIFFerentiated) and 5 human iPSC (UNDIFFerentiated) lines
Project description:Disease relapse and resistance to chemotherapy represent challenging issues in a subset of Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) patients. Activity and mechanism(s) of action of a novel PI3K/ERK dual inhibitor AEZS-136 (Ãterna Zentaris GmbH, Germany, EU) were examined in L-540, SUP-HD1, KM-H2 and L-428 cell lines. Despite exposure to AEZS-136 induced a significant cell growth inhibition (range, 30-80%), levels of caspase-independent cell death and mitochondrial dysfunction, were only observed in L-540 (62 ±9 vs 14 ±3%, P â¤.0001) and SUP-HD1 (46 ±2% vs 15 ±2%, P â¤.0001) cells. Gene expression profiling indicated that the effects of AEZS-136 treatment are associated with the modulation of cell cycle and cell death pathways. Exposure to AEZS-136 resulted in sustained production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and activation of necroptotic cell death. The necroptosis inhibitor Necrostatin-1 prevented AEZS-136-induced ROS production, mitochondrial injury, activation of JNK and cell death. Knockdown experiments identified the immediate early response 3 (IER3) as a key signaling molecule that mediates AEZS-136-resistance to oxidative death of HL cells. Furthermore, in vivo xenograft studies demonstrated a 40-70% reduction in tumor burden (P < 0.0001) and a 10-fold increase in tumor necrosis in AEZS-136-treated animals compared to control mice. These data support further clinical evaluation of AEZS-136 in refractory/relapsed HL. The Hodgkin lymphoma cell lines were obtained from the DSMZ (Braunschweig, Germany, EU). Cells were routinely maintained in RPMI medium 1640 (Lonza, Basel, Switzerland) supplemented with 20% FBS (Lonza) and 2 mM glutamine (Lonza). Cells were maintained at 37°C in a water-saturated atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air. 4x106 HL cells were seeded in 75 cm2 flask and, after 24 hrs, cells were treated with 10 µM AEZS-136 (Aeterna Zentaris, Frankfurt, Germany, EU) in culture medium for 24 hours. At the end of treatment, cells were collected and RNA extracted.
Project description:Women are born with millions of primordial follicles which gradually decrease with increasing age and this irreversible supply of follicles completely exhausts at menopause. The fertility capacity of women diminishes in parallel with aging. The mechanisms for reproductive aging are not fully understood. In our recent work we observed a decline in BRCA1 mediated DNA repair in aging rat primordial follicles. To further understand the age-related molecular changes, we performed microarray gene expression analysis using total RNA extracted from immature (18â20 days) and aged (400â450 days) rat primordial follicles. The results of current microarray study revealed that there were 1011 (>1.5 fold, p<0.05) genes differentially expressed between two groups in which 422 genes were up-regulated and 589 genes were down-regulated in aged rat primordial follicles compared to immature. The gene ontology and pathway analysis of differentially expressed genes revealed a critical biological function such as cell cycle, oocyte meiosis, chromosomal stability, transcriptional activity, DNA replication and DNA repair were affected by age and this considerable difference in gene expression profiles may have adverse influence on oocyte quality. Our data provide information on the processes that may contribute to aging and age-related decline in fertility. In total of 6 samples, 3 replicate samples were from immature rat primordial follicles and 3 replicate samples were from aged rat primordial follicles. For each replicate sample, the primordial follicles isolated from multiple isolations (each time 10-20 rat ovaries) were finally pooled in order to get required quantity of RNA.