Project description:Genomic DNA of granulocytes or mononuclear cell fractions of 408 myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) patients was analyzed using Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP 6.0 arrays
Project description:B-cell Non Hodgkin Lymphoma are a heterogenous group chracterized by a variety of genetic changes, including translocations, deletions and amplifications. Here we analyzed 10 B-NHL lines by Affymetrix SNP 6.0 to detect copy number changes. Specifically, we aim to identify cell lines suitable for testing the consequences of acute reintroduction of candidate tumor suppressor genes as they harbor deletions which include the candidate gene(s). 10 BNHL cell lines were grown in standard cell culture conditions. Genomic DNA was exptracted from frozen pellets and analyzed for copy number variations with Affymetrix SNP 6.0 Arrays
Project description:Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) exhibit a skewed X chromosome inactivation (XCI) have recently been reported. Whether there is any copy number variation (CNV), loss of heterozygousity (LOH) and single nucleotide variant (SNV) in those epigenetically distinct cells and whether these abnormalities have any correlation to skewed XCI in hESCs is currently unknown.
Project description:To unravel the fine architecture of neocentromeres found in three well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLPS) cell lines as patchworks of multiple short amplified sequences, disclosing a much more higher complexity than previously reported. Next generation sequencing data (WGS, RNA-seq, CENP-A/ChIP-seq) are available at the Sequence Read Archive (BioProject ID: PRJNA378952).
Project description:A rare chromosome 20 with additional G-positive band was found during prenatal diagnosis. To identified the rare chromosome 20, standard cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic analysis of the patients was performed. Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) were performed to exclude genomic imbalance.
Project description:Here we have used four enchondromas and two chondrosarcomas of Maffucci patients. We also had one normal sample available for paired analysis in one of the chondrosarcoma II. We did not find any LOH or coomon copy number variation in all Maffucci enchondromas while chondrosarcomas are genetically unstable. Affymetrix SNP 6.0 array was performed using 4 EC and 2CS of Maffucci patients. Illumina expression v3 array was possible to perform using only 1 EC and 2 CS due to rarity of the disease. For SNP array, we used 29 control samples submitted previously (GSE22965) to creat baseline.
Project description:Endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESSs) are a genetically heterogeneous group of rare uterine neoplasms that are frequently driven by recurrent gene rearrangements. In conventional low-grade ESSs, JAZF1-SUZ12, PHF1-JAZF1, EPC1-PHF1 and MEAF6-PHF1 chimeric fusions have been reported in > 50% of cases. The recently described t(10;17)(q22;p13) translocation yields YWHAE-FAM22A/B chimeric proteins that are associated with histologically high-grade and clinically more aggressive ESS. Integrating whole-transcriptome paired-end RNA sequencing with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and conventional cytogenetics, we identified MBTD1 (Malignant Brain Tumor Domain-containing 1) and CXorf67 (Chromosome X open reading frame 67) as the genes involved in the novel reciprocal t(X;17)(p11.2;q21.33) translocation in two independent low-grade ESS of classical histology. The presence of the MBTD1-CXorf67 fusion transcript was validated in both cases using RT-PCR followed by Sanger sequencing. A specific FISH assay to be used on paraffin tissues was developed to detect the novel t(X;17) translocation, and resulted in identification of an additional low-grade ESS case positive for the MBTD1-CXorf67 fusion among 14 uterine stromal tumours [9 ESSs and 5 undifferentiated endometrial sarcomas (UESs)] that were negative for JAZF1 and YWHAE rearrangements. Gene expression profiles of 3 ESSs with YWHAE- and 4 classical ESSs with JAZF1-rearrangements, and 4 UESs without known gene rearrangements, indicated clustering of tumours with MBTD1-CXorf67 fusion together with low-grade JAZF1-associated ESSs. The chimeric MBTD1-CXorf67 fusion identifies yet another cytogenetically distinct subgroup of low-grade ESS and offers the opportunity to shed light on the functions of two poorly characterized genes. Genomic DNA extracted from 2 low-grade ESS frozen tumor samples; Agilent CGH+SNP 4x180K array. Reference female DNA supplied with the SureTag Complete DNA Labeling Kit was used for the aCGH experiments.
Project description:African-Americans with prostate cancer tend to have a more aggressive form of the disease, as compared to their Caucasian counterparts. Nevertheless, African-Americans tend to be underrepresented in most molecular profiling studies of prostate cancer. To investigate DNA copy number alterations (CNAs) in prostate cancer from a cohort of African-Americans, we profiled 20 tumors (each with paired normal) for 500,000 SNPs. Keywords: tumor-normal comparison Profiles were generated on two Affymetrix array chips: Nsp and Sty, each with ~250K SNPs represented. In all, 20 tumors and 20 paired normal samples were profiled, 40 profiles in all. Each tumor was centered on its corresponding normal pair to define copy number alterations (CNA) in that tumor.