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Microarray gene expression profiling of sorted CD8+ cells from individuals in the STAyCIS clinical trial

ABSTRACT: The STAyCIS trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study evaluating the efficacy and safety of atorvastatin (Lipitor, Pfizer, 80mg/day) in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (a first demyelinating event) and at high risk of conversion to relapsing, remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Samples were obtained from subjects in the STAyCIS study (NCT00094172) within a screening phase of 90 days from the index CIS event and followed up for 18 months (12 months treatment phase) with serial clinical and radiological (MRI imaging) review. The primary combined endpoint was the development of either radiological (>=3 new T2 MRI lesions) or clinical relapse (>=1 clinical exacerbation) during the 12 month treatment phase. Frozen, viable PBMC were stored before thawing and extraction of CD8+ cells by positive magnetic bead selection. RNA extracted from viable, purified CD8+ cells was labelled and hybridized to Affymetrix HuGene-1_0-st-v1 arrays.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Eoin McKinney

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-9637 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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