EGAS00001000627-sc-20160608 - samples
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PROVIDER: EGAD00001002186 | EGA |
REPOSITORIES: EGA
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Project description:Around 10% of patients who present in melanoma clinics have a first degree relative with a previous diagnosis of melanoma. While around 3% have three or more relatives who have been diagnosed with the disease. In this project we will whole genome sequence patients from large Dutch familial melanoma pedigrees to identify mutations in genes that drive melanomagenesis. The identification of these genes will facilitate the management of familial melanoma patients and their families.
| EGAS00001000627 | EGA
Project description:The main genetic factors for familial melanoma remain unknown in more than 75% of families. CDKN2A is mutated in around 20% of melanoma-prone families. Other high-risk melanoma susceptibility genes explain less than 3% of families studied to date. We performed the first genome-wide linkage analysis in CDKN2A-negative Spanish melanoma-prone families to identify novel melanoma susceptibility loci. We included 68 individuals from 2, 3 and 6 families with 2, 3 and at least 4 melanoma cases. We detected a locus with significant linkage evidence at 11q14.1-q14.3, with a maximum het-TLOD of 3.449 (rs12285365:A>G), using evidence from multiple pedigrees. The genes contained by the subregion with the strongest linkage evidence were: DLG2, PRSS23, FZD4 and TMEM135. We also detected several regions with suggestive linkage evidence (TLOD>1.9) (1q, 6p, 7p, 11q, 12p, 13q) including the region previously detected in melanoma-prone families from Sweden at 3q29. The family specific analysis revealed three loci with suggestive linkage evidence for family #1: 1q31.1-q32.1 (max. TLOD 2.447), 6p24.3-p22.3 (max. TLOD 2.409) and 11q13.3-q21 (max. TLOD 2.654). Future next generation sequencing studies of these regions may allow the identification of new melanoma susceptibility genetic factors.
2019-01-01 | GSE109207 | GEO
Project description:The main genetic factors for familial melanoma remain unknown in more than 75% of families. CDKN2A is mutated in around 20% of melanoma-prone families. Other high-risk melanoma susceptibility genes explain less than 3% of families studied to date. We performed the first genome-wide linkage analysis in CDKN2A-negative Spanish melanoma-prone families to identify novel melanoma susceptibility loci. We included 68 individuals from 2, 3 and 6 families with 2, 3 and at least 4 melanoma cases. We detected a locus with significant linkage evidence at 11q14.1-q14.3, with a maximum het-TLOD of 3.449 (rs12285365:A>G), using evidence from multiple pedigrees. The genes contained by the subregion with the strongest linkage evidence were: DLG2, PRSS23, FZD4 and TMEM135. We also detected several regions with suggestive linkage evidence (TLOD>1.9) (1q, 6p, 7p, 11q, 12p, 13q) including the region previously detected in melanoma-prone families from Sweden at 3q29. The family specific analysis revealed three loci with suggestive linkage evidence for family #1: 1q31.1-q32.1 (max. TLOD 2.447), 6p24.3-p22.3 (max. TLOD 2.409) and 11q13.3-q21 (max. TLOD 2.654). Future next generation sequencing studies of these regions may allow the identification of new melanoma susceptibility genetic factors.
2019-01-01 | GSE109206 | GEO
Project description:Background: Familial melanoma accounts for 10% of cases, withCDKN2A being the main high-risk gene. However, the mechanisms underlying melanomagenesis in individuals at high risk of developing melanoma remain poorly understood. Objective: To analyze the transcriptome of melanocyte/keratinocyte co-cultures derived from healthy skin from familial melanoma patients vs. controls, to comprehend melanoma development. Methods: Primary melanocyte-keratinocyte co-cultures were established from healthy skin biopsies from 16 unrelated familial melanoma patients (8 CDKN2A mutant, 8 CDKN2A wild-type) and from 7 healthy controls. Whole transcriptome was captured using the SurePrint G3 Human Microarray. Transcriptome analyses included: differential gene expression, functional enrichment, and protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks. Results: We identified a gene profile associated with familial melanoma independently of CDKN2A germline status. Functional enrichment analysis of this profile showed a downregulation of pathways related to DNA repair and immune response in familial melanoma (P < 0.05). In addition, the PPI network analysis revealed a network that consisted of double stranded DNA repair genes (including BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, and FANCA), immune response genes and regulation of chromosome segregation. The hub gene was BRCA1. Conclusion: The constitutive deregulation of BRCA1 pathway genes and immune response in healthy skin could be a mechanism related with melanoma risk.
2022-11-02 | GSE160902 | GEO
Project description:We studied an Italian family with three NB patients, two siblings and one of their cousins carrying the R1192P mutation in the ALK gene (that has been found mutated in a fraction of familial NBs). However, because some individuals harboring mutations in this gene do not develop this tumor, additional genetic alterations appear to be required for NB pathogenesis. In this family, a comparison between somatic and germline DNA copy number changes in the two affected siblings and their relatives by an high resolution array-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) technique was performed.
2013-08-02 | E-MEXP-3948 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Characterize the genes deregulated in CD34 positive cells from peripheral blood of FPD/AML patients harbouring two different RUNX1 mutations. RUNX1 (also called AML1), a DNA-binding subunit of the CBF transcription factor family, is a master regulatory gene in hematopoiesis and acts as a tumour suppressor. Heterozygous germ line alterations in RUNX1 lead to a familial platelet disorder with a propensity to develop acute myeloid leukemia (FPD/AML). Although RUNX1 abnormalities per se are not sufficient to induce full-blown leukemia in FPD, this pathology represents a valuable model to understand how RUNX1 germ line mutations predispose to acquisition of additional genetic changes leading to leukemia transformation. To investigate how RUNX1 may predispose to leukemia, we performed a comparative study between two pedigrees harbouring different RUNX1 mutations, one associated with only thrombocytopenia (R139stop) and the other leading to thrombocytopenia and leukemic predisposition (R174Q).
2010-09-11 | E-TABM-792 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:In this project we performed targeted sequencing of around 50 candidate melanoma genes in the germline of melanoma patients and matched controls. Our aim was to identify variants that contribute to melanoma susceptibility.
| EGAS00001002081 | EGA
Project description:Familial thyroid cancer originating from follicular cells accounts for 5-15% of all the thyroid carcinoma cases in humans. Previously, we described thyroid follicular cell carcinomas in a large number of the Dutch German longhaired pointers (GLPs) with likely an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. Here, we investigated the genetic causes of the disease using a combined approach of genome-wide association study, selective sweep analysis, and ROH analysis based on 170k SNP array genotype data. A region 0-5 Mb on chromosome 17 harboring the TPO gene was identified to be associated with the disease.
2021-06-30 | E-MTAB-10241 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy (IgAN) is a complex multifactorial disease whose genetic bases remain unknown. Distinct linkage and genome-wide association studies in both familial and sporadic IgAN suggest that there is a strong genetic component in IgAN. In this context, an intriguing role could be ascribed to copy number variants (CNVs) that have been recognized as an important source of genetic variation in humans. Here, we performed a whole-genome screening of CNVs in IgAN patients, their healthy relatives and healthy subjects (HS). A total of 217 individuals consisting of 51 IgAN cases and 166 healthy relatives were included in the initial screening. The high-throughput analysis of structural genetic variations, to find concordant aberrations across classes of samples, identified 178 IgAN-specific aberrations, specifically 114 loss and 64 gain. Several CNVs overlapped with regions evidenced by previous genome-wide genetic studies. Moreover, we found that IgAN patients characterized by deteriorated renal function carried low copy numbers of a CNV in chromosome 3 (chr3_loss:52031010-52260722). This CNV contained the TLR9 gene whose expression significantly correlated with the loss aberration in patients with progressive renal damage. Conversely, IgAN patients with normal renal function had no chr3_loss:52031010-52260722 and the TLR9 mRNA was expressed at the same level as in HS, still maintaining a strong correlation with the CNV. In conclusion, here we performed the first genome-wide CNV study in IgAN identifying some structural variants specific to IgAN patients and providing a collection of new candidate genes and loci that could help to dissect the complex genomic setting of the disease. Moreover, we identified a specific CNV, spanning the TLR9 gene, which could explain the disease severity in IgAN patients. To perform a genome-wide CNV study in IgAN identifying some structural variants specific to IgAN patients and providing a collection of new candidate genes and loci that could help to dissect the complex genomic setting of the disease.
2014-10-30 | E-GEOD-44974 | biostudies-arrayexpress