Project description:Analysis of differential gene expression in HeLa Parental vs radio-resistant xenograft tumours. The aim is to identify potential genes that are deregulated in radio-resistant tumours.
Project description:Embryonal tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) represent a heterogeneous group of tumours about which little is known biologically, and whose diagnosis, on the basis of morphologic appearance alone, is controversial. Medulloblastomas, for example, are the most common malignant brain tumour of childhood, but their pathogenesis is unknown, their relationship to other embryonal CNS tumours is debated, and patients' response to therapy is difficult to predict. We approached these problems by developing a classification system based on DNA microarray gene expression data derived from 99 patient samples. Here we demonstrate that medulloblastomas are molecularly distinct from other brain tumours including primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNETs), atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumours (AT/RTs) and malignant gliomas. Previously unrecognized evidence supporting the derivation of medulloblastomas from cerebellar granule cells through activation of the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) pathway was also revealed. We show further that the clinical outcome of children with medulloblastomas is highly predictable on the basis of the gene expression profiles of their tumours at diagnosis.
Project description:Pituitary neuroendocrine tumours (PitNET) are rare neoplasms of the pituitary gland that can overproduce pituitary hormones or cause headaches and visual impairment due to mass effect. Growth hormone overproducing somatotroph PitNETs cause acromegaly leading to wide range of connective tissue, metabolic and oncologic disorders. The medical treamment of acromegaly is somatostin analogues (SSA) in specific cases combined with dopamine agnoists (DA), but almost half of patients excert SSA resistence and potential causes of this is unknown. The aim of this study was to characterize transcriptomic patterns of somatotroph PitNETs specifically assessing impact of SSA treatment effects. We investigated gene expession on several levels and functional models of GH PitNETs - tumour tissue of patients with and without SSA preoperative treamtment, tumour derived pituisphere model and classically used GH3 cell line treated with SSA.
Project description:Embryonal tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) represent a heterogeneous group of tumours about which little is known biologically, and whose diagnosis, on the basis of morphologic appearance alone, is controversial. Medulloblastomas, for example, are the most common malignant brain tumour of childhood, but their pathogenesis is unknown, their relationship to other embryonal CNS tumours is debated, and patients' response to therapy is difficult to predict. We approached these problems by developing a classification system based on DNA microarray gene expression data derived from 99 patient samples. Here we demonstrate that medulloblastomas are molecularly distinct from other brain tumours including primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNETs), atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumours (AT/RTs) and malignant gliomas. Previously unrecognized evidence supporting the derivation of medulloblastomas from cerebellar granule cells through activation of the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) pathway was also revealed. We show further that the clinical outcome of children with medulloblastomas is highly predictable on the basis of the gene expression profiles of their tumours at diagnosis. golub-00460 Assay Type: Gene Expression Provider: Affymetrix Array Designs: Hu6800 Organism: Homo sapiens (ncbitax) Material Types: synthetic_RNA, organism_part, whole_organism, total_RNA Disease States: synthetic_RNA, organism_part, whole_orMedulloblastoma, renal rhabdoid tumor, Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Supratentorial PNET, Supratentorial PNET (pineoblastoma), Normal, Malignant Glioma, Extrarenal Rhabdoid Tumorganism, total_RNA
