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ABSTRACT: We used massively parallel, paired-end sequencing of expressed transcripts (RNA-seq) to detect novel gene fusions in short-term cultures of glioma stem-like cells freshly isolated from nine patients carrying primary glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The culture of primary GBM tumors under serum-free conditions selects cells that retain phenotypes and genotypes closely mirroring primary tumor profiles as compared to serum-cultured glioma cell lines that have largely lost their developmental identities.
OTHER RELATED OMICS DATASETS IN: E-GEOD-4536
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: phs000505.v1.p1 | EGA |
REPOSITORIES: EGA
Lee Jeongwu J Kotliarova Svetlana S Kotliarov Yuri Y Li Aiguo A Su Qin Q Donin Nicholas M NM Pastorino Sandra S Purow Benjamin W BW Christopher Neil N Zhang Wei W Park John K JK Fine Howard A HA
Cancer cell 20060501 5
The concept of tumor stem cells (TSCs) provides a new paradigm for understanding tumor biology, although it remains unclear whether TSCs will prove to be a more robust model than traditional cancer cell lines. We demonstrate marked phenotypic and genotypic differences between primary human tumor-derived TSCs and their matched glioma cell lines. Unlike the matched, traditionally grown tumor cell lines, TSCs derived directly from primary glioblastomas harbor extensive similarities to normal neural ...[more]