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2018-09-01 | GSE117988 | GEO
Project description:scRNAseq reveals mechanisms of Merkel cell carcinoma acquired immunotherapy resistance [1]
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Project description:Merkel cells are epidermal mechanoreceptor cells responsible for the perception of gentle touch. Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and highly aggressive skin cancer. Although MCC histologically resembles Merkel cells, the cell of origin for MCC is unknown. MCC frequently contains integrated Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV), a small DNA tumor virus with widespread prevalence. Whether MCPyV can transform Merkel cells is unknown. Here, we describe the isolation and long-term expansion of human Merkel cells from neonatal foreskin. We validated the expression of several Merkel cell-related factors by RNASeq, and assessed the ultrastructure by electron microscopy. Culture of Merkel cell preparations on an artificial basement membrane promoted the formation of structures containing both Merkel and non-Merkel cell populations. To determine whether Merkel cells were susceptible to transformation, we expressed tumor-derived MCPyV T antigens and additional oncogenes. We were unable to demonstrate tumorigenesis in immunodeficient mice, but were able to detect T antigen expression from excised cells weeks after implantation. These results highlight that foreskin-isolated Merkel cells can be propagated extensively, sustain expression of MCPyV T antigens, but are not susceptible to transformation by MCPyV, suggesting that Merkel cells from non-glabrous skin may not be a cell of origin for MCC.
2017-04-01 | GSE79657 | GEO
Project description:Merkel cell carcinoma is supposed to be derived from Merkel cells after infection by Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) and other poorly known events. A transcriptional profiling with cDNA microarrays was performed on cells from MCV+ Merkel cell carcinomas and isolated normal Merkel cells. This microarray revealed numerous significantly upregulated genes and down-regulated genes. The extensive list of genes identified in these experiments provides a large body of potentially valuable information of Merkel cell carcinoma carcinogenesis and could represent a source of potential targets for cancer therapy. Two-conditions experiment, MCV vs Normal Merkel Cell. Biological replicates : 4 MCV (Cy5), 1 control = pool of Normal Merkel cells from 3 liftings
2014-01-01 | E-GEOD-50434 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Array-CGH profiles of Merkel cell carcinoma tumors Keywords: fresh frozen and formalin fixed paraffin embedded primary tumor, nodal and metastasis merkel cell carcinoma tumor samples
2009-01-01 | GSE13239 | GEO
Project description:Merkel cell carcinoma is supposed to be derived from Merkel cells after infection by Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) and other poorly known events. A transcriptional profiling with cDNA microarrays was performed on cells from MCPyV(+) Merkel cell carcinomas and isolated normal Merkel cells. This microarray revealed numerous significantly upregulated genes and downregulated genes. The extensive list of genes identified in these experiments provides a large body of potentially valuable information of Merkel cell carcinoma carcinogenesis and could represent a source of potential targets for cancer therapy.
2014-01-01 | GSE50434 | GEO
Project description:Array-CGH profiles of Merkel cell carcinoma tumors Experiment Overall Design: We perfromed array-CGH on 25 Merkel cell carcinoma tumor samples (2 primary/metastasis pairs) looking for recurrent gains/losses among the cohort of tumors. Experiment Overall Design: Results from the Analysis of Copy Errors (ACE) may be found in GSE13239_MccACEAnalyzedData.txt. Experiment Overall Design: The overall profiles of the primary/metastasis pairs are similar. These metastases samples, 1m and 3m, were excluded from the ACE analysis.
2009-01-14 | E-GEOD-13239 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2012-10-18 | E-GEOD-39612 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2020-01-09 | PXD008181 | Pride