Project description:RNA-Seq was applied to oral squamous cell carcinomas and matched normal oral tissue to measure gene expression patterns and identify examples of allelic imbalance. Oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) and matched normal tissue from 3 patients.
Project description:RNA-Seq was applied to oral squamous cell carcinomas and matched normal oral tissue to measure gene expression patterns and identify examples of allelic imbalance.
Project description:DNA methylation is one of the most studied epigenetic alterations in cancer. Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling was conducted in 6 oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas and matched normal tissues. In the present study, the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylationEPIC BeadChip (EPIC array) was used to characterize the DNA methylation pattern across approximately 850,000 CpG dinucleotide methylation loci using DNA isolated of formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue sections.
Project description:To identify genes differentially expressed between normal oral fibroblasts and CAFs derived from genetically stable and unstable oral squamous cell carcinomas.
Project description:We hypothesized that the expression of many genes are dysregulated during oral cancer carcinogenesis. We examined genome-wide transcript levels in normal mouse tongues and the tongue squamous cell carcinomas induced by 4-NQO. The results will provide important information for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of human oral cancers, including tongue cancer. Total RNA obtained from normal tongues (not treated with 4-NQO) and tongue squamous cell carcinomas induced by 4-NQO.
Project description:In order to identify aberrantly expressed microRNAs in oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs), we have employed microRNA microarray profile using healthy tongue samples as control. All seventeen human OSCCs and three normal tongue tissues were collected from the Tissue Bank at the Moffitt Cancer Center and approved by the University of Florida institutional review board. Majority (15 out of 17) of the OSCCs were derived from tongue cancers. The tumor samples contained greater than 80% of cancerous cells, confirmed by microscopic examination by a head and neck pathologist. The normal tongues were taken from a non-cancerous region. Tissues were snap-frozen and stored at -80M-BM-0C until further use. Total RNAs were isolated from human tissues using mirVana miRNA Isolation kit (Ambion/Applied Biosystems, Austin, TX) according to the manufacturerM-bM-^@M-^Ys instruction. NanoDropM-BM-. ND-100 spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific, Wilmington, DE) was used to quantify the isolated RNA. The Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer from the Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research at the University of Florida was used to detect the size distribution of total RNA and to determine the quality as well. Expression of microRNAs from this signature was quantified in the same RNA samples by real-time PCR, confirming the expression pattern. Human tissues of oral squamous cell carcinoma and healthy normal tongues were used for microRNA microarray profile to identify aberrantly expressed microRNAs in oral squamous cell carcinomas.
Project description:Common overexpressing genes were identified in all human oral squamous cell carcinoma tissues and/or cultured cells. Ten oral squamous cell carcinoma tissues and 10 human oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines were analyzed. Three normal oral mucosa tissues and a human non-neoplastic keratinocyte cell lines were used as control samples.
Project description:We hypothesized that the expression of many genes are dysregulated during oral cancer carcinogenesis. We examined genome-wide transcript levels in normal mouse tongues and the tongue squamous cell carcinomas induced by 4-NQO. The results will provide important information for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of human oral cancers, including tongue cancer.
Project description:Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains one of the most deadly cancer types worldwide. Comprehensively dissecting the molecular characterization of ESCC paves the way for developing more promising therapeutics. Here, we performed RNA-seq and ATAC-seq on three pairs of ESCC tumor tissues and patient-matched adjacent normal tissues.
Project description:Oral carcinogenesis is a multi-step process involving normal mucosa progressing to oral precancerous lesions and finally to oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This complex process encompasses various molecules, including non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). In this study, we performed whole-transcriptome analyses on adjacent normal tissues, oral leukoplakia tissues, and OSCC tissues, with the goal of identifying key differentially expressed circRNAs, lncRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs associated with different stages of oral carcinogenesis. In our study, numerous differentially expressed circRNAs, lncRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs were identified in adjacent normal, oral leukoplakia, and OSCC tissues. Subsequently, we constructed two regulatory competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks and identified some potential critical molecules involved in oral carcinogenesis. In conclusion, based on the whole-transcriptome analyses, we mapped the molecular feathers at RNA level during the process of oral carcinogenesis and revealed certain ncRNAs with great research potential.
