Project description:Small intestine neuroendocrine tumors are the commonest neuroendocrine tumors of the GI tract. Next gen sequencing of the whole exome was undertaken to identify SNPs and SCNA in these tumor samples. Subsequent bioinformatic anlaysis was done where the reads ratios of tumor/normal were log2 tranformed, segments indentified with DNAcopy (R package) and regions of SCNA were identified. Amplification of chr 4, 5, 14 and 20 was observed. The validation of these SCNAs was done with arrayCGH. The results of array CGH is in concordeance with the exome sequencing data.
Project description:Small intestine neuroendocrine tumors are the commonest neuroendocrine tumors of the GI tract. Next gen sequencing of the whole exome was undertaken to identify SNPs and SCNA in these tumor samples. Subsequent bioinformatic anlaysis was done where the reads ratios of tumor/normal were log2 tranformed, segments indentified with DNAcopy (R package) and regions of SCNA were identified. Amplification of chr 4, 5, 14 and 20 was observed. The validation of these SCNAs was done with arrayCGH. The results of array CGH is in concordeance with the exome sequencing data. DNA from matched tumor and normal sample of SI-NETs was done by spin column method. Libraries were constructed and exome enriched for next gen sequencing. The same gDNA was hybridized with Cy5 and Cy3 and subsequent analysis was done. This study represents the CGH portion of the study.
Project description:We sought to define the gene expression profiles of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs) in order to identify clinically relevant subgroups of tumors, prognostic markers and novel targets for treatment.
Project description:<p>The diagnosed incidence of small bowel neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is increasing. While patients with localized disease can be treated surgically, those with metastatic disease currently have few treatment options. The success of biologically targeted therapies in other malignancies has led to interest in the molecular alterations underlying the pathogenesis of these NETs. To identify genetic aberrations in small intestine NETs, we generated copy number profiles from 31 primary and metastatic tumors and performed whole-exome sequencing on a subset of 29 primary small intestine NETs and 24 metastatic NETs in parallel with normal blood DNA. Whole-genome sequencing data was generated on 15 tumor/normal pairs and 5 primary/metastasis/normal trios. The global genetic landscape of small bowel NETs is relatively quiet. Consistent with previous studies, the overwhelming majority of tumors were characterized by loss of chromosome 18 and, to a lesser extent, other chromosome arm gains and losses. In stark contrast to arm-level alterations, recurrent high-level focal amplifications and deletions were much less prevalent in these tumors. High-throughput mutation screening and exome sequencing revealed similarly low rates of somatic mutation in NETs (median of 0.77 non-silent mutations per megabase (Mb) of coding DNA) compared to other recent cancer exome sequencing efforts. Our analysis of this cohort identified only a single, statistically significant recurrent somatic mutation targeting the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor gene, CDKN1B, encoding p27. </p>
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE24697: Breast tumors from CHEK2 1100delC mutation carriers: genomic landscape and clinical implications (GEX) GSE24698: Breast tumors from CHEK2 1100delC mutation carriers: genomic landscape and clinical implications (CGH) Refer to individual Series
Project description:The DNA isolated from 44 either frozen or FFPE Neuroendocrine Neoplasm (NEN) was analysed by NGS, to identify genes more likely to be subject to sequence variations among 523 cancer-related ones.
