Project description:4 replicates were prepared from A2058 melanoma cells [transfected with 10ng of empty vector (pcDNA3.1+)] and treated with 5ng/ml TGFβ1 or vehicle control for 24hrs This is the control arm of a larger experiment where cells transfected with a particular expression plasmid were treated with TGFβ1 or control vehicle. The transfection with the expresion plasmid was unsucessful so this empty vector data has been used alone to simply examine the effect of TGFβ1 treatment on A2058 cells.
Project description:4 replicates were prepared from A2058 melanoma cells [transfected with 10ng of empty vector (pcDNA3.1+)] and treated with 5ng/ml TGFβ1 or vehicle control for 24hrs
Project description:DNA methylation at the 5-position of cytosine (5-mC) is a key epigenetic mark critical for varius biological and pathological processes. 5-mC can be converted to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC) by the Ten-Eleven Translocation (TET) family of DNA hydroxylases. Here we report that "loss of 5-hmC" is an epigenetic hallmark of melanoma with diagonostic and prognostic implications. Genome-wide mapping of 5-hmC in nevi and melanomas for the first time revealed loss of 5-hmC landscape in the melanoma epigenome. Downregulation of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) and TET family enzymes proved to be one of the mechanisms underlying the loss of 5-hmC during melanoma development, and rebuilding the 5-hmC landscape in the melanoma epigenome by reintroducing active TET2 or IDH2 suppressed melanoma growth and increased tumor-free survival. Thus, our study establishes that "loss of 5-hmC" is a new epigenetic hallmark of melanoma and links IDH and TET family enzymes-mediated 5-hmC putative tumor suppressor pathway to the suppression of melanoma progression. Determine the genome-wide distribution of 5mC and 5hmC in benign nevus tissue, melanoma tissue, A2058 MOCK cells (overexpressing empty vector), A2058 TET2 cells (overexpressing wild type human TET), and A2058 TET2M cells (overexpressing mutant human TET).
Project description:The cellular gene expression profiles were investigated after CT16 (PAGE5) silencing in CT16 positive A2058 melanoma cells. Control siRNA treated A2058 cells was used as a negative control. Total RNA from three individual cultures of A2058 cells treated with CT16 siRNA and from three individual cultures of A2058 cells treated with control siRNA.
Project description:The cellular gene expression profiles were investigated after CT16 (PAGE5) silencing in CT16 positive A2058 melanoma cells. Control siRNA treated A2058 cells was used as a negative control.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells comparing normoxic MSCs cells with hypoxic MSCs cells. Hypoxia may inhibit senescence of MSCs during expansion. Goal was to determine the effects of hypoxia on global MSCs gene expression.
