Project description:To investigate the role of miRNAs in the progression of colon cancer, we performed comprehensive miRMA microarray analysis on RNA derived from colon cancer tissues and normal colon tissues. We identified a novel set of colon cancer-related miRNAs.
Project description:Cancer is characterized by gene expression aberrations. Studies have largely focused on coding sequences and promoters, despite the fact that distal regulatory elements play a central role in controlling transcription patterns. Here we utilize the histone mark H3K4me1 to analyze gain and loss of enhancer activity genome wide in primary colon cancer lines relative to normal colon crypts. We identified thousands of variant enhancer loci (VELs) that comprise a signature that is robustly predictive of the in vivo colon cancer transcriptome. Furthermore, VELs are enriched in haplotype blocks containing colon cancer genetic risk variants, implicating these genomic regions in colon cancer pathogenesis. We propose that reproducible changes in the epigenome at enhancer elements drive a unique transcriptional program to promote colon carcinogenesis. Examination of 3 histone modifications and global expression data in primary colon cancer cell lines and normal colon crypt controls
Project description:To investigate lncRNA expression in colon cancer cells in comparison with paired normal colon epithelial cells by use of lncRNA microarray.
Project description:Showing the anti cancer activity of Cerulenin on colon cancer cell lines. The study shows the mechanismm of apoptosis induction as a result of cerulenin treatment to colon cancer cell lines.
Project description:We have demonstrated that the miR-182 level, in addition to being significantly increased in colon cancer compared to adjacent normal colon tissue, is also significantly increased in African American(AA) compared to Caucasian American (CA) colon cancer. Since miR-182 has been previously associated with decreased survival in colon cancer patients and with increased liver metastases, this observation supports the concept that biological differences between AA and CA colon cancers may contribute to AA disparities in colon cancer survival.
Project description:Co-cultures of colon cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts recapitulate the aggressive features of mesenchymal-like colon cancer
Project description:Using the highly sensitive miRCURY LNA™ microRNA array, we screened 3100 microRNAs abundant in the human colon cancer and Adjacent normal gastric mucosa tissues, and the function of differentially expressed microRNAs were analyzed by bioinformatics. The enrichment results indicated that these microRNAs perhaps participated in the occurrence and development process of colon cancer. In this study, three cases of colon cancer were used to acquire the microRNA expression profiling, and qPCR was employed to confirm the results of microRNA chip. The function of the differentially expressed microRNA were analyzed by bioinformatic methods.Finally,compared with the adjacent normal mucosa tissues，the expression of 2 microRNAs were up regulated in colon cancer. qPCR results showed an expression pattern consistent with that of the chip analysis.
