Project description:The incidence of keratinocyte-derived skin cancer, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is increasing worldwide making it the second most common metastatic skin cancer. In this project we used SOLiD next generation sequencing to characterize gene expression profiles in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs) and cSCC cell lines. Total RNAs from normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs) (n=4) and cSCC cell lines (n=8) were extracted. The samples were sequenced using SOLiD next generation sequencing.
Project description:The incidence of keratinocyte-derived skin cancer, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is increasing worldwide making it the second most common metastatic skin cancer. We used microarrays to characterize gene expression profile in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK) and cSCC cell lines. Total RNAs from normal human epidermal keratinocytes (n=5) and cSCC cell lines (n=8) were extracted. The samples were processed for Affymetrix 3´ IVT Express Kit according to manufacture’s protocol.
Project description:The incidence of keratinocyte-derived skin cancer, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is increasing worldwide making it the second most common metastatic skin cancer. We used microarrays to characterize gene expression profile in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK) and cSCC cell lines.
Project description:The incidence of keratinocyte-derived skin cancer, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is increasing worldwide making it the second most common metastatic skin cancer. In this project we used SOLiD next generation sequencing to characterize gene expression profiles in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs) and cSCC cell lines.
Project description:Normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK) from neonatal foreskin were cultured in serum-free EpiLife medium with human KC growth supplement (0.2% bovine pituitary extract (v/v), 5ug bovine insulin, 5ug/ml bovine transferrin, 0.5ng/ml human EGF, and 0.18 ug/ml hydrocortisone) from Cascade Biologics. Cultures were treated with recombinant cytokines from R&D Systems. J Immunol. 2007 Feb 15;178(4):2229-40. Keywords: cytokine response
Project description:Avobenzone, also known as butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, is extensively used in sunscreen formulations as a long-wave UV A filter to protect human skin from UV A irradiation-induced skin damage. This study was aimed to elucidate the genome-scale transcriptional profile of normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs) in response to avobenzone.
Project description:We previously demonstrated that the lifespan of primary human keratinocytes could be extended indefinitely by culture in the presence of the Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitor Y-27632. Here, gene expression analysis of primary human epidermal keratinocytes cells grown in the presence of Y-27632 demonstrates that ROCK inhibition primarily inhibits keratinocyte differentiation.