Project description:To allow accute charaterization of NF1 locus constitutional microdeletion in 70 NF1 patients, a custom array CGH was developped. Goal was to obtain genomic rearrangements fine characterization in order to perform genotype-phenotype correlation in NF1 microdeleted patients. To serve as a reference group in our genotype-phenotype correlation study in NF1 microdeletion patients, non-deleted NF1 patients (i.e. patients with an intragenic NF1 mutation) were also selected from our database. A total of 389 NF1 patients were included in the reference group of non-deleted patients. Multiple logistic regression was performed to test the association of each clinical feature individually with the type of constitutional NF1 mutation (intragenic mutation vs. microdeletion). The phenotypic traits of the 389 reference patients are available in the "GSE19730_control_patient_characteristics.txt" supplementary file on the Series record.
2010-05-26 | GSE19730 | GEO
Project description:ARCI cases in south of Tunisia: towards genotype-phenotype correlation
Project description:A deficiency of pejvakin, a protein of unknown function, causes a strikingly heterogeneous form of deafness. Pejvakin-deficient (Pjvk-/-) mice also exhibited variable auditory phenotypes. Correlation between their hearing thresholds and the number of pups per cage suggested a possible harmful effect of pup vocalizations. Direct sound or electrical stimulation showed that the cochlear sensory hair cells and auditory pathway neurons of Pjvk-/- mice and patients were exceptionally vulnerable to sound. Pjvk-/- cochleas displayed features of marked oxidative stress and impaired anti-oxidant defenses. We showed that pejvakin is associated with peroxisomes, and is required for the oxidative stress-induced proliferation of these organelles. In Pjvk-/- hair cells, peroxisomes displayed structural abnormalities after the onset of hearing. Noise-exposure of wild-type mice rapidly upregulated Pjvk cochlear transcription, and triggered peroxisome proliferation in hair cells and primary auditory neurons. Our results reveal that the anti-oxidant activity of peroxisomes protects the auditory system against noise-induced damage. Three RNA samples was extracted from dissected organ of Corti (OC) for each genotype (Pjvk-/- and Pjvk+/+ mice) and analyzed (triplicate OCmm-1, OCmm-2, and OCmm-3 for Pjvk-/-, and triplicate OCpp-1, OCpp-2, and OCpp-3 for Pjvk+/+).
Project description:eQTL is a powerful method to detect genotype-expression correlation. To be able to identify the genes whose expression levels are correlated with melanoma-associated common variants, eQTL analysis was performed in 59 early passage melanoma cell lines
