Project description:Copy number and Gene expression profiling multiple myeloma patients at multiple stages of their individual clinical course Identification of evolutionary paterns in multiple myeloma
Project description:Copy number and Gene expression profiling multiple myeloma patients at multiple stages of their individual clinical course Identification of evolutionary paterns in multiple myeloma
Project description:<h4><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Multiple myeloma is characterized by clonal proliferation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow that produce monoclonal immunoglobulins. N-glycosylation changes of these monoclonal immunoglobulins have been reported in multiple myeloma, but previous studies only detected limited serum N-glycan features.</h4><h4><strong>METHODS:</strong> Here, a more detailed study of the human serum N-glycome of 91 multiple myeloma patients and 51 controls was performed. We additionally analyzed sequential samples from patients (n = 7) which were obtained at different time points during disease development as well as 16 paired blood serum and bone marrow plasma samples. N-glycans were enzymatically released and measured by mass spectrometry after linkage specific derivatization of sialic acids.</h4><h4><strong>RESULTS:</strong> A decrease in both α2,3- and α2,6-sialylation, galactosylation and an increase in fucosylation within complex-type N-glycans were found in multiple myeloma patients compared to controls, as well as a decrease in difucosylation of diantennary glycans. The observed glycosylation changes were present in all ISS stages, including the 'low-risk' ISS I. In individual patients, difucosylation of diantennary glycans decreased with development of the disease. Protein N-glycosylation features from blood and bone marrow showed strong correlation. Moreover, associations of monoclonal immunoglobulin (M-protein) and albumin levels with glycan traits were discovered in multiple myeloma patients.</h4><h4><strong>CONCLUSIONS & GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE: </strong>In conclusion, serum protein N-glycosylation analysis could successfully distinguish multiple myeloma from healthy controls. Further studies are needed to assess the potential roles of glycan trait changes and the associations of glycans with clinical parameters in multiple myeloma early detection and prognosis.</h4>
Project description:Copy number and expression profiling of multiple myeloma patients at multiple stages of their individual clinical course Identification of evolutionary patterns in multiple myeloma Gene expression analysis of individual CD138 purified tumor populations using Affymertix U133Plus2.0 GeneChips
Project description:Gene Expression profiling of 170 newly diagnosed Multiple Myeloma patients Gene Expression profiling of Multiple Myeloma Cells from Healthy donors and Multiple myeloma patients were profiled using Affymetrix Exon-1.0 ST microarrays
Project description:Copy number and Gene expression profiling multiple myeloma patients at multiple stages of their individual clinical course Identification of evolutionary paterns in multiple myeloma Copy number differences between individual CD138 purified tumor populations from multiple myeloma patients and control female using the Agilent 244A Human CGH microarray
