Project description:Hyperthermia (HT) is widely used to treat patients with various cancers. In general, HT elicits a wide spectrum of stress responses such as induction of heat shock proteins, protein aggregation and cell death in mammalian cells. Although many biological processes are affected by HT, the overall responses to HT in mammalian cells remain unknown. The effects of heat stress at 41°C for 30 min (mild hyperthermia) on the gene expression in human cervical squamous cell carcinoma HeLa cells were investigated using an Affymetrix GeneChip system.
Project description:Hyperthermia (HT) is widely used to treat patients with various cancers. In general, HT elicits a wide spectrum of stress responses such as induction of heat shock proteins, protein aggregation and cell death in mammalian cells. Although many biological processes are affected by HT, the overall responses to HT in mammalian cells remain unknown. The effects of heat stress at 41M-BM-0C for 30 min (mild hyperthermia) on the gene expression in human cervical squamous cell carcinoma HeLa cells were investigated using an Affymetrix GeneChip system. Human cervical squamous cell carcinoma HeLa cells were treated with heat stress (41M-BM-0C for 30 min) and followed by incubation for 0, 1, or 3 h at 37M-BM-0C. Non-treated cells were served as control. Total RNA samples were prepared from the cells, and quality of the RNA was analyzed using a Bioanalyzer 2100. Gene expression was monitored by an Affymetrix GeneChipM-BM-. system with a Human Genome U133-plus 2.0 array. Sample preparation for array hybridization was carried out as described in the manufacturerM-bM-^@M-^Ys instructions.
Project description:Persistent infection by high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is associated with the development of cervical cancer and a subset of anogenital and head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Abnormal expression of cellular microRNAs (miRNAs) plays an important role in the development of cancer, including HPV-related tumors. MiRNA expression profile was investigated by microrray analysis in the HPV-positive cervical cancer cell lines SiHa (HPV16-positive cell line derived from a cervical squamous cell carcinoma), CaSki (HPV16-positive cell line derived from a metastatic cervical epidermoid carcinoma), and HeLa (HPV18-positive cell line derived from a cervical adenocarcinoma) and compared with primary HFKs and C33a (HPV-negative cervical cell line).
Project description:Hyperthermia (HT) is widely used to treat patients with various cancers. In general, HT elicits a wide spectrum of stress responses, such as induction of heat shock proteins, protein aggregation and cell death in mammalian cells. Although many biological processes are affected by HT, the overall responses to HT in mammalian cells remain unknown. The effects of heat stress at 41°C for 30 min (mild hyperthermia) on the gene expression in human oral squamous cell carcinoma HSC-3 cells were investigated using an Affymetrix GeneChip system.
Project description:Four cervical carcinoma cell lines (C4I, CaSki, HeLa, SiHa) were treated with epigenetic modifying drugs 5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A. Such treatment leads to reactivation of genes that are epigenetically silenced in cancer by aberrant methylation; reactivated genes were then identified by microarray profiling. Subsets consist of 2 biological repeats and 2 dye-flip experiments for each repeat for CaSki cell line, and 3 repeats, each with 2 dye-flip experiments for C4I, HeLa, Caski cell lines. The identification of reactivated genes, their selection for validation experiments, and final identification of 6 genes that are significantly more often hypermethylated in cervical carcinoma clinical specimens is described in (manuscript submitted). Keywords: other
