Project description:We showed that some microRNAs could be characteristic of the progression from adenoma to adenocarcinoma in colorectal cancer. 48 colorectal biopsy samples (28 adenomas, 15 adenocarcinomas and 5 normal mucosae) were analyzed. We generated three comparisons: adenomas versus. normal mucosae, adenocarcinomas versus. normal mucosae, and adenocarcinomas versus. adenomas.
Project description:We showed that a large number of genes were deregulated in colorectal adenomas in comparison with colorectal normal mucosae. 37 colorectal adenoma and 9 colorectal normal mucosa samples were analyzed. We generated a comparison between adenomas and normal mucosae.
Project description:Transcription profiling of human colon biopsy samples from healthy individuals and patients with colon adenomas, colorectal cancer or inflammatory bowel disease
Project description:Aberrant methylation of DNA is supposed to be a major and early driver of colonic adenoma development and may also lead to colorectal cancer (CRC) formation. While gene methylation assays are used already for CRC screening, differential epigenetic alterations of recurring and non-recurring colorectal adenomas have yet not been systematically investigated. Here, we collected a sample set (n=72) of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) primary colorectal adenomas without recurrence (n=30), primary adenomas with recurrence at the same location (n=19), so-called “matched pair samples” (n=10; comprising the primary adenoma and the recurrent adenoma) and normal mucosa specimens (n=3). We aimed to unveil differentially methylated CpG positions (DMPs) across the methylome of the selected samples using the Illumina HumanMethylation 450K BeadChip array. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering exhibited a significant association of methylation patterns with the histological subtypes. No significant DMPs were identified comparing primary adenomas with and without recurrence. Despite that, a total of 5,094 DMPs (FDR<0.05, fold change>10%) were identified in the comparisons of recurrent adenomas vs. (non-) matched primary adenomas with recurrence (674; 98% hypermethylated), recurrent adenomas vs. primary adenomas with and without recurrence (241; 99% hypermethylated) and adenomas vs. normal mucosae (4,179; 46% hypermethylated). DMPs in CpG islands were frequently hypermethylated whereas open sea and shelves exhibited hypomethylation. Gene ontological analysis demonstrated enrichment of genes associated with the immune system, inflammatory processes, and cancer-pathways. We conclude that methylation data is helpful to contribute to a more stable and reproducible histological adenoma classification which is a prerequisite to establishing profound surveillance guidelines
Project description:We showed that a large number of genes were deregulated in colorectal adenocarcinomas in comparison with colorectal normal mucosae. 9 paired tumor-normal colorectal samples were analyzed. We generated a comparison between adenocarcinomas and normal mucosae.
