Project description:DNA methylation profiling of heterogeneous head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cohorts has been reported to predict patient outcome. We investigated if a prognostic DNA methylation profile could be found in tumour tissue from a single uniform subsite, the oral tongue. The methylation status of 83 comprehensively annotated oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples from a single institution were examined with the Illumina HumanMethylation450K (HM450K) array.
Project description:DNA methylation profiling of heterogeneous head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cohorts has been reported to predict patient outcome. We investigated if a prognostic DNA methylation profile could be found in tumour tissue from a single uniform subsite, the oral tongue. The methylation status of 83 comprehensively annotated oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples from a single institution were examined with the Illumina HumanMethylation450K (HM450K) array. 83 FFPE primary OTSCC tumour samples were analysed in one experimental run.
Project description:The study aimed to resolve the mechanisms of protective actions of MMP-8 in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma. The experiment compares the gene expression levels of control and MMP-8 overexpressing human oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma cells (HSC-3) in stationary and migrating phenotype.
Project description:This study aims to compare the global expression signature of protein coding genes between oral cancers from carcinogen-induced mice and human patients. Combinatorial treatment of 4NQO and arecoline for 8 weeks consistently induced the formation of mouse oral cancer with morphology and pathology resembling human oral squamous cell carcinoma. In this dataset, 5 mouse normal tongue and 7 tumor samples were used and Illumina Mouse Ref-8 cDNA microarray was conducted. To identify protein coding genes differentially expressed in mice oral cancers, 7 tumor tissues from carcinogen-treated mice and 5 normal tongue tissues from control mice were used in a microarray-based analysis for protein-coding gene expression patterns.
Project description:This study aims to compare the global expression signature of protein coding genes between oral cancers from carcinogen-induced mice and human patients. Combinatorial treatment of 4NQO and arecoline for 8 weeks consistently induced the formation of mouse oral cancer with morphology and pathology resembling human oral squamous cell carcinoma. In this dataset, 5 mouse normal tongue and 7 tumor samples were used and Illumina Mouse Ref-8 cDNA microarray was conducted.
Project description:Oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas (OTSCC) are a homogenous group of aggressive tumors in the head and neck region, with a rising incidence among younger population. The role of altered DNA methylation in OTSCC and its link with clinical parameters has not been fully assessed yet. We performed genome-wide methylation analysis of oral tongue primary tumors (n = 52) using 485, 512 probes and correlated altered methylation with differences in gene expression. We used an ensemble machine-learning algorithm to identify differentially methylated probes and regions predictive of survival, risk habits, nodal status, tumor stage, and HPV infection followed by validation using data from the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) project on oral tongue (n = 24) and tumors from all subsites of head and neck region (n = 50). Bisulphite converted DNA from the 52 tumor:matched control sample pairs were hybridised to the Illumina Infinium 450k Human Methylation Beadchip