Project description:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is endemic in Southeast Asia and southern China. The primary treatment for NPC is radiotherapy. Despite of the encouraging results of radiotherapy, local recurrence or distant metastases of NPC after the initial therapy is frequently found due to radioresistance. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify genes that control radiosensitivty, aiming to reduce disease recurrence. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection was closely associated with undifferentiated NPC. EBV-encoded microRNAs (miRNAs) played crucial roles in the pathogenesis of NPC. Ebv-miR-BART7 belongs to the 44 EBV BART miRNAs and was found to be up-regulated in NPC tissues and plasma. Forced expression of ebv-miR-BART7 enhanced the radiosensitivity of NPC cells. However, the mechanisms underlying the sensitizing effect of ebv-miR-BART7 on radiation remain largely unknown. Given that miRNA exerts biological functions by regulating its targets, we used microarray to identify the targets of ebv-miR-BART7 that regulate radiosensitivity of NPC cells.
Project description:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been etiologically linked to human malignancies including Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC). Although EBV-encoded miRNAs have been shown to contribute to viral latency, host cell survival and immune evasion, their direct impact on cancer progression in their human host remains unclear. In the current study, based on a miRNA expression profiling analysis of a larger number of clinical specimens using a miRNA array platform containing human, EBV and other species miRNA probes., we found that some EBV-miR-BARTs were highly expressed in NPC. Accordingly, further exploration of the potential roles and regulatory mechanisms of some important EBV-miR-BARTs in NPC progression was carried out. We applied a miRNA expression profiling analysis in 20 poor or undifferentiated NPC (Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma) matched with 20 benign chronic nasopharyngitis (CNP) specimens using a miRNA array platform containing human, EBV and other species miRNA probes. Two-group experiment, NPC vs CNP. Biological repelicates: 20 NPCs, 20 CNPs. One replicate per array.
Project description:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been etiologically linked to human malignancies including Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC). Although EBV-encoded miRNAs have been shown to contribute to viral latency, host cell survival and immune evasion, their direct impact on cancer progression in their human host remains unclear. In the current study, based on a miRNA expression profiling analysis of a larger number of clinical specimens using a miRNA array platform containing human, EBV and other species miRNA probes., we found that some EBV-miR-BARTs were highly expressed in NPC. Accordingly, further exploration of the potential roles and regulatory mechanisms of some important EBV-miR-BARTs in NPC progression was carried out. We applied a miRNA expression profiling analysis in 20 poor or undifferentiated NPC (Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma) matched with 20 benign chronic nasopharyngitis (CNP) specimens using a miRNA array platform containing human, EBV and other species miRNA probes.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human herpesvirus associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). EBV encodes two groups of microRNAs (miRNAs) which are divided into BamHI fragment H rightward open reading frame 1 (BHRF1) and BamHI-A rightward transcripts (BART) microRNAs. EBV miR-BARTs have been found to be involved in the development and progression of NPC. However, the role of EBV-miR-BARTs in NPC progression remains illusive. This study aimed to investigate the role of EBV-miR-BARTs in NPC and explore the underlying mechanisms.
Project description:Comprehensive Profiling of Epstein-Barr Virus-Encoded miRNAome Associated with Specific Latent Type in Tumor Cells Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an etiological cause of many human lymphocytic and epithelial malignancies. EBV expressed different genes associated with three latent types. So far as many as 44 EBV-encoded miRNA species have been found but their comprehensive and comparative profiling is not well documented in three latent infection states linked to various tumor cells. In this study, we utilized the polyA-tailed quantitative real time RT-PCR procedure to measure the relative abundance of viral miRNA species that linked to individual viral genome locations in combination with microarray evaluation in a subset of representative lymphoid and epithelial tumor cells undergoing various types of EBV latent infection. The results showed that miR-BHRF1 family and miR-BART family are expressed differentially in a tissue-dependent and latency-dependent manner. In particular, in NPC tissue and the only EBV consistently harboring cell line C666-1 with latency type II, there were highly abundant miR-BART family but not miR-BHRF1 family members that accounted for more than 10% of the whole known human miRNA library, implicating their important roles in maintaining EBV latent infection and driving NPC tumorigenesis. In addition, EBV miRNAome-based clustering analysis could classify three distinct EBV latency types, meanwhile, for the first time, we found and subsequently evaluated a novel secret latent switch in BL cell line Daudi from type I to III, which was unable to be identified by traditional latent biomarkers. Together, our data provided an in-depth and comparative profiling of EBV miRNA transcriptome in correspondence with three EBV latent infections, suggesting that different viral miRNA species were involved in divergent host cell carcinogenesis. Finally, EBV miRNAome, as a cluster of novel latency biomarkers expressed variedly in tumor cells, greatly complements and improves the classical typing criteria in conjunction with other latently expressed marker genes. 2 NPC tissue samples and 2 NPC cell lines and 5 lymphocytic cell lines
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells comparing normoxic MSCs cells with hypoxic MSCs cells. Hypoxia may inhibit senescence of MSCs during expansion. Goal was to determine the effects of hypoxia on global MSCs gene expression.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs. One-condition experment, gene expression of 3A6