Project description:Analysis of the gene expression profiles of tumor and normal tissue samples from Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Find potential secretory protein to serve as diagnostic marker for liver cancer.
Project description:Analysis of the circular RNA expression profiles of tumor and normal tissue samples from Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Find potential circular RNA to serve as diagnostic marker for liver cancer.
Project description:The extensive heterogeneity both between and within the medulloblastoma (MB) subgroups underscores a critical need for variant-specific biomarkers and therapeutic strategies. We previously identified a role for the CD271/p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) in regulating stem/progenitor cells in the SHH MB subgroup. Here, we demonstrate the utility of CD271 as a novel diagnostic and prognostic marker for SHH MB using immunohistochemical analysis as well as transcriptome data across 763 primary tumors. Characterization of CD271+ and CD271- cells by RNA sequencing revealed that these two subpopulations are molecularly distinct, co-existing cellular subsets both in vitro and in vivo. MAPK/ERK signaling is upregulated in the CD271+ population and inhibiting this pathway reduced CD271 levels, stem/progenitor cell proliferation and cell survival as well as cell migration in vitro. Importantly, the MEK inhibitor selumetinib extends survival and reduces CD271 levels in vivo. Our study demonstrates the clinical utility of CD271 as both a diagnostic and prognostic tool for SHH MB tumors and reveals a novel role for MEK inhibitors in targeting CD271+ SHH MB cells.
Project description:Dr. Kate Olson's Lab is interested to expand these analysis to comparisons between human normal lung tissue and human lung tumor tissue. In hopes that this will help in finding a diagnostic marker for lung cancer. Since there will be more variability between these samples, we would like to get preliminary data on ten normal lung tissue and ten lung tumor tissues from the same patient.
Project description:Dr. Kate Olson's Lab is interested to expand these analysis to comparisons between human normal lung tissue and human lung tumor tissue. In hopes that this will help in finding a diagnostic marker for lung cancer. Since there will be more variability between these samples, we would like to get preliminary data on ten normal lung tissue and ten lung tumor tissues from the same patient. We have already analyzed 4 cell lines and we saw gene expression variability related to how metastatic the cell lines were. This has been written and submitted for publication. We would like to expand these analysis to comparisons between human normal lung tissue and human lung tumor tissue. We hope that this will help in finding a diagnostic marker for lung cancer. Since there will be more variability between these samples, we would like to get preliminary data on ten normal lung tissue and ten lung tumor tissues from the same patient. The samples were dissected by a pathologist prior to extraction to maximize the amount of normal tissue included in the tumor samples. RNA samples from non tumor and tumor lung cancer patients were received by Core E. The RNA was amplified, labeled, and hybridized to the GLYCOv3 microarrays.