Project description:Activation of the Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway due to Patched 1 (PTCH1) mutation is a key event in sporadic and familial basal cell carcinoma (BCC) development. To find out the specific pathway for therapeutic intervention, we developed a mouse BCC model by skin specific Ptch1 inactivation, and sought to identify novel Shh targets. We used microarrays to identify up-regulated genes in mouse BCC. We used microarrays to identify down-regulated genes in mouse BCC cell line by cyclopamine.
Project description:A total of 3 patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and 3 healthy individuals (control; non-lesional skin) were enrolled in the study. Punch biopsies (4 mm) were obtained under local anaesthesia and immediately put in RNAlater (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) and stored at - 80 °C until RNA extraction. The lncRNA and mRNA expression in BCC was compared to lncRNA and mRNA expression in non-lesional skin (control).