Project description:Discovery of common Asian copy number variants using a novel integrated high-resolution array CGH and massively parallel DNA sequencing. We attempted to discover common Asian copy number variants (CNVs) from the DNA of 30 Asian women (10 Korean, 10 CHB (HapMap), 10 JPT (HapMap)) using a custom-designed 24M-oligonucleotide Agilent platform (1.1M X 24 slides). The reference sample for aCGH was NA10851 (HapMap CEPH). In addition to the 30 women, 3 more individuals were analyzed as controls (AK1 (Kim, J.I. et al., 2009 Nature), NA12878 and NA19240).
Project description:Gene expression profiles of primary lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) isolated from human foreskin were analyzed after siRNA-mediated knockdown of control (firefly luciferase), Prox1, NR2F2 or Prox1/NR2F2 for 48 hours. Experiment Overall Design: Passage five human lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) were cultured on fibronectin (10 μg/ml)-coated plates in a complete media (EBM, 20% FBS supplemented with 10 μg/ml hydrocortisone acetate, 25 ug/ml cAMP and antibiotics). LECs were harvested and electorporated with siRNA duplexes for 48 hours with siRNA duplexes against either firefly luciferase(control), Prox1, NR2F2 or Prox1/NR2F2. Total RNA was purified using Tri-reagent and was subjected to microarray analysis. Experiment Overall Design:
Project description:We describe a more detailed survey undertaken to detect candidate CNVs in a panel of 20 Asian cultivated rice and the genome-wide characteristics of CNVs in subspecies and groups. These resources allowed us to analyze genetic structure as indicated by CNVs, to implicate the biological roles of CNVs, and to identify candidate CNVs that are likely to occur independently in groups and contribute to differences between the subspecies.
Project description:We created two cell lines derived from Ovcar8 by stably transfecting with an eGFP-firefly luciferase fusion protein and either an additional copy of the gene TWIST1 or an shRNA against TWIST1, under the control of the CMV promoter. RNA sequencing was used to look for differential expression of genes that may impact cisplatin resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer.
Project description:This study constructed a non-gapped bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) array containing 3604 BAC clones covering 18 lung cancer-related chromosome imbalance hotspot regions. Using this specialized array, DNA from tumor and normal tissues of 40 Asian and 20 Caucasian non-small cell lung cancer (NSLCL) patients was analyzed by array-comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH). Block-wise normalization and a Bayes regression approach were used to refine the chromosomal imbalance regions identified by array-CGH. The array-CGH results then analyzed by MetaCore software to identify potential cancer-related genes. Finally, 273 genes showing significantly associated with molecular pathway, cancer biomarker, and gene ontology database, such as ZNF322A on 6p22.1, ARHGAP19 on 10q24.1, FRAT2 on 10q24.1, and PAFAH1B1 on 17p13.3 functioning in MAPK, Rho GTPase, and Wnt, and motility control pathways with frequent copy number gain were selected. This study mapped concisely the novel oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes in lung cancer and revealed insights of difference on chromosomal imbalance between lung cancer from Asian and Caucasian.
Project description:We describe a more detailed survey undertaken to detect candidate CNVs in a panel of 20 Asian cultivated rice and the genome-wide characteristics of CNVs in subspecies and groups. These resources allowed us to analyze genetic structure as indicated by CNVs, to implicate the biological roles of CNVs, and to identify candidate CNVs that are likely to occur independently in groups and contribute to differences between the subspecies. a panel of 20 accessions
