Project description:RNA-seq analysis of two Testicular Germ Cell Cancers (TGCC) of patients with chemotherapy-resistant disease. Purpose of the study was to resolve the early development and progression of the disease by whole genome sequencing, RNA-seq and methylation profiling of the primary tumor, and the targeted sequencing of purified tumor components (embryonal carcinoma (EC), teratoma (TE), and yolk sac tumor (YST), precursor lesion (Germ Cell Neoplasia In Situ (GCNIS)), and metastases. Whole genome sequencing for the two patients, T6107 and T3209, have been deposited with the European Nucleotide Archive under project accession number PRJEB20644 / study accession ERP022815 ( http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/search?query=ERP022815 ).
Project description:Normal, premalignant and various histological subtypes of testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) tissues were hybridized against Universal Human Reference RNA (Stratagene) onto Agilent 60mer oligo microarrays (GEO accession no GPL885). In vitro time series of two TGCT cell lines, NTERA2 and 2102Ep, treated with retinoic acid for 0, 3, and 7 days were also included. The data set (30 hybridizations) is particularly useful for comparisons between various histological subtypes of TGCT versus each other or versus normal testis. Keywords = 2102Ep Keywords = Agilent oligo microarrays Keywords = carcinoma in situ Keywords = choriocarcinoma Keywords = development Keywords = developmental biology Keywords = differenciation Keywords = embryogenesis Keywords = embryonal carcinoma Keywords = homo sapiens Keywords = human Keywords = human development Keywords = intratubular germ cell tumor Keywords = nonseminoma Keywords = NTera2 Keywords = pluripotency Keywords = pluripotent Keywords = retinoic acid Keywords = seminoma Keywords = teratocarcinoma Keywords = teratoma Keywords = testis Keywords = testicular germ cell tumor Keywords = testicular neoplasm Keywords = totipotency Keywords = totipotent Keywords = undifferentiated Keywords = universal human reference RNA (Stratagene) Keywords = yolk sac tumor Keywords: other
Project description:Methylation profiling was performed of human germ cell cancers of testicular and ovarian origin. The main goal of the study was to investigate chromosomal copy numbers and to assess differential methylation patterns.
Project description:To investigate the role of the testicular germ cell tumor cells in complex traits, we generated ATAC-seq and Promoter Focused Capture C to gain insight into the gene regulatory arcitecture contacting promoters in an testicular cell line NT2-D1 model of testicular cancer
Project description:To investigate the role of the testicular germ cell tumor cells in complex traits, we generated ATAC-seq and Promoter Focused Capture C to gain insight into the gene regulatory arcitecture contacting promoters in an ttesticular cell line NT2-D1 model of testicular cancer
Project description:Several observations have pointed a link between small RNA pathway and testicular germ cell tumorigenesis. Yet, the role of small RNAs in testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) is still not completely understood. In this study, we characterized the expression profiles of sRNAs in 9 primary sporadic TGCTs and 2 normal testes (NTs) using a sequencing approach. Our data show comprehensive coverage of microRNAs (miRNAs) expressed in human TGCT tissues and NTs, including the identification of 29 candidate novel miRNAs. We identified the differentially expression of miR-506~514 cluster and miR-21, miR-223 in the TGCTs compared to NTs. Functionally, we showed that miR-514a-3p positively regulates apoptosis through directly regulating PEG3. We further demonstrate that PEG3 activates NF-kappa B pathway in human testicular germ cell tumors.
Project description:The testicular germ cell tumour cell lines were transfected with MIR9-2-5p mimic to study the effect on gene expression by RNA sequencing.
Project description:<p><b>Case-Control Study:</b><br/>Testicular germ cell cancer has been increasing among men during most of the 20th century. Despite this increase, the etiology of testicular cancer is poorly understood. To better understand the molecular epidemiology of testicular cancer, the National Cancer Institute and the Department of Defense are conducting a case-control study of testicular cancer among military servicemen. The project includes obtaining biosamples and questionnaire data from all participants. Pre-diagnostic serum samples are available from the approximately 1,000 cases and 1,000 controls enrolled in the study. </p> <p><b>Multiple-Case Family Study:</b><br/>In a parallel project, we are also studying families in which 2 or more testicular cancers have occurred. Among those men diagnosed with testicular cancer, about 1-3 percent report a family history of the disease (FTGCT). Brothers of affected individuals are 8 to 10 times more likely to develop testicular cancer, and men whose fathers had testicular cancer are four times more likely to develop testicular cancer, when compared with the relatives of men who have never had testicular cancer. Large-scale genetic linkage studies have failed to identify one or more rare, highly-penetrant testicular susceptibility genes. Rather, it appears that these familial clusters are due to the combined effects of multiple more common genes with low penetrance (so-called "polygenic inheritance"). Our cohort of FTGCT families was assembled to characterize this syndrome's clinical phenotype, and to discover the full range of cancer susceptibility loci that influence TGCT pathogenesis. </p>