Project description:The Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project (Ivy GAP) is a detailed anatomically based transcriptomic atlas of human glioblastoma tumors. As collaborators, the Ivy Foundation funded the Allen Institute and the Swedish Neuroscience Institute to design and create the atlas. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation also supported the project. This resource consists of a viewer interface that resolves the manually- and machine-annotated histologic images (H&E and RNA in situ hybridization) at 0.5 µm/pixel, a transcriptome browser to view and mine the anatomically-based RNA-Seq samples, an application programming interface, help documentation that describes the methods and how to use the resource, as well as SNP array data and the supporting longitudinal clinical information and MRI time course data. The resource is made available to the public without charge as part of the Ivy GAP (http://glioblastoma.alleninstitute.org/) via the Allen Institute data portal (http://www.brain-map.org), the Ivy GAP Clinical and Genomic Database (http://ivygap.org/) via the Swedish Neuroscience Institute (http://www.swedish.org/services/neuroscience-institute), and The Cancer Imaging Archive (https://wiki.cancerimagingarchive.net/display/Public/Ivy+GAP). The Ivy GAP processed data at GEO includes normalized RNA-Seq FPKM files used for analysis in "An anatomic transcriptional atlas of glioblastoma,” which is under review. Other processed data files as well as sample and donor meta-data and QC metrics are available at http://glioblastoma.alleninstitute.org/static/download.html. The raw RNA-Seq and SNP array data will be submitted to dbGaP.
Project description:The Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project (Ivy GAP) is a detailed anatomically based transcriptomic atlas of human glioblastoma tumors. As collaborators, the Ivy Foundation funded the Allen Institute and the Swedish Neuroscience Institute to design and create the atlas. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation also supported the project. This resource consists of a viewer interface that resolves the manually- and machine-annotated histologic images (H&E and RNA in situ hybridization) at 0.5 µm/pixel, a transcriptome browser to view and mine the anatomically-based RNA-Seq samples, an application programming interface, help documentation that describes the methods and how to use the resource, as well as SNP array data and the supporting longitudinal clinical information and MRI time course data. The resource is made available to the public without charge as part of the Ivy GAP (http://glioblastoma.alleninstitute.org/) via the Allen Institute data portal (http://www.brain-map.org), the Ivy GAP Clinical and Genomic Database (http://ivygap.org/) via the Swedish Neuroscience Institute (http://www.swedish.org/services/neuroscience-institute), and The Cancer Imaging Archive (https://wiki.cancerimagingarchive.net/display/Public/Ivy+GAP). The Ivy GAP processed data at GEO includes normalized RNA-Seq FPKM files used for analysis in "An anatomic transcriptional atlas of glioblastoma,” which is under review. Other processed data files as well as sample and donor meta-data and QC metrics are available at http://glioblastoma.alleninstitute.org/static/download.html. The raw RNA-Seq and SNP array data will be submitted to dbGaP.
Project description:Affymetrix 10K SNP mapping arrays were used to profile 14 basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) with matched blood DNA samples. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and copy number abnormality (CNA) profiles were derived from each tumour-blood pair. Keywords: Genomic DNA on Affymetrix 10K SNP array
Project description:Familial pheochromocytoma (PCC) has been associated with germline mutations in 14 genes. Here we investigated three siblings, who presented with (metastatic) bilateral pheochromocytomas, renal oncocytoma, and erythrocytosis. By SNP-array on one patient’s germline DNA a large complex genomic alteration was identified encompassing the intragenic and promoter regions of Myc-Associated Factor X (MAX) and alpha-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase (FUT8). The alteration was confirmed in all patients, as well as loss of the wild type MAX and FUT8 alleles and corresponding loss of protein expression. Uniparental disomy of chromosome 14q, previously demonstrated as a hallmark for MAX-related PCC, was also shown in the index patient by SNP-array. Our results indicate that large genomic deletions of MAX should be considered in familial and bilateral PCC with prior negative testing for gene mutations. In addition, MAX appears to be a new tumor suppressor gene for renal oncocytomas. SNP array was performed for 2 samples: 1 tumor DNA sample and 1 corresponding germline DNA sample
Project description:We have employed a laser capture microdissection technique and single nucleotide polymorphism arrays to characterize genomic alterations associated with the development of glioblastomas. Combined analysis of LOH and copy number revealed that more than half of the identified 254 LOH loci showed no copy number alteration, indicating the presence of copy-number neutral LOH Keywords: DNA copy number, Loss of heterozygosity Affymetrix 50K SNP mapping arrays were used to profile 14 primary glioblastomas (GBMs) with matched blood DNA samples. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and copy number abnormality (CNA) profiles were derived from each tumour-blood pair.
Project description:Genomic copy-number changes were measured using 250K StyI SNP arrays after selection of cells to enrich for resistance to BEZ235. Affymetrix SNP arrays were performed according to the manufacturer's directions on DNA extracted using Qiagen DNeasy from engineered human cell-lines.
Project description:Familial pheochromocytoma (PCC) has been associated with germline mutations in 14 genes. Here we investigated three siblings, who presented with (metastatic) bilateral pheochromocytomas, renal oncocytoma, and erythrocytosis. By SNP-array on one patient’s germline DNA a large complex genomic alteration was identified encompassing the intragenic and promoter regions of Myc-Associated Factor X (MAX) and alpha-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase (FUT8). The alteration was confirmed in all patients, as well as loss of the wild type MAX and FUT8 alleles and corresponding loss of protein expression. Uniparental disomy of chromosome 14q, previously demonstrated as a hallmark for MAX-related PCC, was also shown in the index patient by SNP-array. Our results indicate that large genomic deletions of MAX should be considered in familial and bilateral PCC with prior negative testing for gene mutations. In addition, MAX appears to be a new tumor suppressor gene for renal oncocytomas.
Project description:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a hematopoietic malignant disease characterized by the chromosomal translocation t(15;17), resulting in the formation of the PML-RARA gene. Here, 47 t(15;17) APL samples were analyzed with high-density single-nucleotide polymorphism microarray (50K and 250K SNP-chips) using the new algorithm AsCNAR (allele-specific copy-number analysis using anonymous references). Copy-number-neutral loss of heterozygosity (CNN-LOH) was identified at chromosome 10q (3 cases), 11p (3 cases) and 19q (1 case). Twenty-eight samples (60%) did not have an obvious alteration (normal-copy-number [NC] group). Nineteen samples (40%) showed either one or more genomic abnormalities: 8 samples (17%) had trisomy 8 either with or without an additional duplication, deletion, or CNN-LOH (+8 group); and 11 samples (23%) had genomic abnormalities without trisomy 8 (other abnormalities group). These chromosomal abnormalities were acquired somatic mutations. Interestingly, FLT3-ITD mutations (11/47 cases) only occurred in the group with no genomic alteration (NC group). Taken together, these results suggest that the pathway of development of APL differs in each group: FLT3-ITD, trisomy 8, and other genomic changes. Here, we showed for the first time hidden abnormalities and novel disease-related genomic changes in t(15;17) APL. Keywords: SNP-chip To identify oncogenic lesions in APL, we performed a genome-wide analysis of primary APL samples using high-density SNP arrays (Affymetrix GeneChip).
Project description:Generating sufficient DNA for high-throughput genetic analysis has always been a challenge for clinical settings where the amount of source DNA is limited. Multiple displacement amplification (MDA) has been proposed as a promising candidate for such situations. Previous work with lower-resolution arrays confirmed the utility of single-cell MDA products for large-size (~30 Mb) genome variation screening. We tested the performance of single-cell MDA products on the SNP 6.0 arrays to examine the performance of single-cell MDA in SNP genotyping, copy number polymorphism, de novo copy number variation (CNV) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analysis. Our data show that for SNP genotyping, single-cell MDA did not obtain complete genome coverage or high sequence fidelity. For CNV calling, single-cell MDA introduced stochastic amplification artifacts in log2 ratio profiles, reducing the robustness of CNV calling; however, by adjusting smooth window size, it is still possible to analyze large chromosomal aberrations, and homozygous deletions as small as 500 kb can still be identified from the noisy log2 ratio profiles. Our results also suggest that even with a modified protocol (reduction of reaction volume, addition of a molecular crowding reagent, minimization of reaction time), single-cell MDA presented little improvement over the unmodified protocol, but by increasing the number of cells as template to 5M-bM-^@M-^S10 cells, SNP 6.0 array results comparable to those of 10 ng genomic DNA MDA could be obtained. Algorithms like PICNIC improved the CNV calling, suggesting that better algorithms can better utilize single-cell MDA array results. Affymetrix SNP arrays were performed according to the manufacturer's directions on DNA extracted from cell line samples, and multiple displacement samples. Genotyping, Copy number and LOH analysis of Affymetrix SNP 6.0 arrays was performed for 3 samples of unamplified cell line genomic DNA, 2 samples of DNA obtained by multiple displacement amplification from 10ng genomic DNA, 3 single-cell multiple displacement amplification (MDA) products, single cell modified MDA amplification product, 5-cell modified MDA amplification product, 10-cell modified MDA amplification product.
Project description:The integration of genomic and epigenomic data is becoming increasingly popular as we try to gain better understanding of the complex mechanisms driving the development and progression of cancer. However, this results in increased cost and sample depletion, the latter being particularly important when considering intra-tumour heterogeneity. We therefore sought to investigate the possible utility of high-density DNA methylation arrays to assess both aberrant methylation as well as changes in gene copy number. Comparing CN (Copy Number) data derived from the Infinium Human Methylation 450K arrays with that generated on SNP arrays, we demonstrate the utility of the Infinium arrays to detect single copy alterations as well as homozygous deletions and high level amplification with the reliability of current gold standard platforms. Furthermore, we show that the gene centric design of the Infinium methylation arrays allows identification of small single gene alterations, which would not be detected using standard SNP array analysis. These results show that Infinium 450K methylation arrays provide a robust and economic platform for detecting copy number and methylation changes in a single experiment. The ability to integrate such data from the same sample is critical for cancer research and will improve our understanding of how complex genomic and epigenomic interactions are driving the development and progression of a malignant phenotype.