Project description:Analysis of expression changes between colon tumors (Duke's stage II) and matching colon mucosa tissues using Affymetrix GeneChip® Human Gene 2.0 ST arrays. All experiments were performed simultaneously for matching tissue samples.
Project description:Analysis of expression changes between colon tumors (Duke's stage II) and matching colon mucosa tissues using Affymetrix GeneChip® Human Gene 2.0 ST arrays.
Project description:We used NimbleGen human CpG/promoter microarrays for profiling epigenetic changes (DNA methylation, H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 marks) in colon tumors (Duke's stage II) and matching mucosa samples from patients.
Project description:We used NimbleGen human CpG/promoter microarrays for profiling epigenetic changes (DNA methylation, H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 marks) in colon tumors (Duke's stage II) and matching mucosa samples from patients. Analysis of DNA methylation was done by using the methylated CpG island recovery assay (MIRA) technique with further hybridization versus input on NimbleGen human CpG/promoter microarrays. For profiling of H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 marks, we performed chromatin immunoprecipitation with H3K27me3 (#07-449, Millipore) and H3K4me3 (#39159, Active Motif) antibodies and further hybridized versus input on NimbleGen human CpG/promoter microarrays. All experiments were performed simultaneously for matching tissue samples.
Project description:Gene expression profiles of paired normal adjacent mucosa and tumor samples from 98 individuals and 50 healthy colon mucosae, were obtained through Affymetrix Human Genome U219 Arrays. This dataset is in the context of the COLONOMICS project and to query additional information you can visit the project website www.colonomics.org. Colon tumor and adjacent paired normal mucosa tissues samples used in this study were selected from a series of cases with a new diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma histologically confirmed. Included cases were from a homogenous series of patients with more than three years of follow up, early stage (II), without neoadjuvant chemotherapy and microsatellite stable colon cancer. Additionally, samples of colon mucosa from 50 healthy donors without colonic lesions were obtained during colonoscopy.
Project description:Background: Around 30% of all stage II colon cancer patients will relapse and die of their disease. At present no objective parameters for identification of high-risk stage II colon cancer patients, who will benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy, are established. With traditional histopathological features definition of high-risk stage II colon cancer patients is inaccurate. Therefore more objective and robust markers for prediction of relapse are needed. DNA copy number aberrations have proven to be robust prognostic markers, but have not been investigated for this specific group of patients. The aim of the present study is to identify chromosomal aberrations that can predict relapse of tumor in patients with stage II colon cancer. Materials and Methods: DNA was isolated from 40 formaldehyde fixed paraffin embedded stage II colon cancer samples with extensive clinicopathological data. Samples where hybridized using Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) arrays to determine DNA copy number changes and microsatellite stability was determined by PCR. To analyze differences between stage II colon cancer patients with and without relapse of tumor a Wilcoxon rank-sum test was implemented with multiple testing correction Results: Patients with stage II colon cancer who had relapse of disease showed significant more losses on chromosome 4, 5, 15q, 17q and 18q. When microsatellite stable (MSS) patients were analyzed separately, only losses on chromosome 4q22.1-4q35.2 predicted worse outcome in stage II colon cancer patients. No differences in clinicopathological characteristics between patients with and without relapse were observed. Conclusion: Losses on 4q22.1-4q35.2 predict worse outcome in MSS stage II colon cancer patients and may aid in the selection of patients for adjuvant therapy. 40 Stage II colorectal cancer (CRC) tissue samples (FFPE), 16 with and 24 without relapse of tumor
Project description:The prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) stage II and III patients is still a challenge due to the difficulties of finding robust biomarkers and assays. The majority of published gene signatures of CRC have been generated on frozen colorectal tissues. Because collection of fresh frozen tissues is not routine and the quantity and quality of RNA derived from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues is vastly inferior to that derived from fresh frozen tissue, a clinical test for improving staging of colon cancer will need to be designed for FFPE tissues in order to be widely applicable. We have designed a custom Nanostring nCounter assay for quantitative assessment of expression of 414 gene elements consisting of multiple published gene signatures for colon cancer prognosis, and systematically compared the gene expression quantification between nCounter data from FFPE and Affymetrix microarray array data from matched frozen tissues using 414 genes. For microarray studies, representative sections of fresh tissue specimens were flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at â80°C until RNA isolation. RNA was purified from tissue sections containing >80% epithelial tumor tissue using RNeasy (QIAGEN, Valencia, CA) according to manufacturerâs instructions. Samples were hybridized to Affymetrix arrays Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 GeneChip Expression Arrays, Santa Clara, CA). The samples included four healthy control patient tissues, 12 stage I, 17 stage II, 20 stage III and 15 stage IV CRC patient tissues. Please note that only the *matched.csv files containing matched 414 genes' microarray and nanostring data are provided without the nanostring experimental descriptions. The matching samples between GSE62932 and the Nanostring study are indicated in the matching_samples.txt.
Project description:Genome wide miRNA expression profiling was performed using Affymetric miRNA v. 3.0 Array on 48 samples which included paired FFPE colon tuomor and metastisized liver and paired normal colon, normal liver). The data set was divided into two categories and identified by tissue source and patient demographics: Tissue (Colon, Liver), Source (Colon Tumor Liver Met, Colon Normal, Liver Normal), Sex (Male, Female), Patient Pair. microRNAs (miRs) are frequently dysregulated in colorectal cancer (CRC) and subsets are correlated with advanced tumor stage and metastasis. Despite this, the development of prognostic biomarkers that predict metastatic potential remain limited. Our study was designed to identify, validate, and elucidate underlying biology imposed by a miR signature that defines and predicts metastatic disease. Genome-wide miR expression profiling was performed on fourteen patient-matched stage IV primary CRC tumors and corresponding liver metastases using microRNA array technology. Based on these results, this miR panel was then validated and evaluated in normal colon tissue (N = 5), early stage (I & II, N = 11) and late stage (Stage III & IV, N = 14) colorectal primary tumors via qRT-PCR.