Project description:In our previous study, the roles of zinc finger protein X-linked (ZFX) in CML cells were revealed. We showed that ZFX expression was significantly higher in CML CD34+ cells than in control cells. Overexpression and gene silencing experiments indicated that ZFX promoted the in vitro growth of CML cells, conferred imatinib mesylate (IM) resistance to these cells, and enhanced BCR/ABL-induced malignant transformation. To obtain molecular insights of how ZFX modulates the growth and imatinib response of CML stem and progenitor cells, we generated microarray data comparing ZFX silenced CML CD34+ cells with control (Scramble) cells.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.