Project description:Identification of genes and pathways relevant to Cervical cancer pathogenesis. The study also aimed at identifying probable mechanistic differences in the low and high HOTAIR expressing cervical cancers patients . Total RNA obtained from HPV negative histologically normal controls, HPV16 positive non-malignants and HPV16 positive cervical cancers having either low or high HOTAIR expression levels were compared to identify transcriptome level differences.
Project description:Identification of genes and pathways relevant to Cervical cancer pathogenesis. The study also aimed at identifying probable mechanistic differences in the low and high HOTAIR expressing cervical cancers patients .
Project description:Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are attributed to infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), mainly high-risk type HPV16 and HPV18. Two viral genes, E6 and E7, play an important role in viral life cycle, since they delay keratinocyte differentiation and stimulate cell cycle progression, allowing the virus to exploit host DNA replication machinery to replicate its genome. Some of the oncogenic properties of E6 and E7 are mediated by host microRNAs (miRNAs) involved in the control of cell proliferation, senescence, and apoptosis. In order to identify genome-wide changes in miRNA expression profile, miRNA microarray analysis was performed on HFKs transduced with retroviral vectors carrying E6 and E7 genes of either HPV6 or HPV16 and with the LXSN empty vector. This dataset was used to identify and to further investigate the role of miR-146a-5p in cervical cancer.
Project description:HPV infection results in changes in host gene methylation which, in turn, are thought to contribute to the neoplastic progression of HPV-associated cancers. The objective of this study was to identify joint and disease-specific genome-wide methylation changes in anal and cervical cancer as well as changes in high-grade pre-neoplastic lesions. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) anal tissues (n=143; 99% HPV+) and fresh frozen cervical tissues (n=28; 100% HPV+) underwent microdissection, DNA extraction, HPV genotyping, bisulfite modification, DNA restoration (FFPE) and analysis by the Illumina HumanMethylation450 Array.
Project description:HPV infection results in changes in host gene methylation which, in turn, are thought to contribute to the neoplastic progression of HPV-associated cancers. The objective of this study was to identify joint and disease-specific genome-wide methylation changes in anal and cervical cancer as well as changes in high-grade pre-neoplastic lesions. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) anal tissues (n=143; 99% HPV+) and fresh frozen cervical tissues (n=28; 100% HPV+) underwent microdissection, DNA extraction, HPV genotyping, bisulfite modification, DNA restoration (FFPE) and analysis by the Illumina HumanMethylation450 Array.
Project description:This is a study to identify clinically relevant molecular signatures of gene expression in cervical cancer samples fro m patients in India Keywords: Cancer versus normal study
Project description:RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) have been shown to control mRNA processing, stability, transport, editing and translation. Application of large-scale quantitative technologies has facilitated genome-wide identification of RBPs and linked their defects to human diseases and carcinogenesis. We have recently conducted transcriptome analysis comparing normal cervical tissues with HPV-positive cervical cancer tissues by using two different RNA-seq platforms. As the results, 614 differentially expressed protein-coding transcripts were identified, which are enriched in cancer related pathways and consist of 95 known RBPs. TaqMan RT-qPCR was used to verify altered expression of 26 genes with a cohort of 72 cervical samples, including 24 normal cervical, 25 CIN 2-3, and 23 cervical cancer tissues. LY6K, FAM83A, CELSR3, ASF1B, IQGAP3, SEMA3F, CLDN10, MSX1, CXCL5, ASRGL1, ELAVL2, GRB7, KHSRP, NOVA1, PTBP1 and RNASEH2A were identified being novel candidates in association with cervical lesion progression and carcinogenesis. We further demonstrated that HPV16 or HPV18 infection leads to altered expression of 8 RBP genes (CDKN2A, ELAVL2, GRB7, HSPB1, KHSRP, NOVA1, PTBP1, and RNASEH2A) in human vaginal and foreskin keratinocytes. While both viral E6 and E7 decrease NOVA1 expression, viral E7 was found to increase the expression of both RNASEH2A and PCNA in an E2F1 dependent manner, two key factors closely associated with the progression of cervical neoplasia. By illustration of the first comprehensive cervical genome expression atlas, we have identified the altered expression of many novel genes due to HPV infection, which could be biomarkers for better diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer.
