Project description:Genome wide DNA methylation profiling of cancer associated fibroblasts. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that tumor induced DNA methylation in cancer associated fibroblasts. Results showed DNA methlation status in cancer associated fibroblasts changed after coculture with pancreatic cancer cells.
Project description:This study used 10X Genomics, single-cell RNA-sequencing to examine the cell types present in the KrasLSL-G12D; Trp53LSL-R172H; Pdx1-Cre (KPC) mouse model for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The study analyzed tumors from 4 different mice. For each tumor, we performed flow sorting to isolate all viable cells, and to isolate a fibroblast-enriched population of cells for single-cell RNA-seq to determine the transcriptomes of individual cells in KPC pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tumors.
Project description:This study sought the basis for the failure of immunosurveillance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). The FAP+ cell was shown to be immunosuppressive in a spontaneous PDA model. Bioinformatic analyses show it to be identical to the Carcinoma-associated fibroblast (CAF). FAP+ cells were sorted from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cells were isolated in duplicate experiments and these were analysed separately. These were compared separately to previously published publicly available CD4+ T-cell subset data (C57BL/6 mice and Foxp3-RFP mice (Line 8374) GEO accession GSE20898), and previously published FAP+ cell datasets (transgenic albino (Tyr-/-) C57BL/6 mouse, GEO accession GSE39438).
Project description:Analysis of cancer associated fibroblasts at gene expression level. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that tumor induced DNA methylation in cancer associated fibroblasts and thus regulated the gene expression in cancer associated fibroblasts. Results showed gene expression level in cancer associated fibroblasts changed after coculture with pancreatic cancer cells.
Project description:Perineural invasion (PNI) is a prominent characteristic of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and indicates poor prognosis. The invasion of the surrounding nerves by pancreatic cancer cells not only provides route for metastasis but also contributes to neural remodeling and changes in the neuronal milieu that can profoundly influenced the microenvironment of pancreatic cancer. To investigate the downstream molecules associated with PNI, the experiment analyzed mRNA expression of 50 pairs of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissue and paired adjacent non-tumor tissue, among which 28 pairs of cases diagnosed with PNI by experienced pathologist. Results provide new insight into molecular basis for the influence of PNI on the microenvironment of pancreatic cancer.
Project description:Currently it is unknown whether activation of recruited or resident pancreatic fibroblasts, including pancreatic stellate cells activation, create a common “fibroblast-activated phenotype” indistinguishable from their associated-diseased microenvironment . Using a combination of microRNA and mRNA profiling of fibroblasts isolated from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), chronic pancreatitis (CP), periampullary cancer (PAT) and areas of histologically normal pancreas, followed by comprehensive validation, we show that activated fibroblasts derived from different pancreatic disease types are considerably distinct.
Project description:Currently it is unknown whether activation of recruited or resident pancreatic fibroblasts, including pancreatic stellate cells activation, create a common “fibroblast-activated phenotype” indistinguishable from their associated-diseased microenvironment . Using a combination of microRNA and mRNA profiling of fibroblasts isolated from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), chronic pancreatitis (CP), periampullary cancer (PAT) and areas of histologically normal pancreas, followed by comprehensive validation, we show that activated fibroblasts derived from different pancreatic disease types are considerably distinct.
Project description:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is one of the most aggressive human cancers and displays many different chromosomal abnormalities and mutations. By using 244K high-resolution array-comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) we studied the genome alterations of 39 fine-needle aspirations from pancreatic adenocarcinoma and 9 human adenocarcinoma pancreatic cell lines.
Project description:Gene expression analysis of pancreatic cancer associated fibroblasts and control fibroblasts To identify signaling pathways important in tumor-stromal cell interactions, we performed gene expression profiling on pancreatic cancer associated fibroblast cultures and control fibroblast cultures using Affymetrix Exon arrays. We analyzed 3 control fibroblast cultures and 9 pancreatic cancer associated fibroblast cultures using the Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST platform. Gene expression levels were compared using Partek (version 6.3beta).