Project description:Tumor heterogeneity resulting from clonal evolution is a frequent feature in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and could play a role in metastatic dissemination. However, the dynamics of metastatic evolution is not completely elucidated and could follow a complex seeding process. Using a unique experimental design with a rare matched primary-metastatic case prior to any medical treatment, we retraced the lineage of metastatic clones that showed a complex, multiple, polyphyletic seeding of two functionally interdependent subclonal populations originating from the primary tumor, in the direction of all metastatic sites.
Project description:Tumor heterogeneity resulting from clonal evolution is a frequent feature in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and could play a role in metastatic dissemination. However, the dynamics of metastatic evolution is not completely elucidated and could follow a complex seeding process. Using a unique experimental design with a rare matched primary-metastatic case prior to any medical treatment, we retraced the lineage of metastatic clones that showed a complex, multiple, polyphyletic seeding of two functionally interdependent subclonal populations originating from the primary tumor, in the direction of all metastatic sites.
Project description:The understanding of metastatic spread is limited and molecular mechanisms causing particular characteristics of metastasis, like varying dormancy periods of Mets originating from the same primary tumor entity or the differing number of Mets in patients with the same primary tumor, are largely unknown. Knowing the molecular fundamentals of these phenomena would support the prognosis of patients´ outcome and facilitate the decision for an appropriate therapy regime. We analyzed the transcriptome-wide expression profiles of 20 pulmonary metastases of renal cell carcinoma in order to identify expression patterns associated with two important prognostic factors in RCC: the disease-free interval after nephrectomy (DFI) and the number of Mets per patient. Keywords: comparison of pulmonary metastases from patients with different clinical characteristics metastases manifested early or late after nephrectomy (DFI less than or equal to 9 vs. greater than or equal to 60 months) metastases derived from patients with only few or multiple pulmonary metastases (less than or equal to 8 vs. greater than or equal to 16)
Project description:In this study, we investigated CNAs of 20 primary clear cell renal cell caricinomas (ccRCCs), 20 corresponding metastases and another subsets of 30 primary ccRCCs by 44k oligonucleotide-based array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH). 20 primary ccRCCs, 20 corresponding metastases and another subsets of 30 primary ccRCCs.
Project description:The understanding of metastatic spread is limited and molecular mechanisms causing particular characteristics of metastasis, like varying dormancy periods of Mets originating from the same primary tumor entity or the differing number of Mets in patients with the same primary tumor, are largely unknown. Knowing the molecular fundamentals of these phenomena would support the prognosis of patients´ outcome and facilitate the decision for an appropriate therapy regime. We analyzed the transcriptome-wide expression profiles of 20 pulmonary metastases of renal cell carcinoma in order to identify expression patterns associated with two important prognostic factors in RCC: the disease-free interval after nephrectomy (DFI) and the number of Mets per patient. Keywords: comparison of pulmonary metastases from patients with different clinical characteristics
Project description:In this study, we investigated CNAs of 20 primary clear cell renal cell caricinomas (ccRCCs), 20 corresponding metastases and another subsets of 30 primary ccRCCs by 44k oligonucleotide-based array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH).