Project description:HOXC6 is a member of the HOX family, and its aberrant expression has been verified in a variety of cancers, such as prostate, breast,nasopharyngeal carcinoma,gastric, and ovarian cancers.Some studies suggest that HOXC6 might be involved in tumor initiation and progression.However, the role of HOXC6 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells has not been fully investigated.Here we study how HOXC6 affects the malignant phenotype of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells
Project description:The transcription factor HOXC6 is upregulated in human prostate cancer. SiRNA knockdown of HOXC6 induces apoptosis in LNCaP cells while upregulation rescued LNCaP cells from siRNA-induced apoptosis. We used microarrays to identify the genes whose expression underly the anti-apoptotic and proliferative effects of HOXC6 in LNCaP cells. Experiment Overall Design: LNCaP cells were transiently transfected with a cocktail of 5 siRNAs to HOXC6 to a final concentration of 100nM, with a HOXC6 gene expression vector, or control siRNA and vector. Cells were collected a 48hours post-transfection
Project description:We have investigated expressed microRNA in cryo-preserved esophageal cancer tissues using advanced microRNA microarray techniques. Our microarray analyses reveal a unique microRNA expression signature composed of 40 genes which can distinguish normal from malignant esophageal tissue. Some microRNAs could be correlated with the different clinico-pathological classifications. For example, high hsa-miR-103, -107, -23b expression correlated with poor overall disease-free survival of esophageal cancer patients. These results indicate that microRNA expression profiles are important diagnostic and prognostic markers of esophageal cancer, which might be analyzed simply using economical approaches such as RT-PCR. Keywords: microRNA, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cancer vs adjacent normal tissues
Project description:We have investigated expressed microRNA in cryo-preserved esophageal cancer tissues using advanced microRNA microarray techniques. Our microarray analyses reveal a unique microRNA expression signature composed of 40 genes which can distinguish normal from malignant esophageal tissue. Some microRNAs could be correlated with the different clinico-pathological classifications. For example, high hsa-miR-103, -107, -23b expression correlated with poor overall disease-free survival of esophageal cancer patients. These results indicate that microRNA expression profiles are important diagnostic and prognostic markers of esophageal cancer, which might be analyzed simply using economical approaches such as RT-PCR. Keywords: microRNA, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Project description:The transcription factor HOXC6 is upregulated in human prostate cancer. SiRNA knockdown of HOXC6 induces apoptosis in LNCaP cells while upregulation rescued LNCaP cells from siRNA-induced apoptosis. We used microarrays to identify the genes whose expression underly the anti-apoptotic and proliferative effects of HOXC6 in LNCaP cells. Keywords: transient overexpression and knockdown
Project description:Purpose: Next Generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized system-based cellular pathway analysis. The purpose of this study was to conduct RNA-SEQ analysis after knocking down the gene MAFB in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell line KYSE450 to observe the expression changes of the transcriptome genes
Project description:Eosinophils are present in several solid tumors and have context-dependent function. The role of eosinophils in the development of esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC), 85% of esophageal cancers worldwide, is unknown. Mice were treated with 4-nitroquinolone-1-oxide (4-NQO) for 8 weeks followed by vehicle for 8 weeks to induce esophageal squamous pre-cancer. Eosinophil depletion using three mouse models resulted in exacerbated 4-NQO tumorigenesis. RNA-sequencing on the whole esophagus of WT and ?dblGATA mice was done in the pre-cancer model to understand how the presence of eosinophils affects the pre-cancer esophageal environment.