Project description:Microarray analysis of primary effusion lymphoma cell lines BC-1 and BC-3 Total RNA from BC-1 and BC-3 cell lines was processed for analysis in one replicate on Human Gene 1.0 ST arrays to obtain data on whether genes are expressed and to compare to existing microarray data.
Project description:Waldenströms macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder with apparent morphologic and immunophenotypic heterogeneity and its origins are still poorly understood. In this study, using Gene-Expression Profiling (GEP), we compared the global mRNA expression patterns of CD19+ WM B cells (WM-BC) and CD138+ WM plasma cells (WM-PC) with those of normal CD19+ peripheral blood B cells (PB-BC), tonsil-BC (T-BC), CD138+ T-PC and bone marrow PC (N-PC). Experiment Overall Design: The sample cohort studied consisted of CD19-selected peripheral blood B cells (PB-BC; n = 7), tonsil B cells (T-BC; n = 7), bone marrow B cells from WM (WM-BC; n = 12), tonsil plasma cells (T-PC; n = 9), bone marrow plasma cells from healthy donors (N-PC; n = 10), WM plasma cells (WM-PC, n = 9), and MM plasma cells (MM-PC; n = 11).