Project description:We performed targeted transcriptomic analysis on archival biopsies from client-owned dogs to examine immune and skin gene expression profiles in spontaneous canine epitheliotropic lymphoma (EL).
Project description:We performed targeted transcriptomic analysis on archival biopsies from client-owned dogs to examine immune and skin gene expression profiles in spontaneous canine epitheliotropic lymphoma (EL).
Project description:Tumor tissues from canine lymphomas with accompanying survival and breed data. Gene expression analysis of samples representing common histologic subtypes of canine lymphoma.
Project description:Canine lymphoma is the most common hematological cancer in dogs and shares many molecular and clinical characteristics with human Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The standard treatment for canine lymphoma is the “CHOP” sequential multiagent chemotherapy protocol consisting of Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin (Hydroxydaunorubicin), Vincristine (Oncovin™), and Prednisone. Approximately 70 - 85% of patients treated with CHOP achieve clinical remission. However, duration of remission varies and the majority of dogs eventually relapse. To identify possible biomarkers for patients failing to achieve remission in response to CHOP, we performed RNA-Seq analysis on 25 cases of canine lymphoma taken at the start of their CHOP therapy regime, and determined patient progression free survival (PFS).
Project description:In this study, we present the first comparison of global transcriptional changes taking place in canine lymphoma and human diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), with particular reference to the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) pathway. Microarray data generated from lymph nodes diagnosed with canine DLBCL and healthy lymph nodes were used for differential expression analysis, co-expression analysis and pathway analysis, and compared with analysis of publicly available microarray data from human healthy and DLBCL lymph nodes. The comparisons between species at gene level were performed by mapping the probesets in canine microarrays to orthologous genes in humans and vice versa. A considerable number of differentially expressed genes between canine lymphoma and healthy lymph node samples were also found differentially expressed between human DLBCL and healthy lymph node samples. Principal component analysis (PCA) using a literature derived 120 NF-κB target gene set mapped to 199 orthologous canine array probesets and 259 human array probesets clearly separated the healthy and cancer samples in both canine and human datasets. The analysis demonstrated that for both human and canine DLBCL there is activation of the NF-κB/p65 canonical pathway rather than the alternative pathway. This has therapeutic implications for the use of specific pathway inhibitors for the treatment of DLBCL for both species and also indicates that naturally occurring canine lymphoma could be used as a model to study therapeutic strategies for human lymphoma. The model was further validated by the identification of molecular signatures that could sub-classify canine DLBCL into activated B-cell-like (ABC) or germinal centre B-cell-like (GCB) types equivalent to human subtypes.
Project description:We performed a veterinary clinical oncology trial in client-owned dogs to determine if immune modulating drugs could be combined in rational approaches to treat spontaneous canine diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL).