Project description:We used laser-capture microdissection (LCM) to separate tumor epithelium (TE) from stroma (TS) in 23 ILC samples. Gene expression analysis was used to identify genes that are enriched in the stroma of ILC, but not IDC or normal breast.
Project description:To better understand the role of tumor microenvironment in breast cancer progression, we combined laser capture microdissection and microarray analysis to provide a comprehensive catalog of gene expression changes in both tumor and tumor-associated stroma. Experiment Overall Design: We used LCM to isolate the epithelial and stroma compartments separately from each of 14 fresh frozen primary breast cancer biopsies. In the epithelial compartment, we captured normal (N) and malignant (DCIS or IDC or both where available) epithelium from each tissue slide. In the stroma compartment, we captured both normal stroma away from the malignant lesion (NSS) and the DCIS-associated stroma (ISS) and/or IDC-associated stroma (INVS) whenever possible.
Project description:Gene expression profiles of tumor epithelium and tumor-associated stroma of HER2+ breast tumors, plus normal epithelium and stroma from HER2+ and HER2- breast tumors
Project description:Tumor epithelium and surrounding stromal cells were isolated using laser capture microdissection of human breast cancer to examine differences in gene expression based on tissue types from inflammatory and non-inflammatory breast cancer Experiment Overall Design: We applied LCM to obtain samples enriched in tumor epithelium and stroma from 15 IBC and 35 non-IBC cases to study the relative contribution of each component to the IBC phenotype and to patient survival.
Project description:Malignant epithelia and tumor-associated stroma of PABC and Non-PABC were isolated by laser capture microdissection and gene expression profiled. Additionally, normal breast epithelia and stroma adjacent to the two tumor types were profiled. Lastly, subsets of previously identified E- and P-regulated genes were defined in all tissues. Breast cancers have been obtained from women whose tumors arose while they were pregnant or within 1 year of delivery and from age-matched controls who had never been pregnant. Malignant epithelial cells were separated by laser capture microdissection (LCM) of frozen sections. RNA was isolated and analyzed by expression profiling using Affymetrix U133 2plus Human Gene Chips
