Project description:Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is an incurable hematopoietic stem cell malignancy. We identified a novel NUP98-HBO1 fusion from a patient with CMML. HBO1, a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) which belongs to the MYST family, is the first NUP98 fusion partner encodes HAT. To determine the effect of the NUP98-HBO1 fusion on downstream target gene regulation, we performed gene expression array analysis of NUP98-HBO1-transduced human cord blood (CB) CD34+ cells.
Project description:10X single cell analysis of human leukemia, pre-leukemia and normal control. The leukemia was developed in xenograft mice that was serialy transplanted with cells from primary mouse that was transplanted with normal cord blood after transduction with virues encoding hyper activated mutant IL7RA. The preleukemic cells are from the primary engrafted mouse and the control is the same cord blood that was transduced with backbone virus expressing GFP.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:In this study, we characterize the fusion protein produced by the EPC1-PHF1 translocation in Low Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma (LG-ESS) and Ossifying FibroMyxoid Tumors (OFMT). We express the fusion protein and necessary controls in K562 Cells. The fusion protein assembles a mega-complex harboring both NuA4/TIP60 and PRC2 subunits and enzymatic activities and leads to mislocalization of chromatin marks in the genome, linked to aberrant gene expression.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells comparing normoxic MSCs cells with hypoxic MSCs cells. Hypoxia may inhibit senescence of MSCs during expansion. Goal was to determine the effects of hypoxia on global MSCs gene expression.
Project description:In this study, we characterize the fusion protein produced by the EPC1-PHF1 translocation in Low Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma (LG-ESS) and Ossifying FibroMyxoid Tumors (OFMT). We express the fusion protein and necessary controls in K562 Cells. The fusion protein assembles a mega-complex harboring both NuA4/TIP60 and PRC2 subunits and enzymatic activities and leads to mislocalization of chromatin marks in the genome, linked to aberrant gene expression.
Project description:The microarray data presented here relate to a study on TEL-AML1 associated childhood leukemia (Hong et al, 2008) the abstract of which is as follows:<br> <br> "Understanding cancer pathogenesis requires knowledge of not only the specific contributory genetic mutations but also the cellular framework in which they arise and function. Here we explore the clonal evolution of childhood precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia characterised by a chromosomal translocation generating a TEL-AML1 fusion gene. We identify a cell compartment in leukemic children which can propagate leukemia when transplanted in mice. By studying a monochorionic twin pair, one pre-leukemic and one with frank leukemia, we establish the lineal relationship between these "tumor-propagating" cells and the pre-leukemic cell in which the TEL-AML1 fusion first arises or has functional impact. Analysis of TEL-AML1 transduced cord blood cells suggests that TEL-AML1 functions as a first-hit mutation by endowing this pre-leukemic cell with altered self-renewal and survival properties."<br> <br> The cells used to generate the microarray data were obtained as follows: We prospectively isolated CD34+CD38-/lowCD19+ cells from NOD/SCID mice transplanted with TEL-AML1-transduced human cord blood cells and compared their gene expression profiles, ascertained by affymetrix microarray analysis (see methods), to control 'hematopoietic stem cells' (HSCs immunophenotypically-defined as CD34+CD38-/lowCD19-) and pro-B cells (immunophenotypically-defined as CD34+CD38+CD19+) isolated from NOD/SCID animals transplanted with control vector transduced cord blood cells. <br> <br> While these different populations were obtained from three independent transduction and transplantation experiments, the data were generated from small numbers of cells and have not been validated by independent analyses such as RQ-PCR or protein analysis. They should therefore be regarded as preliminary in nature and we would therefore caution against detailed analysis of individual gene expression profiles based on these particular datasets. This caveat aside, the data may provide a broad overview of gene expression profiles in these cell types and such analyses suggest that TEL-AML1 generates a novel population of cells that contain features of both stem cells and committed B progenitors (Hong et al 2008). We are currently repeating the analyses using larger numbers of cells and more replicates together with appropriate cell populations from ALL patients and will post these data online when they become available.