Purpose: Valproic acid(VPA) has anti-cancer activity attributed to histone deacetylase inhibition(HDACi). We published the GenomicallyDerived Sensitivity Signature for VPA(GDSS-VPA), a gene expression biomarker predicting breast cancer sensitivity to VPA in vitro and in vivo. We conducted a window-of-opportunity study examining the tolerability of VPA and the ability of the GDSS-VPA to predict biologic changes in breast tumors from VPA.
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Age, Specimen part, Disease stage, Treatment, Subject
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Expression profiling of EWS/FLI identifies NKX2.2 as a critical target gene in Ewing's sarcoma.
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View SamplesWe analyzed expression changes between JAK2V617F positive bone marrow cells and JAK2V617F negative cells
Autocrine Tnf signaling favors malignant cells in myelofibrosis in a Tnfr2-dependent fashion.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesA673 Ewing's sarcoma cells, with inducible EWS/FLI cDNA, harboring the EF-2-RNAi retrovirus, induced (or uninduced) for the indicated time period.
Expression profiling of EWS/FLI identifies NKX2.2 as a critical target gene in Ewing's sarcoma.
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View SamplesA673 Ewing's sarcoma cells containing either control RNAi retroviral constructs (luc-RNAi), or RNAi retroviral constructs targeting the endogenous EWS/FLI fusion transcript (either EF-2-RNAi or EF-4-RNAi).
Expression profiling of EWS/FLI identifies NKX2.2 as a critical target gene in Ewing's sarcoma.
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Integrative analyses reveal signaling pathways underlying familial breast cancer susceptibility.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe obtained peripheral blood samples for women from Utah (USA) and Ontario (Canada) who had a family history of breast cancer (or did not), who carried a BRCA1/2 mutation (or did not), and who had developed breast cancer (or had not).
Integrative analyses reveal signaling pathways underlying familial breast cancer susceptibility.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe obtained peripheral blood samples for women from Utah (USA) and Ontario (Canada) who had a family history of breast cancer (or did not), who carried a BRCA1/2 mutation (or did not), and who had developed breast cancer (or had not).
Integrative analyses reveal signaling pathways underlying familial breast cancer susceptibility.
Specimen part
View SamplesDrug resistance is a major obstacle in cancer therapy. The molecular mechanisms of drug resistance still remain largely elusive. Microarray analyses on paired primary myeloma samples at baseline and after therapy or at relapse showed that NEK2 was one of the most up-regulated genes in myeloma cells after high-dose chemotherapy or at relapse. By analyzing the published (> 2,500) microarrays and clinical datasets, we found that NEK2 expression is increased in many malignancies, and that high expression of NEK2 was associated with a shorter event-free and overall survival. Moreover, NEK2 expression was typically increased in tumors with aggressive subtype and advanced TNM stage. Our studies indicate that over-expressing NEK2 in cancer cells resulted in enhanced cell proliferation and drug resistance, whereas knockdown of NEK2 induced significant cancer cell death and growth inhibition. We found that NEK2 over-expression activates cell cycle progression and cell division through the stimulation of cell cycling genes CDC2/CCNB1 and PBK. Interestingly, NEK2-overexpression also activated the Wnt/-catenin signaling pathway. We conclude that NEK2 represents a predictor for drug resistance and poor prognosis in cancers and could be a potential target for cancer therapy.
NEK2 induces drug resistance mainly through activation of efflux drug pumps and is associated with poor prognosis in myeloma and other cancers.
Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesHighlighting the gene expression characteristics of a large panel of lung cancer cell lines.
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Specimen part, Cell line
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