To conduct comparative transcriptomic analyses on normal or malignant prostate epithelial cells in response to tissue contextual changes, we cultured immortalized prostate epithelial cells or prostate cancer cells as cell monolayers or three-dimensional organoids and profiled their transcriptomes in respective culture contexts.
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Specimen part, Cell line, Time
View SamplesSystemic chemotherapy inflicts cytotoxic injuries on breast carcinoma-associated fibroblasts.
Metronomic chemotherapy prevents therapy-induced stromal activation and induction of tumor-initiating cells.
Age, Specimen part, Time
View SamplesEpstein-Barr virus (EBV) Rta is a latent-lytic molecular switch evolutionarily conserved in all gamma-herpesviruses. In previous studies, doxycycline-inducible Rta was shown to potently produce an irreversible G1 arrest followed by cellular senescence in 293 cells. Here, we demonstrate that in this system the inducible Rta not only reactivates resident genome of EBV but also that of Kaposis sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), to similar efficiency. However, Rta-induced senescence program was terminated by the robust viral lytic cycle replication that eventually caused cell death. Furthermore, prior to the abrupt expression of immediate-early protein (EBV BZLF1 or KSHV RTA), Rta simultaneously down-regulates cell cycle activators (c-Myc, CDK6, CCND2) and up-regulates senescence-related genes (p21, 14-3-3s). Since Rta is a viral immediate-early transcriptional activator, it is envisioned that during the initial stage of viral reactivation, Rta may engage to modulate the host transcriptome, to halt cell cycle progression, and to maintain an ideal environment for manufacturing infectious virions.
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Rta-mediated EBV and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus lytic reactivations in 293 cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesKSHV RTA (K-RTA) is a transcriptional activator that functions to disrupt KSHV latency and activates specific sets of viral promoters in the lytic cycle. Structure-function studies indicate that K-RTA possesses a very potent transactivation domain locating at the C-terminus. To further characterize the biological functions of K-RTA, we have established three doxycycline-inducible K-RTA 293 cell lines using RevTRE/Tet-On system (Clontech). Comparing to two control lines in which K-RTA was replaced with luciferase reporter, a total of 88 host genes were identified to be modulated by 24 h doxycycline-induced K-RTA synthesized in 293 cells.
Gene expression and transcription factor profiling reveal inhibition of transcription factor cAMP-response element-binding protein by gamma-herpesvirus replication and transcription activator.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesEBV Rta is a transcriptional activator that functions to disrupt EBV latency in cells of epithelial origin. This series of experiment is to identify host genes that are moduated by the expression of doxycycline-inducible EBV Rta in HEK293 cells. Designations for the pooled EBV Rta inducible cell lines is 293TetER; pooled luciferase inducible lines is 293TetLuc (control).
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Rta-mediated EBV and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus lytic reactivations in 293 cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesEBV Rta is a transcriptional activator that functions to disrupt EBV latency in cells of epithelial origin. This series of experiment is to identify host genes that are moduated by the expression of doxycycline-inducible EBV Rta in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. Designations for the two EBV Rta inducible cell lines are TW01TetER_cl7 (lower expression level) and TW01TetER_cl19 (higher expression level); for the control line is TW01Tet.
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Rta-mediated EBV and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus lytic reactivations in 293 cells.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesVia a GWA study, several SNPs have been identified as markers capable of predicting prognosis of lung cancer patients receiving TKIs therapy as first-line treatment. In order to get insights into how these genetic variants are linked to traits of interest, we conducted a genome-wide eQTL study by integrated analyses of SNP genotyping array data and gene expression array data of 115 subjects of lung adenocarcinoma. Our study successfully identified several SNPs as eQTLs, whose genotype were significantly associated with expression levels of several already known genes related to lung cancer.
Genetic Modifiers of Progression-Free Survival in Never-Smoking Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients Treated with First-Line Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors.
Sex, Age
View SamplesRadiotherapy (RT) often causes unwanted side effects such as radiation-induced fibrosis (RIF) and second malignancies (SM). Fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweed, has many biological effects including anti-inflammation and anti-tumor. In the present study, we investigated the radioprotective effect of Oligo-Fucoidan (OF) using zebrafish animal model.
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Age, Specimen part
View SamplesHepatocellular carcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Many carcinogens induce inflammation and cirrhosis, and eventually develop into liver cancer. Fucoidan is sulfated polysaccharide that is mainly found in brown seaweeds. In this study, we investigated the effects and mechanisms of low molecular weight fucoidan (i.e. oligo-fucoidan) preventing hepatocarcinogenesis using HBx,Src, and HBx,Src,p53-/+ transgenic zebrafish liver cancer model.
Low Molecular Weight Fucoidan Prevents Radiation-Induced Fibrosis and Secondary Tumors in a Zebrafish Model.
Age, Specimen part, Treatment
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