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ArticleBMC cancer2008

Co-regulation analysis of closely linked genes identifies a highly recurrent gain on chromosome 17q25.3 in prostate cancer.

Raquel Bermudo, David Abia, Berta Ferrer, Iracema Nayach, Alberto Benguria, Angel Zaballos, Javier del Rey, Rosa Miró, Elías Campo, Carlos Martínez-A and 3 more

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Article in BMC cancer, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Raquel BermudoDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain. raquel.bermudo@cid.csic.es
David Abia
Berta Ferrer
Iracema Nayach
Alberto Benguria
Angel Zaballos
Javier del Rey
Rosa Miró
Elías Campo
Carlos Martínez-A
Angel R Ortiz
Pedro L Fernández
Timothy M Thomson
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona · ESCentro Nacional de Biotecnología · ESConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa · ESConsorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer · ESInstitut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona · ESUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTranscriptional profiling of prostate cancer (PC) has unveiled new markers of neoplasia and allowed insights into mechanisms underlying this disease. Genomewide analyses have also identified new chromosomal abnormalities associated with PC. The combination of both classes of data for the same sample cohort might provide better criteria for identifying relevant factors involved in neoplasia. Here we describe transcriptional signatures identifying distinct normal and tumoral prostate tissue compartments, and the inference and demonstration of a new, highly recurrent copy number gain on chromosome 17q25.3.

methodsWe have applied transcriptional profiling to tumoral and non-tumoral prostate samples with relatively homogeneous epithelial representations as well as pure stromal tissue from peripheral prostate and cultured cell lines, followed by quantitative RT-PCR validations and immunohistochemical analysis. In addition, we have performed in silico colocalization analysis of co-regulated genes and validation by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH).

resultsThe transcriptomic analysis has allowed us to identify signatures corresponding to non-tumoral luminal and tumoral epithelium, basal epithelial cells, and prostate stromal tissue. In addition, in silico analysis of co-regulated expression of physically linked genes has allowed us to predict the occurrence of a copy number gain at chromosomal region 17q25.3. This computational inference was validated by fluorescent in situ hybridization, which showed gains in this region in over 65% of primary and metastatic tumoral samples.

conclusionOur approach permits to directly link gene copy number variations with transcript co-regulation in association with neoplastic states. Therefore, transcriptomic studies of carefully selected samples can unveil new diagnostic markers and transcriptional signatures highly specific of PC, and lead to the discovery of novel genomic abnormalities that may provide additional insights into the causes and mechanisms of prostate cancer.

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Chromosome AberrationsChromosomes, Human, Pair 17Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAdenocarcinomaCell Line, TumorGene DosageHumansImmunohistochemistryIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleNucleic Acid HybridizationProstatic NeoplasmsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTranscription, Genetic

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