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ArticleBMC genomics2014

Systems genomics evaluation of the SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line as a model for Parkinson's disease.

Abhimanyu Krishna, Maria Biryukov, Christophe Trefois, Paul M A Antony, Rene Hussong, Jake Lin, Merja Heinäniemi, Gustavo Glusman, Sandra Köglsberger, Olga Boyd and 10 more

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Article in BMC genomics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Abhimanyu KrishnaLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Campus Belval, 7, avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. abhimanyu.krishna@uni.lu.
Maria Biryukov
Christophe Trefois
Paul M A Antony
Rene Hussong
Jake Lin
Merja Heinäniemi
Gustavo Glusman
Sandra Köglsberger
Olga Boyd
Bart H J van den Berg
Dennis Linke
David Huang
Kai Wang
Leroy Hood
Andreas Tholey
Reinhard Schneider
David J Galas
Rudi Balling
Patrick May

Funding

Quantitative Systems BiologyP50GM076547 · NIGMS · INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY · PI BALIGA, NITIN S · 2006 to 2016
$30.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM076547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe human neuroblastoma cell line, SH-SY5Y, is a commonly used cell line in studies related to neurotoxicity, oxidative stress, and neurodegenerative diseases. Although this cell line is often used as a cellular model for Parkinson's disease, the relevance of this cellular model in the context of Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative diseases has not yet been systematically evaluated.

resultsWe have used a systems genomics approach to characterize the SH-SY5Y cell line using whole-genome sequencing to determine the genetic content of the cell line and used transcriptomics and proteomics data to determine molecular correlations. Further, we integrated genomic variants using a network analysis approach to evaluate the suitability of the SH-SY5Y cell line for perturbation experiments in the context of neurodegenerative diseases, including PD.

conclusionsThe systems genomics approach showed consistency across different biological levels (DNA, RNA and protein concentrations). Most of the genes belonging to the major Parkinson's disease pathways and modules were intact in the SH-SY5Y genome. Specifically, each analysed gene related to PD has at least one intact copy in SH-SY5Y. The disease-specific network analysis approach ranked the genetic integrity of SH-SY5Y as higher for PD than for Alzheimer's disease but lower than for Huntington's disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis for loss of function perturbation experiments.

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GenomicsCell Line, TumorDNA Copy Number VariationsDNA Transposable ElementsGene Expression ProfilingGenetic VariationHumansINDEL MutationNeuroblastomaParkinson DiseaseProteomicsDNA Transposable Elements

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PMID25528190
PMCPMC4367834

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