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GSE113823
Mus musculus, Homo sapiens
7 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2000, Affymetrix Human Transcriptome Array 2.0 (hta20)
Description
This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Publication Title
No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part, Time
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 16 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
The mechanisms regulating breast cancer differentiation state are poorly understood. Of particular interest are molecular regulators controlling the highly aggressive and poorly differentiated traits of basal-like breast carcinomas. Here we show that the Polycomb factor EZH2 maintains the differentiation state of basal-like breast cancer cells, and promotes the expression of progenitor-associated and basal-lineage genes. Specifically, EZH2 regulates the composition of basal-like breast cancer cell populations by promoting a bi-lineage differentiation state, in which cells co-express basal- and luminal-lineage markers. We show that human basal-like breast cancers contain a subpopulation of bi-lineage cells, and that EZH2-deficient cells give rise to tumors with a decreased proportion of such cells. Bi-lineage cells express genes that are active in normal luminal progenitors, and possess increased colony formation capacity, consistent with a primitive differentiation state. We found that GATA3, a driver of luminal differentiation, performs a function opposite to EZH2, acting to suppress bi-lineage identity and luminal progenitor gene expression. GATA3 levels increase upon EZH2 silencing, leading to the observed decrease in bi-lineage cell numbers. Our findings reveal a novel role for EZH2 in controlling basal-like breast cancer differentiation state and intra-tumoral cell composition.
Publication Title
EZH2 promotes a bi-lineage identity in basal-like breast cancer cells.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 16 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
Regulatory factors controlling stem cell identity and self-renewal are often active in aggressive cancers and are thought to promote their growth and progression. TCF3 (also known as TCF7L1) is a member of the TCF/LEF transcription factor family that is central in regulating epidermal and embryonic stem (ES) cell identity. We found that TCF3 is highly expressed in poorly differentiated human breast cancers, preferentially of the basal-like subtype. This suggested that TCF3 is involved in the regulation of breast cancer cell differentiation state and tumorigenicity. Silencing of TCF3 dramatically decreased the ability of breast cancer cells to initiate tumor formation, and led to decreased tumor growth rates. In culture, TCF3 promotes the sphere formation capacity of breast cancer cells and their self-renewal. We found that in contrast to ES cells, where it represses Wnt-pathway target genes, TCF3 promotes the expression of a subset of Wnt-responsive genes in breast cancer cells, while repressing another distinct target subset. In the normal mouse mammary gland Tcf3 is highly expressed in terminal end buds, structures that lead duct development. Primary mammary cells are dependent on Tcf3 for mammosphere formation, and its overexpression in the developing gland disrupts ductal growth. Our results identify TCF3 as a central regulator of tumor growth and initiation, and a novel link between stem cells and cancer.
Publication Title
Control of breast cancer growth and initiation by the stem cell-associated transcription factor TCF3.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line, Treatment
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 7 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2000, Affymetrix Human Transcriptome Array 2.0 (hta20)
Description
RYGB reconfigures the intenstine such that food enters the jejunum after passing only a small gastric pouch. This new anatomy places the jejunum as the first part of the intestine that interacts with the food, with little to no gastric digestion, causing dramatic changes in jejunal morphology. Baseline is defined as the biopsy during RYGB. Patients are obese.
Publication Title
No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Time
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 3 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Two ELK-1 overexpressing cells were generated from CSES7 cell line and compared to WT CSES7.
Publication Title
Human pluripotent stem cells with distinct X inactivation status show molecular and cellular differences controlled by the X-Linked ELK-1 gene.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 6 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
Parental imprinting results in a monoallelic parent-of-origin dependent gene expression. However, many imprinted genes identified by differential methylation do not exhibit complete monoallelic expression. Previous studies demonstrated a complex tissue-dependent expression patterns for some imprinted genes. Still, the complete magnitude of this phenomenon remains largely unknown. Differentiating human parthenogenetic induced pluripotent stem cells into different cell types and combining DNA methylation with novel 5' RNA sequencing methodology, enabled us to identify tissue- and isoform-dependent imprinted genes in a genome wide manner. We show that nearly half of all imprinted genes expresses both biallelic and monoallelic isoforms, that are controlled by tissue specific alternative promoters. This study provides the first global analysis of tissue-specific imprinting in humans, and implies that alternative promoters are central in the regulation of imprinted genes.
Publication Title
No associated publication
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Cell line
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 41 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133A Array (hgu133a)
Description
Comparison of gene expression of cancerous and non cancerous lung adenocarcinoma tissue. Tumour and normal samples from 18 patients plus tumour only from 5 patients.
Publication Title
unknown
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage, Subject
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 14 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
Three parthenogenetic induced pluripotent stem cell (PgHiPSCs) lines were generated from each of the ovarian teratoma cell lines (two distinct individuals). Two normal iPS cell lines were generated from normal fibroblasts. Three biological replicates of normal embryonic stem cells (H9, HESCs) were perfomed.
Publication Title
Global analysis of parental imprinting in human parthenogenetic induced pluripotent stem cells.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Cell line
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 10 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Publication Title
Pluripotency-related, valproic acid (VPA)-induced genome-wide histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) acetylation patterns in embryonic stem cells.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment, Time
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Publication Title
Heterochromatin Protein 1β (HP1β) has distinct functions and distinct nuclear distribution in pluripotent versus differentiated cells.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line
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