Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/10696
Title
Enrichment of neural-related genes in human mesenchymal stem cells from neuroblastoma patients.
Author(s)
Mirones, Isabel | Mariñas-Pardo, Luis | Melen, Gustavo J | Ramírez, Manuel | Rodriguez-Milla, Miguel A ISCIII | Cubillo, Isabel ISCIII | Garcia-Castro, Javier ISCIII
Date issued
2012-08
Citation
Int J Mol Med . 2012 Aug;30(2):365-73.
Language
Inglés
Document type
journal article
Abstract
Neuroblastoma (NB) is one of the most common pediatric solid tumors and, like most human cancers, is char-acterized by a broad variety of genomic alterations. Although mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are known to interact with cancer cells, the relationship between MSCs and metastatic NB cancer cells in bone marrow (BM) is unknown. To obtain genetic evidence about this interaction, we isolated ΒΜ-derived MSCs from children with NB and compared their global expression patterns with MSCs obtained from normal pediatric donors, using the Agilent 44K microarrays. Significance analysis of microarray results with a false discovery rate (FDR) <5% identified 496 differentially expressed genes showing either a 2-fold upregulation or downregulation between both groups of samples. Comparison of gene ontology categories of differ-entially expressed genes revealed the upregulation of genes categorized as ‘neurological system process’, ‘cell adhesion’, ‘apoptosis’, ‘cell surface receptor linked signal transduction’, ‘intrinsic to membrane’ and ‘extracellular region’. Among the downregulated genes, several immunology-related terms were the most abundant. These findings provide preliminary genetic evidence of the interaction between MSCs and NB cancer cells in ΒΜ as well as identify relevant biological processes potentially altered in MSCs in response to NB
MESH
Gene Expression | Bone Marrow Cells | Cluster Analysis | Computational Biology | Gene Expression Profiling | Humans | Mesenchymal Stem Cells | Neuroblastoma
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