This study was performed to check that ESR1 and BMI1 are biologically active after lentiviral transduction of primary human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs) with lentiviral vectors expressing ESR1 and BMI1 from the human PGK promoter. ESR1 targets like PGR, PRLR and GREB1, but not TFF1 and XBP1, were induced by estradiol in the ESR1-expressing cells. BMI1 targets like BMI1, NEFL and CCND2 were repressed in the BMI1-expressing cells. BMI1 suppressed genes associated with squamous and neural differentiation in the ESR1 plus BMI1-expressing cells.
An oestrogen-dependent model of breast cancer created by transformation of normal human mammary epithelial cells.
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View SamplesEORTC 10994 is a phase III clinical trial comparing FEC with ET in patients with large operable, locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer (www.eortc.be). Frozen biopsies were taken at randomisation. RNA was extracted from 100um thickness of 14G core needle biopsies. Adjacent sections were tested by H&E to confirm >20% tumour cell content. 100 ng total RNA per chip were amplified using the Affymetrix small sample protocol (IVT then Enzo). 49 tumours were tested on Affymetrix U133A chips. The CEL files were quantile normalised together using rma. Clinical response data are not available yet.
Identification of molecular apocrine breast tumours by microarray analysis.
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View SamplesIn a randomized controlled dietary intervention study, we compared a diet enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) with a diet enriched in saturated fatty acids (SFA) for influence on abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue gene expression. We studied young lean adults; 11 women and 25 men. There was no significant difference in age, BMI, or gene expression between the PUFA and SFA groups before the intervention. The intervention lasted for seven weeks.
Overfeeding polyunsaturated and saturated fat causes distinct effects on liver and visceral fat accumulation in humans.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Treatment, Subject, Time
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