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Transcriptome gene expression analysis of breast cancer using RNA-Seq

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Background: Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer deaths in females worldwide, accounting for 23% of all new cancer cases and 14% of all total cancer deaths in 2008. Five tumor-normal pairs of primary breast epithelial cells were treated for infinite proliferation by…

Background: Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer deaths in females worldwide, accounting for 23% of all new cancer cases and 14% of all total cancer deaths in 2008. Five tumor-normal pairs of primary breast epithelial cells were treated for infinite proliferation by using a ROCK inhibitor and mouse feeder cells. Methods: Raw paired-end, 100x coverage RNA-Seq data was aligned to the Human Reference Genome Version 19 using BWA and Tophat. Gene differential expression analysis was completed using Cufflinks and Cuffdiff. Interactive Genome Viewer was used for data visualization. Results: 15 genes were found to be down-regulated by at least one log-fold change in 4/5 of tumor samples. 75 genes were found to be down-regulated in 3/5 of our tumor samples by at least one log-fold change. 11 genes were found to be up-regulated in 4/5 of our tumor samples, and 68 genes were identified to be up-regulated in 3/5 of the tumor samples by at least one-fold change. Conclusion: Expression changes in genes such as AZGP1, AGER, ALG11, and S1007 suggest a disruption in the glycosylation pathway. No correlation was found between Cufflink's Her2 gene-expression and DAKO score classification.

ContributorsHernandez, Fernando (Author) / Anderson, Karen (Thesis director) / Mangone, Marco (Committee member) / Park, Jin (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor)

Created2013-05

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Transcriptome gene expression analysis of breast cancer using RNA-Seq

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