GSE116679 Desmoplasia is associated with carcinoma associated fibroblasts ’ heterogeneity in non-small cell lung cancer patients

Contributors : Ming S Tsao ; C Q Zhu ; Quan LiSeries Type : Expression profiling by arrayOrganism : Homo sapiensCancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are well known to strongly influence tumor development, progression, and metastasis. Their characteristics and prognostic gene signature in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients have been recognized. Heterogeneity of CAFs has long been observed, however, the functional heterogeneity of CAFs between patients and their genetic basis are far less known. Here, we report the distinction of two CAF subtypes obtained from primary cultures of CAFs and matched normal fibroblasts (NFs) from 28 resected NSCLC. These 28 pathological NSCLC (82 % adenocarcinoma) were categorized into two types according to the histological properties of the peritumoral stroma: High desmoplasia (HD; n=14), and low desmoplasia (LD; n=14), and the prognostic significance evaluated. This classification seems to align with functional CAFs, as those with HD have higher rate of gel contraction, higher rate of tumor growth and poor prognosis. To demonstrate a gene expression profile specific to CAF activity we used Illumina DASAL Microarray gene expression analysis on extracted RNA from 24 CAF cell lines (12 CAFs-HD and 12 CAFs-LD) that were embedded in collagen gel for 24 hours. From the CAF cohort, the most significant genes that are correlated with the desmoplasia are identified to be enriched in the clinical cohort of 181 NSCLC patients. Overall, our studie...
Source: GEO: Gene Expression Omnibus - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Tags: Expression profiling by array Homo sapiens Source Type: research