LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute
LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute
LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute
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slides were then dried and the fluorescent images of hybridized microarrays were<br />
obtained using a GenePix 4200A microarray scanner. Primary data analysis for<br />
determining differential expression of genes between was carried out using the Genepix<br />
Pro software version 5.0.<br />
10. Quantitative RT-PCR: Differential expression of genes was validated by<br />
Quantitative RT-PCR. Invitrogen RT-PCR kit was used to reverse transcribe total RNA<br />
using both oligo dT and random primers. The synthesized cDNA was diluted to a final<br />
concentration of 10 ng/µl with nuclease free H 2 O to be used as a template for real time<br />
reactions. All PCR reactions were performed in duplicate using Power SYBR Green<br />
and analysed on ABI Prism 7700 Sequence Detection System. GAPDH was used as<br />
endogenous RNA control and each sample was normalized on the basis of its<br />
endogenous gene expression.<br />
11. Statistical methods: Phenotypic assays were performed thrice wherever a statistical<br />
analysis was done. The differences between MPN patient and control groups, for DNA<br />
damage repair assay, cell cycle profile and percent cell death response, were examined<br />
by standard unpaired Student‟s t-test or Mann-Whitney U test depending on whether<br />
the data followed normal distribution or not, respectively. For statistical analysis of<br />
genotyping data G Score was compared between the two groups by unpaired Student‟s<br />
t-test. All analyses were performed using the GraphPad Prism V 5.0 and a p-value of ≤<br />
0.05 was considered significant. For genotype phenotype correlation, statistical<br />
dependence between two variables (G Score and phenotypic response) was calculated<br />
by applying standard Pearson or Spearman rank correlation. The negative or positive<br />
value of correlation coefficient indicated the negative or positive correlation between<br />
the variables. A p-value of ≤ 0.05 was taken to be significant.<br />
Results:<br />
1. Preparation and characterization of EBV cell line: A total of 34 LCLs from UADT<br />
MPN patients (n=24) and healthy controls (n=10) were prepared from PBLs isolated<br />
from blood samples. Sixteen UADT MPN patient (n=8) and healthy control cell lines<br />
(n=8) were prepared as a part of earlier study in the lab; eighteen MPN patient (n=16)<br />
and control cell lines (n=2) have been prepared in the present study. The average<br />
population doubling (PD) time of representative LCLs was found to be 24 h.<br />
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