Unique Genomic Alterations in Prostate Cancers in African American Men

Abstract

Based on our published data we propose that specific patterns of genomic copy number alterations (CNAs) occur in prostate cancer in African American (AA) men which are associated with different levels of disease aggressiveness. Second, specific patterns of gene expression are associated with disease aggressiveness in AA prostate cancer and these reflect, in part, the specific CNAs at the relevant gene loci. Finally, we propose that 4p16.3, which is lost in 30% of AA prostate cancers, contains one or more tumor suppressor genes that impact prostate cancer initiation and progression in AA men. This proposal will test these hypotheses by carrying out high throughput copy number and expression microarray analysis of DNAs and RNAs from cancer and benign tissues from African American men with prostate followed by an in depth analysis of the 4p16.3 region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA604604

Entities

People

  • Michael M. Ittmann

Organizations

  • Baylor College of Medicine

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • Biological Factors
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cancer
  • Cells
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Gene Expression
  • Neoplasms
  • Prostate
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Quality Control
  • Suppressors
  • Tissues

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Molecular Genetics
  • Oncology (Cancer Research).