TY - JOUR
T1 - Genome wide profiling of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), their derivatives and embryonal carcinoma cells to develop base profiles of U.S. Federal government approved hESC lines
AU - Liu, Ying
AU - Shin, Soojung
AU - Zeng, Xianmin
AU - Zhan, Ming
AU - Gonzalez, Rodolfo
AU - Mueller, Franz Josef
AU - Schwartz, Catherine M.
AU - Xue, Haipeng
AU - Li, Huai
AU - Baker, Shawn C.
AU - Chudin, Eugene
AU - Barker, David L.
AU - McDaniel, Timothy K.
AU - Oeser, Steffen
AU - Loring, Jeanne F.
AU - Mattson, Mark P.
AU - Rao, Mahendra S.
PY - 2006/5/3
Y1 - 2006/5/3
N2 - Background: In order to compare the gene expression profiles of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines and their differentiated progeny and to monitor feeder contaminations, we have examined gene expression in seven hESC lines and human fibroblast feeder cells using Illumina® bead arrays that contain probes for 24,131 transcript probes. Results: A total of 48 different samples (including duplicates) grown in multiple laboratories under different conditions were analyzed and pairwise comparisons were performed in all groups. Hierarchical clustering showed that blinded duplicates were correctly identified as the closest related samples. hESC lines clustered together irrespective of the laboratory in which they were maintained. hESCs could be readily distinguished from embryoid bodies (EB) differentiated from them and the karyotypically abnormal hESC line BG01V. The embryonal carcinoma (EC) line NTera2 is a useful model for evaluating characteristics of hESCs. Expression of subsets of individual genes was validated by comparing with published databases, MPSS (Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing) libraries, and parallel analysis by microarray and RT-PCR. Conclusion: we show that Illumina's bead array platform is a reliable, reproducible and robust method for developing base global profiles of cells and identifying similarities and differences in large number of samples.
AB - Background: In order to compare the gene expression profiles of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines and their differentiated progeny and to monitor feeder contaminations, we have examined gene expression in seven hESC lines and human fibroblast feeder cells using Illumina® bead arrays that contain probes for 24,131 transcript probes. Results: A total of 48 different samples (including duplicates) grown in multiple laboratories under different conditions were analyzed and pairwise comparisons were performed in all groups. Hierarchical clustering showed that blinded duplicates were correctly identified as the closest related samples. hESC lines clustered together irrespective of the laboratory in which they were maintained. hESCs could be readily distinguished from embryoid bodies (EB) differentiated from them and the karyotypically abnormal hESC line BG01V. The embryonal carcinoma (EC) line NTera2 is a useful model for evaluating characteristics of hESCs. Expression of subsets of individual genes was validated by comparing with published databases, MPSS (Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing) libraries, and parallel analysis by microarray and RT-PCR. Conclusion: we show that Illumina's bead array platform is a reliable, reproducible and robust method for developing base global profiles of cells and identifying similarities and differences in large number of samples.
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U2 - 10.1186/1471-213X-6-20
DO - 10.1186/1471-213X-6-20
M3 - Article
C2 - 16672070
AN - SCOPUS:33746523768
VL - 6
JO - BMC Developmental Biology
JF - BMC Developmental Biology
SN - 1471-213X
M1 - 20
ER -