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• Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Analysis of Responses to Pembrolizumab in Sezary Syndrome

  This phase 2 single arm clinical trial assessed the efficacy of pembrolizumab in patients with previously treated mycosis fungoides or Sezary syndrome. Pembrolizumab was found to have a 38% overall response rate, and a 27% overall response rate in subjects with Sezary syndrome. We performed single-cell RNA-sequencing on samples collected before the first treatment and after 3 weeks of pembrolizumab treatment. Sequencing was performed on cryopreserved peripheral blood T-lymphocytes isolated from 6 trial participants, including 3 patients who responded to pembrolizumab treatment and 3 patients who did not respond. A total of 118,961 peripheral blood T-cells are included in this data set.

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• Breast Cancer Risk Pathways

  We sought to identify genomic variants that differed between individuals who developed familial breast cancer and individuals who had a family history of breast cancer but who had not developed breast cancer. We aggregated these data at the pathway level to identify pathways that play a role in familial breast cancer development. We profiled peripheral blood cells, extracted DNA, and sequenced the DNA using exome-capture sequencing to identify genomic variants in these samples. For 34 of the 35 samples, we also profiled peripheral blood using Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST Array microarrays. Those data can be found in Gene Expression Omnibus under accession identifier GSE47862.

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• Impact of Mobile Element Insertions on Human Transcriptome Variation

  Mobile DNA elements are ubiquitous in nearly all species and mobile element insertions can affect nearby gene expression through many mechanisms, from disrupting coding regions to initiating DNA methylation to altering RNA splicing patterns. Thousands of mobile element insertions are still polymorphic in human populations, and these polymorphic mobile element insertions (pMEIs) can contribute to transcriptome and phenotypic variation in humans. We identified and genotyped pMEIs using the whole genome sequencing (WGS) data from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project. We then used the extensive multi-tissue transcriptome data from the GTEx project to systematically assess the effects of pMEIs on human transcriptome variation.

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• Genome-wide chromatin accessibility profiling of primary human glomerular and kidney cortex tubular outgrowth cultures

  We generated primary cultures from mechanically isolated kidney glomeruli (filtration unit of the nephron) which are composed of podocytes and mesangial cells. In parallel, we generated primary kidney cortex tubule cell cultures, which are composed primarily of proximal tubule cells. Early passage cultures of these two cell types were subjected to chromatin accessibility profiling (DNase-Seq) and gene expression profiling (RNA-Seq). We found thousands of dynamically regulated enhancers in both cell types that potentially regulate nearby and distal target genes that are differentially expressed. These data will be useful for understanding the epigenomic regulation of gene transcription in key kidney cell types.

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• Small RNA Sequencing across Diverse Biofluids Identifies Optimal Methods for exRNA Isolation

  We tested the efficiency and reproducibility of 10 RNA isolation methods on 5 different biofluids. Pooled human plasma and serum, bile and urine were used along with cell culture supernatants from human embryonic stem cells (hESC), primary neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVM) and human cholangiocarcinoma cells (KMBC). 4 RNA isolation methods designed to isolate total RNA from bio fluids without enrichment of exRNA carriers were used. 6 methods that preferentially enriched for exRNA carriers were also compared. Small RNA libraries were constructed using the NEBNext small-RNA library prep. The efficiency and reproducibility of the different RNA isolation methods was compared using small-RNA seq.

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• Intercepting Progression from Pre-Invasive to Invasive Lung Adenocarcinoma

  An improved understanding of the biology of lung cancer is needed to intercept the disease at an early point in its progression. In this project we have used multidimensional methods to profile the tumor microenvironment (TME) and to determine the crosstalk between cancer cells and the TME in pre-invasive to invasive human lung non-solid adenocarcinomas. Comparative analysis of the cellular and molecular events associated with the distinct histological stages will lead to identification of the critical events triggering progression and thereby identify targets to intercept disease progression. The data being submitted represents the genomic profiles of patient samples with pre-invasive and invasive human lung adenocarcinomas.

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• Genomic Landscape of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors

  Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are cancers of the testis, ovary and extragonadal sites that occur in infants, children, adolescents, and adults. Post-pubertal (type II) malignant GCTs may present as a seminoma, non-seminoma or with mixed histologies. In contrast, pre-pubertal (type I) GCTs are limited to (benign) teratomas and (malignant) yolk sac tumors (YST). Epidemiologic and molecular data have shown that pre- and post-pubertal GCTs arise by distinct mechanisms. Dedicated studies of the genomic landscape of type I and II GCTs in children and adolescents are lacking. Here we present an integrated genomic analysis of extracranial GCTs across the age spectrum from 0-24 years.

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• A Multi-Omic Single-Cell Atlas of Human Gynecological Malignancies

  Matched single-cell transcriptomic sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-cell chromatin accessibility sequencing (scATAC-seq) were performed for 11 fresh human tumors collected from the endometrium or ovary. More detailed information for each patient tumor will be provided in selected phenotype/attributes data. Both scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq assays revealed the underlying cellular heterogeneity in transcriptional output and in chromatin accessibility for each patient tumor specimen. In this work, we identified potential non-coding regulatory elements that mediate cell type-specific gene expression patterns. These data will serve as an important reference for the single-cell genomics and gynecologic oncology research communities.

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• Loss of IFN-gamma Signaling in Tumor Cells Associates with Primary Resistance to Anti-CTLA-4 Therapy

  Antibody blockade of the inhibitory CTLA-4 pathway has led to clinical benefit in a subset of patients with metastatic melanoma. Anti-CTLA-4 enhances T cell responses, including production of IFN-γ, which is a critical cytokine for host immune responses. However, the role of IFN-γ signaling in tumor cells in the setting of anti-CTLA-4 therapy remains unknown. Here we demonstrate that, based upon exome sequencing data, patients identified as non-responders to anti-CTLA-4 (ipilimumab) harbor a much higher genomic defects in the IFN-γ pathway genes than melanoma patients who had clinical response to ipilimumab therapy.

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• Comprehensive Analysis of the Immunogenomics of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Brain Metastases from LCCC1419

  Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subset of breast cancer that lacks expression of the estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER and PR) and HER2. Nearly 50% of patients with advanced TNBC will develop brain metastases (BrM), commonly with progressive extracranial disease. Immunotherapy has shown promise in the treatment of advanced TNBC; however, the immunogenomics of BrM remains largely unknown. Thus, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of TNBC BrM and matched primary tumors to characterize the genomic and immune landscape of TNBC BrM to foster the development of immunotherapy strategies in this aggressive and clinically unmet disease.  

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