Go to main content | Go to main menu | Go to search

Project information
New possibilities of diagnostics of leukemia using DNA-microarrays

Information

This project doesn't include Faculty of Medicine. It includes Faculty of Informatics. Official project website can be found on muni.cz.
Project Identification
1A8241
Project Period
7/2004 - 12/2006
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
Ministry of Health of the CR
  • Health of People (National Research Programme)
MU Faculty or unit
Faculty of Informatics
Keywords
DNA microarrays;histone modifications;inhibitors of deacetylases;chromatin structure;leukemia;histon
Cooperating Organization
Institute of Biophysics
  • Responsible person doc. RNDr. Stanislav Kozubek, DrSc.
University Hospital Brno-Bohunice
  • Responsible person prof. MUDr. Jiří Mayer, CSc.

Using DNA microarrays, gene expression will be studied in leukemia, in control cell populations and in cell cultures. Changes will be correlated
to epigenetic characteristics of chromatin at the level of its modifications (methylation, acetylation). Structural characteristics of chromatin at sites with altered expression will be studied using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), spectral microscopy and immunoFISH. Drugs with narrow spectrum of genes with altered expression wil be studied. Using ad vanced techniques of gene or protein visualization and top level confocal microscopy, the mechanisms of the induction and progression of leukemia will be investigated with the goal to suggest appropriate markers for diagnostics. We hope that our study of gene expression in parallel to epigenetics will allow us to propose target molecules of effective therapy.


Publications

Total number of publications: 19

2005

2004

Previous 1 2 Next

You are running an old browser version. We recommend updating your browser to its latest version.

More info