https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Stem/progenitor cell marker expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma: a potential relationship with the immune microenvironment to be explored https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:45096 + lineage markers and their expression of immune checkpoint pathway proteins. To confirm these findings, four stem/progenitor marker expression patterns were compared with CD4, CD8 and CD20 in a ccRCC TMA which showed a number of similar trends with respect to frequency of the different tumourinfiltrating leukocytes. Conclusion: Taken together, we observed heterogeneous but patterned expression levels of different stem/ progenitor markers. Our results suggest a non-random relationship between their expression patterns with the immune microenvironment populations in ccRCC.]]> Wed 26 Oct 2022 12:58:25 AEDT ]]> Efficient generation of patient-matched malignant and normal primary cell cultures from clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients: clinically relevant models for research and personalized medicine https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:25061 80 %. Culture in serum-free conditions selected for growth of normal renal proximal tubule epithelial cells. Transcriptional profiling of ccRCC and matched normal cell cultures identified up- and down-regulated networks in ccRCC and comparison to The Cancer Genome Atlas confirmed the clinical validity of our cell cultures. Conclusions: The ability to establish primary cultures of ccRCC cells and matched normal kidney epithelial cells from almost every patient provides a resource for future development of novel therapies and personalized medicine for ccRCC patients.]]> Fri 03 Dec 2021 10:33:37 AEDT ]]>