Table 2

Number of significant genes identified by SAM in comparisons of cell line-to-tumor (CL - T), cell line-to-normal (CL - N), and tumor-to-normal (T - N) comparisons.

Comparison
Breast
CNS
Colon
Ovary
Prostate
Renal
Common Genes

CL-T (upregulated %)
572 (66%)
576 (86%)
503 (62%)
603 (41%)
190 (94%)
1637 (44%)
51
CL-N (upregulated %)
269 (61%)
560 (72%)
983 (63%)
225 (62%)
469 (72%)
2047 (45%)
29
T-N (upregulated %)
243 (10%)
153 (61%)
166 (45%)
94 (14%)
30 (0%)
65 (0%)
0
CL-T ∩ CL-N
132
328
431
145
164
1481
16
(T-N) - (T-N ∩ CL-T)
236
138
143
83
26
43
0
(T-N ∩ CL-N) - (T-N ∩ CL-N ∩ CL-T)
31
43
64
26
9
28
0

The percentage of upregulated genes is shown in parentheses for cell line-to-tumor (CL - T), cell line-to-normal (CL - N), and tumor-to-normal (T - N) comparisons. The intersection (CL - T ∩ CL - N) contains genes that were altered in cell lines compared to both normal and tumor tissue, representing expression profiles that are specific to cell lines. The set (T - N) - (T - N ∩ CL - T) contains SAM genes in the (T - N) comparisons that are not significantly altered in (CL - T) comparisons. The set (T - N ∩ CL - N) - (T - N ∩ CL - N ∩ CL - T) contains genes significantly altered in both cell lines and tumors relative to normal tissue (T - N; CL - N) but with no significant difference between cell lines and tumor tissue (CL - T); tumor-specific expression profiles that may be adequately modeled by cell lines.

Ertel et al. Molecular Cancer 2006 5:55   doi:10.1186/1476-4598-5-55