Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Colorectal Cancer in Swedish Patients

My descriptionThis study investigates the genomic and transcriptomic landscape of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Swedish patients to identify molecular biomarkers associated with disease progression, treatment response, and survival outcomes. A total of 350 patients diagnosed with CRC between 2018 and 2023 were recruited from three Swedish hospitals: Lund University Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Matched tumor tissue and blood samples were collected from all participants after obtaining informed consent. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was performed on blood-derived DNA to identify germline variants, while RNA-seq analysis of tumor tissues provided transcriptomic profiles. In addition, targeted panel sequencing was carried out for selected cancer-related genes to confirm findings from the WGS data.

• Type: Whole Genome Sequencing
• Archiver: Federated European Genome-Phenome Archive (FEGA Sweden)

2 Datasets 1 Publication 2 External Links

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Dataset ID	Description	Technology	Samples
EGAD50000000155	This dataset contains whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and RNA-seq data generated from tumor samples, matched blood samples, and healthy control samples collected from 350 Swedish individuals between 2019 and 2023. Tumor biopsies were obtained from colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, while control samples were collected from age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers with no history of CRC. For tumor samples, paired-end RNA-seq was performed to capture gene expression profiles, and WGS was carried out on DNA extracted from both tumor tissue and matched blood samples to identify somatic and germline variants. For controls, WGS was performed on peripheral blood DNA to provide baseline genomic profiles for comparison. The resulting dataset includes: RNA-seq files in FASTQ format (~2.8 TB total) WGS files in CRAM format (~4.2 TB total) Variant calls in VCF format (~150 GB) Clinical and sample metadata in CSV format Data are stored in FEGA Sweden under controlled access. Access requests will be reviewed by the Lund University RDO as the data controller. Ethical approval was obtained from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (Dnr: 2023-01234).	Helicos HeliScope HiSeq X Five Illumina NovaSeq 6000	5
EGAD50000000156	This dataset contains DNA methylation data and gut microbiome profiles derived from tumor biopsies, matched blood samples, and stool samples collected from 200 Swedish participants (150 colorectal cancer patients and 50 healthy controls) between 2020 and 2023. For DNA methylation profiling, genomic DNA was extracted from tumor tissues and blood samples using the Qiagen AllPrep DNA/RNA Kit and analyzed with the Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC BeadChip. This approach captures more than 850,000 methylation sites across the genome. In parallel, stool samples were collected prior to treatment, and microbial DNA was extracted using the Qiagen QIAamp Fast DNA Stool Kit. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed on the Illumina MiSeq platform to characterize the gut microbiome composition in patients and controls. The resulting dataset includes: Methylation array data in IDAT format (~120 GB total) Normalized methylation matrices in CSV format (~15 GB) 16S rRNA microbiome data in FASTQ format (~250 GB total) Microbiome abundance tables in TSV format (~2 GB) All data are stored in FEGA Sweden under controlled access, and access requests will be reviewed by the Lund University RDO as the data controller. Ethical approval was obtained from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (Dnr: 2023-04567).	Helicos HeliScope HiSeq X Five Illumina NovaSeq 6000	5

Publications	Citations
Denpasar Declaration on Population and Development. Ministerial Meeting on Population of the Non-Aligned Movement (1993: Bali). Integration None: 1994 27-29	5

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