Expression data of ascites treated peritoneal carcinomatosis human cell lines

Characterizations of ascites proteome from ovarian PC and gastric PC have demonstrated that ascites contains elevated pro-tumorigenic factors. Reasoning that the composition of ascitic fluid might offer insight into the memory of key biological events occurring intra-abdominally, we hypothesized that paracrine factors essential for survival and growth of peritoneal deposits are secreted into and circulate within ascitic fluid. Our data from cytokine array profile suggest that ascites contains biologically active ligands capable of supporting cellular functions of cancer cells. To decipher downstream signalling pathways activated in cancer cells when exposed to ascites, we performed gene expression analysis of Colo-205 and SNU-C1 cells upon exposure to PC ascites. Ascites treated peritoneal carcinomatosis cell lines (SNUC1 and COLO205) were subjected to patient derived cell free ascites (CFA) of varying concentrations.