Transcriptome analysis of melanoma cells stably expressing BMP6

Molecular function of BMPs in metastatic melanoma progression is undefined. The goal of this study is to identify BMP6-activated gene signaturs associated with metastatic progresses in human cutaneous melanoma. Transcriptome profiles (RNA-seq) of three melanoma cell lines (WM1341D, WM983B, and 1205Lu) stably expressing BMP6 and coressponding control cells were generated by deep sequencing using illumona HiSeq and mapped more than 30 million sequencing reads per sample to the human genome (build Hg19). Gene signatures down-regulated by BMP6 are mostly associated with extracellular matrix organization and growth factor binding, suggesting a metastasis-suppressive role of BMP6 in melanoma. Overall design: Genome-wide RNA profiles of BMP6-overexpressing human cutaneous melanoma cell lines and corresponding control cells