instructions. After RNA extraction, all quantitation and microarray experiments were performed at
the UCLA Department of Pathology Clinical Microarray Core Laboratory. RNA integrity was analyzed
using an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA). RNA purity and
concentration was determined using a Nanodrop 8000 (Nanodrop Products, Wilmington, DE). Microarray
targets were generated using FL-Ovation cDNA Biotin Module V2 (NuGen Technologies, San Carlos, CA)
and then hybridized to the Affymetrix Gene Chip U133Plus 2.0 Array (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA),
all according to the manufacturer's instructions. The arrays were washed and stained with
streptavidin phycoerythrin in Affymetrix GeneChip protocol, and then scanned using an Affymetrix
GeneChip Scanner 3000.