Human fetal neuroblast and neuroblastoma transcriptome analysis confirms neuroblast origin and highlights neuroblastoma candidate genes

Katleen De Preter^{* 1} , Jo Vandesompele^{* 1} , Pierre Heimann² , Nurten Yigit¹ , Siv Beckman³ , Alexander Schramm⁴ , Angelika Eggert⁴ , Raymond L Stallings⁵ , Yves Benoit⁶ , Marleen Renard⁷ , Anne De Paepe¹ , Geneviève Laureys⁶ , Sven Påhlman³ and Frank Speleman¹

¹Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

²Department of Medical Genetics, University Hospital Erasme, Lenniksebaan, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium

³Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, University Hospital MAS, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden

⁴Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Essen, Hufelandstr, Essen 45122, Germany

⁵Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7784, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA

⁶Department of Pediatrics, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

⁷Department of Pediatrics, UZ Gasthuisberg, Herestraat, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium