... Role for Aberrant CpG Island Methylation in the Evolution and Progression of Breast Cancer: Characterization of Known Genes and Identification of ...

... Role for Aberrant CpG Island Methylation in the Evolution and Progression of Breast Cancer: Characterization of Known Genes and Identification of ...

The invention is directed to a method of diagnosing a cell proliferative disorder of breast tissue by determining the methylation status of nucleic acids obtained from a subject. Aberrant methylation of several genes including TWIST, HOXA5, NES-1, retinoi...

... have identified five genes namely APC, Cyclin D2, RARbeta, RASSFlA and TMSl, that are frequently methylated in tumors. Methylation analysis of ...

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... The main objective of this study is to develop a serum-based test for prostate cancer using DNA methylation of one or more candidate genes to ...

Aberrant DNA methylation of promoter region CpG islands is associated with gene silencing and serves as an alternative to mutations in the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes in human cancers. Our lab has identified novel gene, TMS1, that is aberrantly...

This study evaluates the incidence and prognostic impact of aberrant methylation of 25 tumor suppressor genes in 40 patients with RARS, a MDS subtype, by methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) assay. Methylation of at least one gene ...

Endometrial cancer is the most commonly diagnosed gynecological cancer, and it has been shown to be a complex disease driven by abnormal genetic, and epigenetic alterations, as well as environmental factors. Epigenetic changes resulting in aberrant gene expression are dynamic and modifiable features of many cancer types. A significant epigenetic change is ...

Endometrial cancer is the most commonly diagnosed gynecological cancer, and it has been shown to be a complex disease driven by abnormal genetic, and epigenetic alterations, as well as environmental factors. Epigenetic changes resulting in aberrant gene expression are dynamic and modifiable features of many cancer types. A significant epigenetic change is ...

Aberrant DNA methylation of promoter region CpG islands is associated with gene silencing and serves as an alternative to mutations in the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes in human cancers. We identified a gene TMS1 (for Target of Methylation-mediat...

CpG island methylation is an epigenetic modification of DNA associated with the silencing of gene transcription. The hypothesis of this proposal is that breast cancers develop along different pathways, some involving aberrant CpG island methylation for ge...

CpG island methylation is an epigenetic modification of DNA associated with the silencing of gene transcription. The hypothesis of this proposal is that breast cancers develop along different pathways, some involving aberrant CpG island methylation for ge...

Aberrant methylation in the promoter region of cancer-related genes leads to gene transcriptional inactivation and plays an integral role in lung tumorigenesis. Recent studies demonstrated that promoter methylation was detected not only in lung tumors from patients with lung canc...

Glutathiaone-s-transferase (GST)-Pi gene is frequently methylated in prostate cancer and recent evidence has linked aberrant expression of this gene with the development of prostatic adenocarcinomas (PACs). The main purpose of this study is to evaluate GS...

In Vivo Induction of Chromosome Instability and Aberrant Patterns of DNA Methylation in Hemapoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells by Heavy Ions ...

... CpG island methylation status and mutation analysis of the RB 1 gene essential ... B samples from cervical cancer (6 of 12) and liver cancer (1 of 2) S ...

... association between SNCG protein expression in primary ... sequencing and methylation-specific PCR assays, we ... CpG island of SNCG gene in every ...

... of a CpG island located in the exon 1 of BCSGl gene in a panel of breast tumor-derived cell lines to determine whether DNA methylation plays a ...

In this study, we examined aberrant methylation of the E-cadherin, estrogen receptor, RB1 , p16, p15, p14, and MGMT genes by the methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction method in 101 gastric carcinomas. Hypermethylation was detected in E-cadherin, estrogen receptor, RB1, p16, p14, p15, and MGMT at the rates ...

Mouse models of intestinal tumors have advanced our understanding of the role of gene mutations in colorectal malignancy. However, the utility of these systems for studying the role of epigenetic alterations in intestinal neoplasms remains to be defined. Consequently, we assessed the role of aberrant DNA methylation in the azoxymethane ...

Mouse models of intestinal tumors have advanced our understanding of the role of gene mutations in colorectal malignancy. However, the utility of these systems for studying the role of epigenetic alterations in intestinal neoplasms remains to be defined. Consequently, we assessed the role of aberrant DNA methylation in the azoxymethane ...

Aberrant promoter hypermethylation is frequently observed in cancer. The potential for this mechanism to contribute to tumor development depends on whether the genes affected are repressed because of their methylation. Many aberrantly methylated genes play important roles ...

Aberrant promoter hypermethylation is frequently observed in cancer. The potential for this mechanism to contribute to tumor development depends on whether the genes affected are repressed because of their methylation. Many aberrantly methylated genes play important roles ...

leukemia in Northern California. We measured DNA methylation in the promoter region of the FHIT gene in 190 of the FHIT gene, and methylation in this region correlates with loss of FHIT expression. To test whether aberrant methylation of the FHIT gene ...

It is now clear that aberrant DNA methylation observed in cancer cells is not restricted to a few CpG islands, but affects multiple loci. When this epigenetic event occurs at the 5-end of the regulatory region of genes, it is frequently associated with tr...

The review considers the epigenetic defects and their diagnostics in several hereditary disorders and tumors. Aberrant methylation of the promoter or regulatory region of a gene results in its functional inactivation, which is phenotypically similar to structural deletion. Screening tests were developed for Prader-Willi, Angelman, ...

AbstractThe maspin gene functions as a tumor suppressor in human breasts, and its expression is frequently lost during breast cancer progression. In vitro models of human breast cancer indicate that the loss of maspin expression is closely linked to aberrant methylation of the maspin promoter. We conducted a study on 30 archival ductal ...

Aberrant DNA methylation is deeply involved in various human disorders. Contrary to our initial expectation, aberrant methylation is now known to possess several unique characteristics different from mutations, including target gene specificity. Specific cancers have ...

Aims The purpose of this study was to compare the DNA-methylation signature in classic chronic Philadelphia negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), polycythaemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythaemia (ET), in order to obtain a global insight into DNA-methylation changes associated with these malignancies. Methods Thirty-five MPN samples from 11 ET ...

INTRODUCTION: This study examined the contribution of promoter hypermethylation to the pathogenesis of respiratory papillomatosis (RP), including recurrences (RRP) and progression to squamous cell carcinoma (SSC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort of 25 laryngeal papilloma cases included 21 RRP, two of which progressed to SCC. Aberrant ...

Methylation profile was analyzed in 10 childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and nine adult ALL cases. Four genes (p15, p16, RARbeta, FHIT) had methylation in both diseases, four genes (p14, Rb, MLH1, DAPK) showed no methylation in both diseases, and the two genes ...

Malignant Melanoma remains one of the most deadly human cancers with no effective cures for metastatic disease. The poor efficacy of current therapy in advanced melanoma highlights the need for better understanding of molecular mechanisms contributing to the disease. Recent work has shown that epigenetic changes, including aberrant DNA methylation, lead to ...

DNA methylation of coding regions, known as gene body methylation, is conserved across eukaryotic lineages. The function of body methylation is not known, but it may either prevent aberrant expression from intragenic promoters or enhance the accuracy of splicing. Given these putative functions, ...

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is a common cancer, and its prognosis has not changed during the last decades. Detection of the disease at an early stage is crucial for successful treatment, as early diagnosis can significantly increase the survival rate. Methylation of tumor suppressor genes is an early event in cancer responsible for incorrect ...

A molecular marker-based method for monitoring and detecting cancer in humans. Aberrant methylation of gene promoters is a marker for cancer risk in humans. A two-stage, or "nested" polymerase chain reaction method is disclosed for detecting methylated DNA sequences at sufficiently high levels of sensitivity to ...

DNA methylation patterns are often altered in human cancer and aberrant methylation is considered a hallmark of malignant transformation. Several methods have been developed for the characterization of gene-specific and genome-wide DNA methylation patterns. In this chapter, we describe the ...

Human cancer cells frequently have regions of their DNA hypermethylated, which results in transcriptional silencing of affected genes and promotion of tumor formation. However, it is still unknown whether cancer-associated aberrant DNA methylation is targeted to specific genomic regions, whether this methylation ...

... Accession Number : ADA438496. Title : Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk by Aberrant Methylation in Mammary Duct Lavage. ...

. Epigenetic variation illustrated by DNA methylation patterns of the fragile-X gene, FMR1, submitted/pI6IMTS1 gene is frequently associated with aberrant DNA methylation in all common human cancers demonstrate that the methylation assay can be performed on 2 ug ofDNA ...

Epigenetic genome modifications such as DNA methylation appear to be involved in various diseases. Here, we suggest that the levels of DNA methylation at the BssHII methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme sites in the human REELIN (RELN) gene in the forebrain vary among individuals. Interestingly, although a ...

The relationship of aberrant DNA hypermethylation of cell cycle checkpoint genes with the sensitivity of cancer cells to anticancer drugs is a question of current interest. In this study, we investigated the relationship between aberrant hypermethylation of the CHFR (checkpoint with forkhead-associated and ring finger) mitotic ...

There is compelling evidence to support the importance of DNA methylation alterations in cancer development. Both losses and gains of DNA methylation are observed, thought to contribute pathophysiologically by inactivating tumor suppressor genes, inducing chromosomal instability and ectopically activating gene ...

Cancer is fundamentally a genetic and epigenetic disease that requires the accumulation of genomic alterations that inactivate tumor suppressors and activate proto-oncogenes. In addition to genetic mutation or allelic loss, epigenetic gene silencing associated with DNA methylation is now recognized as an alternative mechanism by which tumor suppressor ...

Runx3 and CHFR genes were defined as tumor suppressor genes in gastric cancer (GC) recently. This paper was to investigate the roles of methylation and expression status of Runx3 and CHFR genes in GC patients. Methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP) and bisulfite DNA sequencing ...

The global rise in lung cancer burden, together with its poor survival and resistance to classical chemotherapy underscores the need for identification of critical molecular events involved in lung carcinogenesis. Here, we have applied quantitative profiling of DNA methylation states in a panel of five cancer-associated genes (CDH1, CDKN2A, GSTP1, MTHFR ...

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) are clonal hematologic disorders that frequently represent an intermediate disease stage before progression to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). As such, study of MDS/AML can provide insight into the mechanisms of neoplastic evolution. In 184 patients with MDS and AML, DNA methylation microarray and high-density single nucleotide polymorphism array ...

BackgroundN-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) act as tumor suppressors of digestive malignancies. The expression and genetic methylation patterns of NMDAR2B in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are unknown.MethodsThe relationship between gene methylation and expression of NMDAR2B was analyzed in NSCLC cell ...

Disruption of apoptosis is considered as an important factor aiding tumorigenesis, and aberrant DNA methylation of apoptosis-associated genes could be an important and significant mechanism through which tumor cells avoid apoptosis. However, little is known about (1) the impact of methylation status of ...

The basic hypothesis of this project is that aberrant cytosine methylation of the BRCA-1 CpG island promoter is a mechanism of BRCA-1 gene inactivation in sporadic human breast cancer. To test this hypothesis, archived frozen human breast cancer specimens...

The overall objective of this research was to identify genes that are aberrantly methylated in epithelial ovarian cancer. Our approach was to treat or mock treat primary normal or tumor cultured cells with drugs that inhibit DNA methyltransferase activity...

Methylation of CpG islands is associated with transcriptional repression and, in cancer, leads to the abnormal silencing of tumor suppressor genes. We have developed a novel technique for detecting CpG-methylated DNA termed methyl-binding (MB)-PCR. This technique utilizes a recombinant protein with high affinity ...

Endometriosis, a common, benign, estrogen-dependent disease affecting 3-10% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue that is found primarily in the peritoneum, ovaries and rectovaginal septum. Recently, endometriosis has been alternatively described as an immune disease, a genetic disease and a disease caused by exposure to environmental factors, ...

In Down's syndrome there is evidence that increased gene expression coding for specific cystathionine beta-synthase translates directly into biochemical aberrations, which result in a biochemical and metabolic imbalance of the methyl status. This event is destined to impact mitochondrial function since methylation ...

Epigenetic events have emerged as key mechanisms in the regulation of critical biological processes and in the development of a wide variety of human malignancies, including gastric cancer (GC), however precise gene targets of aberrant DNA methylation in GC remain largely unknown. Here, we have combined pyrosequencing-based ...

Methylation in the promoter region of many genes is involved in regulating gene expression patterns. Using the Illumina GoldenGate(�) methylation assay, we examined the methylation status of 1505 CpG-sites from 807 genes in 32 samples from patients with acute myeloid ...

The important role of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) as a tumor suppressor in solid tumors has been revealed in several studies. Interestingly, in a recent study IGFBP7 was also shown to be aberrantly expressed in acute leukemia. Moreover, in acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), high IGFBP7 expression predicts primary therapy resistance. In order to ...

Aberrant DNA methylation participates in carcinogenesis and is a molecular hallmark of a tumor cell. Tumor cells generally exhibit a redistribution of DNA methylation resulting in global hypomethylation with regional hypermethylation; however, the speed in which these changes emerge has not been fully elucidated and may depend on the ...

Aberrant DNA methylation participates in carcinogenesis and is a molecular hallmark of a tumor cell. Tumor cells generally exhibit a redistribution of DNA methylation resulting in global hypomethylation with regional hypermethylation; however, the speed in which these changes emerge has not been fully elucidated and may depend on the ...

Aberrant methylation of the promoter CpG island of human genes is an alternative gene inactivation mechanism that contributes to the carcinogenesis of human tumours. We have determined the methylation status of the CpG island of 11 tumour-related genes (RB1, p14ARF, ...

Lung cancer is a major cause of cancer-related mortality in both men and women. A 5-year survival of lung cancer patients is only 15% with a negative correlation between progressively advanced lung cancer stage and a 5-year survival period. The only chance for cure is surgical resection if done at the early stage of the disease. Therefore, an early diagnosis and a better prediction of prognosis ...

The aberrant methylation of cytosine residues in the promoter region of growth regulatory genes is now widely recognized as an additional mechanism for gene inactivation in cancer cells. In this study we analyzed the methylation status of four growth regulatory genes (p16, ...

The epigenetic impact of DNA methylation in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is not completely understood. To elucidate its role we analyzed 120 patients with CML for methylation of promoter-associated CpG islands of 10 genes. Five genes were identified by DNA methylation screening in the ...

Methylation profile was analyzed in nine cases of relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) for p14, p15, p16, Rb, MGMT, APC, hMLH1, RARbeta, RIZ, DAPK, and FHIT genes by using methylation specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP) analysis. Frequency of methylation in each gene was: ...

Many genes undergo aberrant methylation in human cancers, and microarray platforms enable more comprehensive profiling of aberrant DNA methylation patterns.Results1,010 of 87,922 probes on the 88 K promoter array (606 genes) had a higher signal (log₂ ...

De novo methylation of the 5'CpG island has been recently reported as an alternative mechanism of inactivation for the tumour suppressor genes CDKN2A and CDKN2B. We examined CDKN2A methylation status at diagnosis in 42 B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) patients, in 19 cases the CDKN2B methylation status ...

AIM: To investigate the aberrant methylation of CHFR promoter in human gastric cancer (GC) and its impact on the expression of CHFR mRNA and protein, as well as its correlation with clinical and histological features of human GC.METHODS: Methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSPCR) was used to detect the ...

In the present study the role of tumour suppressor genes (TSGs) hypermethylation and genetic instability of LOH/MSI type in thyroid tumorigenesis was assessed. Expression, methylation status and presence of LOH/MSI were analyzed for 8 TSGs selected from imprinted (IR) and non-imprinted (NIR) chromosomal regions in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) and ...

BACKGROUNDAberrant promoter methylation of selective tumor suppressor genes has been detected in squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) and invasive cervical cancer. Identification of methylation profiles of genes that can distinguish high-grade SIL (HSIL) from low-grade SIL (LSIL), and cytologically negative for ...

Male factor infertility has been associated with abnormal DNA methylation at imprinted genes. Little information is available on the status of imprinting in the sperm of men with azoospermia, including the association between aberrant imprinting and obstructive azoospermia (OA) or non-OA (NOA). Analysis of DNA ...

Improvements in epigenetics have resulted in identification of a number of genes with aberrant hypermethylation associated with systematic occurrence of cancer. It is now evident that aberrant hypermethylation inactivates cancer-related genes including those associated with cell cycle control, apoptosis, and DNA ...

The p16{sup INK4a} (p16) tumor suppressor gene is frequently inactivated by homozygous deletion or methylation of the 5{prime} CpG island in cell lines derived from human non-small-cell lung cancers. However, the frequency of dysfunction in primary tumors appears to be significantly lower than that in cell lines. This discordance could result from the ...

Aberrant DNA methylation is deeply involved in the development and progression of human breast cancers, but its inducers and molecular mechanisms are still unclear. To reveal such inducers and clarify the molecular mechanisms, animal models are indispensable. Here, to identify genes silenced by promoter DNA ...

IntroductionFemale germline BRCA gene mutation carriers are at increased risk for developing breast cancer. The purpose of our study was to establish whether healthy BRCA mutation carriers demonstrate an increased frequency of aberrant gene promoter hypermethylation in ductal lavage (DL) fluid, compared with predictive genetic test ...

SummaryAberrant methylation in the promoter region of cancer-related genes leads to gene transcriptional inactivation and plays an integral role in lung tumorigenesis. Recent studies demonstrated that promoter methylation was detected not only in lung tumors from patients with lung cancer but ...

Constitutive activation of the Wnt signaling pathway is a common feature of solid tumors and contributes to uncontrolled cell-growth and impaired differentiation. We hypothesized that gene silencing mediated through aberrant promoter methylation of upstream Wnt antagonist genes might result in beta-catenin ...

Several epidemiological studies on ataxia-telangiectasia families indicate that obligate ATM heterozygotes display an elevated risk for developing breast cancer. However, a molecular basis for a potential link between diminished ATM function and sporadic breast malignancy remains elusive. Here, we show that 78% (18 out of a panel of 23) of surgically removed breast tumors (stage II or greater) ...

A relationship between inactivation of mitotic checkpoint genes and sensitivity of cancer cells to anticancer agents has been reported. We investigated the effect of epigenetic inactivation by aberrant hypermethylation of the mitotic checkpoint gene CHFR (checkpoint with forkhead and ring finger) on the sensitivity of cervical cancer ...

We recently discovered that aberrant gene methylation occurs in the stroma and endothelium adjacent to tumor epithelium in prostate cancer patients. This suggests that epigenetic changes such as gene hypermethylation may play a role in the tumor microenvironment. These findings have implications for prostate cancer ...

A genome-wide screening study for identification of hypermethylated genes in invasive cervical cancer (ICC) was carried out to augment our previously discovered panel of three genes found to be useful for detection of ICC and its precursor neoplasia. Putatively hypermethylated and silenced genes were reactivated in four ICC cell lines ...

DNA methylation patterns are frequently dysregulated in cancer, although little is known of the mechanisms through which specific gene sets become aberrantly methylated. The ecotropic viral integration site 1 (EVI1) locus encodes a DNA binding zinc-finger transcription factor that is aberrantly ...

SummaryHuman cancer genomes are characterized by widespread aberrations in DNA methylation patterns including DNA hypomethylation of mostly repetitive sequences and hypermethylation of numerous CpG islands. The analysis of DNA methylation patterns in cancer has progressed from single gene studies examining ...

Objective: Uterine leiomyoma are very common benign tumors in women of reproductive age. However, the molecular mechanisms of cause and development of these tumors are poorly understood. This study attempts to examine whether or not aberrant DNA methylation occurred in these tumors. Methods: We carried out a genome-wide screen for ...

PurposeAberrant promoter hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes is a promising marker for lung cancer detection. We investigated the likelihood of detecting aberrant DNA methylation of tumor suppressor genes, in plasma samples of patients with abnormalities of the lung detected upon ...

Aberrant methylation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene promoter occurs in about 40% of breast tumours and has been correlated with reduced APC protein levels. To what extent epigenetic alterations of the APC gene may differ according to specific breast cancer phenotypes, remains to be elucidated. Our aim ...

We have used a gene expression array-based strategy to identify the methylation of tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI2), a potential tumor suppressor gene, as a frequent event in human colorectal cancers (CRC). TFPI2 belongs to the recently described group of embryonic cell Polycomb group (PcG)-marked genes ...

We have used a gene expression array�based strategy to identify the methylation of tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI2), a potential tumor suppressor gene, as a frequent event in human colorectal cancers (CRC). TFPI2 belongs to the recently described group of embryonic cell Polycomb group (PcG)�marked ...

Aberrant hypermethylation of gene promoter regions is one of the mechanisms for inactivation of tumour suppressor genes in many human cancers including breast carcinoma. In the current study, we aimed to assess by MSP, the methylation pattern of two cancer-related genes involved in DNA repair: ...

Recent studies have shown that promoter hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes is an important factor in carcinogenesis of several human organs. The purpose of this study was to examine the methylation status of CHFR, a novel cell cycle regulatory gene, in both primary oral cancer tumors and the adjacent normal mucosa, and to ...

A higher prevalence of epigenetic inactivation of tumor suppressor genes has been reported in cancer cell line populations compared to primary cancer populations. Cancer-related genes are commonly methylated in cancer cell lines but it is not known the extent to which tumor suppressor genes may be artificially ...

Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable hematological malignancy. Different studies demonstrated the occurrence of genetic and epigenetic alterations in MM. The aberrant methylation is one of the most frequent epigenetic alterations in human genome. This study evaluated the aberrant methylation status of 20 ...

Epigenetic chromatin remodeling, including reversible histone methylation, regulates gene transcription in brain development and synaptic plasticity. Aberrant chromatin modifications due to mutant chromatin enzymes or chemical exposures have been associated with neurological or psychiatric disorders such as mental retardation, ...

Epigenetic chromatin remodeling, including reversible histone methylation, regulates gene transcription in brain development and synaptic plasticity. Aberrant chromatin modifications due to mutant chromatin enzymes or chemical exposures have been associated with neurological or psychiatric disorders such as mental retardation, ...

Aberrant methylation of promoter CpG islands in human genes represents an alternative mechanism for genetic inactivation, and contributes to the development of human tumors. Nevertheless, thus far, few reports have analyzed methylation in ependymomas. We determined the frequency of aberrant CpG ...

Alcohol exposure during development can cause variable neurofacial deficit and growth retardation known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The mechanism underlying FASD is not fully understood. However, alcohol, which is known to affect methyl donor metabolism, may induce aberrant epigenetic changes contributing to FASD. Using a tightly controlled ...

Epigenetic aberrations, including DNA methylation, histone modifications, and micro-RNA dysregulation, are now well established in the development and progression of ovarian cancer, and their gradual accumulation is associated with advancing disease stage and grade. Epigenetic aberrations are relatively stable, associated with distinct ...

PurposeThe aims of our study were to elucidate the role of methylation of a large panel of genes during multistage pathogenesis of bladder cancer and to correlate our findings with patient age and other clinicopathologic features.Experimental DesignWe studied the methylation status of 21 genes by quantitative ...

The p16INK4a (p16) tumor suppressor gene is frequently inactivated by homozygous deletion or methylation of the 5' CpG island in cell lines derived from human non-small-cell lung cancers. However, the frequency of dysfunction in primary tumors appears to be significantly lower than that in cell lines. This discordance could result from the occurrence or ...

The p16INK4a (p16) tumor suppressor gene is frequently inactivated by homozygous deletion or methylation of the 5' CpG island in cell lines derived from human non-small-cell lung cancers. However, the frequency of dysfunction in primary tumors appears to be significantly lower than that in cell lines. This discordance could result from the occurrence or ...

Methylation of CpG islands within the DNA promoter regions is one mechanism that leads to aberrant gene expression in cancer. In particular, the abnormal methylation of CpG islands may silence associated genes. Therefore, using high-throughput microarrays to measure CpG island ...

The methylation status of the cell cycle control gene RB1 has been studied in placental tissues of spontaneous abortions of the first trimester of pregnancy with mosaic variants of numerical chromosomal abnormalities verified by a molecular genetic examination. Aberrant methylation of the gene ...

The aberrant methylation of promoter CpG islands is known to be a major inactivation mechanism of tumor-related genes, which plays a crucial role in the progression of silencing in human cancers including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Thus, we sought to examine the promoter methylation status of five important ...

Heritable germline epimutations in MSH2 have been reported in a small number of Lynch Syndrome families which lacked germline mutations in the MSH2 gene. It is not known whether somatic MSH2 methylation occurs in MSH2 mutation-positive Lynch Syndrome subjects or sporadic colorectal cancers (CRCs). Therefore, we determined the ...

BackgroundCancer cells undergo massive alterations to their DNA methylation patterns that result in aberrant gene expression and malignant phenotypes. However, the mechanisms that underlie methylome changes are not well understood nor is the genomic distribution of DNA methylation changes well ...

Multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations are known to be involved in the carcinogenesis of peripheral pulmonary adenocarcinoma (ADC). However, epigenetic abnormalities have not been extensively investigated in the following multistage progression sequence: atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH) to adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), to invasive ADC. To determine the potential role of promoter ...

Gene silencing by methylation of promoter CpG islands is deeply involved in cancers, but its involvement in polyclonal disorders is still unclear. Here, we analyzed the presence of gene silencing in intestinal metaplasia (IM) of the stomach, a polyclonal disorder, in which multiple gastric glands aberrantly ...

Aberrant methylation of gene promoters and corresponding loss of gene expression plays a critical role in the initiation and progression of colorectal cancer. An IL-6-type cytokine receptor, leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR), is a component of cell-surface receptor complexes for multifunctional cytokines ...

BackgroundLong-term gene silencing throughout cell division is generally achieved by DNA methylation and other epigenetic processes. Aberrant DNA methylation is now widely recognized to be associated with cancer and other human diseases. Here we addressed the contribution of the multifunctional nuclear factor CTCF ...

BackgroundWnt inhibitory factor-1(WIF-1) acts as a Wnt-antagonists and tumor suppressor, but hypermethylation of WIF-1 gene promoter and low expression activate Wnt signaling aberrantly and induce the development of various human tumors. With this work we intended to investigate the expression and promoter methylation status of WIF-1 ...

DNA methylation is one of the most important heritable epigenetic modifications of the genome and is involved in the regulation of many cellular processes. Aberrant DNA methylation has been frequently reported to influence gene expression and subsequently cause various human diseases, including cancer. Recent rapid ...

We performed methylation specific PCR analysis on the RIZ1 promoter in MDS and AML. Methylation was detected in 17 of 34 MDS (50%) and 22 of 72 AML (31%) (p=0.053). Methylation was detected in eleven of 17 secondary AML from MDS (65%), and eleven of 55 de novo AML (20%) (p=0.0005). Bisulfite sequence revealed ...

We analysed 42 high-grade CIN or CIN3 samples, 42 nondysplasia tissues adjacent to CIN3. 35 smears from women without gynecological pathology were also evaluated. Methylation status of six genes (p16, MLH1, HIC1, MGMT, N33 and RB1) was determined using methylation-sensitive PCR. There is some insignificant level of ...

Methylation profile was analyzed in ninety-five patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Methylation of both MGMT and p16 genes were associated with higher age (p=0.01 and p=0.03, respectively). Methylation of both p15 and SHP1 genes occurred more frequently in T-ALL than in ...

Human cancer cells typically harbour multiple chromosomal aberrations, nucleotide substitutions and epigenetic modifications that drive malignant transformation. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) pilot project aims to assess the value of large-scale multi-dimensional analysis of these molecular characteristics in human cancer and to provide the data rapidly to the research ...

Human cancer cells typically harbor multiple chromosomal aberrations, nucleotide substitutions and epigenetic modifications that drive malignant transformation. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) pilot project aims to assess the value of large-scale multidimensional analysis of these molecular characteristics in human cancer and to provide the data rapidly to the research ...

A catalogue of molecular aberrations that cause ovarian cancer is critical for developing and deploying therapies that will improve patients' lives. The Cancer Genome Atlas project has analysed messenger RNA expression, microRNA expression, promoter methylation and DNA copy number in 489 high-grade serous ovarian adenocarcinomas and the DNA sequences of ...

DNA and histone methylation are epigenetic modifications functioning in transcriptional control and have been implicated in the deregulation of gene expression in cancer. As a first step to determine if histone methylation could be involved in testis cancer pathogenesis, we performed immunofluorescent localization of histone H3 ...

Background and aims The majority of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) have KIT mutations; however, epigenetic abnormalities that could conceivably potentiate the aggressiveness of GISTs are largely unidentified. Our aim was to establish epigenetic profiles associated with the malignant transformation of GISTs. Methods Methylation of four tumor suppressor ...

Aberrant DNA methylation is common in carcinogenesis. The typical pattern appears to involve reduced expression of maintenance DNA methyltransferase, DNMT1, inducing genomic hypomethylation, whereas increased expression of de novo DNMT3a or 3b causes gene-specific hypermethylation. During cadmium-in...

Global loss of DNA methylation and locus/gene-specific gain of DNA methylation are two distinct hallmarks of carcinogenesis. Aberrant DNA methylation is implicated in smoking-related lung cancer. In this study, we have comprehensively investigated the modulation of DNA ...

The simian polyoma virus SV40 has been detected in specific human tumors including non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, although a causative role for the virus has not been convincingly demonstrated. Aberrant methylation of CpG islands in promoter regions is a frequent method of silencing tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) in cancers and may be induced ...

BackgroundDNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification of the genome. Abnormal DNA methylation may result in silencing of tumor suppressor genes and is common in a variety of human cancer cells. As more epigenetics research is published electronically, it is desirable to extract relevant information from biological ...

Increasing evidence shows aberrant hypermethylation of genes occurring in and potentially contributing to pathogenesis of myeloid malignancies. Several of these diseases, such as myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs), are responsive to DNA methyltransferase inhibitors. To determine the extent of promoter hypermethylation in such tumors, we compared the ...

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a mostly incurable malignancy arising from naive B cells (NBCs) in the mantle zone of lymph nodes. We analyzed genomewide methylation in MCL patients with the HELP (HpaII tiny fragment Enrichment by Ligation�mediated PCR) assay and found significant aberrancy in promoter methylation patterns compared ...

DNA methylation plays a crucial role in the regulation of gene expression and chromatin organization within normal eukaryotic cells. In cancer, however, global patterns of DNA methylation are altered with global hypomethylation of repeat-rich intergenic regions and hypermethylation of a subset of CpG-dense ...

Acquired drug resistance represents a frequent obstacle which hampers efficient chemotherapy of cancers. The contribution of aberrant DNA methylation to the development of drug resistant tumor cells has gained increasing attention over the past decades. Hence, the objective of the presented study was to characterize DNA methylation ...

The epigenetic changes in pituitary adenomas were identified by evaluating the methylation status of nine genes (RB1, p14(ARF), p16(INK4a), p73, TIMP-3, MGMT, DAPK, THBS1 and caspase-8) in a series of 35 tumours using methylation-specific PCR analysis plus sequencing. The series included non-functional adenomas (n=23), prolactinomas ...

Aberrant gene methylation is frequently observed in various cancers and plays an important role in carcinogenesis, cancer progression and drug responsiveness. The aim of this study is to identify colorectal cancer specific gene methylation determining chemosensitivity to S-1/CPT-11 therapy. The ...

Epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation and histone modifications drive stable, clonally propagated changes in genes expression and can therefore serve as molecular mediators of pathway dysfunction in neoplasia. MDS is characterized by frequent epigenetic abnormalities, including the hypermethylation of genes that control ...

DNA methylation in gene promoter regions influences gene expression. Circadian clock genes play an important role in the formation of a biological clock and aberrant methylation of these genes contributes to several disorders. In this study, we examined ...

Aberrant promoter hypermethylation is one of the major mechanisms in carcinogenesis and some critical growth regulatory genes have shown commonality in methylation across solid tumors. Twenty-six genes, 14 identified through methylation in colon and breast cancers, were evaluated using primary ...

Our previous studies revealed a variety of genetic changes in lung cancers from chromate-exposed workers (chromate lung cancer). In the present study, we examined epigenetic changes in chromate lung cancers. Nested-methylation-specific PCR was employed in studying the methylation of CpG islands in the APC, MGMT, hMLH1 genes in 36 ...

Our previous studies revealed a variety of genetic changes in lung cancers from chromate-exposed workers (chromate lung cancer). In the present study, we examined epigenetic changes in chromate lung cancers. Nested-methylation-specific PCR was employed in studying the methylation of CpG islands in the APC, MGMT, hMLH1 genes in 36 ...

Methylation of cytosines (^mC) is essential for epigenetic gene regulation in plants and mammals. Aberrant ^mC patterns are associated with heritable developmental abnormalities in plants and with cancer in mammals. We have developed a genome-wide DNA methylation ...

Transposable elements are common in genomes and must be controlled. Many organisms use DNA methylation to silence such selfish DNA, but the mechanisms that restrict the methylation to appropriate regions are largely unknown. We identified a JmjC domain protein in Neurospora, DNA METHYLATION MODULATOR-1 (DMM-1), that prevents ...

Transposable elements are common in genomes and must be controlled. Many organisms use DNA methylation to silence such selfish DNA, but the mechanisms that restrict the methylation to appropriate regions are largely unknown. We identified a JmjC domain protein in Neurospora, DNA METHYLATION MODULATOR-1 (DMM-1), that prevents ...

The ?-galactoside-binding protein galectin-3 (gal-3) has pleitropic biological functions and has been implicated in cell growth, differentiation, adhesion, RNA processing, apoptosis, and malignant transformation. To investigate the pattern of inactivation of the gal-3 gene (LGALS3) in colorectal cancers (CRC), we studied a series of Tunisian patients with CRC to identify ...

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer with 1,690 deaths each year. There are four main types of which the papillary and follicular types together account for >90% followed by medullary cancers with 3% to 5% and anaplastic carcinomas making up <3%. Epigenetic events of DNA hypermethylation are emerging as promising molecular targets for cancer detection. Our immediate and long ...

BackgroundIn the present study, we determined the gene hypermethylation profiles of normal tissues adjacent to invasive breast carcinomas and investigated whether these are associated with the gene hypermethylation profiles of the corresponding primary breast tumors.MethodsA quantitative methylation-specific PCR assay was used to ...

The aberrant methylation of the CpG island promoter regions acquired by tumor cells is one mechanism for loss of gene function. The high methylation rate for RB1 and death-associated protein-kinase gene (DAP-kinase) (60 and 90%, respectively) previously found in brain metastases suggests this ...

CpG island hypermethylation is frequently found during gastric carcinogenesis. We investigated methylation profiles of p16, LOX, HAND1, THBD, p41ARC, and APC along multistep gastric carcinogenesis and determined their association with Helicobacter pylori infection. Methylation levels in these six genes were evaluated in noncancerous ...

DNA methylation is an important component of epigenetic modifications, which influences the transcriptional machinery aberrant in many human diseases. In this study we present the first genome-wide integrative analysis of promoter methylation and gene expression for the identification of ...

The purpose of this research was to examine the DNA methylation profile of meningiomas. Accordingly, we examined the DNA methylation status of ten tumor-related genes (RB1, p16(INK4a), p73, MGMT, ER, DAPK, TIMP-3, p14(ARF), THBS1, and Caspase-8) in 98 meningiomas (68 grade I; 27 grade II; and 3 grade III samples) using ...

BackgroundChanges in DNA methylation of crucial cancer genes including tumor suppressors can occur early in carcinogenesis, being potentially important early indicators of cancer. The objective of this study was to examine a multiplexed approach to assess the methylation of tumor suppressor genes as tumor ...

... Promoter region methylation of Cyclin D2, APC, HIN1, RASSF1A, and RAR 2 was measured in NDL samples by quantitative methylation-specific ...

"Mutations" in the pattern of CpG methylation imprinting of the human genome have been correlated with a number of diseases including cancer. In particular, aberrant imprinting of tumor suppressor genes by gain of CpG methylation has been observed in many cancers and thus represents an important alternative pathway ...

Experiments using cancer cell lines have revealed that CHFR methylation correlates with sensitivity to microtubule inhibitors. However, this marker may not benefit actual clinical cases because it is difficult to detect CHFR methylation without surgically resected samples. Thus, a more easily accessible marker that correlates with sensitivity to ...

BackgroundAberrant promoter DNA methylation has been shown to play a role in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) pathophysiology. However, further studies to discuss the prognostic value and the relationship of the epigenetic signatures with defined genomic rearrangements in acute myeloid leukemia are required.Methodology/Principal FindingsWe carried out ...

Molecular markers of pancreatic neoplasia could aid in the evaluation of visible pancreatic lesions and indicate neoplasia invisible to imaging. We evaluated methylation-specific PCR (MSP) assays that detect aberrantly methylated DNA for their use as markers of pancreatic neoplasia. Methylation analysis was done on ...

The p16^INK4a (p16) tumor suppressor gene can be inactivated by promoter region hypermethylation in many tumor types including lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. We have determined the timing of this event in an animal model of lung carcinogenesis and in human squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). In the rat, 94% of ...

Background-Sporadic breast cancer like many other cancers is proposed to be a manifestation of abnormal genetic and epigenetic changes. For the past decade our laboratory has identified genes involved in DNA damage response (DDR), apoptosis and immunesurvelliance pathways to influence sporadic breast cancer risk in north Indian population. Further to enhance our knowledge at ...

Ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is the fourth leading cause of cancer death and is usually diagnosed late. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms are an increasingly recognized precursor to invasive ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Identifying the alterations in DNA methylation that arise during intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm development may facilitate ...

Ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is the fourth leading cause of cancer death and is usually diagnosed late. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms are an increasingly recognized precursor to invasive ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Identifying the alterations in DNA methylation that arise during intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm development may facilitate ...

The inactivation of tumor-related genes through the aberrant methylation of promoter CpG islands is thought to contribute to tumor initiation and progression. We therefore investigated promoter methylation events involved in cutaneous melanoma by screening 30 genes of interest for evidence of ...

DNA methylation plays critical roles in the development and differentiation of mammalian cells, and its dysregulation has been implicated in oncogenesis. This study was designed to determine whether DNA hypomethylation-associated aberrant gene expression is involved in adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) leukemogenesis. We isolated ...

BackgroundDNA methylation and histone acetylation are epigenetic modifications that act as regulators of gene expression. Aberrant epigenetic gene silencing in tumours is a frequent event, yet the factors which dictate which genes are targeted for inactivation are unknown. DNA ...

Aberrant DNA methylation, in particular promoter hypermethylation and transcriptional silencing of tumor suppressor genes, has an important role in the development of many human cancers, including renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Indeed, apart from mutations in the well studied von Hippel-Lindau gene (VHL), the mutation ...

Epigenetic mechanisms affecting chromatin structure contribute to regulate gene expression and assure the inheritance of information, which are essential for the proper expression of key regulatory genes in healthy cells, tissues and organs. In the medical field, an increasing body of evidence indicates that altered gene expression or ...

Epigenetic inactivation of tumor-suppressor genes, often in association with aberrant DNA methylation of CpG islands in the promoter region of these genes, is a key factor in tumorigenesis. CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha (CEBPA) methylation is a favorable prognostic biomarker for acute ...

Background:Testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT) is the most common malignant tumour in young males. Although aberrant DNA methylation is implicated in the pathophysiology of many cancers, only a limited number of genes are known to be epigenetically changed in TGCT. This report documents the genome-wide analysis of differential ...

BackgroundCancer cells display widespread changes in DNA methylation that may lead to genetic instability by global hypomethylation and aberrant silencing of tumor suppressor genes by focal hypermethylation. In turn, altered DNA methylation patterns have been used to identify putative tumor suppressor ...

DNA methylation plays an important role in regulating normal development and carcinogenesis. Current understanding of the biological roles of DNA methylation is limited to its role in the regulation of gene transcription, genomic imprinting, genomic stability, and X chromosome inactivation. In the past 2 decades, a large number of ...

BackgroundLung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Genetic and epigenetic alterations have been identified frequently in lung cancer, such as promoter methylation, gene mutations and genomic amplification. However, the interaction between genetic and epigenetic events and their significance in lung tumorigenesis remains poorly ...

Cancer is a pathology that is associated with aberrant gene expression and an altered metabolism. While changes in gene expression have historically been attributed to mutations, it has become apparent that epigenetic processes also play a critical role in controlling gene expression during carcinogenesis. Global ...

Promoter methylation is an important mechanism in gene silencing and is a key epigenetic event in cancer development. Homeobox A5 (HOXA5) is a master regulator of the morphogenesis and cell differentiation to be implicated as a tumor suppressor gene in breast cancer, but its role in lung cancer is still unknown. In this study, we have ...

BackgroundLung cancer is a major cause of death worldwide. Gene promoter methylation is a major inactivation mechanism of tumor-related genes, some of which can be served as a biomarker for early diagnosis and prognosis evaluation of lung cancer.MethodsWe determined the promoter methylation of 6 ...

BackgroundEpigenetic changes such as aberrant DNA methylation and histone modification have been shown to play an important role in the tumorigenesis of malignant melanoma.ObjectiveTo identify novel tumor-specific differentially methylated regions (DMRs) in human malignant melanoma.MethodsThe aberrant ...

BackgroundThere are several high throughput approaches to identify methylated genes in cancer. We utilized one such recently developed approach, MIRA (methylated-CpG island recovery assay) combined with CpG island arrays to identify novel genes that are epigenetically inactivated in breast cancer.ResultsUsing this ...

Genetic and epigenetic changes contribute to deregulation of gene expression and development of human cancer. Changes in DNA methylation are key epigenetic factors regulating gene expression and genomic stability. Recent progress in microarray technologies resulted in developments of high resolution platforms for profiling of genetic, ...

Hypermethylation at the promoter region is an important epigenetic mechanism underlying the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes and frequently occurs as an early event in the development of different types of cancer including colorectal carcinoma (CRC). The aim of the present study is the detection of methylation status for some tumor suppressor ...

The role of epigenetics and significance of aberrant gene regulation in etiology of cancer is a well-established phenomenon. The hallmark of cancer epigenetics is aberrant DNA methylation consisting of global hypomethylation and regional hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) by DNA ...

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Folic acid (FA) supplementation before and during pregnancy has been associated with decreased risk of neural tube defects although recent reports suggest it may also increase the risk of other chronic diseases. We evaluated exposure to maternal FA supplementation before and during pregnancy in relation to aberrant DNA methylation at two differentially ...

Folic acid (FA) supplementation before and during pregnancy has been associated with decreased risk of neural tube defects although recent reports suggest it may also increase the risk of other chronic diseases. We evaluated exposure to maternal FA supplementation before and during pregnancy in relation to aberrant DNA methylation at two differentially ...

Acute leukemias are characterized by recurring chromosomal aberrations and gene mutations which are critical to disease pathogenesis. It is now evident that epigenetic modifications including DNA methylation and histone modifications contribute significantly to the leukemogenic phenotype. An additional layer of epigenetic complexity is ...

The level of mutations (aberrations of chromosomes, gene mutations) and modifications (bilateral asymmetry of the leaves) induced with NG (N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitro-zoguanidine) and granozane, as well as with environmental pollutants have been studied on Vicia faba, Triticum aestivum, Arabidopsis thaliana, Ligustrum japonicum, Olea ...

Enzymes catalysing the methylation of the 5-position of cytosine (mC) have essential roles in regulating gene expression and maintaining cellular identity. Recently, TET1 was found to hydroxylate the methyl group of mC, converting it to 5-hydroxymethyl cytosine (hmC). Here we show that TET1 binds throughout the genome of embryonic stem ...

Aberrant promoter methylation is recognized as an important feature of breast carcinogenesis. We hypothesized that genetic variation of genes for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and methionine synthase (MTR), two critical enzymes in the one-carbon metabolism, may alter DNA methylation levels and thus ...

Uterine leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor in women. Although responsible gene mutations have not been found in leiomyomas, they represent a progressive disease with irreversible symptoms. To characterize epigenetic features of uterine leiomyomas, the DNA methylation status of a paired sample of leiomyoma and normal myometrium was subjected to a ...

Epidemiological studies have reported a higher incidence of rare disorders involving imprinted genes among children conceived using assisted reproductive technology (ART), suggesting that ART procedures may be disruptive to imprinted gene methylation patterns. We examined intra- and inter-individual variation in DNA ...

Chronic inflammation is deeply involved in induction of aberrant DNA methylation, but it is unclear whether any type of persistent inflammation can induce methylation and how induction of cell proliferation is involved. In this study, Mongolian gerbils were treated with five kinds of inflammation inducers [Helicobacter pylori with ...

Aberrant DNA methylation frequently occurs at gene promoters during cancer progression. It is important to identify these loci because they are often misregulated and drive tumorigenesis. Bisulfite sequencing is the most direct and highest resolution assay for identifying aberrant promoter ...

Aberrant DNA methylation frequently occurs at gene promoters during cancer progression. It is important to identify these loci because they are often misregulated and drive tumorigenesis. Bisulfite sequencing is the most direct and highest resolution assay for identifying aberrant promoter ...

Silencing of tumor suppressor genes plays a vital role in head and neck carcinogenesis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate to the utility of aberrant promoter hypermethylation for detection in a panel of 10 genes (KIF1A, EDNRB, CDH4, TERT, CD44, NISCH, PAK3, VGF, MAL and FKBP4) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) via a ...

Silencing of tumor suppressor genes plays a vital role in head and neck carcinogenesis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate to the utility of aberrant promoter hypermethylation for detection in a panel of 10 genes (KIF1A, EDNRB, CDH4, TERT, CD44, NISCH, PAK3, VGF, MAL and FKBP4) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) via a ...

BackgroundDNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism associated with regulation of gene expression and it is modulated during chemical carcinogenesis. The zebrafish is increasingly employed as a human disease model; however there is a lack of information on DNA methylation in zebrafish and during fish tumorigenesis.ResultsA novel CpG ...

Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have shown significant activity in the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL). The epigenetic alterations of CTCL not only are limited to altered histone acetylation but also include aberrant DNA gene methylation hence, the combination of an HDAC inhibitor with a DNA demethylating agent is ...

The clinical phenotypes of maternal and paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14 (UPD14) are attributed to dysregulation of imprinted genes. A large candidate locus exists within 14q32, under the regulation of a paternally methylated intergenic differentially methylated region (IG-DMR). We present a patient with clinical features ...

Aberrant DNA methylation plays a pivotal role in carcinogenesis and its mapping is likely to provide biomarkers for improved diagnostic and risk assessment in prostate cancer (PCa). We quantified and compared absolute methylation levels among 28 candidate genes in 48 PCa and 29 benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) ...

Decreased expression of the epithelial cell adhesion protein E-Cadherin occurs in several forms of human epithelial-derived cancers, including bladder cancers. We investigated the possibility that aberrant methylation of the CpG island flanking the 5? transcriptional start site of the e-cadherin gene is responsible for the decreased ...

BackgroundAbnormal DNA methylation is well established for breast cancer and contributes to its progression by silencing tumor suppressor genes. DNA methylation profiling platforms might provide an alternative approach to expression microarrays for accurate breast tumor subtyping. We sought to determine whether the distinction of the ...

The aberrant changes of tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) are now recognized as an important mechanism contributing to the development of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). CCAAT/enhancer binding protein zeta (C/EBP?), a candidate TSG, has been found to be involved in cancers including AML. We detected the methylation status of C/EBP? promoter ...

The molecular heterogeneity of acute leukemias and other tumors constitutes a major obstacle towards understanding disease pathogenesis and developing new targeted-therapies. Aberrant gene regulation is a hallmark of cancer and plays a central role in determining tumor phenotype. We predicted that integration of different genome-wide epigenetic regulatory ...

Aberrant hypermethylation of the CpG islands in the promoter region plays a casual role in the inactivation of various key genes involved in the cell cycle regulatory cascade, which could result in loss of cell cycle control. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of promoter methylation of genes ...