Plasma cell-free tumor methylome as a biomarker in solid tumors: biology and applications

DB Sacdalan, S Ul Haq, BH Lok - Current Oncology, 2024 - mdpi.com
DNA methylation is a fundamental mechanism of epigenetic control in cells and its
dysregulation is strongly implicated in cancer development. Cancers possess an extensively …

DNA methylation cancer biomarkers: translation to the clinic

WJ Locke, D Guanzon, C Ma, YJ Liew… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Carcinogenesis is accompanied by widespread DNA methylation changes within the cell.
These changes are characterized by a globally hypomethylated genome with focal …

DNA methylation biomarkers and their utility for solid cancer diagnostics

KA Heichman, JD Warren - Clinical chemistry and laboratory …, 2012 - degruyter.com
Cellular DNA undergoes profound changes in methylation during cancer development, with
hypermethylation occurring in specific gene promoters, amidst a backdrop of generalized …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging noninvasive methylation biomarkers of cancer prognosis and drug response prediction

J Oliver, M Garcia-Aranda, P Chaves, E Alba… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide being responsible for 9.6 million
deaths in 2018. Epigenetic alterations are key in directing the aberrant expression of tumor …

Challenges for the application of DNA methylation biomarkers in molecular diagnostic testing for cancer

S Jain, TK Wojdacz, YH Su - Expert Review of Molecular …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Aberrant DNA methylation is ubiquitous in human cancer and has been shown to occur
early during carcinogenesis, thus providing attractive potential biomarkers for the early …

Methods for detecting DNA methylation in tumors: from bench to bedside

DS Shames, JD Minna, AF Gazdar - Cancer letters, 2007 - Elsevier
Tumor-acquired changes in DNA methylation are the focus of research in an increasing
number of basic, translational, and clinical laboratories around the world. In the laboratory …

Strategies for validation and testing of DNA methylation biomarkers

C Noehammer, W Pulverer, MR Hassler, M Hofner… - …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
DNA methylation is a stable covalent epigenetic modification of primarily CpG dinucleotides
that has recently gained considerable attention for its use as a biomarker in different clinical …

Use of DNA methylation for cancer detection: promises and challenges

J Zhu, X Yao - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2009 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is an important and reversible epigenetic modification, which regulates
genomic stability and cellular plasticity. Faithful DNA methylation is essential for mammalian …

DNA methylation-based testing in liquid biopsies as detection and prognostic biomarkers for the four major cancer types

V Constâncio, SP Nunes, R Henrique, C Jerónimo - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers are the most incident worldwide. Optimal
population-based cancer screening methods remain an unmet need, since cancer detection …

Cancer detection and classification by CpG island hypermethylation signatures in plasma cell-free DNA

J Huang, AC Soupir, BD Schlick, M Teng, IH Sahin… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The detection of DNA methylation changes in blood has emerged as a
promising approach for cancer diagnosis and management. Our group has previously …