[HTML][HTML] Cancer epigenetics: from mechanism to therapy

MA Dawson, T Kouzarides - cell, 2012 - cell.com
The epigenetic regulation of DNA-templated processes has been intensely studied over the
last 15 years. DNA methylation, histone modification, nucleosome remodeling, and RNA …

Histone methylation: a dynamic mark in health, disease and inheritance

EL Greer, Y Shi - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Organisms require an appropriate balance of stability and reversibility in gene expression
programmes to maintain cell identity or to enable responses to stimuli; epigenetic regulation …

[HTML][HTML] Random forests for genomic data analysis

X Chen, H Ishwaran - Genomics, 2012 - Elsevier
Random forests (RF) is a popular tree-based ensemble machine learning tool that is highly
data adaptive, applies to “large p, small n” problems, and is able to account for correlation as …

Cancer epigenomics: beyond genomics

J Sandoval, M Esteller - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2012 - Elsevier
For many years cancer research has focused on genetic defects, but during the last decade
epigenetic deregulation has been increasingly recognized as a hallmark of cancer. The …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic mechanisms in tumorigenesis, tumor cell heterogeneity and drug resistance

RH Wilting, JH Dannenberg - Drug Resistance Updates, 2012 - Elsevier
Resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapeutics and emerging targeted drugs is a
devastating problem in the treatment of cancer patients. Multiple mechanisms contribute to …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic alterations involved in cancer stem cell reprogramming

P Muñoz, MS Iliou, M Esteller - Molecular oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
Current hypotheses suggest that tumors originate from cells that carry out a process of
“malignant reprogramming” driven by genetic and epigenetic alterations. Multiples studies …

[HTML][HTML] Histone modifications and cancer: biomarkers of prognosis?

Y Chervona, M Costa - American journal of cancer research, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic dysregulation is being increasingly recognized as a hallmark of cancer. Post-
translational modifications of histones, in particular, are known to play important roles gene …

Antioxidant effects of resveratrol and other stilbene derivatives on oxidative stress and NO bioavailability: Potential benefits to cardiovascular diseases

M Frombaum, S Le Clanche, D Bonnefont-Rousselot… - Biochimie, 2012 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress plays an important part in the appearance and development of
cardiovascular diseases. In this context, overproduction of reactive oxygen species leads to …

High expression of trimethylated histone H3 lysine 4 is associated with poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma

C He, J Xu, J Zhang, D Xie, H Ye, Z Xiao, M Cai, K Xu… - Human pathology, 2012 - Elsevier
Tumor-associated epigenetic alterations including DNA methylation and histone
modifications are important determinants in the initiation and progression of hepatocellular …

PRMT1 interacts with AML1-ETO to promote its transcriptional activation and progenitor cell proliferative potential

WJ Shia, AJ Okumura, M Yan… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Fusion protein AML1-ETO, resulting from t (8; 21) translocation, is highly related to leukemia
development. It has been reported that full-length AML1-ETO blocks AML1 function and …