PDZ and LIM domain-encoding genes: their role in cancer development

X Jiang, Z Xu, S Jiang, H Wang, M Xiao, Y Shi, K Wang - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There are three subfamilies of human PDZ-LIM family proteins with a total
of 10 protein molecules, and PDZ-LIM family proteins serve as a class of scaffolding proteins …

Comprehensive analysis of regulation of DNA methyltransferase isoforms in human breast tumors

M Hegde, MB Joshi - Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Significant reprogramming of epigenome is widely described during pathogenesis of breast
cancer. Transformation of normal cell to hyperplastic cell and to neoplastic phenotype is …

Frequent promoter hypermethylation of BRCA2, CDH13, MSH6, PAX5, PAX6 and WT1 in ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer

CB Moelans, AHJ Verschuur‐Maes… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic changes are considered to be a frequent event during tumour development.
Hypermethylation of promoter CpG islands represents an alternative mechanism to …

Cell-free DNA methylation of selected genes allows for early detection of the major cancers in women

SP Nunes, C Moreira-Barbosa, S Salta… - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Breast (BrC), colorectal (CRC) and lung (LC) cancers are the three most
common and deadly cancers in women. Cancer screening entails an increase in early stage …

Studying lymphatic metastasis in breast cancer: current models, strategies, and clinical perspectives

B To, D Isaac, ER Andrechek - Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and …, 2020 - Springer
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women and the second most
common cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Although early detection has …

Integrating single-cell and bulk transcriptomic analyses to develop a cancer-associated fibroblast-derived biomarker for predicting prognosis and therapeutic response …

C Li, L Yang, Y Zhang, Q Hou, S Wang, S Lu… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) contribute to the progression and
treatment of breast cancer (BRCA); however, risk signatures and molecular targets based on …

Molecular concordance between primary breast cancer and matched metastases

AB Krøigård, MJ Larsen, M Thomassen… - The breast …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical management of breast cancer is increasingly personalized and based on molecular
profiling. Often, primary tumors are used as proxies for systemic disease at the time of …

Lifetime exposure to ambient air pollution and methylation of tumor suppressor genes in breast tumors

CL Callahan, MR Bonner, J Nie, D Han, Y Wang… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background We previously reported increased risk of breast cancer associated with early life
exposure to two measures of air pollution exposure, total suspended particulates (TSP) and …

Methylation signature of lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients

Z Barekati, R Radpour, Q Lu, J Bitzer, H Zheng… - BMC cancer, 2012 - Springer
Background Invasion and metastasis are two important hallmarks of malignant tumors
caused by complex genetic and epigenetic alterations. The present study investigated the …

RASSF1A and CDH1 hypermethylation as potential epimarkers in breast cancer

K Sebova, I Zmetakova, V Bella, K Kajo… - Cancer …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, representing 28.2% of all
female malignancies. In addition to genetic changes, epigenetic events, as aberrant DNA …