Identification of driver and passenger DNA methylation in cancer by epigenomic analysis

S Kalari, GP Pfeifer - Advances in genetics, 2010 - Elsevier
Human cancer genomes are characterized by widespread aberrations in DNA methylation
patterns including DNA hypomethylation of mostly repetitive sequences and …

The significance of epigenetic alterations in lung carcinogenesis

E Brzeziańska, A Dutkowska, A Antczak - Molecular biology reports, 2013 - Springer
Lung cancer is recognized as a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide and its
frequency is still increasing. The prognosis in lung cancer is poor and limited by the …

Tumor‐adjacent tissue co‐expression profile analysis reveals pro‐oncogenic ribosomal gene signature for prognosis of resectable hepatocellular carcinoma

OV Grinchuk, SP Yenamandra, R Iyer… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, molecular markers are not used when determining the prognosis and treatment
strategy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the present study, we proposed …

Single-CpG-resolution methylome analysis identifies clinicopathologically aggressive CpG island methylator phenotype clear cell renal cell carcinomas

E Arai, S Chiku, T Mori, M Gotoh, T Nakagawa… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
To clarify the significance of DNA methylation alterations during renal carcinogenesis,
methylome analysis using single-CpG-resolution Infinium array was performed on 29 normal …

Genome‐wide DNA methylation profiles in precancerous conditions and cancers

Y Kanai - Cancer science, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Alterations of DNA methylation, which result in chromosomal instability and silencing of
tumor‐related genes, are among the most consistent epigenetic changes observed in …

Functional genomic studies: insights into the pathogenesis of liver cancer

ZG Han - Annual review of genomics and human genetics, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Liver cancer is the sixth-most-common cancer overall but the third-most-frequent cause of
cancer death. Among primary liver cancers, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the major …

Genetic and epigenetic alterations during renal carcinogenesis

E Arai, Y Kanai - International journal of clinical and …, 2010 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is not a single entity, but comprises a group of tumors including
clear cell RCC, papillary RCC and chromophobe RCC, which arise from the epithelium of …

Epigenetic mechanism involved in the HBV/HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis

L Rongrui, H Na, L Zongfang, J Fanpu… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were known to be risk factors
for HCC, they were suspected to promote its development by eliciting epigenetic changes …

Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis during non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-related multistage hepatocarcinogenesis: comparison with hepatitis virus-related …

J Kuramoto, E Arai, Y Tian, N Funahashi… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to clarify the significance of DNA methylation alterations during
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-related hepatocarcinogenesis. Single-CpG-resolution …

Targeted deep sequencing of plasma circulating cell-free DNA reveals Vimentin and Fibulin 1 as potential epigenetic biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma

R Holmila, A Sklias, DC Muller, D Degli Esposti… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second most common cause of cancer death
worldwide, but is still lacking sensitive and specific biomarkers for early diagnosis and …