2019
Targeting the epigenome of pancreatic cancer for therapy: challenges and opportunities
Baretti M, Ahuja N, Azad N. Targeting the epigenome of pancreatic cancer for therapy: challenges and opportunities. Annals Of Pancreatic Cancer 2019, 2: 18-18. DOI: 10.21037/apc.2019.10.01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpigenetic modulatory drugsEpigenetic alterationsGene expressionImmediate translational implicationsProgression of PAADEpigenetic regulationHeritable differencesEpigenetic abnormalitiesPrimary sequenceTumor microenvironmentNucleosomesEssential roleCurrent knowledgeTranslational applicationsComplex seriesDNATranslational implicationsNew therapeutic approachesExpressionPancreatic adenocarcinomaEpigenomeChromatinEpigeneticsSubsequent interactionAlterationsAging-like Spontaneous Epigenetic Silencing Facilitates Wnt Activation, Stemness, and Braf V600E-Induced Tumorigenesis
Tao Y, Kang B, Petkovich DA, Bhandari YR, In J, Stein-O'Brien G, Kong X, Xie W, Zachos N, Maegawa S, Vaidya H, Brown S, Yen R, Shao X, Thakor J, Lu Z, Cai Y, Zhang Y, Mallona I, Peinado MA, Zahnow CA, Ahuja N, Fertig E, Issa JP, Baylin SB, Easwaran H. Aging-like Spontaneous Epigenetic Silencing Facilitates Wnt Activation, Stemness, and Braf V600E-Induced Tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell 2019, 35: 315-328.e6. PMID: 30753828, PMCID: PMC6636642, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAge FactorsAgingAnimalsCell Transformation, NeoplasticColonic NeoplasmsDNA MethylationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene SilencingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMice, Inbred NODMice, Mutant StrainsMice, SCIDMutationPhenotypeProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafStem CellsTime FactorsTissue Culture TechniquesWnt Signaling PathwayConceptsCell fate changesPromoter DNA hypermethylationStem-like stateAging-like phenotypesCpG island methylationFate changesDifferentiation defectsEpigenetic abnormalitiesDNA hypermethylationSimultaneous inactivationWnt pathwayWnt activationPromoter hypermethylationTumorigenesisGenesHypermethylationMethylator phenotypeColon tumorigenesisPhenotypeOrganoidsPrecursor roleCRISPRMethylationSupStemness
2011
Genomic and Epigenomic Integration Identifies a Prognostic Signature in Colon Cancer
Yi JM, Dhir M, Van Neste L, Downing SR, Jeschke J, Glöckner SC, de Freitas Calmon M, Hooker CM, Funes JM, Boshoff C, Smits KM, van Engeland M, Weijenberg MP, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Herman JG, Schuebel KE, Baylin SB, Ahuja N. Genomic and Epigenomic Integration Identifies a Prognostic Signature in Colon Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2011, 17: 1535-1545. PMID: 21278247, PMCID: PMC3077819, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-10-2509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationExtracellular matrixDNA methylation analysisEpigenetic mechanismsKey genesEpigenomic alterationsCore pathwaysEpigenetic abnormalitiesPathway genesECM genesMultiple genesEpigenetic alterationsPathway componentsPathway analysisIntegrative analysisLarge CRC cohortsGenesMethylationMethylation analysisSimultaneous methylationPathway disruptionPathwayAggregate roleNovel prognostic biomarkerEVL