2018
Epigenetic Pharmacology
Burkhart R, Sharma A, Ahuja N. Epigenetic Pharmacology. 2018, 1551-1575. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7193-0_69.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranslation of genesHistone modificationsDNA methylationGenetic basisAssociated gene mutationsBiology of diseaseVariety of mechanismsTremendous discoveriesProtein expressionEpigeneticsGene mutationsDecades of researchPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaEpigenomeMolecular agentsTranscriptionGenesMethylationBiologyMechanismMutationsDuctal adenocarcinomaPotential impactExpressionCurrent research efforts
2016
Epigenetic Pharmacology
Burkhart R, Sharma A, Ahuja N. Epigenetic Pharmacology. 2016, 1-25. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6631-8_69-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranslation of genesHistone modificationsDNA methylationGenetic basisAssociated gene mutationsBiology of diseaseVariety of mechanismsTremendous discoveriesProtein expressionEpigeneticsGene mutationsDecades of researchPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaEpigenomeMolecular agentsTranscriptionGenesMethylationBiologyMechanismMutationsDuctal adenocarcinomaPotential impactExpressionCurrent research efforts
2007
Subclassification of microsatellite-unstable tumors in colorectal cancer
Ahuja N, Baylin S. Subclassification of microsatellite-unstable tumors in colorectal cancer. Current Colorectal Cancer Reports 2007, 3: 212-219. DOI: 10.1007/s11888-007-0033-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancerSporadic colorectal cancerColorectal cancerMMR genes MLH1Nonpolyposis colorectal cancerK-ras mutationsBRAF V600E mutationMicrosatellite-unstable tumorsMismatch repair genesVillous adenomaPathologic differencesHNPCC tumorsInherited syndromeTumor typesPolyp pathwayMicrosatellite instabilityCancerGermline mutationsMMR genesGenes MLH1TumorsInherited mutationsRepair genesMutationsEpigenetic silencingComparing the DNA Hypermethylome with Gene Mutations in Human Colorectal Cancer
Schuebel KE, Chen W, Cope L, Glöckner SC, Suzuki H, Yi JM, Chan TA, Van Neste L, Van Criekinge W, van den Bosch S, van Engeland M, Ting AH, Jair K, Yu W, Toyota M, Imai K, Ahuja N, Herman JG, Baylin SB. Comparing the DNA Hypermethylome with Gene Mutations in Human Colorectal Cancer. PLOS Genetics 2007, 3: e157. PMID: 17892325, PMCID: PMC1988850, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptome-wide approachCpG island DNA hypermethylationHuman colorectal cancer samplesHuman cancer genomesTumor-specific hypermethylationEpigenetic screensTranscriptional silencingIndividual genesCancer genomesEpigenetic changesDNA hypermethylationGene mutationsGenesHypermethylationCell linesIndividual tumorsHuman colorectal cancerColorectal cancer samplesCancer samplesMutationsColorectal cancerCancer biomarkersGenomeSilencingPromoter
2000
Aging, methylation and cancer.
Ahuja N, Issa JP. Aging, methylation and cancer. Cellular And Molecular Biology 2000, 15: 835-42. PMID: 10963127, DOI: 10.14670/hh-15.835.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge-related methylationSuch age-related methylationPromoter-associated CpG islandsTumor suppressor geneGene functionDNA methylationCpG islandsMethylation changesFull methylationGene expressionMethylationGenesNovel targetNormal cellsColon cancerAlternate mechanismMost cancersEvidence pointsFundamental markMyoDIGF2HypermethylationDNAERMutationsDistinct genetic profiles in colorectal tumors with or without the CpG island methylator phenotype
Toyota M, Ohe-Toyota M, Ahuja N, Issa J. Distinct genetic profiles in colorectal tumors with or without the CpG island methylator phenotype. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 710-715. PMID: 10639144, PMCID: PMC15395, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.2.710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenomaBase SequenceColorectal NeoplasmsCpG IslandsDNA MethylationDNA Mutational AnalysisDNA, NeoplasmGenes, p16Genes, p53Genes, rasHumansMicrosatellite RepeatsMutationPhenotypePoint MutationPolymorphism, Single-Stranded ConformationalProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IIReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaSequence DeletionTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsCpG island methylator phenotypeColorectal cancerK-RAS mutationsDifferent genetic lesionsActivation of oncogenesTumor suppressor geneMultiple CpG islandsColorectal tumorsMethylator phenotypeCpG islandsDistinct genetic profilesP53 mutationsEpigenetic alterationsMolecular diversitySuppressor geneGenetic lesionsNovel pathwayGroup of tumorsGenetic alterationsK-RASMutationsCancer developmentSimultaneous methylationGenes