2019
Aging-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
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 markMyoDIGF2HypermethylationDNAERMutations
1998
Aging and DNA methylation in colorectal mucosa and cancer.
Ahuja N, Li Q, Mohan AL, Baylin SB, Issa JP. Aging and DNA methylation in colorectal mucosa and cancer. Cancer Research 1998, 58: 5489-94. PMID: 9850084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge-related methylationDNA methylationPromoter-associated CpG islandsDe novo methylationNormal colon mucosaHIC-1Tissue-specific factorsTumor suppressor geneColon mucosaMyoD geneNovo methylationColorectal cancerCpG islandsIGF2 geneSuppressor geneGenesMethylationHypermethylationNormal colonic mucosaAge-related eventsPartial methylationTHBS1Alternate mechanismColorectal mucosaColonic mucosaConcordant methylation of the ER and N33 genes in glioblastoma multiforme
Li Q, Jedlicka A, Ahuja N, Gibbons M, Baylin S, Burger P, Issa J. Concordant methylation of the ER and N33 genes in glioblastoma multiforme. Oncogene 1998, 16: 3197-3202. PMID: 9671399, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1201831.Peer-Reviewed Original Research