2015
Epigenetic silencing of neurofilament genes promotes an aggressive phenotype in breast cancer
Calmon MF, Jeschke J, Zhang W, Dhir M, Siebenkäs C, Herrera A, Tsai HC, O'Hagan HM, Pappou EP, Hooker CM, Fu T, Schuebel KE, Gabrielson E, Rahal P, Herman JG, Baylin SB, Ahuja N. Epigenetic silencing of neurofilament genes promotes an aggressive phenotype in breast cancer. Epigenetics 2015, 10: 622-632. PMID: 25985363, PMCID: PMC4622480, DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1050173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurofilament medium polypeptideNeurofilament heavy polypeptideDNA methylation-associated silencingDNA methylation-mediated silencingNeurofilament genesMethylation-mediated silencingMethylation-associated silencingMethylation-mediated inactivationGo/G1 phaseEpigenetic silencingMedium polypeptideEpigenetic inactivationCell cycleMajor subunitBreast cancer cellsCell typesGenesSilencingHeavy polypeptideG1 phaseFunctional significanceCandidate DNAMature neuronsCancer cellsPolypeptide
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 silencing