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
Comparing 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
1999
Methylation and silencing of the Thrombospondin-1 promoter in human cancer
Li Q, Ahuja N, Burger P, Issa J. Methylation and silencing of the Thrombospondin-1 promoter in human cancer. Oncogene 1999, 18: 3284-3289. PMID: 10359534, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202663.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlioblastoma multiformeTHBS1 expressionThrombospondin-1De novo methylationHuman cancersCell linesPrimary glioblastoma multiformeMethylation-associated inactivationNovo methylationCpG islandsPrimary tumorCpG sitesAngiogenesis inhibitorsTHBS1 methylationMethylation statusMolecular defectsHuman neoplasmsMethylationHuman tumorsDetectable expressionCancerTumorsExpressionCommon featureSilencing