2015
New DNA Methylation Markers and Global DNA Hypomethylation Are Associated with Oral Cancer Development
Foy JP, Pickering CR, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Jelinek J, Lin SH, William WN, Frederick MJ, Wang J, Lang W, Feng L, Zhang L, Kim ES, Fan YH, Hong WK, El-Naggar AK, Lee JJ, Myers JN, Issa JP, Lippman SM, Mao L, Saintigny P. New DNA Methylation Markers and Global DNA Hypomethylation Are Associated with Oral Cancer Development. Cancer Prevention Research 2015, 8: 1027-1035. PMID: 26342026, PMCID: PMC4777304, DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-14-0179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlobal DNA hypomethylationOral squamous cell carcinomaOral premalignant lesionsDNA hypomethylationOral cancer-free survivalCancer-free survivalDNA methylation changesDNA methylation profilesPromoter methylationDNA promoter methylationGlobal DNA methylationTumor suppressor geneNew DNA methylation markersPromoter CpG sitesOSCC developmentDNA methylationMethylation changesMethylation profilesFoxi2Degree of methylationSuppressor geneCpG sitesMethylationDNA methylation markersGenes
2014
Key tumor suppressor genes inactivated by “greater promoter” methylation and somatic mutations in head and neck cancer
Guerrero-Preston R, Michailidi C, Marchionni L, Pickering CR, Frederick MJ, Myers JN, Yegnasubramanian S, Hadar T, Noordhuis MG, Zizkova V, Fertig E, Agrawal N, Westra W, Koch W, Califano J, Velculescu VE, Sidransky D. Key tumor suppressor genes inactivated by “greater promoter” methylation and somatic mutations in head and neck cancer. Epigenetics 2014, 9: 1031-1046. PMID: 24786473, PMCID: PMC4143405, DOI: 10.4161/epi.29025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Line, TumorCohort StudiesCpG IslandsDNA MethylationFemaleGene SilencingGenes, Tumor SuppressorHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMutationPaired Box Transcription FactorsPAX5 Transcription FactorPromoter Regions, GeneticReceptor, Notch1Tumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsKey tumor suppressor genesTumor suppressor geneSuppressor geneRecent high-throughput genomic studiesSomatic mutationsPromoter methylationWhole genome gene expression arraysHigh-throughput genomic studiesPax gene familyNovel tumor suppressor geneIntegrated molecular analysisSpecific promoter methylationK methylation arrayGene expression arraysGenome maintenanceEpigenomic levelsGene familyCell fateGenomic studiesDownregulated genesTranscription factorsCanonical NotchEpigenomic alterationsDomain sequencingMethylation arrays