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
2013
Frequent Inactivation of Cysteine Dioxygenase Type 1 Contributes to Survival of Breast Cancer Cells and Resistance to Anthracyclines
Jeschke J, O'Hagan HM, Zhang W, Vatapalli R, Calmon MF, Danilova L, Nelkenbrecher C, Van Neste L, Bijsmans IT, Van Engeland M, Gabrielson E, Schuebel KE, Winterpacht A, Baylin SB, Herman JG, Ahuja N. Frequent Inactivation of Cysteine Dioxygenase Type 1 Contributes to Survival of Breast Cancer Cells and Resistance to Anthracyclines. Clinical Cancer Research 2013, 19: 3201-3211. PMID: 23630167, PMCID: PMC3985391, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-3751.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer cellsEpigenetic eventsDNA methylationGenome-wide DNA methylation analysisCancer cellsDNA methylation-associated silencingKey epigenetic eventsDetoxification of ROSCritical epigenetic eventsComprehensive functional analysisDNA methylation analysisDNA methylation dataMethylation-associated silencingRepressive chromatinOxygen species productionFunctional analysisMethylation dataLevels of ROSMethylation analysisReduced viabilityMissense mutationsFunctional significanceFrequent inactivationSpecies productionMethylation